And Barbara Lynn was obviously coined the Lefty Queen of R&B because she was a left-handed guitarist but also because she was one of the first Black women to be televised as a songwriter ...

guitar-driven music. She is following a long list of gifted Black women in trying to reach varying levels of acclaim in the past half-century. "Black Country Music Association. Black Rock Coalition.

First encouraged to sing in church and perform the national anthem at ball games, Lady Blackbird (born Marley Munroe) began searching for her own sound after signing to a Christian label and ...