The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Bessie Smith

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The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Bessie SmithBessie Smith was the first superstar of the blues with one of the greatest voices of the twentieth century dubbed 'The Empress Of The Blues', her majestic delivery and indomitable spirit were unsurpassed. Re mastered for exceptional audio clarity, the emotional intensity and expressiveness of Bessie Smith still takes the breath away. Bessie Smith sang with a kind of heartfelt emotion and raw unfiltered passion that could only come from someone with

(And ever is a big word

A friend says I am too picky

10 Duke Ellington: Sophisticated Lady (1933)

they will be happy and joyful throughout life

who was born in 1920

Reed fronted jam band Acoustic Junction for more than ten years - until he became a father and decided to spend more time at home

The featured track is a take on the so-called 'orquesta típica' aimed at new

with his beautifully syncopated and refined guitar fingerpicking style

and both shared the same syncopated emphasis on the offbeat

Like so many of his Delta blues brethren he had to forge a livelihood in a violent and unjust society

featuring a gently hooting tenor saxophone

Today the partitions are marked out politically