by Bman | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
T.Blues Mob is a band from Tbilisi, Georgia, which play is own uncompromising version of blues based and hard-driving rock, jazz & soul. The repertoire of the band consists of both their original re-workings of standard or lesser known traditional blues songs and the...
by Bman | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Arthur Lee Conley (January 4, 1946 – November 17, 2003) was an American soul singer, best known for the 1967 hit "Sweet Soul Music" Conley was born in McIntosh County, Georgia, U.S., and grew up in Atlanta. He first recorded in 1959 as the lead singer of Arthur & the...
by Bman | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Roland Hayes (June 3, 1887 – January 1, 1977) was a lyric tenor and is considered the first African-American male concert artist to receive wide international acclaim as well as at home. Critics lauded his abilities and linguistic skills with songs in French, German...
by Bman | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Highly regarded by Thomas A. Dorsey, Clara Ward, and Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer Georgia Peach was born Clara Hudman in Atlanta on October 10, 1899 to Esther Hudman, a devoutly religious woman who raised three children by herself. While they were quite young, Clara...
by Bman | Dec 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues. She began performing at the age of 12 or 14, and...
