Ken Tucker reviews Robert McCormick's Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey, and Robert Mugge's Notes from the Road: A Filmmaker's Journey Through American Music.

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Collins Entertainment and Concord Originals are partnering on a biopic of Robert Johnson, the influential musician nicknamed the King of the Delta Blues. The project will mark the ...

His latest series, "The Redemption of a Delta Bluesman: Robert Johnson," features 29 paintings depicting the musician's life. The gallery is part of the Downtown Memphis Commission's Open on Main ...

Very little is known of his life, and it was not until 1961 that Columbia released “King of the Delta Blues Singers,” an LP containing 16 of his 78 rpm sides that found its way into the hands ...

The most accurate biographical information of Johnson has perhaps best been presented in recording liner notes, beginning with Columbia Records executive Frank Driggs' notes to Robert Johnson: King of ...

Robert Junior Lockwood was up for a Grammy this year with traditional Delta blues, and he's a link to the Delta because his mother had a relationship with Robert Johnson, who was known as the King ...

Jazz album: “Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol I & II” by Robert Johnson, released in 2014 on Music On Vinyl. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All ...

The legend of Johnson selling his soul to the devil in exchange for mastery of Delta blues guitar was made all the more eerie after his tragically premature death at 27 years old.

It wasn’t until 1961, when Columbia Records released King of the Delta Blues Singers, that Johnson’s songs were known to any but the few thousand people who owned his original 78s.

Very little was once known about the king of the Delta blues. Many of these gaps have gradually been filled in. Robert Johnson was born in 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. He rose like a phoenix ...