The National Endowment for the Humanities says the project will "honor the statesmen, visionaries, and innovators who shaped ...

The entertainment industry has long been shaped by the talents of creatives from all backgrounds, and LGBTQIA+ filmmakers are ...

SPECIAL: Night Train marks the centennial birthday of April Featured Artist - tenor saxophonist and soul jazz pioneer Gene ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – This Easter Sunday, the front lawn of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center was filled with warmth, ...

Guitar legend T-Bone Walker, top, pioneered the jump blues style of the 1940s, and BB King, above, headed the blues revival in the 1960s Chattanooga-born Bessie Smith, nicknamed the Empress of the ...

How many Broadway shows has Bessie Smith been in? Bessie Smith has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Bessie Smith been in? Bessie Smith has not appeared in the West End.

The Devil's Gonna Get You; Aggravatin' Papa; Oh Daddy Blues; Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out; Don't Cry Baby; Today; Interlude; Mam'selle Marie; Mourn You Mourners; Baby Won't You Please ...

But this wasn’t someone she sat with at school. In fact, it was a woman she had never met – the legendary blues singer Bessie Smith. Jackie’s first introduction to Bessie came in the form of ...

One Mo' Time recreates a hot, sultry night at New Orleans' Lyric Theatre in 1926, home to Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey among others. During the show, five performers and a five-piece band belt out ...