blues
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In Meghalaya's capital, music spills constantly through public life: church choirs rehearsing late into the evening, teenage metal bands in garages, blues musicians drifting through dimly-lit bars.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Born in 1936 in Montgomery, Ala., Carter took an interest in music in his youth, enjoying the blues records his stepfather bought and learning to play the guitar.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
From the outset, the festival embraced musical diversity: big band, swing, ska, blues, Dixieland and bebop.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Like him, the film is quiet and meditative, bathed in the cool blues and verdant greens of the setting, captured in Maya Bankovic’s saturated cinematography.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
His eyes were brighter in the morning light; more blues, sharper browns.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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Music - Introductory
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