Irma Thomas is so familiar to fellow New Orleanians, her music is so much a part of the local lexicon, that she has achieved single-name status. Mention “Irma” to a New Orleanian and he or she will ...

Irma Thomas gets her documentary encore this weekend. WLAE-TV’s one-hour “Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans — A Concert Documentary Film” premieres Sunday at 7 and 9 p.m., and will be ...

New Orleans, La. - On Saturday, March 31st, Irma Thomas will be honored with a bronze statue on Bourbon Street. The statue will commemorate Thomas' induction into the New Orleans Musical Legends Park.

Encores! breaks the mold with its first musical not written on American soil with Irma La Douce, the tale of a Parisian lady of the evening and the law student who falls in love with her. It has music ...

Is it possible to parse statements about New Orleans' recovery from Irma Thomas' album covers? Her first post-Katrina effort (2006's After the Rain) pictured the singer in beatific, flowing white, her ...