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old blues
✦ meet the girls making old blues →
women, non-binary artists, and bands with women, level by level
✦ start here: albums
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - A Musical Journey (Disc 1)
Mamie Smith
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Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - A Musical Journey (Disc 1)
Louis Armstrong
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✦ who's making it, level by level
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
Jessie Mae Hemphill
36k listeners
Clifford Gibson
3k listeners
Arthur Crudup
5k listeners
Robert Wilkins
25k listeners
Memphis Slim & Canned Heat
722 listeners
Alexander Moore
1k listeners
Lum Guffin
340 listeners
John Lee Ziegler
941 listeners
Ashley Thompson
211 listeners
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
274 listeners
Lonzie Thomas
610 listeners
Lattie Murrell
459 listeners
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questions
What are good old blues albums to start with?
Try She Lyin' by Skip James, I've Got News For You by Hadda Brooks, The Rising Sun Collection by Big Mama Thornton, and Country Blues: Complete Early Recordings by Dock Boggs.
Who are some women making old blues?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/old-blues/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making old blues, from mainstream to underground.
artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-23