Blues in the Mississippi Night is a classic of a different sort. Recorded by venerable folklorist Alan Lomax on a one-celled Presto disc recorder one Sunday afternoon in...

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The fourth and final CD in Document's extensive Ida Cox series features the classic blues singer in a variety of settings: backed by her future husband Jesse Crump on...

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Another installment of obscure doo wop singles from Wayne Stierle, this time featuring the El Domingos, the Original Sonics, the Sensation Owls (their track taken from a...

This 23-track set brings together all the early recordings by the Memphis Jug Band and various offshoot groups. On these sides is a large chunk of early Memphis music,...

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Jimmy Witherspoon laid out two great records in 1962 on Reprise, Spoon and this one. Roots places the great blues singer and guitarist in the company of saxophonist Ben...

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1989's Rainforest combines Robert Rich's fine compositional ability and just-intonation approach and a spectrum of ethnic influences into a musical evocation of the rain...

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For opera fans, the major attraction in this six-disc set dedicated to the works of Handel will likely be the 1981 recording of his English-language opera Semele, with...

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