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While rap, hip-hop and pop might dominate the nation's airwaves, the roots of American popular music cannot be denied. And when digging for roots, you need go no further than the blues, soul and jazz, which are some of America's greatest original artforms

Many people get "the blues" during the holiday season. It seems that the most vulnerable people for feeling these emotions are the ones who attach excessive emotional significance to certain holidays.

Suffering from a bout of post-holiday blues? Stash away that Santa hat for good, and start looking forward to the end of winter with these suggestions.

Do you like jazz? How about the blues? Do you like to run or walk hills through grand old neighborhoods? Maybe you enjoy picnics by the river or outdoor concerts? Perhaps you'd care to gamble on a new thing? You'll find fun on the Mississippi banks.

Information on holiday depression and how to recognize it and treat it.

Here are a few suggestions that will tug at the blues musician's heartstrings this holiday season.

Frenetic holiday activity with with the inevitable let-downs and the approach of frigid winter weather can make even the most optimistic stumble and fall. But mental health pros say the right prescription for beating the blues is not always a pill.

Now that all the hype is over, it is easy to let it get to you. But you can beat the post-holiday blues with just a few simple solutions.

A legendary singer, the entire genre of blues music, an indie-rock phenomenon, and a cartoon alien. They're more intertwined than you'd think.

a selection of blues performances on YouTube

The article provides tips for those who seem to be suffering from the post-holiday blues.

What do you get for those who love the blues? Here's ten ideas!

Is all of this Arctic air giving you the blues? Here are 7 easy ways to beat the winter depression.

The holiday season is one of the most stressful times of year. These are a few things I've learned about getting through them with my sanity.

When suffering from depression, loneliness and sadness, during the holiday season, methods for alleviating anxiety and stress are optimal cures for the holiday blues.

Learn more about God's promises in devotionals for those who are struggling with depression or the blues.

Avoiding financial trauma is a significant factor for many individuals suffering from seasonal depressive disorders. This is an overview of the Holiday Blues and the Implication on holiday shopping.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd's fifth album is CD/DVD journeying back to the origins of Blues Music. With guests like B.B. King and Big Daddy Pattman, 10 Days Out is a part of history.

Dayligt is scarce. The time change has occurred. You feel fatigued and at a loss. Here's some help for those symptoms of the blues (S.A.D)!

George's Springing the Blues Festival is a free outdoor blues music festival designed to celebrate America's indigenous musical form and promote support of the arts.

This article is about what "the blues" really is.

The film entitled Mo' Better Blues by Spike Lee captures the journey of Bleek's life through blues music. This paper will attempt to describe this movie in terms of the Blues theme, and how it was important to Bleek's life.

A review of John Landis' The Blues Brothers.

Warming by the Devil's Fire, an inspirational movie that brings history and the blues together through the real life account of a young boy

The blues are an unfortunate part of the holiday season for many people. This article examines one possible cause of winter depression that should not be ignored.

Occasional boughts of the "blues" can impact your entire day. Quick strategies can help alleviate some of these feelings.

A lot of people suffer from what they call depression at this time of the year. They don't understand the difference between it and the holiday blues. Learn what you can do to help yourself through what is really the holiday blues.

The Keeping the Blues Alive Awards recognize the significant contributions to blues music made by the people behind the scenes.

Read this informative article and learn how to overcome the holiday blues!

Predictable blues is not a phrase that would aptly describe the Blues Orphans. Virtually indescribable would be a more fitting adjective.

After Christmas is over, some people can slip into a slight depression with the end of the excitement and the hustle and bustle of the Holiday Season. Here are some tips to help you beat the post Holiday blues.

Robert Johnson was a brilliant blues man whose recordings served to popularize the blues for a new generation of blues fans, but the work of earlier musicians who influenced Johnson's blues should not be overlooked by fans of Johnson's work.

Down on Beale Street in Memphis, the blues were born. Today, the music still rings true and the famous street is one of Tennessee's top tourist attractions.

If there is someone in your life who is stressed, depressed or overwhelmed this Christmas -- you are not alone. Many people suffer from the holiday blues. Here are some stocking stuffer ideas for them.

Do you start to get the blues as the holiday season approaches? Use these simple guidelines to help.

An Armenian blues guitarist moves to the city and discovers what it means to be a true blues musician.

Paul Geremia has spent some forty years on the road with just a suitcase, a couple of old guitars, and some harmonicas, playing the Blues. He has been called a national treasure.

Blues is a musical style that begs borrows and fuses all other styles together in one harmonious sound. It's wide base makes it appealing to in some way to just about everyone.

B.B. King, at age 82, can still belt out the blues and caress the strings of his beloved "Lucille" as if he was 50 years old! The expanding market of blues fans finally have a dedicated club to enjoy the music.

In the heart of San Francisco's theater district, thumps San Francisco's crown jewel for the blues and southern soul food. Biscuits and Blues earned a grand reputation in merely 12 years among blues fans and musicians as the place to be for an intimate night with the blues.

Kilborn Alley Blues band is garnering international attention as it waits to hear if it will receive the prestigious "Best Debut Album" from the Blues Foundation Awards.

This is a review of artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his history and contributions to the blues world. The piece focuses specifically on his latest album "Ten Days Out: Blues from the Backroads" which holds contributions from many talented blues musicians.

As the holiday season approaches, many are mentally preparing themselves for the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping.

The Queen City's 15th Annual Cincy Blues Fest will certainly keep the American tradition of blues music alive with diverse acts on multiple stages at Sawyer Point.

We had only stooped at the bar in St. Louis for a quick drink and to rest a bit after an all day shopping trip when legendary blues pianist James Crutchfield decided to sit down at our table......

Once poised to take over the blues world now nowhere to be found. The rise and fall of the future of the blues in one man, Clarence Spady.

A list of 10 of the best blues harmonica albums ever made.

Analysis of the transformation of the main character in James Baldwin's Sonny's Blues"

The City of Chicago will be filled with Blues music on June 7-10, 2007. The Chicago Blues Festival, held at Grant Park on the lake front, attracts fans from around the world.

If you like bluegrass and country, you might enjoy the blues and pop inflections that LaTresa has woven into her music. The purist will not be offended.

If the music is your priority, here are two Chicago neighborhood (Uptown, Logan Square) sound spots that put music on center stage, plus one in the Near West suburb of Berwyn, IL.

Learning to play blues piano can be a very simple process. The problem is most pianist don't know where to start and this piano lesson will help you do just that.

On Saturday June 18th, the laid-back suburb of Fair Oaks, near Sacramento, California, presented its 6th Annual Blues in the Park, The Fair Oaks Blues & More Festival, featuring Shana Morrison.

The induction ceremony will be in association with The Blues Foundation's Charter Member Dinner on May 9 in Memphis, the night before the 2007 Blues Music Awards. The Blues Music Awards formerly were called Handy Awards.

Blues prodigy Kenny Wayne Shepherd documents some of the forgotten legends of the blues while seeking to prove himself worthy of their ranks...

The Boomtown Rats' classic song summed up what we all feel: "Tell me why I don't like Mondays." Whether you call it the blues or the blahs, Monday is always the worst, and Monday morning is the worst part of Monday.

The Blues is a style of music that evolved from southern African-American songs usually marked by a syncopated 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, and a 12-bar structure. Their music spoke of oppression, parting, and heartache.

A&J Blues Cafe is a new flavor to Tallahassee's restaurant scene. Enjoy traditional soul food kicked up with Cajun and Creole tastes for lunch or dinner. Live music complements dinner Thursdays through Saturdays.

Mayer returns from his blues adventure to make a glossy, mature new album.

Forget what you think the Blues should be. James Blood Ulmer has always forged his own path.

Blues music is a truly American artform that has considerably influenced rock n' roll and jazz. But many people do not understand what blues is all about. Here's an eye opener into a unique tradition, all the way from its roots in the Mississippi Delta.

This Is The Blues Straight Up With Nothing Else To Wash It Down

The just married blues. No, not the 'I married the wrong man' blues, or the 'I'm $20,000 in the holes' blues; the blues that are much more common to new wives. The blues that hit when you realize it is all over.

Continuum is yet another example of why Mayer is an outstanding innovator with his guitar. True fans of guitar playing and blues will undoubtedly appreciate the quality of music from John Mayer in Continuum.

The blues may look and sound simple, but it takes feeling, a gift for wordplay, and an understanding of the rules to write a good blues tune.

The late Big Joe Williams once said, "Charlie Musselwhite is one of the greatest living harp players of country blues. He is right up there with Sonny Boy Williams."

Raising awareness of people who suffer from the Christmas blues - identifying the causes, along with a few tips on how to lessen stress levels.

With the first college program in 1944, music therapy has become a widely considered alternative form of therapy in the treatment of various diseases including depression, eating disorders and ADHD.

Seasonal depression is called by other names such as "winter blues", seasonal affective disorder (SAD), holiday blues,….etc. It can be contributed to by a number of things. There are also ways to combat SAD with and without professional help.

Beat those dreaded rainy day blues with the help of these child friendly arts and crafts sites for parents and children.

The top Rhythm and Blues Christmas CDs are the perfect way to give the gift of music, and truly the gift that keeps on giving throughout the years.

Do you find yourself felling depressed as the weather gets colder, the days get shorter, and the sun seems to shine less bright? Do you wonder what happened to all that energy you had in the summer months? Here are a few hints on how to beat the blues and be the Summer you.

When its jazz and blues you're after in downtown Chicago, be make your selection at Chicago's finest. From casual and laid back to dressy and upscale, here's where you need to set your sights for an entertaining night!

D.C has some of the most remarkable live music venues in the country. Every conceivable form of music can be heard here every day, but blues and jazz really take center stage.

Jackson has some mighty fine venues for real live jazz and blues. New bands come along each and every day and find venues for presenting their own interpretations of older music.

An examination of the classic irony of the white man's relationship with the blues.

Now and then, each of us gets the blues or feels sad and down. But people who suffer from depression feel differently altogether.

Holiday depression is very common during the holiday season, but there are ways to lessen its effects and feel better.

Never in the history of cinema has there been so many laughs, so many great musical performances and so many car crashes combined all in one movie.

With depression ads all over the media many people are becoming skittish about what they are feeling and if it relates to depression.

Try keeping holiday stress and depression to a minimum by accepting the fact that things aren't always going to go as planned. Perfection is over-rated and NO ONE actually has that �Made-for television-perfect-holiday.'

This might help , Tips on beating the blues and depression

This article offers several ways to get over your post-holiday blues and get on with a happy and fulfilling life.

Many people suffer from post-holiday blues. What causes post holiday blues and how to treat it.

There are many factors that affect holiday depression including age, location and environment. But one of the big influences on how we feel may just be physical.

A poem about the darkside of the blues-and how you find yourself when you are entagled in the right to be blue.

There are definite differences from feeling blue or down versus having depression. The symptoms and cures are different for each.

A post holidays guide to avoiding the blues.

Try to enjoy your holiday the best you can. Focus on the positive aspects of your life instead of the negative.

Divorce or separation is no reason to be left alone this season. Reach out to friends and discover new resources to ward off the blues.

The past six weeks have been a whirlwind of fun for many school aged kids. They got to see relatives they might not see very often during the holidays, and then topped that off with getting gifts towards the end of the holiday period. Returning to school is tough.

The United States may be undergoing a recession. Many people are losing their homes and their dignity. This is a message of hope during a time of despair, from someone who knows what many are going through.

New Year's Eve marks the end of the holiday season for children as they head back to school. Yet, it's not just children that get the post holiday season blues. Many employees return to work with that same feeling as they return to work after vacation for the holidays.

Ideas for over-coming simple day to day doldrums.

I'm feeling it again...

A poem/song about being lonely and not finding that special person.

This is an example of a Jack Tale, although it is not one that has been passed down traditionally, but one I have fabricated. All contents are fiction and only meant to add to several oral traditions.