Irma Thomas Immortalized Among Blues Greats May 7, 2009 WDSU.com The career of Irma Thomas was celebrated in Memphis Wednesday night, when she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. On Th

BESSIE SMITH.1894 - 1937 John Meekings Bessie was born in harsh poverty in Chattanooga, Tennessee, around 1894. She was one of six children living with her parents in what she would later descr

Blues Women: Introduction to T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do by Rhetta Akamatsu The early ones were tough. All of them were black. Some of them were big women, but even the small ones could ho

Blues World Loses Important Musical Influence June 18, 2009 By Doug Levine VOA News Legendary blues singer Koko Taylor died June 3 in Chicago, Illinois of complications from intestinal surger

The Classic Blues... and the Women who Sang Them Calliope Records 1900-1920s -- Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox and the Southern Circuit When Ma Rainey comes to town, Folks from anyplace mile

The Queen of Blues Etta James returns to bergenPAC April 15 2009 By Mel Fabrikant The Paramus Post AT LAST! – The Queen of Blues Etta James returns to bergenPAC and is hotter than ever. Fol

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Hosts Etta James May 6, 2009 Hamptons.com Westhampton Beach - At Last, the legendary Etta James & The Roots Band will perform at the Westhampton Beach P