blues

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The spirit of old-school jazz, blues, big band and soul inhabits the record, which stretches out over 71 minutes, as Raye flexes her compositional muscles.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Plus: The $599 MacBook Neo reviewed, the teens running a billion-dollar AI startup, electric-grid blues, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Buddy Guy, a blues guitarist who played an older version of Caton’s character, took the stage alongside “Sinners” actors Jayme Lawson and Li Jun Li.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Night flowers in dark purples and blues sprouted from the vines in the walls and even between the cracks in the wall.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova