Blind Willie Johnson left behind a mere 30 songs and a towering legacy that empowered disciples ranging from Pops Staples and Bob Dylan to Led Zeppelin and Ry Cooder. Yet he is an often overlooked … ...

Blind Willie Johnson’s legacy will continue to live on in a new collection come Feb. 26. Alligator Records will release a tribute album to the gospel blues legend, God Don’t Never Change: The ...

Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O’Connor, and more have contributed new covers to God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson, a tribute album to the 1920s blues singer. The ...

Musicians Pay Tribute To Blind Willie Johnson On 'God Don't Never Change' A range of musicians, including Tom Waits and Sinéad O'Connor, cover gospel-blues performer Johnson on a new tribute album.

In February, Alligator Records is resurrecting the music of gospel/blues pioneer Blind Willie Johnson with the power of several notable artists, including Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O ...

Blind Willie Johnson left behind a mere 30 songs and a towering legacy that empowered disciples ranging from Pops Staples and Bob Dylan to Led Zeppelin and Ry Cooder. Yet he is an often overlooked ...

The growling, gravel-voiced Johnson cut “John the Revelator,” a song about the author of the Book of Revelation in the Bible, during his final recording session for Columbia in Atlanta in 1930.

Jeffrey Gaskill is a Grammy-nominated executive music producer with a passion for the blues, and he has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a tribute album for Blind Willie Johnson.

Share full article. 0. ... 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, ...

Elon Green on the new tribute album “God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson,” featuring Sinéad O’Connor and others.

God Don’t Never Change is an 11-song ode to the great blues howler and gospel progenitor Blind Willie Johnson, including contributions from Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, and more.

Tom Waits, Sinéad O’Connor and Lucinda Williams are among the artists appearing on a new tribute album to Blind Willie Johnson. Pitchfork reports that God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of ...