By Xan Sillem Blues is the name given to a form and a genre of music that originated from the African-American communities of the “Deep South” of the United States at the end of the 19th century. It consisted of spiritual numbers, hollas and chants as well as working songs and was characterized by […]

The Origins of Blues and How Blues Music Is Still Relevant Today By Xan Sillem Blues  is hard to overstate the significance of the blues in modern and contemporary music. Almost all forms of popular music today are characterized by blues influences, whether it be from Adele or the Black Keys, or from the Beatles to […]