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For a period of time in the ‘70s and ‘80s, it appeared that Queen Sylvia Embry was going to emerge as one of Chicago’s leading blues women. After she emerged from her role as bass player for Lefty Dizz and the Shock treatment in the late 1970s, she began fronting her own small band in South Side clubs and making guest appearances on the North Side circuit. Everywhere she went, her big smile, warm stage presence, rich gospel-rooted voice and solid bass playing won her new fans. There were (and are) only a few professional-quality instrumentalists among the city’s blues...

Sylvia McNair (born 23 June 1956) is an American opera singer and classical recitalist who has also achieved notable success in the Broadway and cabaret genres. McNair, a soprano, has made several critically acclaimed recordings and has won two Grammy Awards. Sylvia McNair made her professional concert debut in 1980 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Her operatic debut, in 1982, was as Sandrina in Haydn's L'infedeltà delusa with the Mostly Mozart Festival. She appeared regularly at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Santa Fe Opera, the San Francisco Opera and at the...

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Plath was married to fellow poet Ted Hughes, with whom she had two children, Frieda and Nicholas. She had suffered from depression throughout her life, surviving numerous suicide attempts, but finally ended her life in 1963. Her last work, 'Ariel' is often considered to be her best work. She won the Pulitzer Prize posthumously, in 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVEMogmxZ0 https://krallar.bandcamp.com/album/dying-is-an-art http://www.sylviaplath.de/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath http://www.discogs.com/artist/854503 .

Sylvia Love is best known for her 1979 club hits Instant Love, Instant Dub and Extraterrestrial Lover, all produced by Trevor Vallis. Her music continues on a cosmic carousel... www.sylvialove.com https://soundcloud.com/sylvia-love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Q3DcxpWtk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNp-WNsvDoM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa1HPimITI8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPJZ3csLRAQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKxl0PiLbs .