blues
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The band kicked off with a blues number called “Got My Mojo Working,” then it was Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” followed by Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Acts can span from bluegrass to blues, folk to funk, salsa to soul, and everything in between.
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
A couple of weeks ago, under a pile of old sheet music and practice books, I found a yellowed book of boogie-woogie pieces, and old-time blues and rock.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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