Irma Thomas Irma ... New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas doesn't take her fans for granted. Much like her contemporary Mavis Staples, Thomas has done some of her best work in the past decade ...

Here s a cool concept. On Simply Grand, soul veteran Irma Thomas is paired with 13 of the best pianists around in an all-acoustic setting. Prominent ivory tinklers include Norah Jones ...

It never has been easy being Irma Thomas. Wanting nothing more than a national hit ... tightly-rehearsed music resulted in an animated and stirring release, Live: Simply the Best!, an effort strong ...

The 2025 album "Audience With the Queen" is a collaboration between Irma Thomas and the New Orleans band Galactic. That meant coaxing the best possible performances from Thomas and from their ...

But the best was Thomas' take on "O Holy Night." Irma Thomas, the "Soul Queen of New Orleans" (above in 1967), released such gems as "I Done Got Over It," "It's Raining," "Ruler of My Heart ...

The Audubon Zoo staged its first Mother’s Day celebration 30 years ago, starring one of New Orleans’ musical heroines, Irma ... Thomas since 1986, including 2008’s Grammy-winning “Simply ...

Sixty-three years ago, Irma Thomas borrowed the saucy song ... Before an encore of “Simply the Best,” she honored a request for “Time Is On My Side.” Time, she said, “has definitely ...

It’s one of the great Jazz Fest moments that wasn’t: Irma Thomas and the ... and consummate professionalism, Thomas has endured as one of New Orleans’ best-loved singers.

Eighty four year-old Irma Thomas is the “Soul Queen of New Orleans.” Galactic is a band that’s spent the last three decades generating uncompromising funk music. KCRW's all-music channel blending the ...

Thomas finally earned national recognition, garnering a Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy for “After the Rain” in 2007, but after “Simply Grand” in 2008, her recording career seemed ove ...