Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues ... You have to do a little bit of projection from those lyrics; blues are not usually songs of ideology or protest. But you can detect an overriding ...

The resulting Delta blues style is regarded as the most elemental form and is characterized by uneven rhyming patterns, minimal melody, spoken rather than sung lyrics, and moaning vocalizations.

Tinsley Ellis is stepping out of his comfort zone to bring a new sound to Albuquerque: acoustic blues. Hailing from Georgia, Ellis wanted to create a mixture of traditional acoustic blues sounds that ...