As a soundtrack, to help us feel what we really should be feeling, I nominate Blind Willie Johnson’s 1927 rendition of “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.” Johnson is playing his slide ...

Blind Willie Johnson was arguably the greatest and most popular ‘sanctified’ singer to record in the pre-World War II era. His forceful singing and stunning guitar work ensured that he continued to ...

Willie Johnson was just 7 years old when his enraged stepmother tossed a pan of lye in his face. It was on that day in 1904 that he became known as Blind Willie ... Was the Ground)" was selected ...