The year is 1927, the place is Chicago. The legendary Ma Rainey is the reigning queen of the blues scene ...

Born Gertrude Pickett, Ma Rainey would go on to become known as the “Mother of the Blues,” and she earned that title in every ...

Her big-screen résumé also included ‘No Mercy, ‘Valmont,’ ‘Malcolm X’ and ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.’ ...

Colman Domingo called Chadwick Boseman a "beautiful angel" who has been "lifting" him from the "other side" following the actor's 2020 death after they starred together in 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' ...

KCRA THREE. THE FORMER STATE EMPLOYEE WHO ACCUSED CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER FIONA MA OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT HAS SETTLED AND DROPPED THE CASE AGAINST HER. JUDITH BLACKWELL ACCUSED MA OF SEXUAL ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - People gathered in Columbus on Sunday to celebrate the legacy of blues legend Gertrude “Ma” Rainey. After a weather postponement last week, Ma Fest finally delivered on its ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — MA FEST is an annual celebration free for the public to gather and enjoy, helping to celebrate the life and legacy of Ma Rainey, known as the “Mother of the Blues.” The second ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A free festival celebrating blues legend Ma Rainey has been rescheduled to May 3 due to the possibility of rain. Ma Fest 2026 was originally scheduled for Saturday, April 25.

The Goodman Theatre’s current staging of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” starring E. Faye Butler, led to the reissue of a century-old blues album. When “Ma Rainey” burst onto the stage at opening night of ...

A jury convicted a 43-year-old man from Brighton on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Cape Cod man in 2022. Charee Rainey’s conviction in Barnstable County Superior Court is ...