Tag: Bessie Smith

From the Record Shelves #268 - Any Woman’s BluesFrom the Record Shelves #268 – Any Woman’s Blues – Today it’s time for a Bessie Smith recording. I tend to take her for granted and thus forget to listen often enough to her fabulous output on records. This is not one of her more spectacular ones, and with just rudimental (…) read more and listenread more and listen

Santa Claus BluesKiki remarked that the song is sad, but I said “so what?”. I’ve always liked sad songs even when I’m not feeling that way. First of all they remind us of the fact that not everybody is happy. Then it can make you remember times when (…) read more and view videoread more and view video

Bessie Smith-The Queen of BluesBessie Smith-The Queen of Blues, en artikel av Rolf Dahlgren i Estrad, augusti 1944 (…) läs artikelnBessie Smith-The Queen of Blues