Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but these influential blues songs were especially pivotal. The great blues artists talked, the savviest rockers listened. Without the blues there ...

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So much of today's music is steeped in the Blues. Today, let’s highlight (just some of) the Blues music that started it all. From The Current: Celebrate Black History Month 2025 with The Current So ...