"The Harmonica Wizard"
By Rick Petreycik

DeFord Bailey was the first African-American to win a regular spot on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry.

"Eddie Elcha's Harlem Stage"
By Audrey Peterson

For two decades an extraordinary photographer captured Harlem’s brightest stars. Then he vanished. A trove of photographic gems from the 1920s and 1930s.

"Little Blackbird"
By David Lander

In the 1920s the electrifying Florence Mills lit up the stage both at home and abroad until her career was tragically cut short.