The origin of blues is not exactly known and it almost becomes impossible to give its birthdate In fact blues music is recognized like thet sort of music at the end of the first decade of XXth Century But the majority of experts agree that blues origins go back to African slaves who were carried to the north of America a century before the Civil War The African roots of blues are specially present along the whole cd, as all musicians included on it have been perfectly selected among real songsters, griots or storytellers, although the majority will be completely unknown for wide audiences, except if you are a blues or history expert, or an inveterated blues collector Eighteen original, intense and genuine songs, that perfectly capture the real sources and blues roots, with amazing lyrics that talk about slavery, God, prisons, women, alcohol, gambling, prostututes… In shor an excellent cd to get a deeper knowledge of the blues spirit and origins