Received another email from California Newsreel, alerting us that the full-length documentary, Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues, is available to watch for free online through the month of March, in celebration of Women’s History Month; so you’re encouraged to head over there and give it a look.
In short, the 1989 58-minute film “shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this century. It recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and the other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.”
You can read more about the documentary Here.
The film, produced and directed by Christine Dall, will be available for viewing through the end of March.
In short, the 1989 58-minute film “shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this century. It recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and the other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.”
You can read more about the documentary Here.
The film, produced and directed by Christine Dall, will be available for viewing through the end of March.
- 3/11/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Dead Leaf Echo Dead Leaf Echo is the Brooklyn-based art-rock/shoegaze unit founded in 2005 by LG (vocals, guitars, keys), Mike Dilalla (bass), and Liza B. (keys, vocals), later joined by Ana Bretton (vocals, guitar). The band's essence is consumingly romantic. "Pale Fire," mixed by Ulrich Shnauss, from their 2008 release Dead Leaf Echo, resonates like a glass of old-school absinthe. Currently gigging. Buy: iTunes Genre: Experimental Rock Artist: Dead Leaf Echo Song: Pale Fire Album: Dead Leaf Echo Tour: Visit Alberta Hunter Memphis-born blues/jazz diva Alberta Hunter braved a childhood of loss and penury. Fatherless, she survived troubles beyond her years. In her teens, Alberta ran away to Chicago, where she found kitchen work, then landed her first singing gig in a brothel. After earning her hard-knocks diploma, she moved up to respected jazz clubs, making enough green to send for her beloved mother. The Prince of Wales...
- 5/29/2009
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
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