Diunna Greenleaf grins as she sings into a microphone held in her right hand during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Eddie Turner looks up as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Box Car Blues Festival at Knuckleheads Saloon.
Eric Bibb stands as he sings into a microphone and plays an acoustic guitar next to Dave Bronze, who is seated and looking down while he plays an electric bass. They are a national act that performed...
Ernie Locke, of the band Parlay, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, from his right side, perspiring heavily, leans in and holds a microphone close to his lips with his right...
Evan Dease from his right side, wearing a velour shirt with circles on in, holds his mouth wide open as he is singing into a microphone as he holds his electric guitar at the Grand Emporium.
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.
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke pose for a photo at the Grand Emporium. Back row: Holding a bass is Landon Murray. Wearing a fedora and a tie is Bill Whitehead. Kenny Richardson holds a saxophone and...
Frankie Lee, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a baseball cap and holding a microphone in his right hand, smiles at the photographer.
Harry Hypolite, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, wearing a French beret, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar.
Henry Townsend, face just visible above a piano, wears a ball cap and sings intensely into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
A white male member of the blues band, Hipnotics, sings into a microphone at the Grand Emporium.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the national acts to perform during the Acoustic Blues Showcase at BB's Lawnside BBQ, wearing a baseball cap, sits among the audience of mostly white men as he sings...
Irma Thomas, wearing a sundress, smiles up and to her left as she holds a microphone in her right hand and lifts her left elbow even with her shoulder during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
James Harman, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sings into a microphone he's standing behind.
Janiva Magness, one of the national acts to perform at Knuckleheads Saloon, laughs and turns to her right as she holds Connie Humiston's hand. Connie is holding Janiva's hand as she laughs and speaks...
Janiva Magness, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, laughs as she sings into a microphone she is holding in her left hand.
Jessie Mae Hemphill, wearing an elaborate cutwork jacket and a bejeweled cap, smiles over her left shoulder at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blue Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase...
John Mooney closes his eyes as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
John Wilson, wearing a Batman ball cap and a Hawaiian print shirt, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone held in his right hand at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society...
Johnnie Taylor, Jr., one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a fedora, closes his eyes and sings into a microphone he holds in his right hand as he makes a fist next to his...
Joshua Nelson smiles as he holds a microphone in his right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Keb Mo, wearing a fedora, scrunches his face as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Keb' Mo', one of the national acts to appear at the Madrid Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, sits and sings into a microphone looking up and to his left as he plays a guitar.
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.
King Alex, stands and sings on stage as he strums a bass while a band member plays a flying V guitar as they perform at the Grand Emporium during July Jam.
