: a band that uses primitive or improvised instruments (such as jugs, washboards, and kazoos) to play blues, jazz, and folk music
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebWashboard Slim and the Blue Lights have doing their singular jug band/swing jazz/roots/blues/fun thing for four decades. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 18 Mar. 2022 Instead of tracing seminal artist Ma Rainey's (Viola Davis) career, the Netflix film walks us through a day in her life, which mostly consists of a recording session with her jug band and exploitative white producer. Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2020 The influences of soul, rock, English folk, jazz, jug band and a heavy dose of industrial English LSD lunacy! Ron Hart, Billboard, 24 May 2018 Live music spans the spectrum, from indie rock to Ethiopian pop, jazz to old-fashioned jug band. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018 Jonathan has several other tuba projects, including a jug band that will put sunshine in your day. Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 10 Jan. 2018