Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “A lot of people think the blues is depressing, but that’s not the blues I’m singing. When I’m singing blues, I’m singing life,” ...

The legend of Etta James was made flesh on the Paramount Theatre stage Thursday night. Each of her dozen songs was a chapter in the story of the blues. From a hard-traveling, 15-year- old delinquent ...

FILE - This April 29, 2006 file photo shows the late vocalist Etta James during her performance at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. James, who died on Jan. 20 at 73 will ...

Etta James, the “fantastic, fabulous, dynamite Lady of the Blues,” as Chuck Berry once introduced her, passed away Friday in her native Los Angeles, of complications from leukemia. She was 73. America ...

The debut entry in what promises to be a series of audio releases recorded at the legendary Montreux Festival is a double disc from Etta James. As powerful a singer as James was on her illustrious ...

Etta James has been one of the foremost R & B and blues singer this country has produced. She has also demonstrated on many occasions that she can easily bring her hard charging style successfully to ...

Etta James’ voice could melt your heart (“At Last”), set it racing (“Wallflower,” aka “Roll With Me Henry”) – and cut straight through to the soul, on the fiery wings of an otherworldly blues growl ...

Friend and manager Lupe De Leon said the R&B legend died early Friday at Riverside Community Hospital with her husband and two sons by her side. Born Jamesette Hawkins in Los Angeles, the powerhouse ...

An upcoming show will tell the story of R&B legend Etta James. It’s not a tribute show or like a biopic, according to its producers. It’s a party. “We’re going to have a great time. We’re also going ...