The breadth of talent on display over the coming weeks is none more evident than in the number of women artists blazing ...

Discover how the Cape Town International Jazz Festival is breaking barriers with an all-female leadership team, celebrating ...

The performance will feature compositions from jazz legends such as Sathima Bea Benjamin, Tina Schouw and Abigail Petersen, ...

On the other hand, jazz has had no shortage of captivating, legendary female vocalists like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan. Fortunately, that is a trend that continues today.

but a poll of leading music writers around the time of the Opera House concert ranked her as the second-best female jazz singer in the world, just behind Holiday. Although no longer in perfect ...

itiek Puspa, the consummate singer, songwriter and ... rock and roll, jazz, Broadway and blues, producing some of the biggest popular songs that are well-remembered today. Titiek also worked ...

Greta Matassa is a Seattle-based jazz singer who evidently has a strong following and some valid credentials from the prestigious Earshot Magazine. This publication named Matassa as Best Female Jazz ...

Makhathini will share the stage with fellow globetrotting Nathi Maphumulo, popularly known as DJ Black Coffee. Together, they ...

Her 1993 single “Ruffneck” earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Single ... written and co-produced by a female rapper. The album showcased the jazz and soul influences that would become ...

Sarasota Jazz ... two-day music festival featuring numerous musicians in its namesake genre. Singer Annika Chambers, a three-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Female Artist ...

As the only female bandmember, Vaughan shared the vocal spotlight ... these gifted young singers represent the next generation of great jazz vocalists. The top five finalists are: Amira B. (New York ...