Blues Styles Music
Blues
A style of music originally based on field shouts and secular songs of the American Negro, featuring repeated sections of twelve measures each in an A-A-B structure. This is a vocal genre, often performed by singing guitarists, with melodic lines characterized by flatted thirds and seventh. Despite the name, the mood can be happy or sad, the tempo fast or slow. Sometimes called a subgenre of jazz, blues music has its own identity in artists such as Buddy Guy and Ruth Brown. Typical artists in blues-rock, a related style, are Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.
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 - Producer of the W.C. Handy Blues Awards, the Blues Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Int. Blues Talent Competition
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- Photo gallery, article, biography of photographer William Albert, and message forum.
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- A mailing lists for fans of R'n'B music.
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- Contains over 2,200 blues links. Sites are organized in categories like bands and artists, record labels, and lyrics.
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- Web hosting company specializing in blues artists, companies, festivals and societies. Free links to client sites and paid advertising positions.
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- Blues for Peace was set up in Israel to honor the roots of blues music and promote peace and the understanding that ALL peoples have had their share of the Blues.
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- member of a famous chicago blues band in the 60-70's
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- Blues articles, photographs, reviews, records, compact discs, CDs, 78 rpm phonograph record auctions, magazines, books, musicians, authors, researchers, resources, links.
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- Links to classic musicians Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf as well as links to many more contemporary blues artists.
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- A tribute to the original American music.
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- '03 marks a century of blues. Site is devoted to blues events of the year.
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- Contains tributes to the legends and history of the blues, artist profiles, blues news, feature articles, radio links, and archived radio shows.
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- Database with information on blues artists, discographies, and festivals.
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- run by the Chicago Public Library
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- Web-site devoted to British Blues and visting artists. Includes gig reviews, photo archive, blues MP3 tracks, forthcoming gig list and related web-links.
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- Database containing over 15000 references to articles on blues in magazines, monographs ("books" to non-librarians), and articles in monographs.
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- Encompasses the famous Helena, Arkansas radio show made famous by blues harp legend Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller), the annual blues festival in Helena, and the monthly magazine dedicated to covering blues festivals and artists. Features articles f
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- Blues Music Guide for Artists, Downloads, Listening, News, Reviews, Charts, and Videos
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- A very complete listing of links for acoustic blues musicians.
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- explains the relationship between blues and hip-hop, jazz, rock, R&B, soul and gospel.
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- Series focusing on the Detroit Blues tradition. Photographs of the events, reviews and information on upcoming events.
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- Boogie woogie MP3 and Midi files to download plus sheet music books and CDs for sale. Run by Tim Wheals, a blues piano player.
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- Blues information, MP3s, CD reviews, interviews, and history.
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- Features tributes, quotes, lyrics, and articles.
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