Blind Boys of Alabama Perform at African Burying Ground Memorial

The Blind Boys of Alabama first raised their voices together in 1939. More than 70 years later, founding member Jimmy Carter can look back on a career with a long list of awards, including five Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

The group has also won four Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. They have entertained around the world, been profiled on “60 Minutes,” and performed for three Presidents at the White House. Blending traditional gospel music with contemporary spiritual material this iconic group has performed with artists from Aaron Neville to k.d. lang.

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Tickets are on sale now at the Music Hall box office located at 28 Chestnut St. in Portsmouth. For Tickets over the phone call 603-436-2400 and for online tickets go to themusichall.org.

The Blind Boys of Alabama will be at the Historic Theater on Saturday, May 23 at 7 p.m.

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named “best performing arts venue” by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.

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