Guardian Music — In the conformist age of Simon Cowell and the overhyped indie band, is there still room for the maverick in music? Dave Simpson tracks down pop's most eccentric acts and eventsThe artistLewis Floyd Henry, electric one-man bandIt's early evening in Br... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Live at Robert Johnson / 2011Debut album from the former Balihu and Meakusma contributor. Fans of the slow sound should be on this in an instant. M.P. has got the chug on lock, keeping the tempo around a sensually sub-110bpm over 13 tracky grooves in... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonSomething curious happened around 15 minutes into this gig, the only UK performance by New York pop-jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux to promote her new album, Standing on the Rooftop. A couple sitting a few rows from the front got u... more info

Twangville — How does one go about acquiring an old soul?  Do you go down to the crossroads and make a Faustian bargain ala Robert Johnson?  Maybe reincarnation is the answer and you just have live a lot of lives.  Regardless of how they did it, collectively T... more info

Guardian Music — 2 November 1993: Number 46 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicWhen Cassandra Wilson signed to Blue Note in 1993 she had been struggling to find a suitable vehicle for her gorgeous contralto. In an attempt to ignore the cre... more info

Guardian Music — Sometime in the mid-1930s: Number 5 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicThe Faustian tale of the troubled man making a pact with the devil is a recurring motif in Christian mythology. It often seeped into music â... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers & contributors are listening to right now... The parallels between Cajun Creole accordionist, singer and songwriter Amede Ardoin and blues legend Robert Johnson are many: Both were celebrated as tr... more info

Mercury News, California — With the 100th anniversary of bluesman Johnson's birth celebrated May 8, and folk-rock singer/songwriter Dylan's 70th birthday coming May 24, it's time to take a fresh look at the outsized accomplishments of both. more info

Altsounds — Having introduced herself as a solo artist with the epically rocking seven minute single 'Grey Ship' backed with a slowly rambunctious and flailing sixteen minute cover of the Robert Johnson blues staple, 'Kind Heart', *EMA *invites you deeper int... more info

Guardian Music — Robert Johnson was the most influential blues player of all time. Now the last of his musical collaborators will play for his devotees in a centennial celebrationDavid "Honeyboy" Edwards's voice all but creaks as he talks, but even at 95 the closest ... more info