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Every experienced traveller has stories of places or experiences that left them feeling strangely unsettled.

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Internationally known singer and guitarist Mary Flower is highly regarded for her mastery of Piedmont blues, a syncopated, ragtime-influenced fingerpicking style that originated in the early 20th century in the southeastern United States.

To anyone who loves jazz, the name Bessie Smith conjures images of a phenomenal sultry and sassy singer.

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I. Janis Joplin was born on January 19th, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas.

Harlem Speaks: Featuring Sandra Reeves-Phillips, Vocalist, Thursday, October 8th, 6:30 - " 8:30 pm @ the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, 104 East 126th Street, Suite 2C Songstress and dramatic actress Sandra Reaves-Phillips is a modern day griot, a keeper of the musical traditions of her artistic ancestors, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, ...

To anyone who loves jazz, the name Bessie Smith conjures images of a phenomenal sultry and sassy singer.

In her 2006 single "Larva," Georgia Anne Muldrow addressed themes of reincarnation and deliverance, ideas she revisits in the mesmerizing "Daisies," a tribute to her late father, jazz guitarist Ronald Muldrow.

Submitted by Collins Parker on August 20, 2009 - 9:01pm. BONUS Video The Southern Brewers Festival , of course, is all about beer.

While names such as Bessie Smith , Ma Rainey , or Ida Cox might initially come to mind when thinking of classic female blues singers, it'd be hard not to include Bonnie Raitt among the names of the best blues singers - male or female - who followed.

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"Nothing is so much strengthened by practice, or weakened by neglect, as memory." -- Quintillian HEARD ON THE TOWN HISTORY WAS BROUGHT to life last week at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library when relatives of the late Bessie Smith, "Empress of the Blues," told stories of the famous Chattanooga native, as well as performing one of ...

T hough Mamie Smith proved that a blues record could sell, and Ma was a bona fide instigating tour de force, it was Bessie Smith who was the most popular, highest paid blues singer of the 1920's and '30's. Even back then, and her record company promo people had something to do with it, Bessie was known as "The Empress of the Blues." She was one of, ...

T here are some other firsts, kinda. They're more like blues royalty to us. If the blues had a father, then it couldn't be born without a mom.

1975 - Hank Williams, Jr. tumbled 500 feet down a mountain in Montana. Following two years on the mend, he made his return to music.

1975 - Hank Williams, Jr. tumbled 500 feet down a mountain in Montana. Following two years on the mend, he made his return to music.

Two-time Blues Music Award winner for Contemporary Female Artist of the Year Janiva Magness may be reminiscent of vocal masters Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, but she paces her soul with the deep, dark resonance of a Johnny Cash howl.

Careless Love is one of the most easily recognized blues. Listen to this 1925 version by Bessie Smith.

Mia Vermillion has a big vocal presence. She sings with the wild abandon of Janis Joplin controlled by the fluid precision of Bonnie Bramlett, the gusto of Big Mama Thornton , and the blues foundation of Bessie Smith .

Find out more about Jamie: Armed with a Master's degree in Ethnomusicology and a passion for sharing a good tune, Jamie Freedman will help you find your next favorite band, concert, arts organization or learn more about one you already love.