Blues Music

Joan Armatrading Blues Musician
Got Blues? Get a Sample of Joan Armatrading and Her Blues Music
In the seventies Joan Armatrading had playing time on LA rock radio. KROQ for one. I would hear any of her songs just once and I was instantly impressed. Very early in my adult life I was attracted to the blues. That head bobbing beat suits me fine. If you have good guitar, a mellow voice and maybe harmonica I will listen. I still like Armatrading's music, but there is no radio air time for her anymore. Explore this lens and see what you think about England's blues master. She has bee...

The Delta Blues
Ground Zero for the Blues
Elvis Presley put a different beat and lyric to the blues, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton "covered" them, and cities in the north claimed them, but there's no denying the origin of the delta blues up, down, across and around both sides of the Mississippi river in Mississippi and Arkansas. There's also no denying that the Mississippi Delta is "ground zero for the blues", the more prolific producer of blues artists and the more documented thanks to Alan Lomax, John Hammond, Arkansas born Robert ...

Robert Johnson's Come On In My Kitchen
Who Was Robert Johnson?
Robert Leroy Johnson was born in 1911 or 1912 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. He died 27 years later near Greenwood, Mississippi. Very little is known about Robert Johnson, and the small amount of work that he left behind was moderately successful when he was alive. It wasn't until the release of "Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers" in 1961 that anyone took notice. And it wasn't blues artists that paid attention, but rock and rollers from both America and Great Britain. Johnson made...

John Legend: Destined For the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Who is John Legend?
Similar to my story about Corinne Bailey Rae, I first learned of John Legend when he performed at the Grammy's with Corinne Bailey Rae and John Mayer. Again, like Corinne Bailey Rae, I thought his voice was so easy to listen to. After feverishly looking for his videos on the internet, I couldn't believe how many of his songs I found I could listen to with ease. I find his voice so comfortable and his style so welcoming. In doing the background research for this introduction to John Legend, I...

Corinne Bailey Rae: A Voice as Smooth as Silk
Who is Corinne Bailey Rae?
My first introduction to Corinne Bailey Rae... well, I think it was when she performed at the Grammy's with John Legend and John Mayer. It was quite a performance that left me speechless. From there, I quickly searched out her songs on the internet and found a bunch of music that I enjoyed listening to. Corinne Bailey Rae released her debut album in 2006 and it was only the fourth British female performer to have her album debut at number one. Since hitting it big, Corinne hasn't stopped sin...

Blues Music
This is my blues music tribute lens. I'm a big blues fan and have been throughout my life, so it makes sense for me to put this one together to write about the blues mucicians and their rhythm n blues music that has coursed throughout my life.