blues
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Kingfish even recorded much of his latest album, “Hard Road,” a tasty gumbo of blues, rock, funk and soul, in his home and other area studios.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
He claimed to have been inspired by blues legend Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, who he said was a fellow inmate at one point.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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
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
There was the same iron bedstead, and the quilt was multicolored, faded but still cheerful with reds and blues and greens and yellows.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Vocabulary lists containing blues
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Music - Introductory
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