Tag: Ma Rainey

On this day in 1886, blues icon Ma Rainey was born

Collaborating with luminaries such as Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong, her influence extended far beyond her own recordings. Rainey’s music inspired the likes of Langston Hughes and Sterling Brown, prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance.

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