Queens of the Blues with Gina Coleman

The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show, entitled “Kissing In The Dark” is entirely about Lizzie Douglas/The Queen of Country Blues, better known as the guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Memphis Minnie.  #memphisminnie

The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show, entitled “Bow Legged Daddy” is entirely about Louise Dupont, better known as, Blue Lu Barker. #bluelubarker

The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show, entitled “Blues For Mama” is curated by my dear friend and fellow blues artist, Susan Angeletti.  https://www.susanangeletti.net/ #susanangeletti #rubyjohnson #kokotaylor #ettajames #ninasimone #arethafranklin

The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show, entitled “Only Time Will Tell” is entirely about the Queen of Chicago Blues, Koko Taylor.

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show  entitled “These Holiday Blues” is entirely comprised of  holiday songs.  #ettajames #shemekiacopeland #susantedeschi #debbiedavies #kokotaylor #mistyblues

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Shout The Boogie” is entirely dedicated to a blues style of music called boogie woogie, which was made popular in the late 20’s but developed in African-American communities in the late 1800s.  #katiewebster #marciaball #memphisminnie #mabelscott #mistyblues

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “My Turn Baby” is entirely dedicated to empowerment themed songs. #kokotaylor #ettajames #shemekiacopeland #dawntylerwatson #roryblock #mistyblues

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Prove It On Me” is curated by my special guest, Charlie Apicella. Charlie is a musician and music historian with a special affinity for the Mother of the Blues, so this episode will be all about Ma Rainey.  https://www.ironcity.nyc/ #charlieapicella #bluesalive #marainey

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Women Be Wise” is curated by the talented artist from western Massachusetts, Ed Moran. #edmoran #riversidebrothers #moondance #sippiewallace #catherinerussell #ettajames #ninasimone #bigmamathronton #mistyblues #katriggins #justinjohnson

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “I Always Get My Man” is currated by Washington, DC based blues artist Carly Harvey. https://www.carlyharvey.com/ https://instagram.com/carlyhmusic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.facebook.com/carlyharveymusic?mibextid=LQQJ4d #carlyharvey #daniellenicole #susantedeschi #ellafitzgerald...

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Hey Bartender” is entirely about elixir inspired songs. #jenniepope #marylynscott #kokotaylor #bigmamathronton #mistyblues 

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “The Party’s Still Going On” is entirely about festive gatherings.  #ettajames #helenhumes #marciaball #kokotaylor #mistyblues #queensoftheblues

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Freight Train” is entirely about train and train inspired songs.

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” is curated by my special guest, Peggy Kern. Peggy is the author of the 2015 American Library Association nominated book for Best Fiction For Young Adults, Little Peach, and an author of the wildly popular young adult book collection, the Bluford series. https...

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Nobody's Fault But Mine" is a brief tribute to gospel blues featuring artists: Gaye Adegbalola, Susan Tedeschi, Katie Webster, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mavis Staples.

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “It's Love Baby" highlights the female blues artist of Massachusetts ... Gracie Curran, Toni Lynn Washington, Diane Blues and Erin Harpe.

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “Everything Gonna Be Alright" is curated by Misty Blues' guitarist, Seth Fleischmann.

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “That's How I Roll" is curated by Canadian blues artist Sunday Wilde. 

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “You Can Have My Husband” is curated by my husband and artist of all 11 of Misty Blues' album covers … Michael Mongue. 

The Queens of the Blues podcast with Gina Coleman from the band Misty Blues. This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “As Long As I’m Moving” is all about Ruth Brown. 

This podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show entitled “I’d Rather Go Blind” is curated by the visionary leader of the bands Gross-Mongue, Space Pocket and Born IV Blues … Diego Mongue. Diego is my oldest child, and at the ripe old age of 19, he’s also the youngest member of the Misty Blues extended family and performs, records and co-com...

The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920’s to present times. This show is entitled “They Call Me Big Mama” as it is all about the great Willie Mae Thronton ... aka, Big Mama Thornton. 

This episode is all about the Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith. Gina shares some of her favorite Bessie Smith songs and concludes with a "then and now" of a saucy classic.

Host, Gina Coleman, share songs she performed from the early years of her band Misty Blues. The songs are from the two disc collection entitled "Men Are Like Streetcars". The collection consist of blues songs performed by female artists from 1928 - 1969. She relays stories about the artists lives and celebrates the wonders of their music.