A review of "Tina", a 2021 HBO documentary about the life and career of Anna Mae Bullock better known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", Tina Turner.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/tina-movie-review.
If you're interested in learning about how a boy born into poverty and instability in a rough New Orleans neighborhood turned his life around after finding positive male role models and music, my Louis Armstrong Early Life Black History Short is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/louis-armstrong.
A review of "I Put a Spell on You," an autobiography about the life and career of the singer, songwriter, and pianist known professionally as Nina Simone.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/i-put-a-spell-on-you-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about the blues singer and songwriter who inspired August Wilson's play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Alice Walker's Shug Avery character in “The Color Purple”, then my Ma Rainey Black History Short is for you.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/ma-rainey.
A review of "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", a documentary about the Funk Brothers, musicians who played Motown's studio sessions.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/standing-in-the-shadows-of-motown-movie-review.
A profile of W.C. Handy, a musician, and songwriter whose publishing company turned out hit blues compositions that helped launch the genre.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/w-c-handy.
A review of the book "My Life with Earth, Wind, & Fire" by Maurice White which tells his life story and the story of Earth Wind & Fire.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/my-life-with-earth-wind-fire-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about a versatile singer who gave an amazing performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after racists prevented her from performing at Constitution Hall, my Marian Anderson Black History Short is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/marian-anderson.