Tag: blues
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Just How Blue is a Blues Song?
I can image that there are many differing perspectives that could be shared in answer to such a question. It’s no secret that the origin of blues music is from a troubled and also changing time during the history of our country. This Library of Congress article is one that I found interesting and believe…
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Pythagoras, Fractions, and Blues Music…Really??
For those you who know me very well, you know that I greatly enjoy listening to all types of blues music. But, my hands down favorite type is listening to the music of Black women classical blues era artists from the 1920s. Talented Black women classical blues era artists, like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey,…