If you're looking for LGBTQ+ artists to support in 2026, you have no shortage of options. Musicians like Kehlani, Mika, and Muna have all released new albums this year, with more on the horizon. And ...

Oggi quella di Bessie Smith è considerata una delle voci più importanti del Novecento ed è una voce che non è mai morta. Ogni ...

Timothy Douglas was an acting student at the Yale School of Drama when August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” debuted in 1984. Douglas was an understudy for the character of Sylvester in that ...

A revival of the play, "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a co-production with the Olney Theatre, is now playing at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland. During her time, Ma Rainey was known as “the ...

There’s a lot of talking, posturing, and jostling over who’s the boss in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, now at Round House Theatre in a solid co-production with Olney Theatre Center. Set ...

As I was approaching A Noise Within Theatre in Pasadena, I noticed their motto on the outside of the building: “Classic Theatre, Modern Magic.” That’s a perfect description of what’s happening on ...

The Tigers sent reliever Tanner Rainey outright to Triple-A Toledo, according to the MLB.com transaction log. Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports that the righty will accept the minor league ...

Game cannot shake Priscilla Rainey’s $7.13 million judgment, and another appeal has ended with the same expensive result. California’s Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court order on ...

The early years of recorded blues were dominated by women, singers of “vaudeville blues” (or “classic blues”) who performed on Chicago’s South Side, in Harlem, and in traveling shows.

Working from archives and private collections, engineers restored notes and uncovered previously unheard details for a compilation that displays Rainey’s wide-ranging impact. By Emma Madden Before ...

Ma Rainey’s 118 track Complete Paramount Recordings box set restores rare 1923 to 1928 sides with improved sound and vital historical context. It is rather refreshing that, in an era of artificial ...

High up in the pantheon of the iconic musicians in U.S. history are blues legends like Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Bessie Smith. One of the greatest of all time, though, who’s often overlooked, is ...