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black americana • 29th Jan, 2026 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther Pre-Release Party at Lucinda's, 2/6/26

To celebrate the digital release of her alt-Americana album Blackbirding on February 6th, Queen Esther and her band will showcase a set of original music from the album at Lucinda's…

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black americana • 16th Jan, 2026 • 0 Comments

Blackbirding Album Review - Bill Bentley, Americana Highways

Click here to read this review in Bentley's Bandstand from October 31, 2025. There hasn’t ever been an album quite like Queen Esther’s BLACKBIRDING. It’s an emotional study of events…

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black americana • 14th Jan, 2026 • 0 Comments

Blackbirding -- Radio Adds, Week One!


Week One - January 13th
Americana Music Association Radio Charts Spinning on 19 Americana Reporting Stations
Non Reporting Adds LW on WBPT-HD2 & WYEP-FM Americana Roundup…

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black americana • 19th Jun, 2025 • 0 Comments

The Desert 5 Spot, 6/26

Queen Esther sings Country & Western with The Desert 5 Spot All Stars at The Desert 5 Spot's East Coast outpost -- deep in the heart of Billyburg. For more…

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black americana • 22nd Sep, 2023 • 0 Comments

Rona Review - LIRA (Sweden)

Translated from Swedish via Google Translate. To read the article, click here.

It's in song number three, All That We Are, that it burns to seriously…

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black americana • 18th Mar, 2023 • 0 Comments

Pre-save Queen Esther's pandemic album "Rona" on Spotify!

Rona
Release date: June 2, 2023

Queen Esther's pandemic album Rona -- the fifth album from her label EL Recordings --
is now avaliable (click…

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black americana • 18th Feb, 2023 • 0 Comments

Fat Tuesday! Black As Folk/The Rev Roots Revival at The Bitter End, 2/21

Presented by The Glenrothes
The Rev's Roots Revival
A rowdy evening of blues music, bawdy dance, and circus acts. Fat Tuesday -- February 21, 2023 -- $20
…

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black americana • 1st Jan, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther -- Official Showcase Artist, Folk Alliance International 2023

Queen Esther will perform an official showcase as well as unofficial showcases with African American Music Summit, Global Music Match, Independent Venue Week and Women of Note at Folk Alliance…

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black americana • 21st Aug, 2022 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther at Americanafest 2022 - Official Speaker

Americanafest - Nashville, TN
September 13th - 17th

Right Down The Line: Genealogy and Storytelling in Media and Resistance
September 15th at 2:30pm
The…

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black americana • 27th Jul, 2022 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther & Julie Williams at Jalopy Theater, 7/30


...a Black Opry moment...!
Queen Esther + Julie Williams
Jalopy Theater and School of Music
315 Columbia St.
Red Hook, Brooklyn 7:30PM - 10:30PM

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black americana • 26th Jul, 2022 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther at Rockwood Music Hall, 7/26

Brooklyn Americana Music Festival presents
TONIGHT'S TRIPLE HEADER!
Hilary Hawke, Queen Esther and Mali Obomsawin
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3
Tuesday, July 26th
7pm -…

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black americana • 15th May, 2022 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther presents The Black Rose of Texas (featuring Kat Edmonson and Synead Cidney Nichols) at LIncoln Center, June 30th

Josie Robertson Plaza
10 Lincoln Center
New York City
FREE!
For more information, click here. #SummerfortheCity Dance floor opens at 6:00 pm
…

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