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Irma Thomas - I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free
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Irma Thomas - Ruler Of My Heart
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Irma Thomas - I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free
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Guardian: Soul icon Irma Thomas on the Stones, segregation and survival: ‘Restaurants refused to serve us – we lived on sardines and crackers’

She has endured racism, industry machinations and Hurricane Katrina across her seven decades in music. Now with a new album, and an unlikely boost from Black Mirror, the 84-year-old ‘Soul Queen of New Orleans’ is hitting new heights

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/26/irma-thomas-galactic-soul-queen-new-orleans

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/26/irma-thomas-galactic-soul-queen-new-orleans

Irma Thomas is talking about Lady Liberty, a song where she sings: “How long can history repeat itself, Lord we need some help / Time to shuffle these cards that we’ve been dealt and free ourselves.” … [it]nails Trump’s America. “I don’t even want to say his name,” she replies, her voice indignant. “I grew up with segregation and now he and his people are trying to turn back time and ruin everything good about this nation. I am furious.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/26/irma-thomas-galactic-soul-queen-new-orleans

IrmaThomas is one of the last of the best, an African American soul singer who, forged by gospel, overcame discrimination and a brutal music industry to achieve enduring greatness

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Soul icon Irma Thomas on the Stones, segregation and survival: ‘Restaurants refused to serve us – we lived on sardines and crackers’

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/26/irma-thomas-galactic-soul-queen-new-orleans

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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow Irma Thomas: 🎵 Ruler of My Heart #IrmaThomas ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:

Ruler of My Heart, by Irma Tho...

This is just wonderful - even at 84, Irma Thomas is still making great music:

Galactic and Irma Thomas: Puppet On Your String (2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1f7Xnn8OgU

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Friday music therapy by #Galactic and #IrmaThomas
https://open.spotify.com/track/3BpRvMBguh4Y02McGq9keU

“The Soul Queen of New Orleans” AKA Miss Irma Thomas with “Lady Liberty” (https://youtu.be/dtNnUZAj7F4?si=yeWDH9szaEamtICF). She’s still with us and making music at 84yrs young
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Irma Thomas! "Irma's Story," the new two-hour documentary from WWOZ covering Irma Thomas's early years, her time working with Allen Toussaint and other greats, the twists and turns of her life, how she got that title of the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," and much more is now available on-demand on the radio WWOZ website.

http://wwoz.org/audio-irmas-story

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