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Maestro
by Taj Mahal
You could say that 2008 was a good year for black Hawaiians. Unlike that guy headed off to D.C., th...
Greatest Hits
by Billie Holiday
In a sense, there was more than one Billie Holiday. Her career, her voice and her approach to mater...
Swamp Boogie Queen
by Katie Webster
The Louisiana pianist came loaded for bear with her sassy Alligator debut, which in the late '80s ga...
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Basic Blues
By John Morthland
Despite the aggravatingly common assertion that it "all sounds the same," blues is a remarkably diverse music. Dividing it into subgenres is difficult. The style encompasses everything from a lone bluesman singing and playing his acoustic guitar to string bands to small, acoustic, urban combos with horns to hard-rocking electric bands to orchestras, with regional variations of each. And that's just for starters; when you get into contemporary blues — or post-blues blues, as I like to call it — all b...
Despite the aggravatingly common assertion that it "all sounds the same," blues is a remarkably diverse music. Dividing it into subgenres is difficult. The style encompasses everything from a lone bluesman singing and playing his acoustic guitar to string bands to small, acoustic, urban combos with horns to hard-rocking electric bands to orchestras, with regional variations of each. And that's just for starters; when you get into contemporary blues — or post-blues blues, as I like to call it — all b...
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Top Blues Tracks
| Listen | Track Name | Length |
|---|
| 1. | |
Sitting on Top of the World | 3:01 |
| 2. | |
My Baby's Gone | 3:49 |
| 3. | |
Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee) | 3:43 |
| 4. | |
Louise Blues | 5:19 |
| 5. | |
Hesitation Blues | 3:20 |
| 6. | |
Blues Around My Bed | 2:58 |
| 7. | |
One Dime Blues | 3:47 |
| 8. | |
Railroad Bill | 3:37 |
| 9. | |
You Don't Know My Mind | 2:40 |
| 10. | |
Hoodoo Blues | 5:17 |
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