The Rough Guide To Big Bill Broonzy: The Early Years

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The Rough Guide To Big Bill Broonzy: The Early YearsA giant of a man in every respect, Big Bill Broonzy remains one of the most important and influential figures in blues history, who bridged the gap between urban and rural styles. In turn he went on to become an elder statesman and ambassador who did more than any other musician to make the roots of blues music accessible to a new and appreciative white audience. Unlike most of his musical peers, Broonzy was able to adapt to changing musical trends

she is accompanied by Joe McCoy ‘Kansas Joe’

from heartfelt longing on ‘Shumen Shunen’ to absolute despair on ‘Karing Te Zhav / Which Way Shall I Go’

Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis’ music offers salve to their home country Greece: a place that has worn many bruises these last years

who had become seriously ill

and this collection serves up far flung gems from kindred creative spirits who have harnessed its expressive potential to suit their musical styles

Sékou Diabaté

or the deeply moving Hebrew Song by Shem Tov Levi ‘Amud Ha'Esh’

John Hardy is believed to have got into a drunken dispute during a craps game and subsequently killed a man named Thomas Drews in 1893

an experience which is documented in his ‘Illinois Blues’

A sage yet hopeful incantation reflected in many of the morals and messages of the songs

and since the band’s foundation in 1999

Johnson sure must have been playing up a storm and enticing the crowds