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SUMMARY:Blind Boys of Alabama present Songs In The Key Of Life
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 t The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends o
 f gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) 
 and The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs with Lifetime Achievement Awards\, ind
 ucted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame\, and winners of six GRAMMY Awa
 rds\, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career t
 hat spans over 70 years. The Blind Boys are known for crossing multiple 
 musical boundaries with their remarkable interpretations of everything f
 rom traditional gospel favorites to contemporary spiritual material by s
 ongwriters such as Eric Clapton\, Prince\, and Tom Waits. They have appe
 ared on recordings with many artists\, including Lou Reed\, Peter Gabrie
 l\, Bonnie Raitt\, Willie Nelson\, Aaron Neville\, Susan Tedeschi\, Ben 
 Harper\, Patty Griffin\, and Taj Mahal. The Blind Boys released their la
 test album\, 'Echoes Of The South\,’ in August of 2023. It found the Gos
 pel Music Hall of Fame inductees coming home to Alabama to record in Mus
 cle Shoals. The eleven-song collection is a portrait of perseverance fro
 m a group well-versed in overcoming incredible odds - from singing for p
 ocket change in the Jim Crow South to performing for three different Ame
 rican presidents\, soundtracking the Civil Rights movement\, and helping
  define modern gospel music as we know it. The album garnered three GRAM
 MY Award nominations\, and won for Best Roots Gospel Album. That win con
 tinued a run of GRAMMY Award nominations from the two previous years. In
  2021\, the group’s collaborative recording with Béla Fleck\, ‘I Wish I 
 Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free\,’ was tapped in the Best American Roo
 ts Performance category. In 2022\, they garnered another nod for their c
 ollaboration with the band Black Violin on 'The Message’ in the Best Ame
 ricana Performance category. In March 2024\, the definitive book on the 
 Blind Boys of Alabama\, titled Spirit of the Century\, was released. It’
 s an insider history of America’s longest-running group and the untold s
 tory of their world\, written with band members and key musical colleagu
 es. Appearances on The View tv show and other major media outlets follow
 ed. After all these years\, the Blind Boys show no signs of slowing down
 !\n\nMore info: https://www.watervillecreates.org/shows/blind-boys/\n\nh
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LOCATION:Waterville Opera House\, 1 Common St\, Waterville\, ME 04901
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/1a7ea39a-062b-4e66-9c79-73e4c22a04b
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