The winners of the 35th Blues Music Awards were announced in Memphis on May 8, with “Soul Queen of New Orleans” Irma Thomas winning for best Soul Blues Female Artist and Royal Southern Brotherhood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Grammy Award-winning blues singer Irma Thomas will perform the national anthem at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on ...

Irma Thomas is New Orleans music royalty, as her “Soul Queen of New Orleans” honorific makes clear. As such, she is a more than worthy honoree for the annual New Orleans music legends tribute concert ...

The official roster announcement video for the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival featured a familiar voice expressing a welcome musical sentiment. More than six decades into her recording ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Grammy Award-winning blues singer Irma Thomas will perform the national anthem at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Thomas, who is known as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans ...