A genealogy Β· c. 1890 β†’ today

Everything Is the Blues

One family, one root: how a music born in the post-Reconstruction Deep South became rock, soul, country's backbone, reggae, hip-hop, house, and the pop of three continents. Every line below has a named mechanism of descent β€” no hand-waving.

direct descent siblings Β· two-way exchange re-export loop β€” left home, came back changed

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Hover any genre to light its bloodline back to the root. Click for the mechanism, the people, and the records.