Delta blues is the foundation for that. When we listen to blues music of the 1920s, it's like looking through a window at the experience people are having at the time. Typically, blues artists ...

Although his music was largely overlooked in his ... the “Mother of the Blues”, shaped the first classic blues recordings in the early 1920s. Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten (1895-1987) was ...

According to music critic Daphne Brooks ... even though it was Smith who kicked off the classic blues women’s era of the 1920s.

The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...

creating many musical innovations Muddy Waters was a huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became the first African ...

Texas blues isn't just a genre, it's the heartbeat of the Lone Star State. Born out of struggle and resilience, this music ...

In 1924 jazz and blues burst into the world of the classical orchestra thanks to trailblazer George Gershwin, who composed music full of the energy and playfulness of New York City in the 1920s.