Daddy, goodbye blues --Black eye blues --Deep moanin' blues --Runaway blues --Leaving this morning --Travelling blues --Sleep talking blues --Blame it on the blues. Track Information 101 Daddy, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the roots of blues music—the raw honesty, the pain wrapped in poetry, the joy carved out of hardship—I think of Ma Rainey. Her voice was more than a sound; it was ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Blues legend Gertrude “Ma” Rainey electrified Jacksonville’s LaVilla district in the early 1900s, building her reputation as the “Mother of the Blues” while breaking barriers as ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - February is Black History Month and to celebrate, WTVM is highlighting Black history in our area throughout the month. The Black Heritage Trail located in the heart of Columbus, ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Some exciting news: It’s Columbus native and former blues singer Ma Rainey’s Birthday! Known as the “Mother of the Blues,” Rainey lived an eccentric life in the late 1800′s and ...

Jealous hearted blues --See see rider blues --Jelly bean blues --Countin' the blues --Slave to the blues --Chain gang blues --Bessemer bound blues --Wringin' and twistin' blues -- Mountain Jack blues ...

Fifteen minutes, "Ma," the manager pleads, kneeling before his star like a humiliated child, begging her not to walk out on a recording session. He is a beaten man, this music industry parasite, ...

Lou Bellamy's raucous and masterful production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Guthrie Theater includes two scenes of intense, thorny silence when America's tortured race history comes screeching ...

Columbus, Ga . – Columbus, Georgia is place known for many things, but one distinction the Fountain City can also claim is the being the home for the “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey. On 805 5th Avenue ...