NPR News: From The Tent Show To The Parlor: Bessie Smith's Travels In Her Time
From The Tent Show To The Parlor: Bessie Smith's Travels In Her Time
Bessie Smith could wrap the blues around anything. She was the voice of freedom and of dislocation, heard by black audiences on the vaudeville circuit and white ones at Manhattan parties.
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Bessie Smith could wrap the blues around anything. She was the voice of freedom and of dislocation, heard by black audiences on the vaudeville circuit and white ones at Manhattan parties.
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