n [ U + sing/pl v ]
a type of US jazz music with a slow, sad sound. African Americans created it in the southern states to express the sadness of their experience. The music developed into rhythm and blues and then rock and roll and soul .
BLUES
Meaning of BLUES in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005