The international draw isn't limited just to listeners ... more than a hundred years to connect to kindred spirits like Bessie Smith. On her own in her early 20s, after a sheltered and restricted ...

Bessie Smith took to the stage early in life. As a young girl she auditioned in local amateur vaudeville competitions, and by the time she reached 18 she was touring as a dancer. Drawing on a full ...

Starting with the early days of Bessie Smith’s musical career and following ... but Smith’s life is filled with actions meant to draw people closer to her that she undercuts with the ...

The show is the Michigan premiere of the hit Off-Broadway musical that celebrates the life of musician Bessie Smith. "The Devil's Music" re-imagines ... swagger and sashay across the tiny 'house-party ...

I first fell in love with Bessie Smith at university ... but also with a series of open questions, drawing our attention to the person behind the music. Who did she have sex with?

HBO’s “Bessie,” a biopic premiering Saturday that stars Queen Latifah as the blues singer Bessie Smith, is a thoughtful and at times stirring example of how a film can add texture to a ...

Singer Bessie Smith’s recording career lasted only 10 years, but during that time she created a body of work that helped shape the sound of the 20th century. Her first single, “Downhearted ...

Singer Bessie Smith's recording career lasted only 10 years, but during that time she created a body of work that helped shape the sound of the 20th century. Her first single, "Downhearted Blues ...