classic blues
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Aki Kumar Trio: Live From Home” Kumar and his band mix the sounds of Bollywood with classic blues in a live concert presented by the Musco Center at Chapman College.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2020
After another protracted layoff from music, Green weaned himself off his psychiatric medications; rejuvenated, he returned in 1996 with his Splinter Group, devoting himself largely to performing the classic blues repertoire.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2020
“You knew how I loved you, but my spirit was free” is the line that builds a bridge between the classic blues queens and 21st-century women warriors such as Beyoncé and Rihanna, Lizzo and SZA.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2020
Mr. Berry’s most tender and arguably most literary lyric had its roots in Muddy Waters’s classic blues “Long Distance Call.”
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2017
He began performing professionally soon thereafter and brought a showman’s flair to the classic blues tradition, sometimes doing back flips on stage.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2017
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