Delta blues
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music subgenre; early style of blues music
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Vinony's link graph records 596 inbound references to Delta blues, and connects out to Mississippi, Houston and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics African-American music, Blues music genres and Delta blues.
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Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Blues
- Cultural origins
- Early twentieth century, Mississippi , U.S.
- Derivative forms
- Chicago blues Detroit blues Memphis blues electric blues
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Big Jack Johnson - Chicago Blues Festival 2009.jpg
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- inception
- 1928-01-01
- name
- Delta blues
- Commons category
- Delta blues
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mississippi Delta (not to be confused with the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana)
Delta blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues. It originated in the Mississippi Delta and is regarded as a regional variant of country blues. Guitar and harmonica are its dominant instruments; slide guitar is a hallmark of the style. Vocal styles in Delta blues range from introspective and soulful to passionate and fiery.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Delta blues” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.