ANN ARBOR, Mich – Ann Arbor's Theatre Nova has announced an extension of its smash hit "The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith" by Angelo Parra. The show was slated to run through April ...

Like a perfectly timed high note in a torch song, Bessie doesn't tiptoe into queerness as filmmaker Dee Rees gives us a love letter to Black, bisexual brilliance. After all, when history forgets our ...

HBO's Lucinda Martinez talks about Solange and Janelle Monae's surprise music tour and why we're celebrating Bessie Smith's work today. Tika Sumpter kissed a girl, and she doesn’t get what the big ...

Program notes by George Avakian on container. Performer(s): Blues songs; Bessie Smith, vocals ; with Louis Armstrong, cornet ; Fred Longshaw, harmonium or piano (tracks 1-10) ; Irving Johns, piano ...

*Queen Latifah is no longer gracing the airwaves with her daily talk show, but she will be back on the small screen shortly. If you haven’t heard, Lafifah is bringing blues pioneer Bessie Smith back ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Bessie Smith's birthday today! “Empress of the Blues” She embodied the meaning of the blues, living the life she sang about. Bessie Smith set the standard for blues ...

Chris Albertson, who as a teenager in Denmark became captivated by blues singer Bessie Smith and decades later produced a widely praised multivolume reissue of her recordings and wrote an equally ...

The Bessie Smith Cultural Center will present a full month of events this June celebrating African American history, culture and music. "From honoring Negro League baseball legends to uplifting ...

A film clip with Bessie Smith singing in St. Louis Blues. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound. The clip opens with Bessie ...