Morgan Freeman is a devout fan of music. It has informed his career in many ways, so choosing just one musician wasn't easy.

Orpheus Descending” opens the 10th season for Tennessee Williams Theatre Company. It runs March 27-April 13 at Marquette ...

It’s located at 1400 Market St, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum This community-founded Black history museum keeps the “Big 9 ...

The Chattanooga State Humanities Department’s Writers@Work program is pleased to welcome award-winning author Lorrie Moore to ...

While working on the lower register of her voice with New York City singer Paul Reese, she was first turned on to folk music.

In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

Growing up in Long Beach, she was fed a steady diet of such standard-bearers as Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington. She moved as a youth to the Philippines ...

The world has changed even more than it did in the first quarter of the 20th century... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT") BESSIE SMITH: (Singing) I mean when you down ...

The School Resource Development Institute recently concluded its year-long program at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center today. This was all about helping Hamilton County schools strengthen funding ...

From a popular Bay Area jazz/swing crooner to a a revered chamber quartet playing the stately Kohl Mansion, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.

Does anyone care about independent arts venues?; Awards voting rights; and remembering Claire van Kampen – this week in Your ...