From Bessie Smith’s blues grit to Tina Turner’s fire, these two singers helped shape Janis Joplin’s unforgettable vocal style ...

Delorma “Dee” Goodwyn, a lifelong Annapolis resident, civic leader and driving force behind several of the city’s most meaningful memorials, has died. She was 75.

Long before superstardom existed, Bessie Smith showed the world what it meant to be a legend. Born into poverty, she turned ...

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Today in Music History for Jan. 19: ...

Bill Matheny, age 88 of Forest City died Monday, January 26, 2026, at Fairhaven of Forest City. Bill was born on October 7, ...

Doctor Who has worked with many companions through his long tenure in space and time, but these were the absolute best the ...

Tobias Smith, Grammy-winning producer behind Kanye West's "Jail" and Swerve Strickland's AEW themes, died January 19 at age 43 years old.

Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM, a South Carolina midwife who was passionate about her work, family, photography, travels, has died from complications related to childbirth. Proudly calling herself a “Loc ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, the granddaughter of slaves, died at the age of 111. In 1937, she became the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa. Grinnell College honored her by awarding ...

Edith Renfrow Smith, the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa and a longtime Chicago schoolteacher, remained mentally sharp well past 100, becoming the subject for medical ...

February is Black History Month, and Tennessee is packed with ways to explore, learn, and celebrate the rich legacy of ...