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The push to commemorate the night Bessie Smith cussed and chased the KKK out of Concord
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBy the summer of 1927, Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues” herself, was enjoying a high-riding...
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF
SPIN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt is true, Nashville and Memphis secure a lot of love. But they are not the only mellifluent cities worth exalting. In fact, St. Louis (founded by the...
St. Louis blues: Miss Jubilee features ragtime classics in concert
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 19—Valerie Kirchhoff has spent her life immersing herself in the story of jazz — especially the part of the story written in her hometown of St. Louis. The Gateway to the West had a bustling ...
Madonna, Daddy Yankee, Mariah Carey & More Named to National Recording Registry: Full List of 2023...
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecordings by Madonna, Daddy Yankee, Mariah Carey, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, The Police and Queen...
George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race and the fraught notion of America’s...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a...
34 of the Best, Wackiest, and Weirdest Christmas Songs
Redbook via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTo help you keep your inner Scrooge at bay for the rest of the Christmas season, here are 34 of the...
DSO pops concerts to pay tribute to Prohibition era and Latin jazz
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s PNC Pops Series has two sharply different themed programs happening across two weekends this month. “Prohibition: Cabarets and Speakeasies of the Era” arrives ...
Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Actress and Singer on Stage and Screen, Dies at 79
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSandra Reaves-Phillips, the actress and singer who appeared in the films ’Round Midnight and Lean on...
Free outdoor concert lineups: Bands, schedules set for live Erie-area summer shows
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom ErieBank 8 Great Tuesdays to the UPMC Sunset Music Series and many in between, band lineups are...