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“Mother of the Blues” The first popular stage entertainer to incorporate authentic blues in her song repertoire, Ma Rainey performed during the first three decades of the twentieth century, enjoying widespread popularity during the blues craze of the 1920s. Her consistency over her five year recording career and the high quality of her accompanist’s portray her talents as far more worthwhile than those of many blues singers. Gertrude Pridgett was born on April 26, 1886, in Columbus, Georgia. Her parents were minstrel show performers, and she went right into the entertainment business since a young age

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Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928

By Ma Rainey

Label: Black Swan Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bad Luck Blues; Barrel House Blues; Bessemer Bound Blues; Big Boy Blues; Big Feeling Blues; Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues; Black Dust Blues; Black Eye Blues; Blame It on the Blues; Blues Oh Blues; Booze and Blues; Broken Hearted Blues; Broken Soul Blues; Cell Bound Blues; Chain Gang Blues; Countin' the Blues; Daddy Goodbye Blues; Damper Down Blues; Dead Drunk Blues; Deep Moaning Blues; Don't Fish in My Sea; Down in the Basement; Farewell Daddy Blues; Georgia Cake Walk; Goodbye Daddy Blues; Grievin' Hearted Blues; Hellish Rag; Honey Where You Been So Long; Ice Bag Papa; Jealous Hearted Blues; Jealous Rider Blues; Jealousy Blues; Jelly Bean Blues; Last Minute Blues; Lawd Send Me a Man Blues; Leaving This Morning; Levee Camp Moan; Log Camp Blues; Lost Wandering Blues; Lucky Rock Blues; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Ma Rainey's Mystery Record; Misery Blues; Moonshine Blues; Mountain Jack Blues; New Bo-Weavil Blues; Night Time Blues; Oh Papa Blues; Prove It on Me Blues; Rough and Tumble Blues; Runaway Blues; Screech Owl Blues; See See Rider Blues; Shave 'Em Dry Blues; Slave to the Blues; Sleep Talking Blues; Slow Driving Blues; Southern Blues; Stack O' Lee Blues; Stormy Sea Blues; Sweet Rough Man; Traveling Blues; Trust No Man; Tough Luck Blues; Victim of the Blues; Walking Blues; Weepin' Woman Blues; Wringing and Twisting Blues; Yonder Come the Blues.

Article: Album Review

Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928

Read "Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 18, 2026

Many music writers and historians consider Gertrude “Ma" Rainey the matriarch of American blues. 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 deep south with the theatrical polish of vaudeville. Known for her commanding ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sarah L. King, Joe Gransden, Maria Grand, Rebecca Rafla, Emie R. Roussel, Andrea Miller & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 5, 2026

This broadcast closes out Jazz Appreciation Month with new music from Sarah L. King, Joe Gransden, Maria Grand, Rebecca Rafla, Emie R. Roussel and Andrea Miller, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz Foremother Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald, Roxy Coss, Rebecca Martin, Laufey, Kendra Shank, Lara Downes and Honorable Man Charles Mingus, among others. Happy listening and please ...

Article: Journey into Jazz

Record Store Day 2026 Additional Releases

by Kyle Simpler
April 3, 2026

While jazz releases are always a highlight of Record Store Day, the event's massive lists inevitably spill far beyond any single genre. With hundreds of titles announced each year, it quickly becomes clear that no guide can cover everything. The following selections step slightly outside the jazz category, but they still feel at home in a ...

Article: Book Review

The Philosophy Of Jazz

by Ian Patterson
December 30, 2025

The Philosophy Of Jazz Kevin Le Gendre 105 Pages ISBN: 978 0 7123 5503 2 British Library 2025 If you had to recommend just one book on jazz history to a neophyte, which would it be? Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz (Oxford University Press, ...

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Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, Deborah Silver, Johnny O'Neal & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 5, 2025

This broadcast celebrates the close of Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Deborah Silver, Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist and Johnny O'Neal, with birthday shoutouts to Kay Swift, Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey, Ariane Racicot, Blossom Dearie and Kendra Shank, among others. Happy listening and please support the ...

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Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong

by Keith Hatschek
March 6, 2025

Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong Ricky Riccardi 466 Pages ISBN: # 978-0-19-761448-8 Oxford University Press 2025 Louis Armstrong's undeniable influence on jazz and popular culture has been the subject of many books, essays, and articles throughout the years, so one wonders will another biography ...

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Diggin' Me Diggin' You - Celebrating Blossom Dearie's Centennial, Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 6, 2024

This broadcast concludes Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Jacqui Naylor, Amina Figarova, Irina Zubareva and Gabrielle Stravelli, with birthday shoutouts to Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey, Blossom Dearie (100!), Kendra Shank and Lara Downes, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so ...

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Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music

by Ian Patterson
April 27, 2024

Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music Darryl W. Bullock 352 Pages ISBN: 978-1-9131-7252-7 Omnibus Press 2023 The blues is ripe with legends and myths, not least the oft-touted claim that W.C. Handy was the father of the blues. But as Darryl. W. Bullock tells it, there ...