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Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 various artists box set released on Hip-O Records. It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues.[1] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues sub-genres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over time.

In 2004, the box set won two Grammy Awards for "Best Historical Album" and "Best Album Notes."[2] That same year it was #2 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.[3]