Janiva Magness, one of the national acts to perform at the Gladstone Blues Festival, sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand as she hold out her right hand, palm down, all fingers splayed...
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.
Jay McShann, wearing a baseball cap, smiles to his left as Evie Quarles leans towards his left shoulder during the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. Evie's glass rest on the top of her head.
Joanna Connor, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, smiles over her right shoulder as she plays an electric guitar.
Joyce Wood and an unidentified white male guitarist of the Dick Dangerous Band play their guitars at the Grand Emporium. Joyce is standing as she plays the guitar and sings into a microphone with her...
Julia Naber sits at the bar as Roger Naber stands by her and they smile at the photographer during the last days of the Grand Emporium. An unidentified white male bartender is visible behind them.
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.
Karla Peterie, of the band Rain Dogs, wearing a sundress and a straw hat, smiles over the microphone as she plays a mandolin during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.
Karla Peterie, of the blues band, Rain Dogs, looks at the neck of a mandolin she is strumming as she stands behind a microphone.
Karla Peterie of the blues band, Rain Dogs, stands and plays a washboard with drum set brushes as her hair blows in the wind. The washboard is fitted with a horn, a cowbell, and other percussive...
Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
Kelley Hunt and Johnnie Johnson were a national act that performed at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS. Kelley Hunt sings into a microphone as she stands behind and looking at Johnnie Johnson playing the...
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.
Kelly, a bartender, talks on a cellphone from behind the bar at the Grand Emporium.
KoKo Taylor and Debbie Davies, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, share a microphone as they sing together.
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.
Lavay Smith, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a flower in her hair, smiles as she sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand.
Line of people waiting at night to enter one of the music venues in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium.
Little Mary, one of the national acts at the Rhythm and Boobs Benefit in Blayney's, sings into a microphone as she plays an acoustic guitar.
Lou Ann Barton and Jimmie Vaughan perform as one of the national acts at the Grand Emporium. Lou Ann stands and claps her hands smiling as she watches the neck of the electric guitar Jimmie is playing...
Lou Ann Barton, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks to her left as she claps her hands.
Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues 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.
