Cargo Records - Catalog

Frequently given the soubriquet "Mother of the Blues" among circles of blues music aficionados, the legendary Ma Rainey did indeed play a key and pioneering role in the development of blues music during the early part of the last century. Rainey's recording legacy - little more than a hundred titles recorded during a relatively short period of five years in the mid-to-late Twenties - has continued to influence and inspire successive generations of blues singers and performers, and her status as the first female blues recording star was officially recognised when she was