Gertrude "Ma" Rainey would come to be known as the "Mother of the Blues" -- but her career began as a minstrel and vaudeville performer, and her most notable traveling vaudeville group was the Rabbit ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Blues legend Gertrude “Ma” Rainey electrified Jacksonville’s LaVilla district in the early 1900s, building her reputation as the “Mother of the Blues” while breaking barriers as ...

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She died 84 years ago when women and people of color weren’t given opportunity and credit as today, but Ma Rainey’s hard work and talent received more recognition Thursday. Rainey, the Columbus native ...

CAPTURING AUDIENCES. THESE SNAPSHOTS TAKE YOU BACK TO A SNAPSHOT IN HISTORY 1927, IN CHICAGO, WHERE SINGER MA RAINEY IS MERGING JAZZ AND BLUES WHILE EMERGING AS A STAR. MA RAINEY, HER CHARACTER. SHE ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Some exciting news: It’s Columbus native and former blues singer Ma Rainey’s Birthday! Known as the “Mother of the Blues,” Rainey lived an eccentric life in the late 1800′s and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Circle Theatre is bringing the August Wilson play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” to the stage this month, beginning tonight. Circle Theatre, located at 1703 Robinson Rd. SE, will ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - People gathered in Columbus on Sunday to celebrate the legacy of blues legend Gertrude “Ma” Rainey. After a weather postponement last week, Ma Fest finally delivered on its ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A celebration for Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, a Columbus native and influential blues artist, is being held at her prior home in the Fountain City. The public is invited to the Ma ...

*Rehearsals have begun for August Wilson’s blazing masterpiece “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” which begins previews September 1, opens September 11 and continues through October 16, 2016, at the Center ...