Blues

Music genre originating in 1860s BluesStylistic origins Work songs spirituals folk music Cultural origins1860s, Deep South, U.S.Derivative forms Bluegrass country western jazz jug band ragtime rhythm and blues rock and roll hip-hop contemporary R&B psychedelic rock acid rockdid Subgenres Boogie-woogie classic female blues country blues Delta blues dirty blues electric blues hokum blues jump blues(complete list) Fusion genres Biker metal blues rock desert blues gospel blues punk blues soul blues Regional scenes British blues Canadian blues Chicago blues Delta blues Detroit blues Hill country blues Kansas City blues Louisiana blues Memphis blues New Orleans blues Piedmont blues St. Louis blues Swamp blues Texas blues West Coast blues Other topics List of genres list of musicians lists of musicians by genre list of standards origins African-American music Part of a series on ethnicAfrican Americans History Periods Timeline Atlantic slave trade Abolitionism in the United States Slavery in the colonial history of the US Revolutionary War Antebellum period Slavery and military history during the Civil War Reconstruction era Politicians Juneteenth Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim C