Delta blues region

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cultural region music region

The Delta blues region is a culturally rich area of the Mississippi Delta renowned as the birthplace of the Delta blues music tradition.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Delta blues tradition 2
Delta blues region canonical 1
Mississippi Delta blues region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
music region ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritageType intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
describedAs birthplace of Delta blues ⓘ
hasAssociatedTrail Mississippi Blues Trail ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceOn Chicago blues ⓘ
country music ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasNotableCity Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi

Greenville, Mississippi ⓘ
Helena, Arkansas ⓘ
hasNotableFestival Juke Joint Festival ⓘ
hasNotableTown Dockery, Mississippi ⓘ
Indianola, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Indianola, Mississippi

Tutwiler, Mississippi ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era

cotton plantations ⓘ
sharecropping ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfEmergence early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy African musical traditions ⓘ
field hollers ⓘ
spirituals ⓘ
work songs ⓘ
knownFor African American musical heritage ⓘ
Blues ⓘ
surface form: Delta blues

blues music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
North Mississippi Delta ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
musicGenreOriginated Blues ⓘ
surface form: Delta blues
musicStyleCharacteristics bent notes and blue notes ⓘ
call and response patterns ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
rhythmic complexity ⓘ
partOf Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
primaryEthnicTradition Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
music tourism ⓘ
typicalInstruments acoustic guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
slide guitar ⓘ
typicalThemes hardship ⓘ
love and loss ⓘ
poverty ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Route 61 → passesNear → Delta blues region ⓘ
Riley B. King → memberOf → Delta blues region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta blues tradition
Leflore County → partOf → Delta blues region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta blues region
Charley Patton → movement → Delta blues region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta blues tradition
The Velvet Bulldozer → refersToRegion → Delta blues region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mississippi Delta blues tradition