Pamela Rose to Bring BLUES IS A WOMAN to Freight & Salvage

Pamela Rose presents BLUES IS A WOMAN, celebrating women in blues from Ma Rainey to Bonnie Raitt and beyond. The concert and CD release party will be held on Thursday, March 30, 2017, 8pm at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse. Tickets $24-26. Reservations at www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1370207?utm_medium=bks.

Rose and her brilliant ensemble of players (Tammy Hall, Ruth Davies, Pat Wilder, Daria Johnson and Kristen Strom) perform musical treasures punctuated by storytelling and rare historical film. The audience is transported back to the early roots of America's most enduring art form, and travel through the decades in a vibrant explosion of concert and history.

BLUES IS A WOMAN will also roll out a brand new Cast Album (BLUES IS A WOMAN: Original Cast Recording) at the Freight & Salvage. Produced and engineered by multiple Grammy award winner Leslie Ann Jones, this new CD shows off the powerful wealth of talent within the BLUES IS A WOMAN ensemble as they interpret songs by Sippie Wallace, Alberta Hunter, Peggy Lee and Memphis Minnie.

BLUES IS A WOMAN was written by San Francisco musician Pamela Rose. The new work is the latest in Rose's Wild Women of Song project, which gives voice to remarkable women in American music. Rose's previous piece "Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era" toured nationally for six years to critical acclaim.

With creative direction by Jayne Wenger, Rose and her ensemble cast of women onstage present a powerful and soulful tribute.

For more about the show, go to the "Blues is a Woman" website at www.bluesisawoman.com, and for information about Pamela Rose, visit www.pamelarose.com.