talking blues

English

Etymology

From the song “Talking Blues”, recorded by Chris Bouchillon in Atlanta in 1926.

Noun

talking blues (countable and uncountable, plural talking blues)

  1. (music) A form of folk music characterized by rhythmic speech or near-speech where the melody is free, but the rhythm is strict.
    • 2005, Dick Weissman, edited by Richard Carlin, Blues, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 232:
      The talking blues were first recorded in 1926, performed by a mandolinist named Chris Bouchillon.
    • 2019, Will Kaufman, Mapping Woody Guthrie, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 26:
      If Guthrie's talking blues are comedic powerhouses, the same can surely be said of his singing blues.

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