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The blues. A truly American art form, the blues came out of slaves singing in the field while they picked cotton. The music was then performed on street corners in the rural south, until the singers started migrating north to look for work. They landed in cities like Chicago and Detroit where factory work was plentiful, and played music at ...
Der Blues ist eine der Hauptformen der afroamerikanischen Musik. Er gehört zu den wichtigsten Traditionen der populären Musik und ist seit den 1950er-Jahren mit der Herausbildung von Rock ’n’ Roll und Rockmusik zu einem der Fundamente ihrer Entwicklung geworden ist. Auch der Jazz hat seine Wurzeln im Blues und nutzt das musikalische ...
12. Juni 2020 · Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’ Chester Burnett cut an imposing figure in the Chicago blues clubs of the 50s, being 6ft 3in tall, weighing 275lbs and possessing one of the most extraordinary voices in music – a rasping, ferocious, yet haunting and soulful howl that had earned him the name Howlin’ Wolf.
20th century, Chicago, U.S. Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois. It is based on earlier blues idioms, such as Delta blues, but is performed in an urban style. It developed alongside the Great Migration of African Americans of the first half of the twentieth century. Key features that distinguish Chicago ...
Chicago had a Blues tradition from the 20’s when the post-WWI migration from the countryside to the cities brought the Blues northwards. Tampa Red and his drinking buddy Big Bill Broonzy were at the centre of the Blues scene on the South-side from the late 20s into the 40s, running an informal ‘labour exchange’ out of Red’s apartment where newly arrived players could find out about gigs.
2023 Blues headliners include four-time GRAMMY® winners Los Lobos, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Mud Morganfield, John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band, Jimmy Burns Band, Sugaray Rayford, Jontavious Willis, Vasti Jackson, Eddie Cotton, O.B. Buchana, Super Chikan, and more. Commissioned projects include the Centennial Tribute to ...
9. Feb. 2024 · The 47 Best Blues Songs Of All Time. The blues artists talked, the rockers listened. Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but these influential blues songs were especially pivotal.
