Features Performances From 2008 JazzFest Concert at the Legendary Tipitina’s With Special Guests Susan Tedeschi, Dr. John, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and More
Fairfax,VA (January 26, 2024) --- Five-time GRAMMY winners Blind Boys of Alabama bring the songs from their lauded 2009 concert film, “Live in New Orleans,” to audio streaming platforms today at long last. Previously only available in DVD and video streaming formats, the tracks capture the exuberance, passion and spirit of the group’s live performances, blending gospel, blues and soul together with special guests Susan Tedeschi, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dr. John, Henry Butler and Marva Wright.
Recorded at Tipitina’s during JazzFest in 2008, the film was a companion piece to the group’s GRAMMY-winning “Down in New Orleans” album. Produced by Charles Driebe & Chris Goldsmith, “Live in New Orleans” combines new songs and old favorites, with selections from the “Down in New Orleans” album performed alongside selections from the Blind Boys’ previous four albums as well as several classic gospel tunes. Both projects were conceived as a love letter to New Orleans during its slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Listen to Live in New Orleans here: https://lnk.to/BlindBoysofAlabamaLIVEinNOLA
About the Blind Boys of Alabama:
Hailed as "gospel titans" by Rolling Stone, the Blind Boys have collaborated with artists as diverse as Stevie Wonder, Chrissie Hynde, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt and Bon Iver. While winning multiple GRAMMYs and being profiled on CBS' 60 Minutes, the Blind Boys' have left their mark on popular music by making gospel their own and"adding jazz and blues idioms, turning up the volume and creating a sound like the rock 'n' roll that grew out of it” (New York Times). Most recently, they performed on ABCs The View and were nominated for three 2024 GRAMMY Awards for their album Echoes of the South and its recordings “Heaven Help Us All” and “Friendship”, bringing them to 16 career GRAMMY nominations. Currently available for pre-order, on March 19 their memoir ‘Spirit of the Century: Our Story’ written with historian Preston Lauterbach will be released via Hachette Books. On February 1 a PBS documentary ‘A Symphony Celebration: The Blind Boys of Alabama with Dr. Henry Panion, III’ will begin airing from their concert with members of The Alabama Symphony Orchestra and a 300-person choir.
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