Blues on CD

The blues, first recorded as early as 1920, has influenced many areas of 20th-century popular music.

From major figures such as Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, B.B.

King and Eric Clapton, to the less-well-known but important Mississippi John Hurt or Big Bill Broonzy, this is a guide to the blues on CD.

The author is a music critic who has written for "Oz", "New Musical Express", "Q" and "The Daily Telegraph", and winner of a Ralph J.

Gleason Music Book Award.