Beatriz Llamas
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling.
Category Archives: Music > Singer
Continue reading
Blanquita Rodríguez
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers who teamed up to preserve Mexican and bicultural musical expressions through their singing and storytelling.
Janie Hunter
African-American singer and storyteller
Dr Pearl Williams-Jones
Dr. Pearl Williams-Jones (1931-1991) was a gospel musician, composer, and scholar.
Hattie Addison Burkhalter
The Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble, under the direction of Hattie Addison Burkhalter, maintains a rare women-led African American traditional spiritual ritual, rooted in both Christian worship and West African ring shout tradition.
Hua Wenyi
Internationally renowned kunqu (Chinese opera) singer
Inez Catalon
Catalon represents the rich tradition of home singing, in sharp contrast to Creole zydeco and Cajun dance hall music, which until recently was performed almost exclusively by men.
Genoa Keawe
Renowned Hawaiian music icon
Ella Jenkins
Through more than 50 years of groundbreaking efforts, Ella Jenkins, aptly nicknamed the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” laid the groundwork for the field of children’s music and inspired generations of children’s music leaders who have followed in her footsteps.
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer