Looking at the importance of blues pioneer Ma Rainey, who pioneered LGBTQ+ representation in music during the 1920s through ...

But despite all his preparation, Devereux was skeptical when he first saw an ad for what was billed as Blues Brothers Con — a daylong gathering and concert for fans of the music side project started ...

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 ...

Profiles of iconic Black female celebrities over 70 Here are some of the ... a World Music Award, an American Music Award, a Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award and BET’s 2011 Lifetime ...

Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...

The 2000s were a vibrant time for female country singers, with established stars ... Her albums in the 2000s, including “Black Cadillac” and “The List,” received critical acclaim for ...

Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the 'First Lady of Children's Music,' died ...

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It wasn’t until my mother was being treated for breast cancer that I learned she loved the Chris Stapleton song “Tennessee Whiskey,” or that she knew so many blues tunes by heart.

Luther Vandross is most remembered as one of the most gifted male pop vocalists of his generation, and in particular, for his ...