Blues
Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music. It emerged in African American communities from spirituals, work songs, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballards. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call and response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became the roots of jazz, r&b, rock and roll, blue grass, hip hop and other popular music forms.

Ann Nesby: The Queen of the Minneapolis Sound Ann is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness, the voice on the hits "I Believe," "Optimistic," and "The Pressure. Her 2002 Grammy nominated hit PUT IT ON PAPER featured Al Green Ann has six Grammy nominations as a solo artist