Sep 5, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey 5CD Box Set Review: 118 Rare Recordings Restore the Legacy of a Feminist Blues and Jazz Pioneer “Ma Rainey’s 118 track Complete Paramount Recordings box set restores rare 1923 to 1928 sides with improved sound and vital historical context.” ...
Sep 2, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey: Profiles in Jazz “Of all of the classic blues singers of the 1920s who were able to record, Ma Rainey’s history went back the furthest.” | Read More at The Syncopated...
Aug 24, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Mother of the Blues: The Complete Paramount Recordings 1923-1928 “She pioneered a rich, raw, fusion of Southern rural folk traditions in a dominant, lusty, expressive contralto instrument.” | Read More at...
Aug 13, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
How Ma Rainey Became the Mother of the Blues Read More at Financial...
Jul 31, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Audio Engineers Restored Hidden Notes and Revealed Lost Instruments in This New Treasure Trove of Songs by the Pioneering “Mother of the Blues” “The 118-track collection is the most complete set ever compiled of recordings by American blues icon Ma...
Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings 1923-1928 (Black Swan Records) “Born in 1882, Rainey was a touring performer who starred in tent shows and theaters, singing in a variety of styles, including minstrel songs and vaudeville...
Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results, New York Times
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Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results, NPR
“This set resurrects the gold-neck woman whose rich voice dominated early 20th century popular music, with beautifully restored versions of her essential golden-age sides.” | Read More at...
Jul 29, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere Of Ma Rainey’s “Oh Papa Blues” “Rainey was a formidable bandleader, songwriter, businesswoman and early feminist who managed her own career for nearly three decades and wrote or co-wrote at least a third of the material she...
Jul 25, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey, Fats Waller and the Jazzy, Bluesy, Showy Roar of the Roaring ’20s “For Rainey, it was blues, blues, and nothing but the blues, done in a frank, guttural fashion, that reflected her roughshod Georgian roots and the stagey sophistication of the New York...
Jul 24, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928 “Beginning her career in the dust of Southern tent shows and minstrel circuits, she became one of the first professional entertainers to bridge the raw, rural folk traditions of the...
Jul 21, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results, Wall Street Journal
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Jul 18, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey: The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928 “Sitting in the kitchen one summer night, you hear the sound of a muted trumpet leading into a song.” | Read More at...
Jul 9, 2026 | Ma Rainey - Results
Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues “The recording, which represent a major leap forward in audio quality, is a 118-track box set with four previously un-reissued recordings and never-before-published photos.” | Read More at Margie...
