Singer Records Live Album Celebrating 100 Years of Black American Women in Music
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It’s been 100 years since singer Mamie Smith became the first Black American woman to debut an album recording. In celebration of the centennial of Black American women in music, a group of musicians came together to produce a live album highlighting the history that’s been made over the last century.
Singer Kanika Moore of synthwave outfit Doom Flamingo and powerhouse soul band Motown Throwdown took to the Charleston Music Hall to record an album that chronicles the history of Black women in American music,
The Post and Courier reports.