Artscape is an annual art festival held in the Mount Royal neighborhood of

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in July. Since its first annual event in 1982, it has become the largest free arts festival in America. It has boasted acts such as

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, Aretha Franklin, and

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in the past, attracting over 350,000 people from the city, and surrounding areas. Film programming during Artscape is provided by

Maryland Film Festival The Maryland Film Festival is an annual five-day international film festival taking place each May in Baltimore, Maryland. The festival was launched in 1999, and presents international film and video work of all lengths and genres. The festival ...

. There are artists in a variety of visual and performing media. Events are free and open to the public.

Funding

According to Artscape, 43% of the funding for 2010's event came from sponsorships and contributions, while 29% came from concession income, the remaining funds came from fundraising, and grants. The report states that about 18% of their expenses in 2010 went to administrative costs, 3% to fundraising activities, while the majority 79% went to program expenses. Artscape organizers estimate that the total economic impact for the City of Baltimore in 2010 was $25.97 million. It is reported that 2009 attendees spend $9,256,046 with Artscape vendors.

Programs

Artscape includes various programs and artwork displays, including juried exhibitions, installations, literary arts, visual arts, and performances. Musical performances take place at various stages across Baltimore. Past notable musical performers have included Aretha Franklin (1994), Al Green (2003), and Isaac Hayes (2004), among others.

Musical line-up

2016

* BGE Main Stage **

Wyclef Jean Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, a ...

Burning Spear Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots ...

** The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ** Jah Works **Spirit Blues **Chelsey Green and the Green Project **Of Tomorrow **Foggy May **8 Ohms Band **Tropik Sol **Bond Street District **Reggie Wayne Morris **Thurgood Marshall Band **Aztec Soul *

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

Station North Stage **

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' Young Audiences Summer Arts and Learning Academies **Hotline **F featuring Landis Expandis **Parks Landing **The Henchmen **Prince Dance Party featuring Wendel Patrick & DJ Dubble8, DJ Sam Burns **Modern Nomad **Fake Flowers Real Dirt **Lost Keys **Surf Harp **Weekends ** Sun Club **Bmore Does Bowie (featuring Aguierre’s Dogs, Scroll Downers,

Ed Schrader's Music Beat Ed Schrader's Music Beat is an American two piece rock duo of Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice from Baltimore, Maryland. According to The Boston Hassle, the duo has "a gas pedal/brake pedal sonic narrative, careening without warning between cross-eyed ...

, SYS Band and The Band that Fell to Earth) **Milestones **Scroll Downers **Expert Alterations **Chiffon **Bmore Beatscape hosted by Eze Jackson *

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Sound Off Live Stage **Michele McTierney **Coexist Music Group and Devin Jano **Spaceboy **DBS **Rumba Club **David Bach **The Coldspring Jazz Quartet **Orchester Prazevica **Gotham Theory **Greenspan **Naked Jungle **Dunson **Michael Raitzyk Quartet **Tongue in Cheek **High-Brid Band **Essential Vybe **The Palovations **Edjacated Phools

2015

* George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic * The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band *

Michael Franti & Spearhead Michael Franti (born April 21, 1966) is an American rapper, musician, poet, activist, documentarian, and singer-songwriter, known for his participation in many musical projects, most with a political and social emphasis, including the Beatnigs ...

* Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue *Martian Architect *Slow Lights *Reve *Purple Orange *Inde *Kanika *Goat *Subtle Hustle *Quinton Randall *10 Step Groove *The Upstarters *D.T. Huber *9 Mile Roots *The Slanted Sound *Hollywood Banks

2014

*MEA Energy Stage ** Anthony Hamilton **

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were an American funk and soul band signed to Daptone Records. They were part of a revival movement of mid-1960s to mid-1970s style funk and soul music. They released their debut album ''Dap Dippin in 2002, the firs ...

Ozomatli Ozomatli is an American rock band, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and incorporating a wide array of musical styles – including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, hip hop, and others. The group ...

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** Carl Filipiak ** Emily King **Nadine Ray & The Allstars **Kelly Bell Band **Joe Cooper Project **By & By **Sweet Leda **The Crawdaddies **May Weather **Kevin Jackson *Station North Stage ** The Players Band **All Mighty Senators **Baltimore City Public Schools **Blind Man Leading **Brooks Long and the Mad Dog No Good **Bobby E Lee & The Sympathizers **Small Apartments **8 Ohms Band **Skydivers **Wyoming Exploding **Deaf Scene **Andy Poxon **Bosley **Super City **Connor Brendan Band **Among Wolves *The Festival Stage **

Tom Principato Tom Principato (born 1952) is an American electric blues and blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Principato has recorded more than twenty albums over the years. One of his most recent releases, ''Robert Johnson Told Me So'' (2013) ...

Cowboy Mouth Cowboy Mouth is an American band based in New Orleans, Louisiana known for fusing alternative rock with album-oriented rock, roots rock, and jam band influences. Formed in 1992, the band saw early mainstream success in the 1990s, including th ...

**The Glenmont Popes ** Yellow Dubmarine **

Reverend Horton Heat The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of American musician James C. Heath (born 1959) as well as the name of his Dallas, Texas-based psychobilly trio. Heath is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. A ''Prick'' magazine reviewer called Heath ...

**Blizz **Mystic Warriors **T.K. Blue **Evokatones **Muddy Crows **Eureka Birds **Honest Haloway **Plurals **Lotus Song & The Black Light Asylum **Voodoo Pharmacology **Rufus Roundtree & Da B’More Brass Factory **MC Booze **No BS! Brass Band

2013

Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...

Main Stage **Brittanie Thomas **

Bridget Kelly Bridget Kelly (born April 8, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter from New York City. In 2008, Kelly, a pop and R&B recording artist, who has written songs for fellow American singers such as Kelly Clarkson, secured a recording contract ...

** Kem ** iLyAIMY **Krar Collective ** Jukebox the Ghost **

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a brass band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The ensemble was established in 1977, by Benny Jones and members of the Tornado Brass Band. The Dirty Dozen revolutionized the New Orleans brass band style by incorpo ...

North Mississippi Allstars North Mississippi Allstars is an American blues and southern rock band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is currently composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, lowebow, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, ele ...

**Tosin **Meena Cryle & The Chriss Fillmore Band **Flying Eyes **

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*Festival Stage **Basement Instinct **Sojourne **The Rez **Bill O'Connell & The Latin Jazz Allstars **Reina Williams **The Control **Straight Up Tribal **UllNevaNo ** Lafayette Gilchrist & The New Volcanoes ** United States Navy Band Country Current **The Booby Traps **Reesa Renee **Greasy Hands **Don Trunk **Sine' Qua Non **Appaloosa *Station North Stage **Baltimore City Public Schools **Leland Palmer **Lazlo Lee & The Motherless Children **J Pope & Funk Friday **

Matmos Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore. M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their per ...

**Victims of Experience **Yellow North **Thee Lexington Arrows **Val Yumm **Allie the Cats **Dead Melotron **Dreamboat Armada **Bad Seed Rising ** Wild Honey **Red Sammy

2012

*Wells Fargo Stage ** Navasha Daya **

Brian McKnight Brian Kelly McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, radio host and multi-instrumentalist. He is most recognized for his strong head voice, high belting range and melisma. McKnight is known for h ...

** Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears ** Clutch **Dontae Winslow & Winslowdynasty **

Easy Star All-Stars Easy Star All-Stars is a reggae collective founded in 1997 by Michael Goldwasser, Eric Smith, Lem Oppenheimer and Remy Gerstein of New York City-based Easy Star Records. The band is known for its reinterpretations of classic albums in reggae styl ...

Rebirth Brass Band The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans brass band. The group was founded in 1983 by Phillip "Tuba Phil" Frazier, his brother Keith Frazier, Kermit Ruffins,Skelly, RichardAllMusic Profile Retrieved 2013-02-9 and classmates from Joseph S. Cla ...

*Festival Stage **Tom Principato ** Donegal X-Press ** Julienne Irwin ** Café Red Band Howard "Funkyfoot" Brooks Productions **Maimouna Youssef *Station North Stage **

Arbouretum Arbouretum is an American alternative rock band started by musician Dave Heumann in 2002. They have released ten albums, four of them on Thrill Jockey Records. Discography Albums * '' Long Live the Well-Doer'' (2004) * '' Rites of Uncovering'' ( ...

** Big In Japan **Yeveto ** Celebration **Egg Babies Orchestra **

Caleb Stine Caleb Stine is an American singer/songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south an ...

2011

*Wells Fargo Stage **Fantasia **

Southern Culture On The Skids Southern Culture on the Skids, also sometimes known as SCOTS, is an American rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Originally a straightforward roots rock band, they became known as a tongue-in-cheek "party band" with an exaggerated " wh ...

** G. Love & Special Sauce **

** Miguel **

Nikka Costa Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born 4 June 1972) is an American singer whose music combines elements of pop, soul, and blues. She also had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of music producer Don Costa. Early ...

The Pietasters The Pietasters are an American eight-piece ska/soul band from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia. History In 1990, Stephen Jackson and Chris Watt met at Virginia Tech, through mutual friend Tal Bayer, who was ...

**The 8 Ohms Band **Carolyn Malachi **The Players Band **The Jon Bailey Band **Can't Hang *Festival Stage **Mosno Al-Moseeki **E Major **Superland Stage Band ** Telesma **Unity Reggae Band **Pompeii Graffiti **The Kings of Crownsville **The Rise Band **Andy Poxon **The Crawdaddies **Orch Kids **The Band Belief ** Larry Brown Quartet **Big Daddy Stallings *Urbanite Stage **Baltimore City Public Schools Showcase **Strings and Things **Matt Wigler **Lee Pearson **Bottle of Blues **Eric Byrd Trio **Turn Around Norman **Love Craft **Kevin Driscoll **Time Out **Blues Society **Community Groove **Tom Williams Quintet.

2010

*Wells Fargo Stage **

Gov't Mule Gov't Mule (pronounced "Government Mule") is an American Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 as a side project of the Allman Brothers Band by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody. Fans often refer to Gov't Mule simply as ''Mule'' ...

** Jackie Greene **

Cold War Kids Cold War Kids is an American alternative rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (vocals, piano, guitar), Matt Maust (bass guitar), David Quon (guitar, backing vocals), Matthew Schwartz (keyboards, backing vocals, ...

Musiq Soulchild Taalib Hassan Johnson (born September 16, 1977), better known by the stage name Musiq Soulchild or simply Musiq (pronounced "music") is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends R&B, funk, blues, jazz, and gospel influences fused w ...

** Wale ** Maysa Matarazzo ** Rebelution *Charm City Stage ** Toubab Krewe **Sahffi **Breaking Reign *Urbanite Stage **Eric Kennedy Quartet **Jump Street **Michael Raitzyk Trio *Festival Stage **Fools & Horses **Higher Hands **Mambo Combo

2009

Robin Thicke Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2013 hit single " Blurred Lines", which is one of the best-selling singles of all time. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, h ...

* Cake * Dionne Warwick * Robert Randolph & The Family Band *

River City Extension River City Extension was an American indie rock band based in Toms River, New Jersey. The band released their debut EP, ''Nautical Sabbatical'' in 2009. Following the release of a full-length album, ''The Unmistakable Man'' in 2010, the band was ...

Electrik Red Electrik Red is an American Electro- R&B/pop girl group, comprising Kyndra "Binkie" Reevey, Lesley Lewis, Naomi Allen and Sarah Rosete. The members began their individual careers as back-up dancers in New York City and Toronto. The group forme ...

*Faction * Lafayette Gilchrist *Ms. Sara & The Help *Beat Box *No Second Troy *Basshound *Ellen Cherry *Tim Warfield *Los Reyes Del Ko *Higher Hands *The Drakes *Gaybomb *Lo Moda *The Polygons *Pie Boys Flat *Noble Lake *Fall Back Plan *Tia Dae *Balti Mare *Jason Dove *Nickodemus & Quantic Sun People *Neal Conway *David Andrew Smith *Matt Wigler *Deja Belle *April Sampe *Todd Marcus *Needle Gun *Salamander Wool *Dave Fell *Wolf Pac *The Quartet Offensive *Matt Davignon *Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra *Cold Spring Jazz Quartet *Bay Jazz Project *The Dave Tieff Band *Il Culo

2008

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is a retired American singer. She topped the ''Billboard'' charts with the No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", " Feel Like Makin' Love", "Wher ...

Ne-Yo Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He gained fame for his songwriting abilities when he penned Mario's 2004 hit " Let Me Love You ...

*The Wailers *

Rusted Root Rusted Root is an American worldbeat rock band formed in 1990 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by singer-guitarist Michael Glabicki (born January 21, 1971), bassist Patrick Norman and percussionist Liz Berlin. The band got its start as the house ba ...

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and per ...

*Gary B & the Notions *Thrushes *

The Oranges Band The Oranges Band is an American indie rock band from Baltimore, Maryland signed with Green Day's original label, Lookout! Records. Fronted by ex-Spoon bassist Roman Kuebler, The Oranges' first record, ''The Five Dollars EP'', was released on B ...

Mike Doughty Michael Ross Doughty ( ; born June 10, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and author. He founded the band Soul Coughing in 1992, and as of '' The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns'' (2016), has released 18 studio albums, live albums, and ...

2007

*Main Stage **

The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers ( ) are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that began as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley in the 1950s. With a career spanning over seven decade ...

Los Lonely Boys Los Lonely Boys are an American musical group from San Angelo, Texas. They play a style of music they call "Texican Rock n' Roll," combining elements of rock and roll, Texas blues, brown-eyed soul, country, and Tejano. The band consists of th ...

** Lupe Fiasco **

Keyshia Cole Keyshia Myeshia Cole Johnson; born October 15, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born and raised in Oakland, California, Cole began her career as a backing vocalist for MC Hammer. After signing with A&M Records ...

** Ryan Shaw **

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Reviva ...

**Nuttin' But Stringz **Shaw *Festival Stage **Old 97's *University of Baltimore Stage **Damsels **

Soul'd Out Soul'd Out (usually styled as SOUL'd OUT) was a Japanese hip-hop trio, consisting of Diggy-MO' (MC), Bro.Hi (MC/Human Beat Box), and Shinnosuke (DJ). Their name is a portmanteau of "soul" and "sold out", and the group is sometimes referred to by ...

**Wendy McIntyre **Fools & Horses *DJ Culture stage **

DJ Vadim Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ...

** Karizma **

Tittsworth Jesse Tittsworth (born 26 February 1979), better known under his stage name Tittsworth, is an American DJ, producer, night club owner, and record label owner. He has worked on projects with Q-Tip, Theophilus London, Pitbull, Kid Sister and Alv ...

**Pase Rock **Uncle Jesse **DJ Sabo with Nappy G **DJ Ulken with Shanta Live **DJ Impulse

2006

* Common *

Brazilian Girls Brazilian Girls is a band from New York, United States, known for their eclectic blend of electronic dance music with musical styles as diverse as tango, chanson, house, reggae and lounge (but no Brazilian rhythms at all). None of the member ...

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are an American rock band from Vermont, formed in 2002 in Waitsfield by drummer Matt Burr, guitarist Scott Tournet, and singer Grace Potter. They began their career as an indie band, self-producing their albums an ...

*Michael Franti * Citizen Cope * Randy Travis * Jarflys

2005

Morris Day and the Time The Time, also known as Morris Day and the Time and The Original 7ven, is an American musical group founded in Minneapolis in 1981. Their work has been a part of the formation of the Minneapolis sound, featuring a mix of soul music and dance mu ...

* Boyz II Men * Q-Tip *

Shaggy Shaggy may refer to: People *Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer * Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse * Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspor ...

Drive-By Truckers Drive-By Truckers are an American rock band based in Athens, Georgia. Two of five current members ( Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley) are originally from The Shoals region of northern Alabama and met as roommates at the University of North Alab ...

The Disco Biscuits ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

Platinum Pied Pipers Platinum Pied Pipers is a Detroit-based hip hop and R&B group composed of producer Waajeed (Robert O'Bryant), and multi-instrumentalist Saadiq (Darnell Bolden, not to be confused with Raphael Saadiq). Their music usually features a rotating a ...

* Danielia Cotton * The Seldon Plan *Swingin' Swamis

2004

* Isaac Hayes *Wyclef Jean *

Tortured Soul ''Tortured Soul'' (Italian:''Anima tormentata'') is a 1919 Italian silent film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Maria Jacobini, Andrea Habay and Alberto Collo. Alessandro Blasetti, a leading Italian director of the Fascist era, had his ...

*De La Soul *Arrested Development

2003

* Blues Traveler * The Radiators * The Bridge

2001

* Karl Denson's Tiny Universe * The North Mississippi Allstars *

Railroad Earth Railroad Earth is a bluegrass-influenced Americana band formed in Stillwater, New Jersey in 2001. The band's music combines elements of progressive bluegrass, folk, rock, country, jazz, Celtic and other Americana influences. Recognized as " ...

* Etta James *

*Junkyard Saints * Carl Filipiak *

Shemekia Copeland Charon Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979) is an American electric blues vocalist. To date, she has released ten albums and been presented with seven Blues Music Awards. Career Copeland was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. She i ...

* Smokey Robinson *

Junior Brown Jamieson "Junior" Brown (born June 12, 1952) is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released twelve studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the '' Billboard'' country singles charts. Brown's signature instrument is t ...

2000

* Patti LaBelle * O'Malley's March *

The Neville Brothers The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. History The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 1 ...

Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz ...

* Dave Brubeck

1999

Ashford & Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

with poet Maya Angelou *

Earl Klugh Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fin ...

The Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...

Duke Ellington Orchestra Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was bas ...

* Dionne Warwick *

1998

Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include " My Generation", " Pinball Wizard", " Won't Get Fooled ...

and the British Rock Symphony and Choir *

Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, actress and businesswoman. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys K ...

* Buckwheat Zydeco *

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Bela may refer to: Places Asia *Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India *Bela, another name for the biblical city Zoara * Bela, Dang, in Nepal *Bela, Janakpur ...

1997

* Patti LaBelle *

KoKo Taylor Koko Taylor (born Cora Anna Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known f ...

* Kelly Bell Band

1995

* Ethel Ennis

1994

* Aretha Franklin

1993

* Chaka Khan * Ruben Blades (con Son Del Solar)

1992

Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music artist, as well as an actress and author. She is considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Ly ...

1991

Jeffrey Osborne Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and lyricist. He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/soul group L.T.D., with whom he began his musical career in 1970. Biography Earl ...

* Emmylou Harris * Hiroshima

1990

* Letitia Leigh * Roberta Flack * Chick Corea * Buckwheat Zydeco * Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

1989

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. An act founded by friends Annette Beard, Rosali ...

* Grover Washington, Jr. * Max Roach Quartet

1987

* Deanna Bogart *

Leon Redbone Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat (often a Panama hat), dark sunglasses, and black tie, Re ...

1986

The Chiffons :''The Chiffons also briefly recorded under the name The Four Pennies; for the British band of the latter name see The Four Pennies.'' The Chiffons are an American girl group originating from the Bronx, a borough of New York City, in 1960. Hist ...

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...

Boys Choir of Harlem The Boys Choir of Harlem (also known as the Harlem Boys Choir) was a choir located in Harlem, New York City, United States. Its final performance was in 2007 and the group folded shortly thereafter due to several controversies, including a ...

1985

* Spyro Gyra *

Bo Diddley Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates; December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, inc ...

1984

* Morgan State University Choir * Wynton Marsalis Quintet *

Sweet Honey in the Rock Sweet Honey in the Rock is an all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are an American three-time Grammy Award–nominated troupe who express their history as black women through song, dance, and sign language. Originally a four-p ...

1983

Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...

1982

* Baltimore Symphony Orchestra *

* Ethel Ennis

References

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