Opportunities to electric slide and slow grind will be plentiful on Saturday night at Blues Festival 2010, with smooth-talking old-school R&B singers Marvin Sease, Mel Waiters, Willie Clayton, Latimore and next-generation inheritor Sir Charles Jones lined up to sweet-talk the crowd at the UNO Lakefront Arena.
When Calvin Richardson takes the stage at the DeSoto Civic Center Saturday for the eighth annual Tri-State Blues Festival, the North Carolina native will be standing alongside some of his musical heroes, including Stax legend J. Blackfoot, bluesman Bobby Rush and Southern soul giant Latimore......
Beale Street management team Performa Entertainment has announced that on Saturday, Oct. 9th, it will honor pinnacle bluesman Bobby Rush with his own musical keynote marker on the Beale Street Walk of Fame.
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"Lil Fallay" -(Southern Soul Male Artist of the Year -2010)
Fallay was recently nominated for Southern Soul Male artist of the Year in 2009 and came back and won this years 2010. Being Lucky #7 his CD is out in stores now......
The super smooth and ever-stylish Carl Sims won a Jus’ Blues Music Foundation award for Southern Soul Song of the Year—Male for his song “One Night” at the ceremony in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this month. It’s a song Sims has had in his repertoire for a long time, however, one that explores a one-night romance.
Local rhythm and blues singer Carl Sims is about as dapper and stylish as they come when he gets on stage. As you see below, our photographers have enjoyed taking his portrait. A velvet-voiced singer who got his music industry start as ...
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August 21st - Featuring Soul 1st Records recording artist Vick Allen. Old school and new school R&B, but also Blues and Southern Soul music for crowds of 25 and older
Chick Willis has always been known for exploring the good-natured, playful side of the blues. Born in Cabiness, Georgia, Willis learned to sing in church as a youth and taught himself how to play guitar. During his late teens, ...
Two icons of the music world will be at the Riverwalk in Columbus Oct. 16, sharing some of the memorable songs that cemented their place in history.
Organizers have announced Percy Sledge and Bobby "Blue" Bland are confirmed to co-headline the Legends Concert that will anchor a four-day Sam Hairston Celebration Oct. 13-16.
FoxyFest 3 is Sept. 11 at Central Fields in Forest Park with Con Funk Shun, Mel Waiters, Lamar Harris and LLC. Free tickets are at Wingstop locations and by listening by Foxy ...
