Assertion: railroad | /r/CapableOf | help to spread early blues
Facets:
value: by providing transportation
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: This time the focus is on the bluesy side of railroad songs, a fitting choice since railroads helped to spread the early blues by providing transportation to itinerant singers, while the success of the “Singing Brakeman,” Jimmie Rodgers, brought railroads, the blues, and country music permanently together in American culture.
text: This time the focus is on the bluesy side of railroad songs, a fitting choice since railroads helped to spread the early blues by providing transportation to itinerant singers, while the success of the “Singing Brakeman,” Jimmie Rodgers, brought railroads, the blues, and country music permanently together in American culture.