We explore the origins of the legend of Robert Johnson, the man who sold his soul to the devil to become a Delta blues guitar ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods ...

As the musical form began to evolve, Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and raw ...

Influencing a wide range of artists, from Bob Dylan to Kurt Cobain ... in church as a child and inspired by the sounds of the ...

Now an L.A. resident, the Mississippi-born blues prodigy channels Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters and more as he prepares for a new album and a powerful show at the City National Grove of Anaheim.

For though Robert Johnson has been named a master of the Delta blues style — a later influence on many blues and rock 'n' roll musicians from Eric Clapton to The Rolling Stones — his recording ...