Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to ... But when Martell played the Grand Ole Opry — the first Black woman to do so — she was heckled and called the n-word.

Initially it was black music played by black people for ... "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues," describes losing his woman, who's washed away in the flood. They range over quite a bit of emotional ...

At the heart of this development were iconic black male blues singers whose voices and instruments told profound stories that shaped American music. From the Mississippi Delta to Chicago ...

Her sad death is the one main fact many people know about her - but for true fans she remains the best female rock singer ... Smith - the powerful African American blues singer who died in ...

spirit and resilience of the profiled artists, particularly the progenitors. Rose says, "Blues is an idiom that came from these Black women in the South before 1920 who were singing and creating ...

Initially it was black music played by black people for ... "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues," describes losing his woman, who's washed away in the flood. They range over quite a bit of emotional ...