Adams was active as a performer and recording artist in her final years. In 2009 she contributed vocals and composition to the album "Local Boys", by the Motor City Horns, and in 2010 she was a composer and guest artist on "Blowin' Away the Blues", by Planet D Nonet. The following year she was a primary artist on the compilation album "The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol. 1", featuring her older tracks with Red Saunders on Chess Records, and in 2013 she was a primary artist on the compilation album "Definitive Detroit Blues", released by Not Now Music.