Grand Emporium Collection

Blues vocalist Alberta Adams threads her fingers under her chin. She wears earrings, rings on all of her fingers except her smallest, and blouse with crystals applied. Printed below the photograph in...

Alejandro Escovedo, guitarist and singer, sits in front of a window with an acoustic guitar on his lap and looks off to the left. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Alejandro Escovedo."...

Anders Osborne, Swedish-American blues-rock singer and guitarist, looks up as he plays a guitar in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Part of his head is out of the photograph. Printed in the margin...

Anders Osborne, Swedish-American blues-rock singer and guitarist, laughs as he sits among fellow musicians, three white men, one African American man, and one white woman, in a living room. Printed in...

Jazz vocalist and flute player Andrienne Wilson closes her eyes and smiles with closed lips as she looks into light. She holds a microphone. She wears a t-shirt decorated with jazz items; a guitar, a...

Andrienne Wilson, jazz singer and flute player, tilts her head slightly to the right as she smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Her earrings are beaded eighth notes. Printed in...

Angélique Kiojo, a singer from Benin, stands in front of a wallpapered wall of black ivy as she wears a red headscarf, a tuxedo jacket over a white shirt with red and black geometric shapes printed on...

Beninese vocalist Angelique Kidjo leans against a wall and looks up at the camera. The photograph is shot at a slant. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Angelique Kidjo. Mango Records [logo]...

Beninese vocalist Angelique Kidjo stands in a dance pose and looks slightly sideways at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Angelique Kidjo. Island [logo]." Printed up the right...

Ann Peebles, funk, soul, and blues singer from East St. Louis, Missouri, looks directly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ann Peebles...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Ann Rabson crosses her hands while holding her eyeglasses and rests her chin on her hands as she smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Printed in the...

Jamaican DJ Anthony B in a close-up head-shot photograph where he crosses his arms over his chin to hold each shoulder. His head is wrapped in white and he wears a white shirt. Printed in the margin...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, looks to his left and holds eyeglasses in his hands as he stands by the corner of a mud...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, bends over looking down while playing a percussion instrument. Other members of the band...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, raises his hands toward the camera with the fingers spread wide as he smile. He wears a...

Baaba Maal, a Senegalese singer, guitar player, and percussionist, who sings mostly in the language of Pulaar, laughs as he hugs his left shoulder. He wears a blue sweater.

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal looks forward at the camera in a close-up portrait photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Baaba Maal. Palm Pictures [logo]...

Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist Baaba Maal stands on a city sidewalk and looks off as he places both hands with splayed fingers on a meter. People walk the other way on the sidewalk...

Blues vocalist Barbara Carr smiles as she holds her curled left hand under her chin in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Ecko Records [logo], Ecko Records Recording...

Zydeco accordionist and vocalist Beau Jocque laughs as he plays an accordion. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Booking: 318-738-2729. Management: Ellis Paillet, 518 S. Ranpart St., New...

Beau Jocque, accordionist with the Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi Rollers, smiles down slightly to his left while playing an open accordion. He wears a cooking apron. Printed in the margin below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits with an electric guitar flat across his lap and smiles at the photographer as he wears a cowboy hat with a wide hatband, a paisley vest over a light...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison stands in a doorway with his arms crossed over the body of an electric guitar. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest over a light-colored shirt. Printed below the...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Tone-Cool Records, 6...

Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison sits holding an electric guitar as he smiles up at the photographer. Printed below the photograph in the bottom margin, "Record Label: Ruf Records, America...