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7 Robert Johnson Songs That Changed Music Forever: A Blues Legend’s Must-Listens.

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Robert Johnson’s music that grabs you by the soul and doesn’t let go. Maybe it’s the rasp in his voice, the haunted slide of his guitar, or the way his lyrics ...
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The Untitled Robert Johnson Biopic Unveiled in Honor of the King of the Delta Blues

Safeeyah is a UK-based entertainment journalist with over five year of experience in reporting entertainment news across TV, film, music, securing exclusive interviews with A-List celebrities and ...
WAPT

Blues musician Robert Johnson was honored Sunday

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 ...
Publishers Weekly

ESCAPING THE DELTA: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues

In this combination history of blues music and biography of Robert Johnson, Wald, a blues musician himself (and author of Narcorrido), explores Johnson's rise from a little known guitarist who died in ...
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Escaping the delta : Robert Johnson and the invention of the blues / Elijah Wald

Robert Johnson's story presents a fascinating paradox: Why did this genius of the Delta blues excite so little interest when his records were first released in the 1930s? And how did this brilliant ...