Calendar – Women of the Blues Foundation Inc.

01 Jun 2022

MARY LANE HONORED

Celebrate Mary Lane, Honored By The City of Chicago at Chicago Blues Fest with Host Lynne Jordan, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at 2:55 pm, millenniumpark.org. Then see Mary as Special Honoree with Win Noll and the Rockin Souls at Epiphany Art Center, epiphanychi.com.

31 May 2022

Come See Mary Lane In June

Come See Mary Lane in June

24 Aug 2021

MARY LANE 2021 JUS’ BLUES KOKO TAYLOR “QUEEN OF THE BLUES” AWARD

Check out all of the great things happening for Women Of The Blues Recording Artist, Mary Lane. Chicago’s Very Own 85 year old Blues Legend will be honored by the JUS BLUES MUSIC Foundation when they present her with the 2021 Koko Taylor Queen of the Blues Award on Sunday, August 29th at 7 pm CDT & 8pm EDT. (virtual award show)

19 Mar 2020

WATCH NBC 5 CHICAGO FRIDAY 3/20 5PM CDT – Women’s History Month

WATCH FRIDAY 3/20 5PM CDT: NBC Chicago Channel 5 News / streaming NEWS LIVE at https://www.nbcchicago.com/live/
a special feature celebrating Women’s History Month.

Imagine a World filled with Beauty. Here are some of the beautiful blues women who will be gracing the walls of the Delmark Records Gallery. Women of the Blues Foundation & Delmark Records will bring you an exhibit featuring a collection of photographers who have photographed blues women over the decades from legends to daughters of the blues masters to rising stars. Also featuring covers of Living Blues and Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine. We planned on an opening tomorrow night during Women’s History Month but instead we will do a virtual opening on Friday, March 27th. Julia A. Miller, Brenda Taylor Ricci, Demetria Taylor, Kate Moss, Joanna Connor, Anne Harris, Win Noll , Mary Lane, Zayika Hooker, Shemekia Copeland, HolleThee Maxwell , Rose Reed & more. Sherree Lee, Joan Sullivan, Linda S Mensch – photographers (l-r), Roman Sobus, Steven I. Wolf, Allen Winkler, courtesy Brenda Taylor Ricci, Lynn Orman Weiss, Roman Sobus, Jennifer Noble, Living Blues Magazine, Harvey Tillis, Peter Hurley, Howard Greenblatt
All photos property of Women of the Blues and photographers listed. All Rights Reserved. Do Not Use Without Permission – Contact, Lynn Orman Weiss for information and media, ormanmusic@gmail.com Women of the Blues Records, CHICAGO WOMEN OF THE BLUES, OWL Music & Media, Pam Oliver, LeeAnn Trotter
#WomensHistoryMonth #Blues #WomenOfTheBlues #WOB #DelmarkRecords #BluesLegends #BluesDivas

16 Jan 2020

Women of the Blues: A Coast to Coast Collection Blues Hall of Fame Premiere

Wednesday, January 29th 3:15pm there will be an opening reception for The Blues Foundation / Blues Hall of Fame premiere in Memphis kicking off the IBC competition and on display Black History Month and March, Women’s History Month.

10 Oct 2019

FYC – Grammy® Nomination – Mary Lane’s “Travelin’ Woman” – Best Traditional Blues Album

The Nomination 1st Round for the 62nd Grammy Awards® opened Wednesday 9/25 and will run through October 10th. Proudly Women of the Blues Records and OWL Music & Media offer FYC, 83 year old Mary Lane’s “Travelin’ Woman” for nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album. Only Mary’s 2nd Solo Album, comes 20 years after her debut. Produced by GRAMMY® winner Jim Tullio, the 10 song album of original music is backed by Very Special Guests: Billy Branch, Corky Siegel, Eddie Shaw, Gene “Daddy G” Barge, Dave Specter, Chris Hambone Cameron, Louie Zagoras and Colin Linden.

Check out the trailer from Jesseca Ynez Simmons‘ award winning I Can Only Be Mary Lane Documentary that tells the story of the making of “Travelin’ Woman” at https://vimeo.com/288639534. US Blues Societies are being given a Special Offer to book a FREE screening of the movie for their membership and guests. Call Lynn Orman Weiss to arrange your FREE SCREENING.

Give a listen to “Travelin’ Woman” and check out the movie trailer. Show some love when you agree this album is worthy of a Nomination. Thank you for listening and FYC.

31 Jan 2017

KSDK – Show Me St. Louis – Women of the Blues – Feature Interview

http://www.ksdk.com/entertainment/television/show-me-st-louis/womens-musical-history-on-display-at-the-national-blues-museum/394968907

11 Jan 2017

Belleville News-Democrat – BND Magazine – Women of the Blues

http://www.bnd.com/living/magazine/article125615409.html

05 Jan 2017

Women of the Blues at BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups

“Women of the Blues” Kickoff Concert
Friday, January 6th
BBs Jazz, Blues and Soups – 8PM
http://bbsjazzbluessoups.com/

Anne Harris, Laura Green, Holle Thee Maxwell,
Deitra Farr, Markey Blue, Nelle Tiger Travis,
Renee Smith and Special Guests

BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soups
700 South Broadway
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
(314) 436-5222

05 Jan 2017

Curator’s Talk, “Women of the Blues” exhibition, with Lynn Orman Weiss

Curator’s Talk, “Women of the Blues” exhibition, with Lynn Orman Weiss, producer/curator/journalist.

Lumiere Place Legends Room
Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 12PM-1PM
FREE and open to the public
(if you would like to visit the museum after the Curator’s Talk, there will be a discount on admission)

The panel will also feature: Amanda Gresham, producer, radio host, photographer Anne Harris, blues performer, actress Deitra Farr, blues performer, Living Blues Magazine columnist

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WOMEN OF THE BLUES FESTIVAL

A TRIBUTE TO KOKO TAYLOR

Photo Nunu Picks

Alligator Recording Artist, Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor https://news.wttw.com/2021/06/28/traveling-exhibit-honors-koko-taylor-and-other-women-blues https://www.alligator.com/artists/Koko-Taylor/

DIRT WOMAN BLUES

Photo Blackham Image

Grainneduffy.com

STRINGS OF JOY

Photo Amanda Gresham

Anne Harris, blues fiddle player, makes history https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ann+harris+wgn

PASSING THE CROWN

Photo Amanda Gresham

On 2011 Cookie Taylor, daughter of Koko Taylor, presented her mother's crown to Shemekia Copeland, crowning her the new Queen of the Blues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz68obDv5TQ

CELEBRATE MARY LANE

Come see the city of Chicago pay tribute to Mary Lane at Chicago Blues Fest, Women in Blues Stage, June 12th, 2:55 pm Mary Lane Dates in June

HELPING OTHER MUSICIANS IN NEED

Local Singer Helping Other Musicians in Need, Holle Thee Maxwell ‘Making A Difference’ on NBC 5

ELLA JENKINS TURNS 100 AUGUST 6TH 2024

"You sing a song and I'll sing a song. And we'll sing a song together."

WOMEN OF THE BLUES PRESENTS
WOMEN OF THE BLUES: A COAST TO COAST COLLECTION

The Collection features over 100+ photographs and art of 'Women of the Blues' performing, in portrait and screaming the blues. The curated collection is a tribute to Alligator recording artist, Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor and supports the Koko Taylor Celebrity Aid Foundation and the Sisters of Royalty among other benefactors. Twenty photographers from around the world share their very poignant and powerful images of these extraordinary women, photographed from the stage at the Chicago Blues Festival to the Maui Sugar Mill in Los Angeles, from the Blues Cruise on the Caribbean to festivals on the East Coast.

The Collection takes you behind the lens that captured the images of superstars like Mavis Staples and Irma Thomas to beloved West Coast artist Candye Kane and Sherry Jackson Pruitt. Other featured artists include Koko Taylor Award recipient Ruthie Foster, Chicago's Southern soul blues diva Nellie 'Tiger' Travis, the legendary Holle Thee Maxwell, international touring blues singer Deitra Farr, and rising star the newly crowned Queen of the Blues, Shemekia Copeland, daughter of Johnny Copeland, and Tomiko Dixon, granddaughter of Willie Dixon, and many more beautiful images of women who sing and play the blues.

The world premiere of ‘Women of the Blues – A Coast To Coast Collection’ was first presented by Orman Music And Media Group at Firecat Projects in Chicago, May 27, 2016 and opened June 8th in conjunction with the Chicago Blues Festival. The exhibit was on display October 3rd through December 12, 2016 at The University of Chicago Medical Center. The ‘Women Of The Blues – A Coast To Coast Collection’ was on display at the National Blues Museum in St. Louis January 7th through March 31st, 2017. “Women of the Blues: A Coast To Coast Collection” made a return appearance to the University of Chicago Medical Center, in celebration of World Music Festival in September and the first Logan Center Blues Festival in October. A portion of full exhibit was back on display at the HydePark Campus. The show was located in the skybridge between Mitchell Hospital and DCAM. In 2017 Collection was shown on the Jumbotron at the Petrillo Bandshell for 2017 Chicago Blues Festival. In January 2020, the Collection opened at the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis.

Opening in March of 2020, Lynn Orman Weiss, founder and curator of Women of the Blues Foundation in partnership with Delmark Records President and CEO, Julia A. Miller, celebrated Women's History Month with an exhibit featuring 100 blues women, and highlighted past and present blues women in the Delmark Records family. The collection paid tribute to the 100 years of historical recordings, the first million dollar selling blues song, “Crazy Blues” by Mamie Smith, a breakthrough into mainstream recording, and to pay homage to the women of the Suffrage Movement.

In the summer of 2022, Lynn curated the Collection at the Epiphany Center for the Arts that featured the line-up of Women Blues Performers at The Chicago Blues Festival, and presented a lecture on Women of the Blues at Chicago’s historic Cliff Dweller’s Club.

The touring exhibit is available for showings at museums, hospitals, schools and art galleries interested in educating the public about the blues divas both present and past, their musical journey and contributions to American Roots Music and the art of unique visions of seasoned photographers from across the country and around the world, who focus on blues music and those talented performers who inspire them.

Please contact Lynn Orman Weiss, Women of the Blues to arrange a showing in a city near you.

Learn more about THE EXHIBIT.

Learn more about THE PHOTOGRAPHERS.