Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson has used her distinctive voice and fascinating arrangements of standards, in not just jazz, but blues, country, and folk as well, to create a body of work that has expanded the definition of jazz.
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Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
Elizabeth Cotten
American folk and blues musician
Barbara Lynn
Since 1962, Barbara Lynn has been at the vanguard of Texas R&B music.
Maybelle Carter
Maybelle Carter was a member of the Carter Family, a trio that helped to pioneer what became known as country music.
Nicolle Swims
Nicolle Swims is a Black, Queer and Nonbinary musician who is the guitarist and vocalist of local Seattle gunk-pop band Black Ends
Carrie Brownstein
American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding was gifted with a natural talent for music. Not only is she an amazing jazz singer, but she can also play the upright bass at the same time, a skill that takes most musicians years to be able to do. While her music is categorized as jazz, she incorporates elements of R&B and Brazilian music into her songs.
Francesca Caccini
Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher in the early Baroque period.
Joan Armatrading
Distinguished Kittitian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist