Detroit Free Press — Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concert: Big Head Todd & the Monsters, David (Honeyboy) Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, Cedric Burnside, Lightnin' Malcolm, 8 p.m. Feb. 10. Hill Auditorium, $10-$46. more info

Totally Fuzzy — GeeDee said... * Gov't Mule - 2009/11/12 Alcatraz, Milan , Italy * Gov't Mule - 2005/04/04 Alcatraz, Milan , Italy * Grateful Dead - To Terrapin: Hartford '77 [3CD] [FLAC + @320] * Chris Potter - Underground [2006] * Robert Johnson - Steady Rollin' M... more info

Altsounds — How do you throw a 100th birthday bash for the most influential bluesman that ever lived? If you're Big Head Todd and The Monsters, you gather some of the greatest living blues musicians and record 100 Years of Robert Johnson (March 1, 2011 - Ryk... more info

Guardian Music — A BBC4 programme tonight hails the godmother of the Delta bluesmen, whose act anticipated the supposed rock revolutionAnyone who knows anything about rock'n'roll can tell you about the influence of great Delta bluesmen, the likes of Robert Johnson an... more info

Guardian Music — Mama Rosin are reinvigorating Cajun music – from a farm near Geneva. They talk ducks, chillis and frottoirs with Alfred HicklingLiving communally in a 200-year-old farmhouse, growing their own produce, making music and listening to old vinyl is jus... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Four Steps From The Blues said... Since the early Seventies, Big Star has been near the top of the list of Pop bands. I bought their first album back then and was less than impressed. The songwriting was very good but the performance was less than aw... more info

Guardian Music — Last time we focused on glimpses of majesty, this week we're waving off the old and looking forward to the newHello to every last one of you. Momentous times on the Readers Recommend desk this week – so we've pulled out an old topic to revisit. Nex... more info

Guardian Music — Mocking a song by looking at its lyrics without the music is like judging a painting on a section you've cut outIn a piece published on this website last Friday, Johnny Sharp diagnosed a phenomenon he calls DAMPE, or, the "Deep and Meaningless Pop Ep... more info

All About Jazz — Lucky Peterson was a childhood prodigy playing blues and R&B from an early age and mastering several instruments, even scoring a major label deal at one point. After some personal problems that led him to take a lower profile, he returns with this al... more info

All About Jazz — TOUR STARTS JAN. 28; STUDIO ALBUM TO BE RELEASED EARLY 2011 There's no denying anyone who digs the Blues will really dig the once-in-a-lifetime experience that is Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts. The very special tour... more info