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  • plural of blue.
  • present tense form of blue (3rd person singular).
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blues

[blooz] / bluz /


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Along Fostoria’s Drummond Street, these homes’ front porches become stages for local and regional musicians playing folk, blues, country, Americana, rock and acoustic music.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The right map above illustrates that shift, with lighter reds and blues showing much smaller rates of change during that decade.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I was put me in the back of an ambulance and I remember hearing the blues and twos," he recalls.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning vocalist known for her deep roots in classic jazz and wide-ranging renditions from blues, folk and country, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Blues scales, used in blues, jazz, and other African-American traditions, grew out of a compromise between European and African scales.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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