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Genres and styles whose names start with BL.
Black Gospel music
Black gospel music, often called gospel music or simply gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States. It is rooted in the musical practices of enslaved Africans such as
Read → EntryBlack metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording,
Read → EntryBlack MIDI
Black MIDI is a music genre consisting of compositions that use MIDI files to create a song or a remix containing a large number of notes. People who make black MIDI files are known as
Read → EntryBlackened death metal
Blackened death metal (also known as black death metal) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that fuses elements of black metal and death metal. The genre emerged in early 1990s when black metal
Read → EntryBlackgaze
Blackgaze is a fusion genre combining elements of black metal and shoegaze. The word is a blend of the names of the two genres, described by The Guardian as "the buzz term for a new school of bands
Read → EntryBlatnaya pesnya
Blatnaya pesnya (, "criminals' song") or blatnyak () is a genre of Russian song characterized by depictions of criminal subculture and the urban underworld which are often romanticized and have
Read → EntryBleep techno
Bleep techno (or simply bleep and became associated with artists on the Sheffield label Warp
Read → EntryBlog rock
Blog rock (also known as blog indie) is a loosely defined style and era of indie rock that originally emerged from the online musical blogosphere in the mid-to late 2000s. Similarly to other early
Read → EntryBloghouse
Bloghouse (also known as bloghaus) is a loosely defined scene and microgenre of house and electronic dance music that rose to prominence during the early 2000s. Initially emerging on the Internet,
Read → EntryBlue yodeling
Blue yodeling (meaning 'melancholy yodeling') is a musical style that essentially consists of a combination of elements of blues and old-time music, enriched with characteristic yodelings. Initially
Read → EntryBlue-eyed soul
Blue-eyed soul (also called white soul ) is rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music performed by white artists. The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists whose sound was similar
Read → EntryBluegrass fiddle
Bluegrass fiddling is a distinctive style of American fiddle playing which is characterized by bold, bluesy improvisation, off-beat "chopping", and sophisticated use of both double-stops and old-time
Read → EntryBluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass
Read → EntryBlues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers,
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The term blues ballad is used to refer to a specific form of popular music which fused Anglo-American and Afro-American styles from the late 19th century onward. Early versions combined elements of
Read → EntryBlues rock
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock and blues music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with
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