Robert Johnson only recorded a few dozen songs, many of them at a hotel in San Antonio. And now the Gunter Hotel is ...

In York Walker’s play, the bluesman with the Faustian bargain upends the lives of a religious family in 1930s rural Georgia.

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

The revamped hotel is celebrating the music of the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, who made his first recordings in Room ...

An event this Friday celebrating the birthday of blues icon Robert Johnson at Gunter Hotel will feature music, discussion and ...

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Shirley Ratisseau ignored the social mores of the day and crossed racial boundaries to sing the blues in a life that seemed fated for it. Memory and history. Both have a way of being skewed by, and ...

At a compact 45 minutes, “The Delta King’s Blues,” given its world premiere by IN Series here on Saturday, proved an efficient showcase for the talents of composer Damien Geter. Unlike his ...

Originally released by Vocalion; previously released as a compilation in 1990. Compact discs. Liner notes, with a new biography by Stephen C. LaVere and an essay by Ted Gioia (27 p. : ill.), inserted ...