Traditional blues music is a genre that originated in the African American communities of the southern United States. It is characterized by its use of the 12-bar blues chord progression, call-and-response vocals, and the use of various instruments such as the guitar, harmonica, and piano. The lyrics often focus on themes of love, loss, and hardship. The genre has been influential in the development of many other musical styles, including rock and roll and jazz.
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Piano, Harmonica, Drum Kit, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer, Horn Section, Organ, Fiddle, Banjo, Pedal Steel Guitar
Popular traditional blues Songs
Bloomfield-A Retrospective
1984
The Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961
2001
Big Walter Horton w/ Carey Bell
1972
Getting Ready... (World)
1971
Legends Of Country Blues: The Complete Pre-War Recordings Of Skip James (Disc A)
2006
One More Mile: Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1
1994
The Essential Jimmie Vaughan
2003
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List of traditional blues artists
Here is a list of traditional blues artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the traditional blues genre. You can find out what traditional blues genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
# name popularity followers
1
47
177312
2
49
357096
3
52
802830
4
51
504066
5
50
211936
6
47
190721
7
43
268452
8
38
191247
9
47
303207
10
39
133378
11
46
310671
12
25
48498
13
43
130229
14
31
55550
15
27
30024
16
29
59143
17
39
167781
18
50
238729
19
34
57729
20
31
22773
21
54
1264183
22
33
154930
23
32
69351
24
36
106486
25
26
67469
26
35
26251
27
35
29000
28
56
847819
29
29
41521
30
29
38621
31
33
103946
32
46
136911
33
61
2662652
34
43
190049
35
43
200092
36
39
120430
37
30
18054
38
44
496062
39
26
42660
40
42
181132
41
44
56117
42
44
567016
43
36
34037
44
23
36612
45
38
33041
46
48
249288
47
55
611724
48
35
89342
49
21
20611
50
49
389240
51
49
433407
52
44
124127
53
40
247466
54
39
149877
55
42
174207
56
46
205685
57
21
10412
58
32
153702
59
41
30811
60
46
416416
61
31
24613
62
27
15432
63
40
138336
64
44
22999
65
27
12339
66
32
55282
67
32
70261
68
35
71601
69
24
17715
70
37
63275
71
36
51321
72
30
39731
73
34
53169
74
56
291461
75
29
90731
76
37
70258
77
33
68136
78
21
15573
79
34
39096
80
26
25920
81
37
146547
82
29
9220
83
35
46000
84
25
50779
85
20
10186
86
21
9833
87
43
106770
88
39
159014
89
21
9863
90
20
12156
91
22
7577
92
24
18240
93
37
51061
94
21
18979
95
25
48400
96
21
3827
97
39
68344
98
40
187630
99
38
78543
100
38
106368
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