The first flowering of country blues on records happened in 1926. It seems there were 25 or 30 records by blues artists on or related to the 1927 flood. The songs present a variety of commentary ...
Besides playing country blues ... On “I Kept These Old Blues,” she delights in interpreting vintage songs by Elizabeth Cotton (“Shake Sugaree” and “Freight Train”), Mississippi ...
Charley Crockett might have finally signed with a major label, Island Records, which released his 15th and latest album, ...