It takes a genius to tackle so many topics in a single story, and Wilson is in top ... her songs her way, and there is no negotiating. Additionally, the devotion and care that Ma Rainey showed ...

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is excited to invite you to embrace the winter season with them! Winter at Valade returns!

Don Was is one of Detroit’s creative giants. This weekend, he’ll bring the nine-member Pan-Detroit Ensemble to Ann Arbor’s Blue Llama Jazz Club ...

The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but ...

Her ambition is to write songs for Duke Ellington’s band but ... voice that could find its true home in theatre portraying a Ma Rainey or Bessie Smith type character. She is also very funny ...

“I told her, “I'm going to do my best to fill your shoes ... Jones says she also took inspiration from other women like Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, women from church, and even some of ...

However, it can only win 12, since it has two original songs competing against ... (which she won), and twice for best actress for "The Help" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." ...

Coalescence Theatre Project will present “The Harlem Renaissance Salon,” a production of poetry and music in honor of the ...

Detroit Repertory Theatre continues its exploration of legendary playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle with “Ma Rainey’s ...

In addition to great music and great eats, both states have much to explore — historic downtowns, a parade of storied homes ...

And I mean that in the literal sense of the world — he got famous as an unsigned artist by posting his songs on YouTube and maintaining a mysterious public facing persona. Was The Weeknd a guy?