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Here are photos of Dr. Tanya Scott, Global VP Business Development at the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation, with the King of the Blues B.B. King, who performed at the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino last month.

Robert Johnson’s Timeline section has been expanded! The timeline now runs from 1900 when his mother and family members appeared in a census record before his birth, and covers details about Robert’s life, until his untimely death in 1938. The Timeline section also includes Robert Johnson’s official family tree.

Boston – Terrance Stewart, 18, of Crystal Springs, will spend five weeks of his summer in Boston, July 9 – August 12, studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music on full scholarship. The vocalist will join teens from all over the world for Berklee’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program.

Stewart’s scholarship comes from the Berklee Mississippi Music Exchange initiative that trades education, music, and culture between Berklee and kindred organizations throughout Mississippi. This is the fourth year that Berklee has awarded summer scholarships to students from the Crystal Springs area taking part in programs with the Robert Johnson Blues Museum.

Stewart, a member of the Crystal Springs High School class of 2011, performed two songs for his scholarship audition, including the gospel number “He Wants It All,” by Forever Jones. Stewart is a member of the Full Gospel Outreach Miracle Ministry Choir, performing at churches, school events, and weddings. He lists Usher and R. Kelly as influences.

Steven Johnson, vice president of the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation, hosted the audition. The other talented scholarship hopefuls who auditioned were Antranekia Willis, Daquan Powell, Kimbriana Christmas, Tashyro Smith, and Cornisha Stringer, all backed by Berklee students and a professor. The Berklee group subsequently performed at various venues and schools, toured blues and civil rights sites with a local historian, and auditioned more summer scholarship hopefuls in Clarksdale.

Berklee’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program, now in its 25th year, is the largest, most comprehensive summer music program available–anywhere. With its diversity of study options, world-class Berklee faculty, visiting artists, and state-of-the-art facilities, it’s the premiere contemporary music summer program for young musicians. Approximately 900 participants from around the world share in this unique summer experience–all instruments, all contemporary styles, and all levels of musical ability.

The story of a blues legend from Mississippi will play out Friday night on the stage of the Saenger Theater in downtown Hattiesburg.

“Robert Johnson: The Man, the Myth & the Music” – starring blues musician Vasti Jackson – focuses on the events surrounding the much fabled life of Johnson and presents some of his more obscure tunes.

Jackson said it is important that people understand the play will not just be “a guy on the porch with an acoustic guitar.”

“The play’s going to be a great forum for edutainment,” he said. “It’s going to provide a lot of information and a lot of music.”

Read more at HattiesburgAmerican.com.

World-renowned blues musician Vasti Jackson will portray blues legend Robert Johnson in the play “Robert Johnson: The Man, the Myth & the Music” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Saenger Theater.

Join us at the 32nd Annual Mississippi Picnic, this Saturday June 11th in New York’s Central Park. Michael Johnson, grandson of Robert Johnson, is on the agenda at 2 p.m. EDT to tell the legend of his grandfather, and how he is said to have “sold his soul to the devil.” Please view our Events section for more information.