Valerie Turner
Valerie Turner bụ onye America blues guitarist, onye na-agụ ụda, onye nkuzi na onye edemede. Ọ na-egwuri egwu na Piedmont style nke fingerpicking guitar, na-aga n'ihu na omenala nke Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Memphis Minnie, and Etta Baker. Ọ na-eme blues, ballads, obodo, egwu ndị a ma ama, ragtime, nà gospels. Ọ bụ nwa afọ New Yorker nwere mgbọrọgwụ ndịda Virginia nà Georgia. Ọ malitere ịmụ na ịmụ omenala country blues guitar na 1978. Valerie na nwunye ya, Benedict Turner, bụ ụda blues duo a na-akpọ Piedmont Blūz. Ha ọkachamara na Piedmont blues egwu, ma meekwa egwu sitere na Delta blues omenala. Benedict na Valerie bụ ndị nnọchianya nke egwu blues akụkọ ihe mere eme, ma kuziere ndị na-ege ha ntị gbasara ọdịnala mbụ a na ndị na-ese ya..

Oge ọ malitere 
Valerie Turner malitere ịkpọ ukulele mgbè ọ dị afọ anọ ma mara ya na guitar mgbè ọ dị ihe dị ka itoolu. Ọ tolitere na-ege egwu oge ochie na jazz na nna ya ntị. Nne ya gere egwu Africa na Calypso. Ihe mmụta egwu mbụ ya bụ na guitar Spanish classical na, tupu Turner aghọọ onye na-ese egwu, ọ nwetara ákàrá ugo mmụta na Queens College na Elementary Education na Foreign Language, tupu ọ gaa na Mahadum New York, ebe ọ gụrụ sayensị kọmputa. O wuru ọrụ na teknụzụ ozi ma rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye nyocha usoro na onye injinia ngwanrọ. Ọ zutere onye ga-abụ di ya, Benedict Turner, n'afọ 1985.

Ọrụ 
Ụzọ egwu Turner na-aga na blues malitere site na akwụkwọ egwu ọ zụrụ nke gụnyere foto nke ebe ndịda America. Ihe osise dị n'akwụkwọ ahụ jikọtara ya na ezinụlọ ya dị n'ebe ndịda n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Piedmont. Ọ na-ekwu, "Ka m na-agụ, ana m amụta banyéré egwu [blues] a na-adọrọ mmasị. Ozugbo m nụrụ ya, enwere m mmasị n'ebe ọ nọ, amaara m na achọrọ m ịkpọ ya. " Ọ kụziiri onwe ya ọtụtụ afọ site n'ige ntị na ndekọ vinyl ochie mana, ka mmasị ya na egwu egwu ọbọdọ na-eto, ọ chọtara ma chọta ndị nkuzi dịka Jack Baker na John Cephas. na Woody Mann. Ndị nkuzi a nyeere Turner aka n'ịzụlite ụdị mkpịsị aka Piedmont. Ka mmasị ya na blues na-eto, otú ahụ ka ọchịchọ ịmata ihe nke di ya na-eto. A na-ekwu na Benedict na-ekwu, "Abụ m onye na-ese ihe, ọ dịtụbeghịkwa mgbe m kụrụ ngwá egwú tupu m ezute Valerie. Otu ụbọchị, m buuru bọọdụ ịsa ahụ n'otu ụlọ ahịa ochie wee weta ya n'ụlọ dị ka ihe ọchị. " Benedict, onye si Trinidad na Tobago, na-akpọ ọkpụkpụ, bọọdụ ịsa ahụ, na harmonica ugbu a. Ónyé isi nduzi nka / onye na-ese ihe osise site na azụmahịa, ọ na-emepụta ihe nke ya, ihe eji akwa egwu dị iche iche, ọbụnakwa nwere akara nke ya nke ngwá egwu ndị a pụrụ iche nke ọ na-akpọ "Darlington Washboards". Benedict kụziiri onwe ya igwu ọkpụkpụ ma mụọ washboard na Washboard Chaz si Louisiana, na Newman Taylor Baker onye na-egwuri egwu na Ebony Hillbillies nke dị na New York City. A na-ekwu na Benedict na-ekwu, "Ndị Africa America anaghị enwe ego mgbe niile maka ngwá egwu dị oke ọnụ na ụlọ ahịa ma, n'ịbụ onye nwere ọgụgụ isi, chọtara ụzọ isi mee egwu site na iji ihe ndị a na-ahụkarị n'ụlọ dị ka spoons, washtubs, ọkpụkpụ, ite, na bọọdụ ịsa ahụ. Ana m eme naanị òkè m iji gaa n'ihu omenala a. Dị ka duo 'Piedmont Blūz'; a gosipụtara duo ahụ n'ọtụtụ ememme gụnyere Chicago Blues Festival. Na mba ụwa, ha emeela na Ireland, Germany, Spain, na Israel. Ihe ngosi ndị ọzọ gụnyere Blues in the Gorge na Corbett, Oregon, Harvest Time Blues Festival na Monaghan, Ireland, Jacobs Ladder Festival na Oké Osimiri Galili, Israel, Tel Aviv Blues Festival na Tel Aviv na Jerusalem, Israel, tinyere Brooklyn Folk Festival na Brooklyn, New York.

Nsọpụrụ na onyinye 

 2018 New York Blues Hall of Fame (Valerie Turner - Great Blues Artist)
 2018 New York Blues Hall of Fame (Benedict Turner - Great Blues Artist)
 2018 New York Blues Hall of Fame (Piedmont Blūz - Great Blues Duo)

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