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“King of the Delta Blues Singers” More than half a century after his death, Robert Johnson, the legendary Mississippi Delta blues singer, remains an enigma. A provocative and influential figure in the blues field, Johnson revealed his remarkable musical skills around the age of 20 in 1931. He completed only two recording sessions--one in 1936 and the other in 1937--prior to his untimely death in 1938. Very little was known about Johnson when his first album was released in 1961. By the time Columbia Records released “Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings” in 1990, slightly more information had come to light, but the mystery endures. Like that of other early Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition that began with a mixture of field hollers, chants, fiddle tunes and religious music and ended up as the blues
Thirty Essential Transformative Guitarists
by Alan Bryson
"Best guitarist" lists are inherently subjective--often nonsensical. They rank the unrankable, folding popularity, technique, cultural impact, sales, and personal taste into a single hierarchy. This list takes a different approach, acknowledging thirty guitarists who transformed the instrument itself: they created new techniques, pioneered fresh concepts, expanded its sonic vocabulary, and changed how those who followed them played. ...
Iconic Music in Film: Boomer Edition
by Alan Bryson
One of the pleasures of looking back at film music from the boomer years is realizing how quickly the walls were coming down. Classical themes turned into jazz-funk hits. Soul records won Oscars. Rock songs became character development. Bluegrass, blues, disco, Latin jazz, and spaghetti-western minimalism all found their way onto the screen, and in the ...
Rick Vito: Slidemaster
by Scott Gudell
Rick Vito is truly a top slide guitarist / USA and he has consistently been a top gun for decades. Vito, as with other State side sliders, including Duane Allman and Ry Cooder plus Brits such as Peter Green and Jeff Beck, were awed by domestic blues guitar master's including Elmore James, Robert Johnson and many ...
Take Five with Gary Van Miert AKA The Psychedelic Cowboy
by AAJ Staff
Meet Gary Van Miert AKA The Psychedelic Cowboy Gary Van Miert is a New Jersey-based musician and performer best known as the frontman of The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, a band that blends classic American musical styles like country, gospel, and blues with a distinct vintage flair and theatrical presentation. The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! were ...
Record Store Day 2026 Additional Releases
by Kyle Simpler
While jazz releases are always a highlight of Record Store Day, the event's massive lists inevitably spill far beyond any single genre. With hundreds of titles announced each year, it quickly becomes clear that no guide can cover everything. The following selections step slightly outside the jazz category, but they still feel at home in a ...
Crossroads of Idol Dreams
by Blue Note Portal
London, late November 1968. Hurtwood Edge, Surrey. The house is wrapped in the kind of English rain that never quite commits to falling; it merely hangs in the air like a bad memory. Inside the kitchen the Aga ticks like an old heart that has forgotten the rhythm of joy. The air carries yesterday's curry, cold ...
The Lisa Hilton Quintet Returns With The Fluid And Cool Extended Daydream
“Renowned for her lyrical touch, inventive compositions, and ability to reinterpret jazz standards with a fresh perspective, Hilton continues to cement her reputation as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary jazz. With Extended Daydream, Lisa Hilton and her quintet deliver an album that is at once sophisticated, genre-fluid, and emotionally resonant—a testament to the ...
Bob Schlesinger at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Bob Schlesinger Dazzle Denver, COAugust 14, 2025 For decades, renowned recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder captured one classic jazz album after another in his Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio. Perhaps because he did so many, he was extremely efficient. He was able to get an album on tape in a single day, ...
The Blues According To Rory Block
by C. Michael Bailey
Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and innovative women in music, to not know would be criminal. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Block grew up ...
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