Towards a definition -- The classic blues, Vaudeville style : Mamie Smith, Lucille Hegamin, Edith Wilson -- Brief interlude : reflections on Rosa -- The classic blues : Southern style : Ma Rainey and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the roots of blues music—the raw honesty, the pain wrapped in poetry, the joy carved out of hardship—I think of Ma Rainey. Her voice was more than a sound; it was ...

Ma Rainey’s title as the “mother of the blues” is an ode to her unremitted genius in transforming the genre despite a relatively short recording career. Now streaming on Netflix, Ma Rainey’s Black ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Blues legend Gertrude “Ma” Rainey electrified Jacksonville’s LaVilla district in the early 1900s, building her reputation as the “Mother of the Blues” while breaking barriers as ...

Lou Bellamy's raucous and masterful production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Guthrie Theater includes two scenes of intense, thorny silence when America's tortured race history comes screeching ...

Columbus, Ga . – Columbus, Georgia is place known for many things, but one distinction the Fountain City can also claim is the being the home for the “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey. On 805 5th Avenue ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - February is Black History Month and to celebrate, WTVM is highlighting Black history in our area throughout the month. The Black Heritage Trail located in the heart of Columbus, ...

In a rundown Chicago recording studio in 1927, tempers rise and simmering conflicts erupt when the “Mother of the Blues” and her band record a set of jazz and blues standards. Fiery and determined, Ma ...

Fifteen minutes, "Ma," the manager pleads, kneeling before his star like a humiliated child, begging her not to walk out on a recording session. He is a beaten man, this music industry parasite, ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The executive director of the Ma Rainey House and Blues Museum spoke as the local history spotlight guest at the Columbus Public Library on Thursday. The executive director, ...