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Blues music is an essential part of American musical history and culture, and has had a significant impact on the evolution of popular music around the world. From its roots in the African-American communities of the Deep South, the blues genre has spread across the globe, influencing countless artists and inspiring new styles of music.

now but a whole climate of opinion under whom we conduct our different lives.” On a lesser scale, the poet WH Auden’s words about Sigmund Freud could apply to Bob Dylan. On his 80th birthday, his influence on the popular music of the West is so pervasive that it runs unnoticed, like blood in the vein. It was his monumental presence over more than 50 years that prompted the Nobel committee’s bold decision in 2016 to award him the literature prize. “Alfred Nobel wanted to reward those wh...

“We didn’t sound like anybody else,” says singer Jon King. A new box set finds the band’s earliest albums have kept their original thrills.