Mary Martin cannot exactly be qualified as a blues singer, but she is a great vocalist, guitar player and songwriter who includes blues into the jazz and folk fusion she offers on these two cds recorded for Tuna Music Mary Martin has spent the last two decades tramping all over different clubs, bars and joints playing at the most unbelievable places Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she has settled in Chicago where she has performed as backing guitar with different bands that regularly play at windy city blues clubs She has also shared stage with such great names like Koko Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon, Bob Stroger, Valerie Wellington, Jimmy Burns, Smokey Smothers or Robert Lockwood among others On these two cds Mary shows herself as a cool easygoing versatile artist with an amazing swing that is able to move the coolest person Besides, she tastefully and cleverly combines the natural maturity of Billie Holiday with the terrific intense feeling of Janis Joplin (listen to Blues in C included on the first cd) and her gift for captivating the audience can be clearly seen in both cds