Four women musicians performed a joyous tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie, black pioneers in gospel and early blues styles that became the roots of rock 'n' roll. The 22-song concert ...

This recording represents the anticipated follow up to Tracy Nelson’s well-regarded 1998 release, Sing It! with shouters Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball, and returns her to the country and blues feel of ...

Austin-based nonprofit HOME (Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers) will present their annual benefit, HOME Cookin' for the Holidays. The benefit will be a virtual broadcast featuring ...

A decade earlier, Thomas, Marcia Ball and Tracy Nelson recorded three Egan songs, including the title track, for their “Sing It!” trio album. Egan’s songs “tell a good story,” Thomas said this week.

Galactic, Ani DiFranco, Marcia Ball, Jelly Joseph and Erica Falls are among the acts slated to pay tribute to Irma Thomas the night before Thanksgiving. Billed as A Tribute to the Queen: Irma Thomas, ...

Two-fisted piano playing, raucous boogie and emotional ballads will share the stage when Marcia Ball brings her blues to Seattle Thursday and Oct. 15, along with music from her Grammy-nominated “So ...

Sometimes when you get into a story, you find a thread that leads to another equally interesting story. Let’s start with a rock and blues legend from the 1960s, releasing her first album in over a ...

At first blush putting together a blues-rocking guitarist like Tinsley Ellis with the Gulf Coast’s number one boogie-woogie keyboardist like Marcia Ball at the country’s oldest and most revered coffee ...