BOBBIE GENTRY

Gentry deserved pop immortality for her spellbinding 1967 chart smash, Ode to Billie Joe, but this long overdue expansive eight-disc set shows her legacy is so much more. A pioneering female artist, Gentry was a true southern queen of the backwoods. Her musical gumbo stretched from the imperious funk of the Mississippi Delta to an entire lost jazz album – available here for the first time. Live cuts from her BBC series and duet album with the late, great Glen Campbell also feature. Roll up.