Sunday, June 24, was a special day for this writer as The Atlanta Blues Society brought Tullie Brae back to Atlanta for the first time in several years. The occasion was the monthly gathering and jam, which always features a “host band” who perform for about an hour to kick the meeting off. I admit […]
June is flying by and Sunday brings July,. Summer and good music just belong together, and here is where to fnd the good blues! Remember, with live music things can change so you may want to check with the venues if you don’t feel adventurous. Monday Barrelhouse Bob Page is at Blind Willie’s and The […]
The Atlanta Blues Society will once again bring you the “Georgia Blues and Roots” Festival at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheater in Mapleton Georgia on September 29, 2018 from 12pm to 10:30pm! This year the Lineup contains both traditional and Indie Blues artists! Which reflects the diversity of music that comes from the Roots of […]
It’s am exciting blues weekend! We cannot wait to see The Tullie Brae Band at the Atlanta Blues Society meeting Sunday! Even if you aren’t a member, you can come. ABS Meetings are always open and free! Also, please note the change Saturday at Darwin’s. Annika Chambers had to cancel but The Cazanovas are providing […]
The crowd in Betty Maulden Park were happy and excited, waiting eagerly for Mike Holey to hit the stage and kick off this year’s bluesberry Festival, which he did by announcing The Colin Alvarez Band. It was our first time hearing them, and we were favorably impressed. The crowd was still relatively small and the […]
There’s a lot of fun and interesting things going on this week, but my top picks are Annika Chambers and The Tullie Brae Band! Both Annika and Tullie are spectacular entertainers! Who else will you choose? ‘Monday Matt Pendrick is at Blind Willie’s and The Pork Bellys are at Fat Matt’s. Lola is the host […]
Here’s a quick look at what’s happening in the blues this weekend! Friday The Wood Brothers are at Atlanta Botanical Garden. Radar visits Darwin’s and Beverly “Guitar” Watkins is at Blind Willie’s.TNT entertains at Fat Matt’s and Zydefunk is at Northside Tavern. Little Becky & the Big Shots are at MoonShadow Tavern and The Garrett […]
This week’s highlights include Bobby Rushm Wiki Fest and my favorite festival, Bluesberry and Beer in Norcross! it;s going to be a fun week so choose your events and come on out! ‘Monday Mudcat is at Blind Willie’s and The Pork Bellys are at Fat Matt’s. Lola is the host for the jam at Northside […]
We are so lucky to have such wealth of blues in our neighborhood clubs and venueS. Check it out below and get out and support live music. Frid Darwin ‘s has Heather Gillis Ban and Delta Moon is at Blind Willie’s. The Rockin’ Blues Review entertains at Fat Matt’s and Ike Stubblefield is at Northside […]
Some lucky people will get to see John Fogerty and ZZ Top this week, and all of us have a chance to see some great local talent, some of it in a graveyard! Check it all out below! ‘Monday Bill Sheffield is at Blind Willie’s and The Pork Bellys are at Fat Matt’s. Lola is the […]
Lots of good times and good music takes place this week! Here’s the rundown: Monday Clark Ashton is at Blind Willie’s and Dry White Toast is at Fat Matt’s. Mike Watson hosts the jam at Loco’s in Alpharetta and Lola is the host for the jam at Northside Tavern. Tuesday Ol’ Goforth is at Darwin’s and […]
Enjoy the best of local blues this weekend. Choose your venue and go out and support live music! Friday George Hughley & The Shadows are at Blind Willie’s. and Entertainment Crackers are at Darwin’. Groove Rockets at Fat Matt’s and Mudcat & the Atlanta Horns are at Northside Tavern. Turnstile is at Nik’s Place and there’s an open […]
It has become a tradition for me to attend the Blues Music Awards in Memphis Every May. It always falls around my birthday, so it’s a great way to talk the wife into letting me make the trip with my blues buddies. This year I attended with Rick Lusher (Radio Promoter), Ben Elliot (American Showplace […]
It’s another week packed full of local blues goodness! Get out to your favorite venue and support some tasty blues music! Monday Matt Pendrick is at Blind Willie’s. Dry White Toast is at Fat Matt’s and The Blues Jam is hosted by Lola st Northside Tavern. Tuesday Ol’ Goforth is at Darwin’s. The Crosstown Allstars […]
JP Soars and The Red Hos are always a treat to watch. We have seen them at both the old Darwin’s location and the present one multiple times, and every time his name appears on the schedule we arrange our plans so we can go. Soars is not a showy performer. [referring to let his […]
Not only do we have a bumper crop of local blues this weekend, but we also have Buddy Guy and Mavis Staples! Everywhere you look, there are great blues. Check the list an make your plans! Friday Buddy Guy and Mavis Staples are at Wolf Creek Amphitheater. JP Soars & The Red Hots are at […]
SO much is going on this weekend. There is Joe Bonamassa at the Fox and the Harp Blowout at the Vista Room and tons of our best local talent! No matter where you are in Atlanta and Metro, you are close to some amazing blues so get out and support live music! Friday Joe Bonamassa is at […]
Compiled by Rhetta Friday Paul Thorn and special guests The Blind Boys of Alabama and the McCrary Sisters are at Variety Playhouse and Walter Trout is at The Vista Room in Decatur Sandra Hall & The Shadows are at Blind Willie’s and Marty Manous is at Darwin’s. Swap Raw Deal is at Fat Matt’s and […]
Festival season has blossomed and around here that means a LOT of blues! Add to that the clubs and venues and what a week we have! Just check it out for yourself! Monday Clark Ashton is at Blind Willie’s and The Larry Griffith Band is at Fat Matt’s. The Blues Jam is hosted by Lola […]
When the SweetWater420 Fest in Atlanta and The Big Shanty Festival in Kennesaw show up in the schedule, you know it’s Spring! And with the weather starting to fall in line, mostly, get out and enjoy live music, whether it’s at a festival or at a club! The blues are everywhere! Friday Southern Avenue is at […]
What a week again for the blues and, indeed, for music in general with the festivals in and around town! There’s Sweetwater420 at Olympic Park and the Big Shanty Festival in Kennesaw adding to the general merriment, so choose your indoor or outdoor pleasure and support live music! Monday Mudcat is at Blind Willie’s and The Larry Griffith Band […]
So many people were packed into Darwin’s in Sandy Springs, GA Saturday night. Most of us knew each other, so there was lots of hugging and .chattering. All of us were there for the incredible night of music, and it was all to honor Sean Costello. Sean was a fantastic bluesman, and songwriter who died at the age […]
What a great week! John Nemeth and Ally Venable and The Celebration of Sean Costello with Jason Ricci and some of Atlanta’s best! The ABS meeting! And more! Choose your pleasure but don’t stay home. Get out and support live music! Friday John Nemeth and The Blue Dreamers are at Blind Willie’s and The Ally Venable Band […]
RIP Deborah Coleman 10/3/56-4/12/18 From Rick Booth: Very sad to get a call tonight from Billy Crawford, longtime guitarist for Deborah Coleman telling me she had passed away today around 5pm from complications brought on by bronchitis and pneumonia. Deborah was a client of Intrepid Artists International in our early years in mid and late […]
The Markey Blue Ric Latina Project was at Darwin’s Saturday night and thrilled old fans and new with their usual powerful, energetic show. they professed to be exhausted, having left Florida and headed for Atlanta in the cold rain for what turned out to be an 8 hour trip due to traffic. They got in […]
It’s time for another great week of indie blues in Atlanta, full of great local talent, some major visitors like Jimmie Vaughn and John Nemeth and one major event, The Celebration of Sean Costello, in which we celebrate his brief but beautiful life with some fantastic musicians including Jason Ricci and Little Gee Weevil plus Sean’s […]
What a great weekend for Indie Blues and Blues! We have Ms. Beverly Watkins’ birthday party, Sugar Ray Rayford,, Marcia Ball, Markey Blue and Ric Latina, Big Bill Morganfield and so much more blues! Just check the list below! Friday Sugar Ray Rayford comes to the Vista Room in Decatur. Houserocker Johnson & The Shadows are at Blind […]
The Jeff Jensen Band came to the new location of Darwin’s for the second time Saturday night. They had played the former location a number of times, and I believe my husband and I have seen them every time. So seeing Jeff Jensen, Bill Ruffino, and David “Alibaminal” Green combined the thrill of seeing my favorite group […]
Happy Easter! That means only two things I know of on Sunday but Friday and Saturday are packed! Check out the listings below! Friday The Jess Goggans Band is at Darwin’s and Blind Willie’s celebrates its 32nd Anniversary Weekend with Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Steve James, and The Shadows. Mudcat and the Atlanta Horns are […]
It’s the first of the month and the news is a little scarce. For instance, I don’t yet know who is at Fat Matt’s and only one night for Blind Willie’s. Still, these shows give you some choices and by the weekend I will know more. If your favorite club is not listed, call them directly […]
by Rhetta Akamatsu Photos by Takesi Ken Akamatsu Every year for 10 years now, Northside Tavern has hosted the Chicken Raid, a gathering of musicians and friends that honors the memory of Mr. Frank Edwards, a bluesman who died in 2002. The money raised at the event benefits the “mentors,” older musicians like Beverly”Guitar” Watkins, Eddie Tigner,and […]
What a week! You will notice it is packed, except for Sunday. Sunday is the first of the month and Easter, so there is not a lot happening in the blues. But as for the rest of it…well, just look for yourself! Monday Ron Roper is at Blind Willie’s. The Pork Bellys are at Fat […]
What a big weekend! The Chicken Raid, The Jeff Jensen Band, Damon Fowler, and all this tremendous talent everywhere! Pick your venues and have fun with live Indie Blues! Friday The 24th St. Wailers are at Darwin’s and Damon Fowler is at Blind Willie’s. Lola is at Northside Tavern. Sana Blues are at Fat Matt’s and Turnstile […]
by Rhetta Akamatsu For almost a decade, The Cazanovas have been my choice for best Atlanta blues group, Despite some new, tough competition, they still hold that position. Saturday night at Darwin’s in Sandy Springs, they demonstrated why. Harmonica virtuoso and vocalist Maurice Nazarro and guitar wizard Danny Vinson have always been part of the […]
by Rhetta Akamatsu I’ll be singing the birthday blues on Wednesday with mixed emotions, but happy as a clam Saturday with Chicken Raid AND The Jeff Jensen Band! Chicken Raid continues Sunday, too, and the whole week is packed with blues goodness@ Check it out: Monday Bill Sheffield is at Blind Willie’s. The Pork Bellys […]
The weekend is packed with great choices all over Atlanta and Metro, including a number of St. Patrick’s Day parties, so take your pick and Slainte! Friday The Randall Bramblett Band comes to the Vista Room in Decatur. Kate Van Dorn & ThunderGypsy are at Darwin’s and George Hughley and the Shadows are at Blind Willie’s.Stoney […]
The week is filled with loads of the best local blues acts plus Los Lonely Boys and an Atlanta Blues Society meeting. If you are not a member. come check it out and join! Just look at all the great shows all over Metro and in the city! Monday Mudcat is at Blind Willie’s. The […]
Heather Luttrell and the Possumden are as entertaining as a show can be. For Heather’s Birthday Make-Up Show (3 months late,) she is playing with her entire Possunden – her daddy Ralph Lutrell on dobro and guitar, her uncle on bass, and Craig Henderson on drums. Things started off with a short opening set from […]
Friday The Little G Weevil Band comes to the Vista Room in Decatur. Runway 27 is at Darwin’s and Houserocker Johnson and the Shadows are at Blind Willie’s. Bill Sheffield is at Northside Tavern. Sly Dog is at Fat Matt’s Michael Preston is at Nik’s Place. Frankie’s Blues Mission is at Maxwell’s Cigar Bar in […]
It’s another blues-packed week, with one very special event I’d like to call your attention to. Atlanta Blues Society President George Klein and his wife Betty are celebrating their 50th Anniversary at Blind Willie’s on Thursday with The Larry Griffith Band! Congratulations, George and Betty! Elsewhere, you have a lot to choose from, so check it out […]
SUNCOAST BLUES FESTIVAL – 3/3/18 James Armstrong is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who born to play the blues. His songs have been used in the soundtracks of three films; Speechless, Hear No Evil, and The Florentine. “Old Man in The Morning (Young Man at Night)” includes the lyric […]
So much information cane in since I prepared the This Week article on Friday. What was already an exciting weekend exploded into a feast of blues delights! Don’t ask me how you’re going to decide. Just dive in and do your best! Friday Tab Benoit visits City Winery. Victor Wainwright & The Train come to the […]
So much blues is happening all around Atlanta. Tab Benoit, Victor Wainwright & The Train, NMike Zito and Jonn Del Toro Richardson are in town among others. The Bad Ash Guitar Heroes Jam takes place and while not really blues, WRFG’s Americana in the Park supports our local blues source on the radio. Check it out: Monday Bob Page […]
For the most part, it’s a week full of local blues goodness. We are blessed with so much talent and so many hardworking musicians. Now is the time to go listen, or go to one of the many jams and show what you can do! Check it out Monday John Paul Barry is at Blind […]
There’s a lot going on this weekend! You can see The Bridget Kelly Band, The Ghost Town Band, Delbert McClinton and Casey James., as well as our usual wide range of blues artists. Come on out! Friday The Bridget Kelly Band is at Darwin’s and Beverly “Guitar” Watkins is at Blind Willie’s. Blue Roads are at Fat Matt’s. […]
There’s a lot of blues going on this week, and in honor of Mardi Gras, I’ve listed a bit of Cajun, too! Blind Willie’s will have King Cake and Will Scruggs celebrates Fat Tuesday on the real Fat Tuesday this time! It’s time to laissez les bon temps roulez (let the good times roll) wherever you go this week!’ […]
I’ve filled in a few blanks from The Week Ahead as information filters in. There’s so much good stuff going on. We get to celebrate Lisa’s birthday and Zydefunk has King Cake! And there’s a mess of tasty blues all around town, so go get your fill from the list below -Rhetta Friday Little G […]
by Rhetta Akamatsu Originally published in Rhetta’s Rambles When my husband and I walked into Darwin’s about an hour early Saturday night, Mick Kolassa was sitting at the bar. He stood up when he saw us and greeted me with a hug. “Your husband will have to excuse us for hugging like this,” laughed Mick, reaching […]
Welcome to a week full of blues! It’s the first of the month and some of my info is missing. If you don’t see your favorite club listed, please contact them to find out who’s is playing. But I do know about a lot of good stuff, listed below! Monday Bill Sheffield is at Blind […]
Peter Karp is a compelling figure. He is a tall man. Dressed in a well-tailored suit with a white shirt, he dominated the stage, even with Tom Gray as his guest to his right. Gray is the well-loved lead singer and lap steel and guitar player for Delta moon, a very popular Georgia group. It turns out […]