Blues · GenresWhat is blues?
Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence.
About blues
"Blue notes," also known as "worried notes," are the typically flattened third, fifth, and seventh degrees in a major scale.
From Last.fm, where 96,515 listeners have tagged music as blues.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Continuum
At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Howlin' Wolf
Born Under A Bad Sign
Burnin'
King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Ice Pickin'
BluesBlues songs
- The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King
- From Eden by Hozier
- Gravity by John Mayer
- I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James
- Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore
- Smokestack Lightnin' by Howlin' Wolf
- Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters
- The Other Woman by Lana Del Rey
- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer
- Magnolia by J.J. Cale
Blues on Risocast
Rumours (Super Deluxe)Fleetwood Mac · 1977
RumoursFleetwood Mac · 1977
Rumours (Deluxe Edition)Fleetwood Mac · 1977
Fleetwood MacFleetwood Mac · 1975
Greatest HitsFleetwood Mac · 1988
Kind Of BlueMiles Davis · 1959
Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)Miles Davis · 1959
TravellerChris Stapleton · 2015
Neighbouring genres
In the jazz & blues family. All genres
cool jazzbossa novaacid jazzblues rockbebopavant-garde jazzdelta blueschicago bluesdark jazzcountry bluesdesert bluesjazz punkQuestions
- What is blues?
- Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of "blue notes." It emerged in Black communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. "Blue notes," also known as "worried notes," are the typically flattened third, fifth, and seventh degrees in a major scale.
- Who are the best-known blues artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Hozier, Chris Isaak, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Tom Waits and Etta James.
- What genres are similar to blues?
- On Risocast it sits with cool jazz, bossa nova, acid jazz, blues rock, bebop and avant-garde jazz.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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