Here are nine iconic Black female blues singers who birthed the genre people know today. Nina Simone. Often called the “High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone was blues embodied.

Cited as one of the first representations of black queer popular culture, Ma Rainey's sensational Prove It on Me Blues is a ...

McINTOSH, Minn. – Little Bobby’s Bar and Grill will host the “Women of the Blues Festival 2024” on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, in McIntosh. The free event, featuring the Laurie ...

Performances by descendants of blues royalty, including Teeny Tucker (daughter of Tommy Tucker), Shemekia Copeland (daughter of Johnny Copeland), and Tomiko Dixon (granddaughter of Willie Dixon).

She’ll bring the exhibit to Cleveland next month for the inaugural Women of the Blues Festival that takes place from Thursday, March 6, through Sunday, March 9, at the Treelawn.

Major Achievements: 5 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist (2011). 4. Madeleine Peyroux. Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz and blues singer with a unique voice, often compared to Billie ...

The Women In Blues show will be Curran’s and Washington’s second Bull Run show in the past two months, as the latter opened for the former on February 6. Finally, singer and harmonica player ...

Fish won the 2012 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year, ...

The “Women Of The Blues – A Coast To Coast Collection” is an exhibit of more than 100 photographs of 60 women blues musicians of all ages, ethnicities and eras.