Blues rock

Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock. From its beginnings in the early- to mid-1960s, blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way inspired hard rock, Southern rock, and heavy metal. Blues rock continues to be an influence, with performances and recordings by several popular artists.

Blues rock started with rock musicians in the United Kingdom and the United States performing American blues songs. They typically recreated electric Chicago-style blues songs, such as those by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, and Albert King, at faster tempos and with a more aggressive sound common to rock. In the UK, the style was popularized by groups such as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and the Animals, who managed to place blues songs into the pop charts. In the US, Lonnie Mack, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and Canned Heat were among the earliest exponents and "attempted to play long, involved improvisations which were commonplace on jazz records".John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac also developed this more instrumental, but traditional-based style in the UK, while late-1960s/early 1970s groups, including Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, and Foghat became more hard rock oriented. In the US, Johnny Winter, the Allman Brothers Band, and ZZ Top represented a hard rock trend.

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Weezer bassist returns to the stage at Coachella four days after wife's shooting and attempted murder ...

The Daily Mail 13 Apr 2025
The 90s rock star, 59, and his band performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, without addressing the shooting incident ... Rivers rocked out on a blue guitar.
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Bridgwater to host first blues and folk festival

BBC News 12 Apr 2025
A Somerset town is hosting its first blues and folk festival, which will be held across eight venues ... The weekend's entertainment will include genres such as jazz, blues and rock as well as a sea shanty crew and morris dancers.
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Kareena Kapoor ditches makeup, rocks stylish all-blue outfit worth over ₹1.4 lakh at the airport. Watch

Hindustan Times 12 Apr 2025
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The Daily Mail 12 Apr 2025
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Hillsborough middle school unveils its 25-year-old time capsule

The Daily Journal - San Mateo 12 Apr 2025
In 2000, middle school students were donning baggy clothes much like today, making mixtapes on CDs instead of playlist on Spotify, but Crocker Middle School students were still rocking their blue and gold ... .
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Gym Class Heroes to be inducted into Upstate NY music hall of fame

The Post-Standard 12 Apr 2025
Trombone Shorty and 3 Rock & Roll Hall of FamersSyracuse Playlist. Hear 7 new songs from CNY rap, rock and blues artistsClassic rock band’s reunion to include Syracuse native, but not a key member.
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Viral 'Rich Men North of Richmond' singer will play Missouri State Fair

Columbia Daily Tribune 12 Apr 2025
The fair continues to round out its summer 2025 music lineup; previously announced shows include a Gin Blossoms-Blues Traveler-Spin Doctors 1990s rock trifecta, hip-hop hitmaker Flo Rida and country notables such as Wynonna Judd and John Anderson.
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$1.175 million Mount Lookout home sale among the week's top property transfers

Cincinnati.com 12 Apr 2025
2054 Harcourt Dr ... Blue Ash Corporate Center II LLC to Blue Ash Corporate Center II LLC; $1 ... 5912 Blue Rock Rd ... Blue Hills Ventures LLC to Combs Maria & Keith Combs; $185,000Oakley ... Eagle Rock Republic LLC to Dennis Steven M & Diana G Moeglin; $230,000.
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K-Floor - "Spanky Jam" - LIVE @ Grape Street Pub - [Blues Rock]

Bitchute 11 Apr 2025
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Jack White review: An electrifying performance at Chicago's Salt Shed

Chicago Sun-Times 11 Apr 2025
Thursday night’s kick-off was a tempestuous affair of scuzzy blues rock and punk-rock spirit with a curated mix of staples from White’s solo career (including his latest Grammy-nominated “No Name...
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The Times of India 11 Apr 2025
Earth is known as the “blue planet,” but a new study published in Nature suggests that our oceans may have once looked green instead of blue ... Rain and volcanic activity carried large amounts of iron from the rocks into the oceans.
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Country band Exile to headline Red, White & Blue Days in Charleston

Journal Gazette 11 Apr 2025
CHARLESTON — Chart topping country and soft rock band Exile is set to perform a free concert at the 2025 Red, White & Blue Days festival ... Chart topping country and soft rock band Exile will perform a free concert at 8 p.m.
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Yahoo Daily News 11 Apr 2025
The Blue Boats will vie for glory along a four-mile stretch of the River Thames from Putney to Mortlake, with Oxford out to end a streak of Cambridge dominance in recent years. The Light Blues have won ...
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Memphis soul, island reggae on tap for final Bud Light Rocks The Boat concerts

Steamboat Pilot 11 Apr 2025
As ski season comes to an end, Great Knight productions is closing things out in style at Steamboat Resort with the final performances of the Bud Light Rocks the Boat free concert series ... in blues.
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Concert review: Bill Murray’s bluesy musical turn at the Orpheum almost veered into karaoke

Pioneer Press 11 Apr 2025
Murray has also embraced a music career as of late, touring this year as Bill Murray and his Blood Brothers with noted blues musicians Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia ... Now in their 70s, AC/DC still know how to rock.
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