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The Rough Guide To Blues DivasFor many, the stereotypical image of the early recorded blues performer is that of a black itinerant bluesman, guitar in hand, playing in a rural landscape such as the Mississippi Delta. This perception however is slightly wide of the mark, as the first blues songs recorded were by women. The classic blues era of the 1920s was born when Okeh Records took Mamie Smith into a New York studio in 1920 to cut Perry Bradfords Crazy Blues, making her the

lamenting violin dances with surging piano pirouettes before Faith’s vocal takes centre stage

another track which demonstrates the beauty of the acoustic Serbian-Romani sound

but you wouldn’t know this when hearing her take on ’When The Saints Go Marching Home’ which evokes the mood and fervour of Southern black worship

arr Huddie Ledbetter/Alan Lomax) pub Folkways Music Publishers Inc

the newly-dubbed Alba Griot Ensemble played at the Festival Acoustic Bamako

Deeply rooted in the rich traditions of the African-American church

And of course bleeding hearts feature heavily in any self-respecting country singers repertoire

Chico draws inspiration from his childhood experiences in Triana

so the older songster style became less fashionable

Here the atmosphere conjures up the same spooky

The inspiration behind this album lies in Itzhak’s life changing experience around four years ago when he was diagnosed with cancer

Sally explains further that her family name