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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.” ...
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AllMusic Reviews Ma Rainey

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...
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Smithsonian Magazine Features Ma Rainey

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...
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The Big Takeover Features Ma Rainey

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...
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NPR Highlights Ma Rainey

“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...
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JazzTimes Reviews Ma Rainey

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...
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All About Jazz Features Ma Rainey

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...