The blues is several things: a feeling, a form of music, and a genre. The blues is considered an Americanroots music—one of the genres born and developed in the United States along with bluegrass, country, gospel, zydeco, traditional country, and Native American music. Those genres formed ...
Memphis is a design movement that began in 1981. While the name might make you think that it was born in Tennessee, it got its start in Milan, Italy. Designer Ettore Sottsass founded the Memphis Group with other designers and architects. They took their name from a Bob Dylan song titledSt...
Here come the blues Blues music has seen an evolution over the decades (and even over the century). Blues music is often connected to cities like Memphis and Chicago. However, the song “Memphis Blues,” written and performed by W.C. Handy, became the first true commercially successful blue...
Michael Grunwald, Globe Staff
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Mississippi's Blues Roots Remain Strong Located right next to Memphis, Mississippi is home to one of the country's four GRAMMY Museums and is widely regarded as one of the birthplaces — if notthebirthplace — of the blues. The state has nurtured some of the genre's greatest talents, incl...
Joe Deluxe Rock and/or Blues and/or Pop, 5 piece Joe Deluxe is made of a group of seasoned players who cut their musical teeth playing the same old covers that everyone did, and decided to do something a little different. So instead of playing the same old songs over and over again,...
“Mama Needs Some Company” features a lusty vocal from Vincitore, plus fiery slide guitar from Chris Vitarello, “Crazy Man” and “Say What” are both strong funk workouts, and “Opposite of Lonely” leans toward the jazzy side of the blues. The closer is the acoustic “Demons,” an ...
M: Hello, Stella. This is Peter. W: Hi, Peter. Fancy hearing your voice! How are you? M: Couldn’t be better. I’m planning a trip to Memphis with my family this summer. W: Great! I’d love to host you here. When are you coming?
Jazz is a style of music that combined ragtime with experimental orchestral techniques. The truly unique thing about jazz is its...