Rebecca was born in 1795 to a free family ... which combined elements of Shaker theology and black female praying band traditions, consisted of anywhere from a dozen to twenty members, mostly ...

Case in point: Rebecca Roudman and her band Dirty Cello play Kuumbwa Jazz Friday night. In a recent phone call, Roudman and I remembered that I’d met her band shortly after they first formed in ...

With Charles contributing piano and Rebecca on drums both of them performed guitar and vocals. The band went their separate ways in 2017 before taking on individual solo careers. Later that year ...