Today we mark the birthdate of Robert Johnson - Father of the Delta Blues. His recordings of "Cross Road Blues," "Love in Vain," "Sweet Home Chicago" and others became blues blueprints influencing ...
At 68, Tinsley Ellis is too young to have been mentored by any of the great acoustic Delta blues artists he covers, but those at his Aug. 23 Caffe Lena show might have thought he studied at the knees ...
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; it's ...