The rough guide to the best country blues you've never heard : reborn and remastered

"This modestly titled CD might prove a varied treasure trove of rather wonderful, archaic items performed by a selected crop of relatively obscure (to the non-collector) pre-war artists ... Plenty of twelve-bar pieces feature throughout the album but no two sound the same as each artist finds a different stylistic approach both in singing and accompaniment. From the guitar mastery of Little Hat Jones on "Kentucky Blues" and Carl Martin with his unbeatable version of "Crow Jane", to the bright jangle of Vol Stevens' banjo-mandolin on his "Baby Got The Rickets", from the high voice of Mississippi Matilda to the rough throaty edge of Uncle Bud Walker, there is much to savour on this nifty new release".