bluesman

noun

blues·​man ˈblüz-mən 

: a man who plays or sings the blues

Examples of bluesman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The acquisition also brings the entire publishing catalog of genre-defining bluesman John Lee Hooker fully under BMG for the first time, following a deal in 2022 when BMG co-acquired the rights, with Fuji Music Group, from Hooker’s estate. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 July 2026

The folk hero makes a few elliptical appearances, along with the bluesmen, scholars, and Tin Pan Alley tunesmiths who shaped his legend. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

For one thing, Gotham’s opinion of the billionaire bluesman is almost entirely inconsequential; even in years when the Knicks have stunk like a Penn Station platform on an August afternoon, the Garden is almost always sold out. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 June 2026

The play’s focus is resolutely on the impoverished rural family of women who fall under this ambitious bluesman’s influence in the rural Georgia of the 1930s, writes Chris Jones. — Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above