Blues-rock

in my time (Incubus, Apartment 26, Cold Chamber, econoline wine crush, Rob Zombie, chevelle, Orgy, Deadsy, Korn, Days of the new, The Chemical Brothers, just to name a few). The concert was label to be of the Jazz genre, I usually listen to Classic Rock, and Electronic, so this was a huge change for my taste, a whole new world. Each song had an individualized style to it, which was very interesting to me, it helped keep me interested in it. The band was made up of 3 different players: Paul…

performed a variety of songs from blues, jazz roll, to bebop etc. Marty Liquori was the guitarist and his friend Vic Donnell the Keyboardist. Then the concert took a musical break and later they were joined by vocalist Patti Markoch where she sung a few songs while they played. Every songs will be listed below, including style with a brief description. The first song that they performed was “Alice in Wonderland,” it was executed in a jazz roll style, 4 bars blues. One can hear the sound of…

The blues are in essence the story of a musician’s life. All the pain they have felt in their lifetime goes into the beautiful music that they enchantingly produce. James Baldwin’s short story, “Sonny’s Blues”, is written to tell the pain of Harlem in its lifetime, and the escape route those who live there take. “Sonny’s blues” has a broad focus on grace, escaping, and the black community. “Sonny’s Blues” indirectly focuses on grace. In the short story Grace is the name of the narrator’s…

The sky is a Carolina blue. The clouds look like wisps that have been painted with a paintbrush. The temperature is 68 degrees. The sun is partially blocked by the clouds but is slowly starting to show its full self. The pond ripples as a little kid skips a rock into it. The kid is wearing a Duke blue shirt and navy blue jeans. The water is a dirt brown and camo green color. The dirt swirls under the water like a tornado. There are long lime green plants coming out of the water on the right…

Gods is an oil painting. During the time of the creation of this painting pigments available to artist were pigments such as ultramarine, lead-tin-yellow, malachite, verdigris and vermilion. Ultramarine is a deep blue pigment which was originally made by grinding lapis lazuli(deep blue stone) into a powder. Lead-tin-yellow is a yellow pigment also known as "Yellow of Old Masters". Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral. Verdigris is a green pigment made through a process which that…

went on to marry photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Stieglitz died in 1942. Georgia dealt with this by moving to New Mexico and becoming interested in landscape painting and art. Her last painting was completed in 1972. The painting was called ‘Black Rock with Blue Sky and White Clouds.” She later died at 98 years old. Ironically, she was losing her eye sight. Georgia O’Keeffe was named after her Hungarian grandfather, George Victor Totto. Ida and Francis O’Keefee immigrated from Ireland in 1848.…

of the most gorgeous places in America. From the oceans to the mountains, Hawaii’s spectacular views can have anyone daydreaming. In Hawaii, waking to the red and blue birds chirping and the oceans waves crashing on to the shore is tremendously relaxing. Looking out the window of the hotel while lying in bed, one could see crystal blue ocean crashing onto the sandy white beaches. The sand on the beaches does not feel like the beach in Panama City Beach; it does not stick to you as much and it…

American Blues Music is a distinctive art form that encapsulates many complexities of culture and race in American society. Throughout the 20th century, the impact of the blues on music and culture has transformed and reacted to a changing landscape of musical culture and perspectives on race. The preservation of blues music has been difficult due to many factors, including limitations of technology, mass media bias, and our narrow definition of what makes the music and the culture of the blues…

Western Swing Music From the 1930’s to the 1950’s a new genre had taken the spotlight. Consisting of country, jazz, polka, mariachi, pop, and blues, Western Swing had become very popular in the state of Texas. Known for dance music, Western Swing has continued to play an important role in Texas history. People of all cultures were influenced by this type of western music. It created joy, as well as energy to Texas. In the early 1900’s Bob Wills, who later became known the “King of Western…

where I’m gonna die, / Being neither white nor black?” (“Cross,” 11-12). Encompassing the blues form and bluntness, Hughes expresses the problem many biracial individuals face; they are neither and both. How Hughes’ illustrates the treatment of the speaker’s parents, it’s understandable that people tend to identify with their whiter side. This poem demonstrates the need for societal reform by utilizing blues poetry to express pain with a smile. In Hughes’ case, he is writing an upbeat poem that…