In the nearly six decades since Roomful of Blues was founded in 1967, upwards of 55 members have passed through its ranks. But in all that time, save for a three-month stint, Texas-born Lou Ann Barton ...

A couple of years ago, Billboard and Ultimate Classic Rock published lists of the greatest rock and roll singers ever. Billboard chose 50 and UCR picked 40 for reasons that elude the mortal man. We ...

*A former pop/rocker and country singer who is currently one of Buffalo’s premiere award-winning jazz and blues vocalists, DeeAnn would seem to have little in common stylistically with hip-hop legend ...

May 30—McINTOSH, Minn. — Little Bobby's Bar and Grill will host the "Women of the Blues Festival 2024" on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1, in McIntosh. The free event, featuring the Laurie Morvan ...

Long before her six Grammy nominations and her signature 1973 hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” a young Maria Muldaur was befriended by a pioneering blues singer-songwriter named Victoria Spivey. A ...

On Jan 15, three amazing female vocalists will present Powerhouse Ladies, at the California Theatre in Santa Rosa. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. With her five-octave range, Mariah Carey has one of the most powerful and impressive voices of all time. She is a top '90s female ...

If you ask music fans today, you may get a common refrain—who runs the world? Girls! Well, at least that’s what the newest country star Beyoncé has said. And with each passing day, we believe her.

CHICAGO — Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Taylor ...

When I was new to the music, all the standard histories of jazz were keen to dismiss what they derisively referred to as the “Vaudeville Blues” singers of the Jazz Age. I remember one line in ...