blues
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In Meghalaya's capital, music spills constantly through public life: church choirs rehearsing late into the evening, teenage metal bands in garages, blues musicians drifting through dimly-lit bars.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The looks that walked down the runway also called upon the dream, soundtracked by a score that included blues icon John Lee Hooker and beloved French band Air.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Carter received his first nod in 1970 for composing ex-wife Candi Staton’s single “I’d Rather Be an Old Man’s Sweetheart,” which was nominated for the rhythm & blues song category.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Curtis Stigers performed in the city earlier this week, so too Donegal blues guitarist Muireann Bradley.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
As the holiday season neared, my dad seemed finally to shake his blues.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing blues
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
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Music - Introductory
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