Articles related to "Ma Rainey"

In the fields of America's south slaves develop a work-singing rhythm known as Call and Response. Ma Rainey marries Pa Rainey.

Ma Rainey, in the early 1920s, begins recording her music in New York and Chicago. Soon she is seen covered in diamonds.

Ma Rainey performs in New Orleans with Joe "King" Oliver and Louis Armstrong. She sings in dance halls and saloons in Storyville.

Ma Rainey returns to Columbus and becomes a theatrical businesswoman. On December 22, 1939, Gertrude Pridgett 'Ma' Rainey died.

Gertrude Pridgett, later known as Ma Rainey the Mother of the Blues, grew up hearing folk music played by jugs and combs as well as church music.

A profile of the late August Wilson, whose Pulitzer-winning plays documented the African American experience in the 20th century.

Lloyd Richards, who gave life to the work of a young playwright named August Wilson, passed away on June 29, 2006.

Blues music is at the foundation of nearly all modern popular music, from soul and Hip Hop to rock music and heavy metal.

Barbara Morrison has recorded with some of the finest jazz and blues musicians of her generation, traveled the world and remains a respected educator and businessperson.

The history of rock doesn't begin with The Beatles, Elvis Presley or even Chuck Berry. It starts in the deep south, with the birth of what is known as the Delta blues.