Regardless of its origins, the Crossroads myth has become an indelible part of Johnson’s legacy. Robert Johnson’s influence on blues and rock music is immeasurable. With just 29 recorded songs ...

After a full decade living in the United States, singer-guitarist Jökull Júlíusson from the Icelandic rock band KALEO is ...

The Robert Johnson legend goes that he gained his guitar virtuosity from the Devil after a midnight meeting at a Crossroads ... influenced the generations of blues guitarists that followed.

The legend of selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads is one of ... its roots in African folklore, blues traditions, and the life of Robert Johnson. Was it just a metaphor for musical ...

The Robert Johnson episode – subtitled “Devil at the Crossroads” – is typical ... to the back-breaking work in the fields. Blues legend Taj Mahal explains that Johnson could play and ...

As the structure ascends from the ground floor through the center’s galleries and toward the open sky, the visages of Robert Johnson ... re the birthplace of blues, country and rock and roll ...

Is Eric Clapton’s solo in Cream’s version of Crossroads the greatest live blues-rock solo ever recorded? Here, we pose the question - and bust a few myths in the process. Robert Johnson’s ...

blues, and soul. Just a few weeks ago, he finally made it to the infamous crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the legendary spot where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil in ...