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Renegades Pilot: Kitty O’Neil
In this new digital series, Musician and disability inclusion advocate Lachi explores the cultural contributions of people with disabilities and how they transformed...
The two people Buddy Guy admires most as a musician
On a trip to Germany, Buddy Guy met some of his musical heroes, including John Lee Hooker and Big Mama Thornton. Meeting them was a huge achievement for Guy; he said,...
How Holly Near discovered feminism through Jane Fonda’s Free the Army tour
Today, the world knows Holly Near as a dedicated womens rights activist and folk singer but the roots of Nears...
Meet Gladys Bentley, drag king of the Harlem Renaissance
A gender-bending, famed blues musician and drag king who was a part of the Harlem Renaissance. She performed with drag queens and openly loved women, until later in...
How blues legend Buddy Guy got his hands on his first guitar
Buddy Guy’s first guitar cost his father two dollars and only had two strings on it. He would go to sleep with it in his hand, walked around with it and played until...
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