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 ...

A new biopic based on the life of legendary blues singer Robert Johnson is in the works from Jesse Collins Entertainment and ...

What we usually think of as Delta blues is one person with a guitar, typically a slide guitar, and that real raw kind of singing. Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues. If you listen to ...

Johnson willingly joined their ranks. 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 ...