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Delta Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- 1930s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Delta Blues
Delta Blues is a branch of the Blues family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Delta Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt and Memphis Minnie.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genreDelta Blues
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1930s · North America · Delta Blues
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10 recordings1930s starting recordings
01Bumble Bee Blues1930 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 02Ain’t No Tellin’1930 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 03Hammer Blues (take 2)1930 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 04Moon Going Down1930 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 05Going to Move to Alabama1930 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 06Special Rider Blues1931 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 07Bird Nest Bound1931 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 08Terraplane Blues1936 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 09Sweet Home Chicago1936 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab 1032–20 Blues1937 · Blues · bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1930s artists
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