Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit ...

It was only a few years ago that I discovered Esther Phillips. I don’t recall ever hearing her records while growing up in the ’80s, when she had long fallen into obscurity and was dead by the middle ...

Little Esther Mae Jones was born in Galveston, Texas. Her folks' early divorce saw her to bounce between Texas and Watts, California. She'd discovered early on that music was one thing that couldn't ...

Originally released in 1975, Esther Phillips’ disco album features her soulful delivery and passionate feel for the blues. This came toward the end of her career, during the singer’s second major ...

Phillips (1935-1984) first tasted chart stardom in the early '50s as Little Esther, before spending the '60s battling heroin addiction. Signing to Kudu in 1971, Esther then made the best music of her ...

The decades-long battle with drug addiction, which ultimately led to her untimely demise, contributed to vocalist Esther Phillips' status as a tragic second-tier figure in the larger annals of popular ...

There has been a 19% drop in the number of international students arriving in the U.S. compared to last year, according to ...