blues
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Deep in the heart of the Delta lies Clarksdale, Miss., widely known as the birthplace of the blues.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Another distraction: During that first long, lyrical monologue from Bynum, a blues guitar solo is heard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Instead, when he was 18, he and a friend decided to move to Texas to be near the American blues singer and guitarist Lightnin' Hopkins.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
He curtly dismisses 2005’s strong “A Bigger Bang” and 2016’s “Blue & Lonesome,” a back-to-basics album of blues covers, as “adequate endeavors that signaled a band living on borrowed time.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
“Um hmm,” she nodded, her big blues fastened on me.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing blues
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
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Music - Introductory
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