Pages tagged “the blind boys of alabama”

• • Decrease
  • Reset
  • Increase
  resize
• print
• send

Blind Boys of Alabama Announce New Album

It will be the first traditional country-gospel album in the group's 70-year career...  read more

Preservation Hall w/Tom Waits, Jim James, Buddy Miller & More

Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle and others sound even better when backed by on the nation's finest jazz ensembles.  read more

Preservation Hall w/Tom Waits, Jim James, Buddy Miller & More

Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle and others sound even better when backed by on the nation's finest jazz ensembles.  read more

Pearl Jam, Drake, MMJ, Levon Helm, Van Morrison, Many More Highlight New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2010 Lineup

Even after conducting the most thorough examination of Pearl Jam possible, we never would have been able to picture nor predict where Eddie Vedder would lend his trademark vocals next: the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival....  read more

The Blind Boys of Alabama head Down to New Orleans

As Buena Vista Social Club proved a decade ago, when you put a bunch of old pros in the studio together, good things happen. Jimmy Carter and Clarence Fountain, founding members of the Blind Boys of Alabama, are about as seasoned as musicians can get. The original version of the group came together nearly 70 years ago at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, back when its original members actually were boys. Seven decades, of course, gives a group a long time to hone its sound. On Jan. 29, the group releases its latest collection of sweet 'n' gritty...  read more