Rock star Tina Turner was the most exciting performer Ric Barron has ever seen. The Topeka guitarist fondly recalled Wednesday how Turner paid a compliment to his musical group, the Scatband, as it ...

Tina Turner’s legacy as a rock and roll icon is nothing short of legendary. With her powerful voice, electrifying performances and dance moves, and undeniable stage presence, she carved a permanent ...

The legendary Tina Turner died today. Turner was a powerhouse presence both on stage and screen. Offscreen, she lived enough for three lives, rising from rural beginnings in post-Depression Nutbush, ...

Lynn Norment, a columnist for The Commercial Appeal, is a former editor for Ebony Magazine. When I first met Tina Turner in 1982, she was 42, living in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and had been performing ...

Turner’s positionality in the musical landscape was unique. She existed in a reality of her own creation; a reality where she witnessed the erasure and appropriation of the Black musical tradition ...