Blues

14 articles related to Blues:

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   Male Vocal

   Parchman Farm: the story behind Bukka White's blues

   Parchman Farm stands as one of the best-known song by Bukka White, a singer and guitarist who wholeheartedly embraced…

   September 1, 2023

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   Songwriter

   Ramblin' on My Mind: Delta blues masterpiece cut in a hotel room

   Ramblin' on My Mind is an iconic blues song cut by the Delta blues singer Robert Johnson as a part of his first…

   July 24, 2021

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   Songwriter

   Terraplane Blues: first song to compare car problems with intimate relationship

   Terraplane Blues is the first single released by Robert Johnson—a traveling blues performer deeply revered by many rock…

   May 18, 2021

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   Music Theory

   6 songs to unpack Ionian mode and the major scale

   The polyphonic aspects of Western classical music distinguish it from other musical traditions such as Indian Сlassic…

   February 7, 2021

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   Songwriter

   Statesboro Blues: no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell

   Bob Dylan's track Blind Willie McTell is perhaps the best tribute to this outstanding traveling street artist who has…

   January 17, 2021

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   Songwriter

   Smokestack Lightning: the eternal Howlin' Wolf blues of the passing trains

   Smokestack Lightning is a song written by the Chicago blues singer Chester Arthur Burnett better known under his stage…

   September 6, 2020

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   Songwriter

   Rollin' and Tumblin' as the essence of slide guitar technique combined with lyrics diversity

   Rollin' and Tumblin' is one of the great Delta blues songs that has been interpreted by many blues artists long before…

   September 4, 2020

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   Guitar

   Charley Patton's guitar tricks bridged the genre gap between Delta blues and rock'n'roll

   Charley Patton played a crucial role in developing the early blues movement in the Delta region of northwestern…

   June 12, 20191 comment

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   Songwriter

   The bottleneck guitar blues by Blind Willie Johnson is sliding through space on the Voyager Golden Records

   Among the musical works sent by NASA into space to represent the cultural values ​​of mankind, sharing its rightfully…

   May 12, 2019

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    Songwriter

    Big Bill Broonzy's guitar made ripples on both sides of the Atlantic

    Big Bill Broonzy was one of the most important Chicago blues singers whose songs would inspire, among many others,…

    December 14, 20181 comment

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    Electric Guitar

    Monnette Sudler: the first lady of jazz guitar

    Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler is known as the “First Lady of Jazz Guitar,” among other titles. Her…

    October 30, 2018

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    Songwriter

    The three acts of Lonnie Johnson' blues

    Lonnie Johnson (1889—1970) was a prolific American musician, singer, and songwriter, and one of the first major blues…

    October 18, 2018

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    Piano

    To study academic theory, superb pianist Wynton Kelly took up bass

    Wynton Kelly was born in Brooklyn, NYC in 1931 to Jamaican parents. His blues-based piano playing made him one of the…

    August 29, 2018

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    Songwriter

    Who is the true architect behind The House of the Rising Sun?

    The authorship of The House of the Rising Sun can not be accurately determined to this day, since the song is a folk…

    April 16, 2018