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- Modern blues music is a genre that blends traditional blues with contemporary elements such as rock, soul, and R&B. It features powerful vocals, soulful guitar riffs, and a strong rhythm section. The lyrics often touch on themes of love, loss, and personal struggles.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Modern blues artists are incorporating elements such as: New timbres, including electric guitars, brass, saxophones, and keyboards. Major and minor scales, as well as modes. More complex harmonies with 9th and 11th chords. Innovative rhythms.
- Musicnotes
Modern Blues is a fresh twist on the classic Blues genre that we all know and love. It's like your favorite old blues song, but with a new, exciting vibe. Born in the late 20th century, Modern Blues adds in elements of rock, soul, and even a bit of pop.
Mar 4, 2021 · 75 Modern Blues & Blues Rock. By Martine Ehrenclou. Discovering great music is a musical pastime that we all love, a necessity for many of us. Since most current blues and blues/rock doesn’t receive commercial airplay, sometimes uncovering outstanding new songs and albums isn’t easy.
Sep 28, 2022 · These are hand-picked modern blues rock and roots songs from the music we’ve received or scouted out. Great for a night on the town, or just kicking back in your living room alone or with friends. Each one listed has information on the band or artist, plus song/video and link to their website.
- Dan Stubbs
- SONG: Robert Johnson – Crossroad Blues (1937) What it did: Popularised Johnson’s great creation myth – that his fame was the result of a deal made with the Devil at a rural crossroads.
- SONG: Lead Belly/Nirvana – Where Did You Sleep Last Night (1944/1994) What it did: Lead Belly’s 1939 recording of this tragic blues song – which he frequently called ‘Black Girl’ – combined two traditional blues songs dating back to the 1870s, showing how blues itself is rooted in folk traditions.
- SONG: Elmore James – Dust My Broom (1951) What it did: Originally written by Robert Johnson (see ‘Cross Road Blues’, above) under the name ‘I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom’, Elmore James’s version (credited as Elmo James) added a boogie rhythm and slide guitar – and was a watershed moment in the electrification and amping up of the blues sound.
- ALBUM: Etta James – At Last! (1960) What it did: As you’ll see in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, women were at the centre of the ‘urban blues’ scene that stormed the cities in the 1920s and 30s.
As blues music features rarely (if at all) in the mainstream, these musicians are trickier to find; so it’s up to us to help spread the good word. Here are a few of the modern blues artists and bands I’ve discovered recently that have become regular features on my blues playlist:
Modern blues music is a genre that blends traditional blues with contemporary elements such as rock, soul, and R&B. It features powerful vocals, soulful guitar riffs, and a strong rhythm section. The lyrics often touch on themes of love, loss, and personal struggles.
