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The infamous music writer has now touched down on Helium (or should that be risen into the sky?) Forever seeking ways to enlighten, amuse and amaze the reading world, I have already worked for other sites, guiding on one and now reporting on local bands for local newspapers in the U.K.

Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes Blues music: Past, present and future

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Blues, like many other genres has a unique history - the blues we know born out of poor communities, black ghettos, segregation in Mid America, it gave a culture already formed and initialised by black America and Africa, a sense of belonging. It brought together, very much like Folk music, people who were united in hardship and suffering. Yet at the same time, it was the only genre which reached out to other walks of life and touched each genre with a mix of blues. Rock, rock and roll and folk all had a slice of the blues pie which gave each of their styles a kick, an edge and a certain d...

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