A small sample of artists you'll hear on Blues radio
Robert Johnson
Elmore James Charley Patton Son House B.B. King Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup Big Bill Broonzy John Lee Hooker Lightnin' Hopkins Muddy Waters Howlin' Wolf Buddy Guy Lead Belly Albert Collins Sonny Terry Big Joe Turner T-Bone Walker Little Walter |
The blues has deep roots in American history, particularly African-American history. The blues originated on Southern plantations in the 19th Century. Its inventors were slaves, ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves—African-American sharecroppers who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields. It's generally accepted that the music evolved from African spirituals, African chants, work songs, field hollers, rural fife and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music.
The blues grew up in the Mississippi Delta just upriver from New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. Blues and jazz have always influenced each other, and they still interact in countless ways today. Unlike jazz, the blues didn't spread out significantly from the South to the Midwest until the 1930s and '40s. Once the Delta blues made their way up the Mississippi to urban areas, the music evolved into electrified Chicago blues, other regional blues styles, and various jazz-blues hybrids. A decade or so later the blues gave birth to rhythm 'n blues and rock 'n roll. Provided by Ed Kopp a Writer/Reporter for Jazziz Magazine and a Market Assessment Writer in Syracuse, NY All Blues Radio is available "on the go" with the
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A small sample of artists you'll hear on Blues radio
Eric Clapton
Peter Green Savoy Brown Robert Cray Taj Mahal R.L. Burnside Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones The Grateful Dead The Allman Brothers Keb Mo Bonnie Raitt Van Morrison Eric Bibb Jeff Healey Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stevie Ray Vaughan ZZ Top |
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