By Karen Malone Wright I discovered Bessie Smith after falling in love with the soundtrack to Lady Sings The Blues, Diana Ross’ 1972 star-turn as the legendary, drug-addicted singer Billie Holiday. As I often do when I discover something new worth obsessing over, I immersed myself in the music of Billie’s contemporaries in 1930’s America. I delighted […]
By Karen Malone Wright I discovered Bessie Smith after falling in love with the soundtrack to Lady Sings The Blues, Diana Ross’ 1972 star-turn as the legendary, drug-addicted singer Billie Holiday. As I often do when I discover something new worth obsessing over, I immersed myself in the music of Billie’s contemporaries in 1930’s America. I delighted […]