Below you will find example sentences with "blues music". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Blues Music in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: blues
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.8 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "blues music" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as american blues music was a, at the blues music awards in, awards, acoustic and harp stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with music awards, folk music, music festival, louis blues, delta blues and sky blues, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with blues music
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
American blues music was a major influence on the early British rockers of the era. (15 words)
A devoted fan of Goulburn's Blues Music Festival hopes the annual fixture can be resurrected. (16 words)
More than 800 musicians will perform at the world’s largest and most renowned blues music competition. (17 words)
Janiva Magness begins her no-holds-barred and inspirational memoir, "Weeds Like Us," by admitting her amazement when she won the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award at the Blues Music Awards in 2009, only the second woman to be so honored. (44 words)
Scordatura on stringed instruments has been used for centuries and alternative guitar tunings had been used for decades in blues music, and to a limited degree in rock music (such as with Lou Reed 's Ostrich guitar on The Velvet Underground & Nico ). (42 words)
In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music (then termed "race music") for a multi-racial audience, and is credited with first using the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the music. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Formerly titled the W. C. Handy Awards, the International Blues Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation (headquartered in Memphis) for Blues music achievement.
Known for her thoughtful interpretations of acoustic country blues, the New York City native has long been recognized as a master, netting six Blues Music Awards over the years, including “Acoustic Artist of the Year” in 2019.
Miss Freddye has also been nominated for two, 2018 Blues Music Awards: Best Emerging Artist Album and the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female).
Dick Waterman and the blues festivals he organized in Europe played a major role in propagating blues music abroad.
In blues music, the harmonica is often casually referred to as a "blues harp" or "harp", but it is a free reed wind instrument, not a stringed instrument, and is therefore not a true harp.
World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially white listeners.
In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music (then termed "race music") for a multi-racial audience, and is credited with first using the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the music.
In fact, the original name for the genre was amargue ("bitterness," or "bitter music," or blues music), until the rather ambiguous (and mood-neutral) term bachata became popular.
Scordatura on stringed instruments has been used for centuries and alternative guitar tunings had been used for decades in blues music, and to a limited degree in rock music (such as with Lou Reed 's Ostrich guitar on The Velvet Underground & Nico ).
The Friday Fest will feature 20 venues of live blues music consisting of bars, restaurants and an outdoor stage in a GO-CUP District, where beverages can be taken from one venue to the next.
A devoted fan of Goulburn's Blues Music Festival hopes the annual fixture can be resurrected.
Blues music has a history here in Oklahoma, especially when you realize just how much it has influenced talented players from this state.
St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Pub Crawl: 4-8 p.m., Scripted Kitchen, Loveland Taphouse, Skybear Brewery and Pub, Black and Blues Music and Brews, Pourhouse Bar and Grill and Burk’s Tavern, downtown Loveland.
Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame.
But when she is singing, from “the gut”, and hitting you there”, Davis is about joy, Davis is about defiance, Davis is about life — the three other qualities inseparable from Blues music.
Janiva Magness begins her no-holds-barred and inspirational memoir, "Weeds Like Us," by admitting her amazement when she won the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award at the Blues Music Awards in 2009, only the second woman to be so honored.
Blues Music runs deep in this family- Lyle and John are 3rd generation musicians with Matt being the 5th generation.
More than 800 musicians will perform at the world’s largest and most renowned blues music competition.
American blues music was a major influence on the early British rockers of the era.
Chef Aid: The South Park Album Turner credited Joe Louis Walker with encouraging him to return to his roots in blues music.