Subject: Bessie Smith

• Events for the week

  December 8, 1994

• Unsung diva

  July 20, 1995

• Joyful noise

  December 19, 1996

• All this useless beauty

  February 13, 1997

• You got another thing comin'

  February 20, 1997

• Roadshows

  October 2, 1997

• Hard travelin'

  April 9, 1998

• White like me

  December 31, 1998

• Sad, sad song

  March 25, 1999

• Sins of the playwright

  May 27, 1999

• Size matters

  June 3, 1999

• Our 20th Music Awards

  1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

  July 24, 2008

• Down and Out

  December 7, 2006

• Ripped Off

  When singing the blues, DISD's Corrine Silguero knows it helps to live through them

  November 3, 2005

• Blues States

  Singing it loud and proud at WaterTower; Echo trio tries red-hot political comedy

  October 14, 2004

• Smokin'

  DTC kicks it up a notch with Anna in the Tropics; area critics honor the year's best stage work

  September 16, 2004

• Madeleine Peyroux | William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux

  Careless Love (Rounder) | Got You on My Mind (Wake Up Music)

  September 2, 2004

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  April 15, 2004

• Godspeed, Goodspeed

  Plus: John Cocktoastin'; Kick ASSCAR

  April 8, 2004

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  April 1, 2004

• Dirty Blonde, Black Roots

  Musicals explore the birth of the blues, the death of a bawdy Hollywood icon

  April 1, 2004

• Lift Him Up

  The gospel truth about Christian blues pioneer Washington Phillips

  February 13, 2003

• Bang to Hype

  At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

  March 21, 2002

• Lush Life

  No script, no plot. Who cares? Blues in the Night hits all the right notes.

  March 7, 2002

• Got Blues?

  Dallas Theater Center shows its Blues in the Night

  February 28, 2002

• Kids Play

  The Moss Brothers are a novelty act -- until you hear them

  August 17, 2000

• Lost legends

  Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  January 20, 2000

• Mandy Barnett

  August 26, 1999