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Delta Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- 2000s 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 John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and John Hammond.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genreDelta Blues
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2000s · North America · Delta Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings2000s starting recordings
01Close to You2000 · blues · chicago bluesOpen in new tab 02Goin' Away Baby2001 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 03Poor Boy2001 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 04Boogie Chillen2001 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 05Charlestown Interview2001 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 06Just Like a Woman2001 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 07Pennies From Heaven2005 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 08Going Back to Florida2006 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 09See That My Grave Is Kept Clean2006 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab 10Two Trains Running2006 · Delta Blues · delta bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2000s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2000s albums
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