blues
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Another distraction: During that first long, lyrical monologue from Bynum, a blues guitar solo is heard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Like a blues singer worrying a note, his nuances of tone and emphasis make his story and his point sound bold, undeniable and appealingly cool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"He was the blues guy that got to me," he says of Hopkins, laughing at the thought of how life could have been different had he moved to Texas in 1959.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Foreman, born in Philadelphia, formed the Delta 72 in Washington, D.C., in the mid-’90s, putting a soulfully-scuzzy blues twist on the city’s post-hardcore sound of the era.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
He used to give me the blues in the ring, so bad, but I still liked him.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Vocabulary lists containing blues
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
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Bud, Not Buddy
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Music - Introductory
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