【FRI 10.23】NEW BAND: ROCK STEADY R & B 乐队

Rock Steady are an R&B quartet of Beijing based expats. Formerly known as DH3, Ani was recruited after a long search to front the band as the singer in it’s new incarnation. Hailing from Geneva, Ani is also a professional writer, editor ardent knitter and strangely, a robot enthusiast (we’re not quite sure what that’s all about). The band also maintains the original DH3 rhythm section featuring Helen on keys, Clem on bass and Marco on drums, a trio originally formed while working together in the music department at Beijing City International School.

Rock Steady是一支R&B乐队。节奏布鲁斯（英语：Rhythm and Blues，简称：R&B或RnB，台湾、港澳、马新作节奏蓝调 ），又称节奏怨曲。

是一种首先非裔美国人艺术家所演奏，并融合了爵士乐、福音音乐和布鲁斯音乐的音乐形式。这个音乐术语由是美国告示牌于1940年代末所提出。

这个术语最初在1947年的美国被公告牌杂志创造为一个音乐的市场营销术语，取代了种族音乐（黑人音乐；最初来源于黑人社群，但是被战后的社会认为是会令人很不愉快的词语）。这个词最初被用于定义包含了12种布鲁斯格式和一种带有节拍背景爵士乐的摇滚音乐，后来这种音乐转变成了一种摇滚乐的基本元素。