Andra Faye of the Saffire the Uppity Blues Women band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the strings of the amplified violin she is bowing.
Ann Rabson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes, opens her mouth wide and sings into a microphone as she plays an acoustic guitar. The back of a keyboard is...
Cindy Egger of the Twang Dang Poodles lifts her chin and grins as she plays the drums in front of a brick wall at the Grand Saloon.
Debbie Davies, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and a polka dot scarf, looks out over an electric guitar she is playing.
Diana Krall, wearing sunglasses, behind a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Diane "Mama" Ray, holding a lit cigarette in her right hand and a microphone in her left hand, closes her eyes and sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium during the Hope House Benefit.
Michelle "Evil Gal" Willson, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins towards her right shoulder as she plays a tambourine.
Honey Piazza, a member of the band, Mighty Flyers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks up over her right shoulder as she sits and plays a keyboard. A guitar neck and a...
Joanna Connor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles over her right shoulder as she plays an electric guitar.
Julie Major of the Twang Dang Poodles opens her mouth wide as she turns her head to her right to sing into a microphone and plays a tambourine at the Grand Saloon.
Kelley Hunt, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, closes her eyes as she stretches her mouth wide and leans in to sing into a microphone she holds in her left hand.
Kelley Hunt, from the left, smiles down at a keyboard as she stands behind a microphone at the Grand Emporium. A guitarist is visible looking down behind her.
Kristie Stremel looks over her left shoulder as she stands and plays an acoustic guitar at the Grand Emporium.
Lavay Smith, wearing a tropical sundress and a flower in her hair, smiles as she sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Marcia Ball, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, holds a plastic alligator between her hands as she looks down to her right and smiles.
Marilyn Maye speaks into two microphones labeled as Talk Radio KCMO 710. The photograph is a close up of her face. Her glasses are markedly bifocals.
Paula Rangell, wearing a straw hat and cat eye sunglasses, blows into an alto saxophone behind a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Roma Firman furrows her brow as she sings into a microphone held in her right hand as she splays the fingers of her left hand toward the crowd during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Selby Minner, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, grins as she plays the bass guitar.
Shannon Curfman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the neck of an electric guitar she's playing.
Sharon James, sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Hope House Benefit at the Grand Emporium.
Susan Tedeschi, one of the national acts to perform at Roadhouse Ruby's North in Kansas City, MO, grimaces over her left shoulder as she plays a guitar.
Tracy Nelson looks down to her left and laughs as she holds a drink in her right hand on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.
