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
Top New traditional blues Songs of 2024
The Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961
2001
Big Walter Horton w/ Carey Bell
1972
Legends Of Country Blues: The Complete Pre-War Recordings Of Skip James (Disc A)
2006
Getting Ready... (World)
1971
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
48
178279
2
50
357948
3
52
807084
4
52
506846
5
51
213223
6
47
191960
7
43
269677
8
47
304430
9
38
192547
10
39
133981
11
46
313063
12
25
48763
13
44
131440
14
31
55865
15
27
30195
16
39
168450
17
30
59404
18
51
239793
19
34
58110
20
34
155556
21
31
22900
22
27
67827
23
32
69509
24
57
853101
25
55
1270644
26
36
26415
27
30
38834
28
34
104392
29
37
107044
30
29
41801
31
35
29222
32
44
137860
33
61
2676124
34
30
18178
35
44
498070
36
43
190920
37
44
201500
38
27
42902
39
39
120918
40
43
182580
41
46
56462
42
45
569825
43
24
36739
44
36
34265
45
57
614663
46
49
250472
47
39
33189
48
36
89732
49
49
390922
50
21
20723
51
50
435790
52
44
124838
53
41
248610
54
39
150724
55
22
10472
56
42
174928
57
47
207425
58
32
154773
59
46
417924
60
41
31117
61
31
24734
62
27
15603
63
46
23594
64
27
12358
65
41
138871
66
32
55553
67
32
70642
68
24
17824
69
35
71869
70
37
63594
71
30
39874
72
56
293443
73
36
51645
74
35
53534
75
30
91253
76
37
70750
77
33
68512
78
22
15666
79
34
39428
80
26
26250
81
37
147221
82
29
9277
83
35
46181
84
28
51167
85
21
9933
86
44
107600
87
40
161268
88
21
9912
89
21
12209
90
23
7646
91
37
51316
92
24
18368
93
21
19064
94
21
17385
95
26
48956
96
39
68991
97
40
188756
98
39
79126
99
35
38421
100
38
106368
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