Walkin' the boogie: blues music
① A fusion of African musical customs, African-American work songs, folk music and spirituals, the blues sound emerged from the Deep South in the late 19th century.
② Since then it has inspired a variety of styles, from boogie-woogie to R&B.
③ In Chicago, which attracted a large black population during the Great Migration, the blues was amplified with electric guitars, saxophones, piano, drums and harmonica.
④ An exhibition at the Chicago History Museum, opening today, explores the musical form, its legacy and how it "reflected the realities of a new life that was taking shape in the Midwest metropolis".
⑤ Raeburn Flerlage's photographs capture the scene in the 1950s and 1960s, with intimate portraits of performers such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter.
⑥ Visitors can design an album cover or learn the basic chords; for the most ambitious, there's a chance to write and perform a blues song.
⑦ Good luck trying to better "Hoochie Coochie Man".
▍生詞好句
fusion /?fju:?(?)n/: n. 融合
custom /?k?st?m/: n. 風俗走趋；習俗
spiritual /?sp?r?tj??l/: n.（美國南部黑人基督徒的）圣歌
emerge /??m??d?/: vi. 出現(xiàn)；涌現(xiàn)
the Deep South: 指美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)前種植棉花和保留奴隸制度的州
inspire /?n?sp???/: vt. 啟發(fā)
boogie-woogie: n. 低音連奏爵士樂（布魯斯的一種音樂形式，炫技較多）
R&B:（rhythm and blues）節(jié)奏藍調(diào)（布魯斯的另一種音樂形式）
the Great Migration /m???ɡre??(?)n/ : 大遷徙
amplify /?ampl?f??/: vt. 擴大
saxophone /?saks?f??n/: 薩克斯風
harmonica /hɑ:?m?n?k?/: 口琴
take shape:（逐漸）成型
metropolis /m??tr?p(?)l?s/: n. 大都市
capture /?kapt??/: vt. 捕捉肩民；獲得
capture the scene: 捕捉場景
intimate: adj. 私密的账蓉；親密的
intimate portrait: 私密肖像
good luck doing/with: 祝好運
better /?b?t?/: vt. 超過虎眨；超越
better oneself: 提升自己
better the lot of working classes: 改善工人階級的命運
