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- Joe Bonamassa. The world’s most high-profile blues guitarist has spent 2019 packing out pretty much every large, red-plush seated theater he can find in support of last year’s masterly Redemption.
- Eric Clapton. For a player who made his bones in the ‘60s with Cream and Blind Faith, back when the color TV was still novel, Slowhand made a respectable attempt at breaking the internet when he played While My Guitar Gently Weeps with Peter Frampton at this year’s Crossroads Guitar Festival.
- Derek Trucks. Is there a better slide player in the world right now? Trucks is the highest slide specialist in our voters’ list, and perhaps that is because his sensibility is such that he never overpowers the jam, often positioning his Gibson Artist Series Dickey Betts SG somewhere in the uncharted frequencies shared by vocals and guitar, and as an enigmatic counterpoint to his wife Susan Tedeschi’s Strat or Les Paul.
- Buddy Guy. Profiled in the New Yorker as “the last of the bluesmen,” Buddy Guy might be 83 years young but he has more than plenty sap in the tree, and can presently be found, Strat in hand, at venues up and down the length and breadth of the United States.
The State of the Blues Today. By Elijah Wald. Blues has meant many different things over the years, and its history—like the history of any musical genre—is as much the story of those evolving meanings as it is of an evolving musical style. In the beginning, the word just meant sorrow or depression, and thousands of songs have continued to ...
- What Makes Music Bluesy?
- Blues in Other Genres
- The Nostalgia Renaissance
Determining whether modern music has been influenced by blues can be difficult given how much musical styles evolve and progress. Developed in America in the mid-1800s by African Americans, blues music is based around the sounds, the narrative of the songs, and the snappy rhythm that is akin to spiritual chants and working songs. While the blues wa...
The rhythm that is inherent in blues music has been incorporated into modern musical styles with the acoustic flicks of the guitar strings replaced by electronic sounds. For instance, modern-day hip hop is inspired by the tone and rhythm found in blues music. Elsewhere, jazz has been inspired by blues music, namely in the unconventional time signat...
Some may argue that the genre’s resurgence has come about as part of a wider influence of traditional concepts being reintroduced in modern ways. For instance, the Peloton has revolutionized both solo and group exercise. By taking the concept of the exercise bike and infusing it with a subscription to classes and tutorials, people can engage with t...
Mar 4, 2021 · If you’re a fan of blues and blues/rock, some of these artists you know well. I purposely left off widely celebrated names such as Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, John Mayall, and more. All of them deserve to be heard. These artists/bands are in no particular order.
Mar 27, 2024 · The blues, with its deep-rooted history in African American culture, has significantly shaped the landscape of modern music. This article aims to explore the blues' foundational role in modern music, highlighting how its core elements continue to resonate and influence today’s musical trends. Through this exploration, we will understand the blues not just as a genre confined to history, but ...
Aug 14, 2016 · Charles Shaar Murray is the award-winning author of Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix And Post-war Pop, and Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. The first two decades of his journalism, criticism and vulgar abuse have been collected in Shots From The Hip. A founding contributor to Q and Mojo magazines ...
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6 modern blues artists you need to hear. Contrary to popular belief, the modern blues scene is alive and well. Guitarists like Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr and Derek Trucks are filling concert halls and arenas with legions of die hard blues fans and garnering attention from a wider audience. Beyond these giants of the modern blues scene, there ...
