(1956-06-21) June 21, 1956 (age 68) Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
Genres
Chicago blues, electric blues
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Years active
1970s–present
Labels
Red Hurricane Records, Severn Records
Musical artist
Nora Jean Bruso (born June 21, 1956)[1] is an American Chicago and electric blues singer and songwriter.[2] She has penned over 700 songs,[3] and worked with Carl Weathersby and Dave Specter.[4]
Fellow blues singer, Koko Taylor once commented, "Nora Jean sounds just like I did when I was her age. She is one of the new upcoming women that's singing the real blues. I know she is going to make it."[5] Bruso was named one of the ten great women in Chicago blues by Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.[6] She has been nominated various times for a Blues Music Award.
^Bob L. Eagle; Eric S. LeBlanc (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Praeger. p. 206. ISBN 978-0313344237. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
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