Eric Bibb (Born August 16, 1951 in New York, NY) is an American acoustic blues singer/songwriter who is based in London, and launched his career in Europe. His father is Leon Bibb, a legendary folk singer. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... An acoustic instrument is an musical instrument which does not produce sound using electronics, as does an electronic musical instrument. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ...

His music is rooted in the blues genre, but there are elements of folk, country, gospel and soul. Eric has received a Grammy nomination and two WC Handy Award nominations for his solo recordings. The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... Look up country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... A soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is an ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ...

Eric Bibb, on the cover of his album, 'Friends'.

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External links

• Official site