The New York Times Magazine this weekend has a fascinating story on one man’s search for information on two female blues singers of the 1930s: Elvie Thomas and Geeshie Wiley.\u00a0 There are fewer than 10 surviving copies of their three known record releases and you can hear one of the songs on the New York Times website.<\/p>\n
Click here to read the story and listen to “Motherless Child Blues.”<\/a><\/p>\n In case you missed anything on the blog this week, here is the list of my posts. There are a couple of long ones!<\/p>\n <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New York Times Magazine this weekend has a fascinating story on one man’s search for information on two female blues singers of the 1930s: Elvie Thomas and Geeshie Wiley.\u00a0 There are fewer than 10 surviving copies of their three known record releases and you can hear one of the songs on the New York…<\/p>\n\n