Blues Band

Playboy Jazz Festival Presents The New Jump Blues Band, Featuring Antonio Fargas, In Free Community Concert Sunday, May 5th, At Beverly Hills Civic Center

Source: Nina Gordon Public Relations
May 2, 2013

Jump, Jive and Swing... PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS THE NEW JUMP BLUES BAND, FEATURING ANTONIO FARGAS, IN FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT SUNDAY, MAY 5TH, AT BEVERLY HILLS CIVIC CENTER. Beverly Hills High School Jazz Band To Open Show Get ready to jump, jive and swing… when the New Jump Blues Band, one of the most exuberant foot-stomping musical groups to jump off the national stage, comes to Beverly Hills for a free community concert presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival this ...
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BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Presents Eli Yamin Blues Band on October 26

Source: Allyson Morgan
October 18, 2012

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents the Eli Yamin Blues Band performing on Friday, October 26 at 8PM. The band will kick off our annual Tribeca Spotlight series, The Next Voice You Hear, with its debut recording, I Feel So Glad and a number of other rich and culturally insightful tunes off the newly minted album. Exploring a range of sounds, the Eli Yamin Blues Band’s music touches on spiritual, classical, ...
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James Montgomery Blues Band Performs at Bull Run Restaurant on December 17

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 17, 2011

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Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Presents Ain't Nuttin' But the Blues Band

Source: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
June 29, 2011

One semester course, Two hours/week September 14, 2011 to January 23, 2012 (fall) or February 3 to June 10, 2012 (spring) $435/$261 58 7th Avenue, Park Slope Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is pleased to announce a new class for students aged 12-18. Ain't Nuttin' But the Blues Band is an advanced ensemble open for young blues musicians ready to take their chops to the next level. Students gain confidence ...
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New Iberians Zydeco Blues Band - Bon Temps Rouge (2011)

Source: Something Else!
April 4, 2011

There is a magic in the old songs, but not necessarily in performing them in the old ways. The New Iberians, a band from the Pacific Northwest named after a fun little Louisiana town, boldly illustrate their understanding of this truth on Bon Temps Rouge. The record takes Cajun roots music and makes it new again by stirring in just the right amount of off-beat innovation, whether that be a gut-bucket groove or a cross-pollinating flourish. Bon Temps Rouge opens ...
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James Montgomery Blues Band Playing in Lowell on Saturday, August 21

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
August 17, 2010

Blues harp master James Montgomery and his Blues Band, along with the Uptown Horns, perform at the Lowell Summer Music Series this Saturday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m. Considered one of the premier blues harmonica players over the last 30 years, Montgomery learned to play the blues first-hand from James Cotton, John Lee Hooker and Jurnior Wells. He's toured with Aerosmith, the Allman Brothers, Patti LaBelle and many others. The concert takes place outdoors at Boarding House Park, 40 French ...
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Cross Roads Blues Band-the Resurrection Prepares to Take the World Stage

Source: Just Roots PR
January 11, 2010

Kalamazoo's Crossroads Blues Band is preparing to travel to perform at the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. This event will take place January 21-23, with the semi-finals being held on Thursday and Friday on Beale Street, January 21 and 22, and the Finals being held at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, TN, January 23.

This will be the fourth time Cross Roads has been chosen by a Michigan Blues society to compete in the IBCs. Each time has ...
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Texas Alligator Blues Band Releases Debut CD

Source: Michael Ricci
August 6, 2009

It may seem ironic that a band from Pennsylvania would name themselves after a piece of Texas history, but listening to the Texas Alligator Blues Band, it all makes sense. Their new album, Voodoo Fury, just released nationwide this week!

Their self-titled genre, Texas Alligator Blues, was named after the alligators that actually migrated over the Louisiana land bridge to the Texas side. Historically, blues music developed over sectarian lines of Christian gospel in the Southeastern United States at ...
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Rusty and Laurie Wright of Rusty Wright Blues Band Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 8, 2008

Throughout the history of showbiz, there have been married couples who have shared the stage together. Add to that list the names of Laurie and Rusty Wright, of the Rusty Wright Blues Band (RWB) from Flint, Michigan.

When Rusty was called upon to fill in for the guitarist for the band Laurie was playing with (so her band could honor contracts to which they were committed), Rusty and Laurie discovered they also enjoyed working together. After chasing the elusive dollar ...
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Li'l' Ray Neal Blues Band Brings Home Blues Award for Baton Rouge Blues Society

Source: Just Roots PR
February 21, 2008

The Baton Rouge Blues Society is proud to announce that the 'Lil' Ray Neal Blues Band Came home from Memphis third place winner in the international competition. There were 160 acts competing in the blues challenge that brings thousands to historic Beale Street in Memphis.

Each year affiliates of The Blues Foundation send their areas best Blues acts to Memphis, Tennessee to compete in the International Blues Challenge. January 31-February 2, 2008 marked the 24th year that the best of ...
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