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...
by ABS Editor | May 16, 2022 | Blues News
The Blues FoundationPresents the 43rdBLUES MUSIC AWARDS Congratulations to all winners and nominees! B.B. King Entertainer of the YearTommy Castro Album of the YearTommy Castro Presents: A Bluesman Came To Town, Tommy CastroBand of the YearTommy Castro...
by ABS Editor | Apr 17, 2022 | ABS Announcement, Blues News
Blair Crimmins and the Hookers Blair Crimmins began his music career in Atlanta, Georgia, with a determination to bring Ragtime and 1920’s style Dixieland Jazz to new audiences. While playing small rock clubs around the Southeast he developed a sound that is at...
by ABS Editor | Apr 8, 2022 | ABS Announcement, Blues News
Shortly after Carlos Capote passed, your Board of Directors unanimously passed the recommendation that we should create a Music Scholarship In Carlos’ name. Proudly, the Atlanta Blues Society has expanded its longstanding ‘Blues in the Schools’ youth...
by ABS Editor | Apr 6, 2022 | Blues News
We at the ABS are heart broken to report that our own long time Musician Sponsor, Lola Gulley, has passed. Lola has been a fixture in the Atlanta blues scene for a long time and was always ready to help out with our monthly gatherings and special events. She held...
