1.   As it strained to create the sound of integrity, it ended up with awkward emulations of American blues and soul.

2.   Both the German composer Schumann and the American blues master known as Leadbelly are invoked with tales of the unspeakable horrors they endured.

3.   Muscular, earthy and aggressive, it melds American blues music and Asian chant into a rugged Asian-American fusion.

4.   Thin, tan flower husks remain as a sculpture before snows banish the last remnant of American blues and close down the garden show for the year.

5.   American blues meet West African rhythms and instruments with an introduction by Taj Mahal and the result is a perfect mesh of the best of both worlds.