by ABS Editor | Oct 29, 2022 | Blues News
The Blues Foundation announcesThe Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipients Each year, The Blues Foundation presents the Keeping the Blues Alive (KBA) Awards to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the Blues world. The Blues...
by ABS Editor | Oct 7, 2022 | Blues News
The Blues Foundation announcesThe International Blues Challenge (IBC)January 24-28, 2023Beale Street, Memphis, TN Ticket sales & Hotel deals available on October 15, 2022.
by ABS Editor | Oct 6, 2022 | Blues News
Northside Tavern Documentary PremiereTuesday December 13, SOLD OUTat the Plaza Theater, Atlanta, $15 This 90-minute documentary tells the story of the amazing local music scene created in a little tavern in Atlanta. Filled with music clips and interviews with...
by ABS Editor | Aug 22, 2022 | ABS Announcement, Blues News
Atlanta Blues ChallengeThe Results What an amazing Atlanta Blues Challenge! THANK YOU to all our volunteers, the judges and of course everyone who attended, we couldn’t have done it without you!Representing ABS in Memphis during the International Blues Challenge in...
by ABS Editor | Jul 26, 2022 | ABS Announcement, Blues News
Our pick for the 2023Best Self-Produced CD Award isThunderGypsy’s Ladies of the BluesReleased March 1, 2022 THUNDERGYPSY is thrilled to be releasing its second album – a tribute to the “Ladies of the Blues”. Inspired by their participation in the Ida...
by ABS Editor | Jun 13, 2022 | Blues News
R.I.P., Lil’ Joe Burton Born in Chicago on May 4, 1952, Joe is best known as the leader of “The Atlanta Horns”, a portable horn section that played with many artists, most notably Mudcat. It all began in 1964, when Joe, just a 12-year-old middle school student who...
