Arts & Entertainment
Award-Winning Blind Boys of Alabama at the Kate February 4
The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, "the Kate", welcomes the award-winning and iconic gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Press release
OLD SAYBROOK, CT - The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, “the Kate”, welcomes the award-winning and iconic gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 7:30 pm.
The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts and The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of six GRAMMY® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years. The Blind Boys are known for crossing multiple musical boundaries with their remarkable interpretations of everything from traditional gospel favorites to contemporary spiritual material by songwriters such as Eric Clapton, Prince, and Tom Waits. They have appeared on recordings with many artists, including Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville, Susan Tedeschi, Ben Harper, Patty Griffin, and Taj Mahal.
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The Blind Boys of Alabama released 'Echoes Of The South’ in 2023, which finds the Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees coming home to honor those they've lost on a bold declaration of how far they still plan to go. The eleven-song collection is a portrait of perseverance from a group well-versed in overcoming incredible odds - from singing for pocket change in the Jim Crow South to performing for three different American presidents, sound tracking the Civil Rights movement, and helping define modern gospel music as we know it.
The year 2024 started off with a return to the GRAMMY® Awards with three nominations and one win for Best Roots Gospel Album for 'Echoes Of The South.’ This was followed by a sold-out tour in Australia
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and a sizzling performance with Sir Tom Jones during the Bluesfest Byron Bay (Australia), where video of their rehearsal reached 750K + views in 48 hours on social platforms. The definitive book, titled ‘Spirit of the Century,’ was released in March 2024. It’s an insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest-running group in American music, and the untold story of their world written with band members and key musical colleagues.
For information and tickets, visit www.thekate.org or call 860-510-0453.
