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...
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...
