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Piedmont Blues
- Genre family
- Blues
- Starting recordings
- 3
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Piedmont Blues
Piedmont Blues is a branch of the Blues family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Piedmont Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreBlues
Current genrePiedmont Blues
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New York City · Piedmont Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
3 recordingsStart with these recordings
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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