Although the blues does not occupy the place in Black culture that it once did, Black artists continue to practice the music both within their own culture and in larger venues all over the world.

• 但尽管蓝调在现今的黑人文化中所占比重较前有所减少，不少黑人艺术家们今天仍在世界各地演绎着蓝调音乐。