Blues

Blues is a genre and musical form that originated in African-American communities in the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century. The genre developed from roots in traditional African music, combined with European American folk music. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll, is characterized by the call-and-response pattern, the blues scale and specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. The blue notes (or "worried notes") which are often thirds or fifths which are flatter in pitch than in other music styles, are also an important part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect called a groove.

Blues as a genre possesses other characteristics such as lyrics, bass lines, and instruments. The lyrics of early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times. It was only in the first decades of the 20th century that the most common current structure became standard: the so-called AAB pattern, consisting of a line sung over the four first bars, its repetition over the next four, and then a longer concluding line over the last bars. Early blues frequently took the form of a loose narrative, often relating troubles experienced within African American society.

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Stagecoach 2025: Three unusual places to wet your whistle

Redlands Daily Facts 28 Apr 2025
Coffee sales are up while lemonade sales are down at the 2025 Stagecoach Country Music Festival ... Jodi Wright slices lemons for Just Squeezed lemonade at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, S unday, April 27 ... The Wellness Wagon hands out free popsicles at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Sunday, April 26, 2025 ... Free....
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Violin/piano duo to close the Middlebury College Performing Arts Series season

Addison County Independent 24 Apr 2025
The audience is invited to learn more about this concert’s music in a free pre-concert lecture by Professor Emeritus of Music Larry Hamberlin, at 1.45 p.m., in the Mahaney Arts Center (MAC), room 125 ... Born in Russia, Ibragimova attended the Moscow Gnesin School, Yehudi Menuhin School, and Royal College of Music....
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Carroll/Canal Winchester: Touch-A-Truck kicks off 2025 Music in the Park

Lancaster Eagle Gazette 23 Apr 2025
Touch-A-Truck kicks off the city’s 2025 Music in the Park free summer concert series at Stradley Park, 30 S ... Join community members for an End of Summer Bash on August 15th featuring music by Treble Catz, and close out the season on September 19th with a Fall Fest and live music by Blues Therapy....
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Things to do in Cincinnati this week: April 21-27

Cincinnati.com 20 Apr 2025
Free ... MUSIC ... MUSIC ... Free ... MUSIC ... Free ... MUSIC. Music Live at Lunch, 12.10 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E ... Free ... MUSIC ... Free ... Ohio River Foundation's 25th Anniversary, 5.30-8.30 p.m., Summit Park, MadTree Parks & Rec, Blue Ash ... Free ... $15, $12 seniors, free ages 17-under, military and members ... MUSIC ... Free ... MUSIC ... MUSIC ... Brady Music Center, 25 Race St., The Banks....
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Review: Charismatic performer makes the case for saxophone in classical music

Pioneer Press 17 Apr 2025
Her early years blended playing music and dancing at the same time, an impulse she carries with her today with her free-flowing, physical style ... in Schubert’s other programs, like free “Courtroom Concerts” at the Landmark Center, its Music in the Parks series, and more....
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Things to do in Cincinnati this week: April 14-20

Cincinnati.com 13 Apr 2025
“Mo Better Blues,” 7.30 p.m., Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St., Over-the-Rhine ... MUSIC ... Free ... Museum is offering free admission to this exhibition on April 15 ... Museum is offering free admission to this exhibition on April 15 ... MUSIC ... MUSIC ... MUSIC. Music Live at Lunch ... Free ... MUSIC ... Evan Gidley Trio, 5-8 p.m., Fountain Square, 520 Vine St., Downtown Free ... MUSIC....
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Looking for fun things to do this weekend? Our Top 5 events on the Treasure Coast

TCPalm 10 Apr 2025
It will feature art-making activities, music and dance ... LucieThe fifth annual event will feature gourmet burgers, craft beer, blues music and retail vendors.Free general admission, $50 beer garden ticketstraditionfl.com/5th-annual-burgers-blues-brews-2025MARTIN COUNTY....
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Weekend things to do: Michael Jackson memories, Dania After Dark, Pink Moon Paddle, FGO’s new ‘Carmen’

Sun Sentinel 10 Apr 2025
Louisiana bayou-blues guitarist Tab Benoit brings music from album “I Hear Thunder” to the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, with roots guitarist Sam Morrow opening (doors at 7.30 p.m.) ... Admission is free ... Blues guitarist Tab Benoit will have new music to share on Saturday at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale ... Admission is free....

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