Blues Music

Blues Journey: Got Them Blues – A History

As enslaved people toiled in the fields, they often sang to communicate with each other and pass the time. These work songs, spirituals, and field hollers formed the basis of blues music as it became ...

Motown Jazz – Smooth Jazz Music & Jazz Instrumental Music for Relaxing and Study | Soft Jazz

Thanks for listening to this smooth jazz instrumental music. Please subscribe! Dr. SaxLove Channel: https://youtube.com/drsaxlove Download this album: https://drsaxlove.com/summer-jazz Download the ba...

Sam Myers – I Got The Blues

Album: Coming From The Old School | Buy: https://amzn.to/3vkXxWw Lyrics: I’ve got to leave here, I’ve got to find someplace to go I’ve got to leave here, I’ve got to find somep...

Daniel Castro – I’ll Play The Blues For You

Album: No Surrender https://www.danielcastro.com/ Buy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/324741970349 , Albert King Cover, Lyrics: If you’re down and out and you feel real hurt Come on over to the place ...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- “Didn’t It Rain?” Live 1964 (Reelin’ In The Years Archive)

Reelin’ In The Years Productions has available for licensing over 20,000 hours of music footage spanning 90 years. Additionally, we have more than 5,000 of hours of in-depth interviews with the 20th c...

Gary B.B. Coleman – The Sky is Crying

Album: Too Much Weekend https://amzn.to/2SwXcKO, Lyrics:The sky is cryin….Can’t you see the tears roll down the street The sky is cryin….Can’t you see the tears roll down the s...

Maya Angelou series from 1968: Blacks, Blues, Black! Episode 4: Music | KQED Arts

Episode 4 of a 10-part TV series made by Dr. Maya Angelou for KQED in 1968 called Blacks, Blues, Black!, which examines the influence of African American culture on modern American society. Includes s...

Sona Jobarteh & Band – Kora Music from West Africa

Tracklist: 0:00 Jarabi | 10:06 Mamamuso | 16:52 Kaira | 24:40 Gainaako | 34:02 Kanu | 44:24 Saya | 49:30 Bannaya ******************** Sona Jobarteh performed in Weimar on invitation of the University ...

African American Music: From Spirituals to Jazz and the Blues

a narrative documentary explaining the progression of African-American music. All files are used under the Fair Use Act for educational purposes.