The first published novel by Kalamu ya Salaam is cause for celebration. “Walkin’ Blues,” a speculative account of the life of Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson — one of the most lauded and ...

NMAHMAI copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his ...

When blues musician Robert Johnson disappeared from the Mississippi Delta for months in the early 1930s, fellow musicians said he left with mediocre skills. But when he returned, he could play the ...

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Memphis artist Andre Miller opened Gallery Albertine, named after his mother, showcasing his work focused on the Black experience. His latest series, "The Redemption of a Delta Bluesman: Robert ...

Long before rock 'n' roll, stadium tours or electric guitars, a traveling blues musician stopped in San Antonio and recorded ...

Robert Johnson was born May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, raised in the fields and small towns of the Delta where the blues was beginning to take shape. His childhood was marked by constant ...

Editor's preface / John W. Troutman -- Introduction -- The town -- The search -- The map -- Back to the Delta -- Copiah County -- Other Johnsons -- Mississippi 304 ...

Blues musician Robert Johnson was honored Sunday. A free public screening of "I Believe I'll Go Back Home: Robert Johnson's Copiah County Roots and Living Legacy" took place at the Two Mississippi ...

Crystal Springs will celebrate its native son during The Robert Johnson Blues Foundation's annual Spring Festival on Saturday and Sunday. Robert Johnson is widely regarded as the "King of the Delta ...