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

Compared to other types of music, it's very authentic -- there aren't a lot of frills. What we usually think of as Delta blues is one person with a guitar, typically a slide guitar, and that real ...

The slaves brought the musical traditions of their African homelands to America and, with limited resources for playing music ... Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on ...

Johnson was a pioneer of the Delta blues, with a powerful ... he could seamlessly blend rhythm, slide guitar, and walking bass at the same time. Although his music was largely overlooked in ...

The legend of Johnson selling his soul to the devil in exchange for mastery of Delta blues guitar was made all the ... the results helped shape blues music forever and inspired countless musicians ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker ... More than any other musician, Muddy Waters transformed the music of the Delta into modern electric blues. His influence was at the heart of English R&B bands ...

The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...