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Marguerite Mariama: Wild Women Never Get The Blues: Well, Not Anymore!

Read "Wild Women Never Get The Blues: Well, Not Anymore!" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Marguerite Mariama is a new voice in the world of jazz/R&B vocalists. She covers music, dance and theatre as artistic pursuits, as well as being a PhD-trained educator in African American Musical Culture. In her vocal career, Marguerite Mariama displays a polished style that deserves broader attention.

She begins with a rather downtempo version of the 1920s Ida Cox blues standard, “Wild Women Never Get The Blues," perhaps the only disappointment on the album. The song is usually ...


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