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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wald points to Johnson's blues predecessors in the world around him for parallels and for obvious influences. Charley Patton, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown and Skip James made up the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

What’s wild is that Johnson only recorded 29 songs in a short life that ended far too early, but those tracks echo louder than some entire catalogs. His blues aren’t just sad songs—they’re ...

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.

Although Robert Johnson’s recording career unfortunately lasted only seven months, he is recognized as a master of the Delta Blues style and even one of the top artists of the 20th century.

TUCKER: In 1992, director Robert Mugge released "Deep Blues," a filmed road trip that explored the Delta blues via some then living and still vital musicians, including R.L. Burnside and Junior ...