Muldaur's current album, Naughty, Bawdy & Blue (Stony Plain), essays songs associated with the classic female blues singers of the 1920s and '30s, including Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Ma ...

The fact that we ever got to hear any of the classic blues singers at all is a total historical accident. Mamie Smith was the first to record a blues song, “Crazy Blues.” The Okeh Record ...

As it trickled out to the rest of the world, Black female blues singers broke boundaries and redefined the genre, establishing legacies that still influence music at large today.

Billed as "The Queen of the Blues," Smith's success was instrumental in the genesis of the classic female blues era, known for featuring a female singer accompanied by pianists or small jazz ...

According to Brooks, Smith's legacy has ironically been overshadowed by the Black female recording artists who came after her — even though it was Smith who kicked off the classic blues women's ...

Blues singer Jean Williams, known as the Countess, delivers her music with a theatrical panache that recalls the classic blueswomen of Bessie Smith’s era; skilled thespians as well as gifted ...

When it was founded 25 years ago, Misty Blues primarily performed covers of classic female blues songs: Think Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Koko Taylor, Big Mama Thornton.

So without further ado, I now present to you the top 9 female guitarists who excel at the blues. No gimmicks, no messages, and no attempts by a record company to capitalize on a trend — just ...

Blues are here to stay." The classic blues was African-American culture's first mainstream breakthrough and, for several years, it was effectively a female art form.

“Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues” has been covered by numerous artists, and is considered a classic by female singers who haven’t recorded or performed it, but who were definitely ...