This double cd distributed in Europe by Dixiefrog is a real treasure and includes forty six songs and two bonus tracks in video program format to enjoy again and again in your computer Afroamerican women living at the beginning of the XXth Century were very active in different musical fields, as dancers, singers, preacheress or playing different instruments as well Although blues music appeared at the end of the XIXth Century, thanks to different songsters, there were women who made it popular, on a way that was called ‘classic blues’ or ‘vaudeville blues’, singing backed by small orchestras Artists like Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Bessie Smith or Alberta Hunter became icons of the twenties ‘vaudeville blues’ But things completely changed when record companies talent scouts recorded only male musicians they discovered on bars, juke-joints and barrelhouses and women almost disappeared of blues music But the importance of these recordings is that allows us to discover fourteen women who now represent the genuine rural blues tradition that for years has only been played and recorded by men (except Memphis Minnie and very few more) Discover all these new performers who still remain active along deep south who have inherited the old musical tradition from their parents and grand-parents Enjoy the magic art of Cora Fluker, Algia Mae Hinton, Precious Bryand, Etta Baker, Cora Mae Bryant or Annie Griggs among others I am sure they will not disappoint you