Blues^[1] est genus musicum in Meridiei Profundi regionibus Civitatum Foederatarum, exeunte saeculo undevicensimo ortum. Quae genus musicum inter homines Afroamericanos crevit ex carminibus laboris, clamoribus campi, vociferationibus ecstaticis, incantationibus, cantibus spiritualibus, simplicibusque versibus similiter cadentibus.

• Ludovicus Armstrong
• B. B. King
• Leadbelly
• Ioannes Lee Hooker

• Americana (musica)
• Aula Gloriae Blues
• Cultura Afroamericana
• Index normarum blues
• Saltatio blues

• Barlow, William Barlow. 1993. Cashing In. Split Image: African Americans in the Mass Media.
• Bransford, Steve. 2004. Blues in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. Southern Spaces.
• Clarke, Donald. 1995. The Rise and Fall of Popular Music. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312115733.
• Cohn, Lawrence. 1993. Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians. Abbeville Press. ISBN 1558592717.
• Dicaire, David. 1999. Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century. McFarland. ISBN 0786406062.
• Ewen, David. 1957. Panorama of American Popular Music. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0136483607.
• Ferris, Jean. 1993. America's Musical Landscape. Brown & Benchmark. ISBN 0697125165.
• Garofalo, Reebee. 1997. Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA. Allyn & Bacon. ISBN 0205137032.
• Morales, Ed. 2003. The Latin Beat. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306810182.
• Oakley, Giles. 1976. The Devil's Music: a History of the Blues. BBC. ISBN 0563160128.
• Oliver, Paul. 1998. The Story Of The Blues. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1555533558.
• Palmer, Robert. 1981. Deep Blues. Viking. ISBN 0670495115.
• Rowe, Mike. 1973. Chicago Breakdown. Eddison Press. ISBN 0856490156.
• Schuller, Gunther. 1968. Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195040430.
• Southern, Eileen. 1997. The Music of Black Americans. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393038432.
• Titon, Jeff Todd. 1994. Early Downhome Blues: a Musical and Cultural Analysis. Ed. 2a. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807844829.

• "The Blues Radio Series," apud www.yearoftheblues.org
• Multi nexus de caeruleis, apud www.blueslinks.nl
• "The Blue Shoe Project - Nationwide (U.S.) Blues Education Programming," apud www.blueshoeproject.org
• "The Blues", series documentaria a Martin Scorsese facta, apud www.pbs.org (PBS)
• "The Blues Foundation," apud www.blues.org
• Situs publicus, apud www.memphisbluessociety.com (Memphis Blues Society)
• Situs publicus, apud www.deltabluesmuseum.org (Delta Blues Museum)
• Situs publicus, apud www.mississippideltablues.org (Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola)