The legend of the crossroads is one of music’s most haunting tales. From Robert Johnson’s mysterious guitar mastery to ancient myths of Hekate and Papa Legba, this video explores the deep cultural, ...

I don’t know where I’m goin’, but you know where I’ve been. Perhaps, those are famous last words for one consumed by the music, much like the legend of Robert Johnson, who presumably sold his soul to ...

Heaven and hell parties: Southern religion and the devil's music -- Sold it to the devil: the great migration, lost generations, and the perils of the urban dance hall -- I'm going to marry the ...

Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads and, according to legend, sold his soul to the devil for world-changing talent. Ralph Macchio went down to the crossroads and, well, shredded the blues into ...

Before Muddy Waters and the popular age of blues, Robert Johnson of the Delta shaped the genre in a brief, mysterious life that’s chronicled in the new Netflix documentary, “ReMastered: Devil at the ...

What happened to the profoundly influential blues musician Robert Johnson at a crossroads near Dockery Farms, Mississippi, when he was on his way to seek opportunity in Memphis? Blues legend has it ...

There’s been much mythologising about Johnson, and in recent years, a vogue for deconstructing the myth: Johnson was talented, but he was just one of many extraordinarily inspired and gifted musicians ...