As promised, the team of Broke and Hungry Records, Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, and Mudpuppy Recordings has delivered a second volume of recordings from last year’s wonderful documentary, M for Mississippi. The good news is that there’s not a trace of filler material included on this set. It’s as strong a set of Mississippi Delta blues as the first volume was.

The same artists are featured on Volume 2 as on Volume 1, except for the late Wesley Jefferson, whose band backs a local Clarksdale singer, Miss Gladys, for a smoking rendition of “Walking the Back Streets.” Robert “Bilbo” Walker gets the chance to shine on his unique and highly personalized version of “Johnnie B. Goode” (Chuck Berry’s attorney’s banned the use of the song on the documentary, but the licensing rules for video don’t apply to audio). The mysterious Mississippi Marvel reappears (with support from Lightnin’ Malcolm) for a typically emotionally charged take on Muddy Waters’ “Evil.”

Pat Thomas gets two tracks this time around, the instrumental “Leland’s Burning Down,” and the idiosyncratic “What a Way It Used to Be.” T-Model Ford goes acoustic with “Hi Heel Sneakers” (check out his most recent release, Jack Daniel Time, for more of his acoustic guitar). R. L. Boyce tones things done a little bit from his boisterous selection on the initial volume with a relatively sedate “Over the Hill,” with Malcolm that features some entertaining banter with his house party audience.

“Cadillac” John Nolden teams with Bill Abel for “Hard-Headed Woman,” and the one-man-band Terry “Harmonica” Bean performs the lively “I’m Going Down South,” which was recorded at Ground Zero. Bentonia bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, who has a new recording coming out soon on Broke & Hungry, covers John Lee Hooker’s “Mr. Lucky,” and L. C. Ulmer, an octogenarian guitarist who really deserves a recording of his own, offers more of his beautiful liquid tone and some haunting slide guitar on “When I Was In Trouble.” The disc closes with a “Front Porch Version” of the title cut, courtesy of its composer, Big George Brock.

M for Mississippi has already carted off a boatload of awards (including this year’s BMA for Best DVD). It looks like Volume 2 of the soundtrack will continue the hot streak. If you liked the first volume, you’ll love the second one. Both sets provide ample proof that the Mississippi Delta blues scene is alive and well, and worth making the trip to see and hear.