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  2. African blues - Wikipedia

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    Albums such as African Blues by Ali Farka Toure have a noticeable African and American Blues influence. [clarify] The death of Malian guitar legend Ali Farka Touré has inspired a new round of speculation about the roots of the blues in Africa. Touré famously argued that the beloved American genre was "nothing but African", a bold assertion.

  3. List of musical genres of the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm & Blues; Soul; Speed Garage; Cape Verdean music (see page for full list of musical forms) Morna; Colombian music (see page for full list of musical forms) Cuban music (see page for full list of musical forms) Afro (genre) Son; Music of the Dominican Republic (see page for full list of musical forms) Bachata; Merengue; Music of Ecuador ...

  4. Desert blues - Wikipedia

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    Tishoumaren (ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ in Neo-Tifinagh script) or assouf, [1] internationally known as desert blues, is a style of music from the Sahara region of northern and west Africa. Critics describe the music as a fusion of blues and rock music with Tuareg , Malian or North African music . [ 2 ]

  5. Music of the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Many other African-American music genres, such as gospel and jazz, developed from this genre. Spirituals would continue to be created and played by African Americans post emancipation as well, bands like the Fisk Jubilee Singers would spread across America. While a couple bands like the Fisk Jubilee Singers made main stage appearances a bulk of ...

  6. Portal:Blues - Wikipedia

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    Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spirituals , work songs , field hollers , shouts , chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture .

  7. Blues - Wikipedia

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    Blues is a music genre [3] and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. [2] Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture.

  8. List of blues festivals - Wikipedia

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    Blues is a genre [1] and musical form that originated in African-American communities in the Southern United States around the end of the 19th century. It has elements of traditional African music , American folk music , spirituals , work songs , field hollers , shouts and chants , and rhymed simple narrative ballads . [ 2 ]

  9. All Music Guide to the Blues - Wikipedia

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    The book's back cover touts that the book contains ratings for close to 9,000 album and 935 musician biographies. Artists are set up alphabetically and include some of the following: birth and death dates, classification ( vocals , guitar , drums , etc.), a biography, a discography .