Waƙar Blues akan rediyo a Amurka

Waƙoƙin bulus, wanda ya samo asali daga al'ummomin Afirka na Amurka a cikin zurfin Kudancin Amurka, yana da tasiri sosai ga al'adun kiɗan Amurka tun farkonsa a ƙarshen karni na 19. An san shi da muryoyinsa masu motsa rai, raye-rayen gitar mai rai, da karin waƙar harmonica, blues ya zama sanannen nau'i a duk faɗin ƙasar a farkon karni na 20, kuma ya ci gaba da jan hankalin masu son kiɗa har zuwa yau. Wasu daga cikin fitattun mawakan blues da za su fito daga Amurka sun haɗa da BB King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, da Lead Belly, waɗanda ayyukansu na farko suka ƙarfafa ƙarni na mawaƙa kuma suka ci gaba da yin tasiri ga kiɗan zamani. Waɗannan masu fasaha sun shahara saboda iyawarsu ta isar da ɗimbin motsin rai ta hanyar kiɗan su, daga bakin ciki mai zurfi zuwa farin ciki, kuma gadon su yana ci gaba da zaburar da sabbin mawakan blues a yau. Idan aka yi la’akari da tarihinta mai ɗorewa da jan hankali, kiɗan blues har yanzu yana da matsayi mai mahimmanci a cikin al'adun kiɗan Amurka, kuma akwai gidajen rediyo da yawa a duk faɗin ƙasar waɗanda suka kware wajen kunna nau'in na musamman. Wasu daga cikin mashahuran gidajen rediyon blues a Amurka sun hada da WXPN a Philadelphia, KNIN a Wichita, Kansas, da WWOZ a New Orleans, wadanda suka himmatu wajen kawo wa masu sauraro mafi kyawun blues ta kowane nau'i. Duk da karuwar shaharar wasu nau'o'in irin su hip-hop, ƙasa, da kuma pop, blues ya kasance abin sha'awa a tsakanin masoya kiɗa kuma yana ci gaba da ƙarfafawa da rinjayar masu fasaha a kowane nau'i. Ko kai mai sha'awar blues ne na rayuwa ko kuma kawai kana sha'awar wannan nau'i mai ban sha'awa, ba a taɓa samun lokaci mafi kyau don bincika duk abin da zai bayar ba.