There’s nothing quite like the Blues to cuddle up next to on a cool, cloudy day like today. Such passion. Such longing. The music not only encourages daydreaming and wistful sighs and sentimental journeys, it requires them.

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The genre also exemplies the emotions we strive to achieve in each and every of our Blazes. Whether it be the lighter songs like Ain’t Misbehavin’ or Love Me or Leave Me for our more comedic endeavors (and that’s relatively speaking, because both of these selections also have a dark side that I love jumping into with both feet creatively), or the heavier pieces like Trouble in Mind or You Don’t Know What Love Is for our more emotionally driven stories, we can always rely on the Blues to help set the right tone. Especially the ladies of the Blues. While Billie Holiday tends to be a little too dark (I end up getting pulled into her story instead of the one she’s trying to tell, although it could be argued that they’re one and the same), Etta James, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and even more modern songstresses Norah Jones and Joss Stone transport you to a rich pit of emotion just begging to be mined.

So on this Sunday, we invite you to take a musical ride with us and see if you’re not equally as moved!

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