IN PARAGUAY, THE BLUES IS ON THE MOVE. NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN NEIGHBORING BRAZIL OR ARGENTINA, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY MOVING. THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY’S SCENE IS FUELED BY EXCELLENT BANDS LIKE THE DEEKS, GUSTAVO SÁNCHEZ HASSE, VERSIÓN PALMA LOMA BLUES, GABRIEL LEMA, THE ALBAÑILS, PAT AND THE JURASSIC BAND, GUSTAVO VIERA BLUES BAND, BLUEROOM OR BIG CHARLIE BLUES BAND. AND SINCE 2023, A NEW BAND FORMED BY TWO YOUNG MUSICIANS, SINGER LIDI RAMÍREZ AND THE REMARKABLE GUITARST ALLAN BEJARANO, HAS EMERGED UNDER THE NAME DELTA CREAM, A NAME THAT OPENLY SHOWS THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR ERIC CLAPTON AND THE BLUES OF THE DELTA. THEY DRAW FROM SOUL AND FUNK TO SHAPE THEIR OWN VISION OF BLUES MUSIC, WHILE ROCK ’N’ ROLL MAKES ITSELF KNOWN THROUGH EXCITING RIFFS THAT PAY TRIBUTE TO FREDDIE KING AND THE TEXAS BLUES OF JIMMIE VAUGHAN. LIDI RAMÍREZ EMBRACES HER ROLE WITH A VISCERAL PASSION INHERITED FROM THE WOMEN SHE HAS LEARNED, A DARK-COLOR VOICE THAT BRINGS WARMTH AND INTENSITY TO THE DUO’S SONGS. DELTA CREAM CHANNELS THE SWEAT AND SOUL OF AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC AND OFFERS A FRESH CHANCE TO CONVINCE ANY SKEPTICS THAT BLUES IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, A TRULY UNIVERSAL GENRE.