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 ...

Over a career spanning nearly six decades, singer Irma Thomas ... accomplishments Thomas has accrued over the past 15 years. Among them is the Grammy Award she won in 2007 for best contemporary ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1964, the great New Orleans R&B singer Irma Thomas ... record of Thomas’ “Time Is On My Side,” and they immediately recorded their own cover, with Mick Jagger doing his best imitation ...