the blues

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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

So far, "Sinners" is perhaps his most personal project -- sparked by wanting to learn more about a great-uncle who had introduced him to the blues and was from Mississippi.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

One central scene that employs magical realism to trace the history of Black music from West Africa through the blues to present-day hip-hop is a standout -- before the blood flows.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

For Delta Slim, Lindo read books on the blues, listened to Son House, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf and immersed himself in the culture of the Mississippi Delta.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The girl was made of all the blues, and little sparks shot out from all her edges, shards of glass falling off and away.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake