Delta Blues

Music subgenre; early style of blues music. Emerged 1928. Wikipedia

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23 artists with 1.4M combined listeners. 100% of them sit in the Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues community on the map. It shares the most artists with Harmonica Blues.

Where Delta Blues sits on the map

• Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues · 23 artists (100%)

Strongest pairings in Delta Blues

Delta Blues artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Howlin' Wolf & Lightnin' Hopkins · 39 shared playlists
2. Jimmy Reed & Howlin' Wolf · 13 shared playlists
3. Robert Johnson & Mississippi John Hurt · 9 shared playlists
4. Robert Johnson & Skip James · 8 shared playlists
5. Robert Johnson & Charley Patton · 5 shared playlists
6. Skip James & Charley Patton · 5 shared playlists
7. Mississippi John Hurt & Skip James · 4 shared playlists
8. Charlie Patton & Skip James · 4 shared playlists
9. Mississippi John Hurt & Blind Blake · 4 shared playlists
10. Muddy Waters Blues Band & Lightnin' Hopkins · 4 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Delta Blues, for their size.

• Harmonica Blues · 4 shared artistsBoth: Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, Brownie McGhee
• Louisiana Blues · 6 shared artistsBoth: Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka White
• Texas Blues · 5 shared artistsBoth: Lightnin' Hopkins, Albert Collins, Brownie McGhee
• Electric Blues · 6 shared artistsBoth: Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins
• Acoustic Blues · 3 shared artistsBoth: Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka White, William Brown
• Blues · 3 shared artistsBoth: Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• Chicago Blues · 2 shared artistsBoth: Pinetop Perkins, Muddy Waters Blues Band

Artists

23 artists tagged Delta Blues, ranked by listeners.

1. Howlin' Wolf407.0K listeners · Electric Blues
2. Robert Johnson348.0K listeners · Electric Blues
3. Lightnin' Hopkins241.3K listeners · Electric Blues
4. Sonny Boy Williamson122.5K listeners · Harmonica Blues
5. Jimmy Reed117.2K listeners · Electric Blues
6. Skip James35.1K listeners · Louisiana Blues
7. R.L. Burnside34.5K listeners · Country Blues
8. Albert Collins29.5K listeners · Electric Blues
9. Mississippi John Hurt27.1K listeners
10. Charley Patton26.1K listeners
11. Joe Williams13.9K listeners · Vocal Jazz
12. Bukka White7.3K listeners · Acoustic Blues
13. Brownie McGhee6.5K listeners · Texas Blues
14. Blind Willie McTell5.0K listeners · Blues
15. Pinetop Perkins3.3K listeners · Chicago Blues
16. Charlie Patton3.2K listeners · Jazz Blues
17. Blind Blake2.5K listeners · Louisiana Blues
18. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup1.9K listeners · Electric Blues
19. Tommy Johnson1.0K listeners
20. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup1.0K listeners · Texas Blues
21. M.s.1.0K listeners · Blues
22. William Brown1.0K listeners · Acoustic Blues
23. Muddy Waters Blues Band1.0K listeners · Chicago Blues