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The Chicken Raid – Northside Tavern, Atlanta, March 24

Rhetta Akamatsu blues legends, Chicken Raid, live blues, northside tavern March 26, 2018

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 […]

INDIE Blues Scene/ Music for Good

Come Celebrate Sean Costello at Northside Tavern Sat. April 16 – A Benefit for Bipolar Research!

Rhetta Akamatsu Atlanta, Atlanta blues, northside tavern, Sean Cosstello Benefit COncert, Sean Costello April 13, 2016

The annual Sean Costello celebration and benefit,, titled “We Can Get Together.” begins at 7 p, Saturday at Northside Tavern in Atlanta. It will feature Sonia Leigh, The Joe McGuinness Trio, The Georgia Flood, No Solution, and Stephen Talkovich and Larry Griffith. Sean Costello was a brilliant young blues man who was and still is […]

INDIE Blues Scene

It’s time for Chicken Raid in Atlanta March 19-20

Rhetta Akamatsu Atlanta blues fetivals, blues benefits, blues festivals, Chicken Raid, northside tavern March 16, 2016

Chicken Raid happens once a year in Atlanta, at Northside Tavern, and it is one of the warmest and bets blues festivals around! What began as a birthday party for beloved Atlanta blues man Frank Edwards in 1990, and named after one of his songs, evolved into a tribute and fundraiser after his death. It […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist/ Uncategorized

Exclusive Interview with the “Queen of The Atlanta Blues” LOLA!

Posted by Editor Atlanta, blues, Lola, making a Scene, northside tavern July 22, 2014

Website – www.lolagulley.com Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/lolagulley?fref=ts Listen to the exclusive Interview Below Live From the MIdnight Circus Talks to LOLA Queen of Atlanta BLues by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Lola (just Lola) is a dynamic blues and R&B singer/keyboard player who has been igniting stages in the Atlanta area and is just beginning to break out as […]