city blues
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Madison had become a haven for musicians who wanted to get away from the big city blues scene of Chicago three hours away.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2019
Today, Center residents, white and black, like to describe their town, population 5,100, as a sylvan paradise where “big city blues melt away.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2015
Lapotaire renders Piaf, the diminutive poet-songstress of the pre-dawn city blues, with matchless psychological fidelity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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