The music was the first fully developed American experience of "classic" blues.

Kitty Brown was an American classic female blues singer.

It's bursting with ideas, taking up topics from the ties between ritual and music to the compression that 78-rpm records brought to the classic blues.

Although it's based in classic blues, this music doesn't sound ancient - it sounds vital and alive, like any great music should.

His music has been described as "classic blues and spirituals" by "a seasoned craftsman".

Her music evolves from classic blues and spiritual traditions.

Ms. Storm sings and plays a full repertory of classic blues.

And in his maturity, he is closer than ever to the clear-eyed fatalism of classic blues.

His guitar playing reflected the classic blues and pentatonic scales.

"Then in '69 or '70 I was first exposed to the classic blues and was fascinated by it."