Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs,... Wikipedia

• Stylistic origins:  Work songs, Spirituals, folk music
• Cultural origins:  1860s, Deep South, U.S.
• Derivative forms:  Bluegrass, country, jazz, jug band, ragtime, rhythm and blues, rock and roll
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo