Jo Ann Kelly - Blues & Gospel: Rare & Unreleased Recordings [Recorded 1967-1984] (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 304 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 138 MB | Covers - 61 MB
Genre: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blues Matters Music (BMRCD 20041)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 304 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 138 MB | Covers - 61 MB
Genre: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blues Matters Music (BMRCD 20041)
The Jo Ann Kelly archive has been very poorly treated over the years, with only Indigo's occasional forays during the late 1990s truly spotlighting one of Britain's most underrated, but highly-treasured, blues vocalists. Into this sorry state of affairs weighs Blues Matters!, the label wing of the magazine of the same name, with a collection that totally lives up to its title. Sixteen tracks, recorded between 1967-1984, are bundled up within, and capture Kelly ranging across the stylistic spectrum. The set kicks off with four numbers taken from a rare Harlequin blues EP compilation, recorded with Tony McPhee in 1965. This was not Kelly's first session, she'd done an earlier one for Mike Vernon's Purdah label, but that remains unreleased, and thus this was the music with which Kelly was introduced to the world…