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  Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 The Blind Boys of Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel music group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939.
Releases by the group in recent years have been favorites at the Grammy Awards—they have won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album every year since 2002.
Their last album release was a compilation of work ranging from the years 1963-1965 entitled Just a Closer Walk With Thee
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama   (216 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
Last year, the Blind Boys received their first Grammy award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, for the critically acclaimed "Spirit of the Century," the first release on Peter Gabriel's eclectic world music label.
Traditional gospel songs were mixed with gospel-inspired readings of work by Tom Waits and Ben Harper.
The young and soulful Harper returns the favor on the Blind Boys' new album by guesting on three songs, playing down-home steel resonator guitar on his self-penned "Freedom Road," a spry "I May Not Can See" ("but I got somebody lookin' out for me") and the title track.
starbulletin.com /2002/08/30/features/story7.html   (486 words)

  
 Guardian | George Scott
The Blind Boys received little recognition outside the fl gospel community until they were chosen to appear in 1983 in an acclaimed Broadway musical The Gospel At Colonus, retelling the story of Oedipus in the context of a Pentecostal service.
Further Grammy awards came for Higher Ground in 2003, Go Tell It On The Mountain in 2004 and There Will Be A Light this year.
Scott and the rest of the group were inducted into the gospel music hall of fame in 2003.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5147064-110878,00.html   (582 words)

  
 Emmit Powell GosPel Elites - About Us
The Gospel Elites have recorded extensively, their first nationally released album was "Jesus Above All Others" in 1980 on Savoy Records.
The Gospel Elites are currently working on a new album scheduled for release in November 1999.
In 1994 The Gospel Elites were featured in a BBC television special that was broadcast extensively in Europe and the United States.
www.epgospelelites.com /bio.htm   (451 words)

  
 GRAMMY.com - 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
(Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra.)
(Award to the Conductor, Album Producer(s) and Principal Soloists.)
(Award to the Ensemble (and to the Conductor.))
www.grammy.com /GRAMMY_Awards/Annual_Show/48_nominees.aspx   (4063 words)

  
 The Rosebud Agency
The Blind Boys of Alabama won their second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for this year’s Higher Ground CD which also features guests Robert Randolph and The Family Band as well as Ben Harper.
The Grammy is the 5th win for Rubén Blades who is also an award winning actor and former presidential candidate in his home country of Panama.
The Dozen also collected the award for Best Brass Album by a Louisiana Artist for their Medicated Magic CD which features Norah Jones, John Bell of Widespread Panic, Robert Randolph, Dr. John and DJ Logic.
www.rosebudus.com /rosebud/news/03-02.html   (780 words)

  
 Savannah Music Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Finale headliners are the internationally-acclaimed Blind Boys of Alabama, who received a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for their CD "Higher Ground" at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 23.
In addition to the Grammy Award, "Higher Ground" was named "Best Gospel CD 2002" by Amazon.com, and the group will be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame at the Dove Awards show in Nashville April 10.
With their Grammy award for “Higher Ground”, the Blind Boys of Alabama have at last gotten the recognition long postponed.
www.docsnews.com /savannah_music.html   (775 words)

  
 NJN - New Jersey Public Television and Radio
After performing together for 60 years, the renowned Gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama released their first-ever holiday recording, Go Tell It on the Mountain, in 2003.
The release received a Grammy award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, following the groups back-to-back Grammy wins in 2001 for their groundbreaking Spirit of the Century and 2002s critically acclaimed Higher Ground.
A testament to the group’s legacy of foot-stomping gospel.
www.njn.net /television/highlights/04december/blindboys.html   (164 words)

  
 NDSU University Relations News Media Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For more than 60 years, the Blind Boys of Alabama have kept alive the spirit and energy of soul gospel music.
Formed in 1939 at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, the group won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album two years running.
Rolling Stone magazine described the group as establishing "gospel and rock-era songs in a drawling blues atmosphere while still summoning the evangelical spirit of a crusade in progress, capturing the feeling not just of the revival tent but of the dark, human swampland lurking just beyond it."
www.ndsu.nodak.edu /university_relations/news/wmprint.php?ArtID=973   (190 words)

  
 Divas - The Site / Bible Belting Babes/ Cissy Houston
She is a gospel/soul singer who is primarily known for being Whitney Houston’s mother rather than for her own considerable talents.
The Sweet Inspirations recorded some excellent gospel-flavored soul in the late ‘60s, managing a few hits before Cissy Houston left to go solo at the end of 1969.
She received the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for Face to Face and won the award again in 1998 for her album He Leadeth Me.
www.divasthesite.com /Divas_of_Gospel_Jazz_and_Blues/Cissy_Houston.htm   (209 words)

  
 The Calvin College Chimes Online
The show was quickly rescheduled for this past Sunday in the Fine Arts Center, and in the meantime the Blind Boys won their second consecutive Grammy award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.
All of these awards and collaborations are even more impressive because the Blind Boys of Alabama formed in 1939, and are now in their late seventies and eighties.
On a recent tour of Europe to support his fantastic new album “Redemption’s Son,” Arthur began recording his live shows because they were in such high demand from fans.
www-stu.calvin.edu /chimes/2003-03-07/a-and-e   (512 words)

  
 The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Since forming their group at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind (Talladega Blind School) in 1939, they have kept alive the spirit and energy of pure soul gospel music.
Gospel has always nourished blues, rhythm-and-blues and rock’n’roll, so it seems only natural for the Blind Boys to have found a calling in transforming popular song back into consecrated writ.
Since first reaching toward a wider audience with their roles in the 1983 production of "The Gospel at Colonnus", (Bob Telson and Lee Breuer’s Obie Award-winning Off-Broadway and Broadway smash), the singers have repeatedly reinvented material associated with artists from the world beyond the church.
www.swer.net /english.blindboys.html   (995 words)

  
 The Bushnell | The Blind Boys of Alabama Spread the Spirit of Soul at The Bushnell
The Blind Boys of Alabama have spread the spirit and energy of pure soul gospel music for over 60 years, ever since the first version of the group formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939.
Now considered a classic recording, this album achieved immediate underground success and established him as a blues force in his own right.
The album's triumph took Musselwhite out to California, and he stayed for the good times, good weather and the bounty of good paying gigs.
www.bushnell.org /index.cgi/16977   (854 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Blind Boys singer Scott, 75, dies
George Scott, a singer with legendary gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, has died at the age of 75.
Scott, who retired from touring in 2004 but sung on their new album, died in his sleep at home after complications with diabetes and a heart condition.
That success has included winning the Grammy Award for best traditional soul gospel album for the past four years in a row.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/4344243.stm   (278 words)

  
 Virgin Records :: Harper's Grammy-Winning Gospel Album Comes to DVD From Legendary Apollo Stage
The performance of the entire album was shot before an SRO crowd at Harlem's historic Apollo Theater, with the instrumental backing of Harper's band, the Innocent Criminals.
The album There Will Be a Light is also to be released on vinyl on March 29.
Harper also won an individual Grammy in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category, for the album track "11th Commandment." Additionally, Harper and the Blind Boys were nominated in the Best Gospel Performance category.
sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20050228/NYM21728022005-1.html   (294 words)

  
 Albertina Walker - Tribute (2004) - Articles - Gospelflava.com
The group soon became one of the most popular and esteemed Gospel groups of the time, and a fluctuating membership brought in now-famous names such as James Cleveland, Bessie Griffin, Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, Loleatta Holloway and Cassietta George, The Caravans continued into the mid 1960's, setting the standard for high profile Gospel.
These albums yielded multiple Gold records and Grammy nominations, culminating with the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for Songs of the Church, Live in Memphis on Benson Records.
Walker's inviting vocal presence continued to be in demand in the late 1980's and into the 1990's, as she appeared on innumerable projects as a guest artist, including projects from The Gospel Music Workshop of America, Dorothy Norwood, Kenton Rogers, Allen & Allen, The GMWA Announcer's Guild, The Canton Spirituals, Jeff Majors and Bill Gaither.
www.gospelflava.com /articles/albertinawalkertribute.html   (480 words)

  
 A&L Performing Arts News Release - Blind Boys of Alabama and Charlie Musselwhite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Blind Boys of Alabama, recently named inductees to the Gospel Hall of Fame, will be joined by ace blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite in a stirring performance on Thursday, February 6 at 8 pm in UCSB Campbell Hall.
Noted for their rousing live concerts, the group is riding a wave of increased interest including a Grammy Award for their CD Spirit of the Century, a spot opening for Peter Gabriel on his recent U.S. arena tour and television appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and 60 Minutes II.
Musselwhite’s music attests to his wide-ranging travels: he was born in Mississippi, the home of the delta blues; he grew up in soulful Memphis; he cut his musical teeth in the land of urban blues Chicago; he has settled down in the ever-eclectic San Francisco.
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu /archive/2002-2003/pr/blind.asp   (658 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - GRAMMY Nominees, Blind Boys, and Derek Webb - Feb 12 News
Crosswalk.com - GRAMMY Nominees, Blind Boys, and Derek Webb - Feb 12 News
GRAMMY Nominees, Blind Boys, and Derek Webb - Feb 12 News
ET/PT on CBS.  To see all the nominees in Gospel categories, click here.
www.crosswalk.com /fun/music/1185388.html   (65 words)

  
 Atom Bomb - Blind Boys of Alabama - B-639602
The title song is a remake of an early Cold War-era Soul Stirrers tune that proves uncannily relevant some 55 years later.
This album marks the last studio appearance of founding member and baritone George Scott who passed away in March, leaving a musical legacy that spans six decades.
The Blind Boys of Alabama garnered their fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for their collaboration with Ben Harper on There Will Be A Light.
www.houseofjames.com /product_B-639602   (271 words)

  
 iBerkshires / Blind Boys of Alabama to perform in Pittsfield -
The other two Grammy awards were for their two previous albums, "Spirit of the Century," and "Higher Ground, " called "two of the most exciting CDs in blues, soul or gospel in recent years" by Billboard Magazine.
The albums includes traditional gospel numbers as well as powerful new “gospelized” versions of songs by Prince, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Jimmy Cliff and others.
A concert film of their headline tour last year will be featured on PBS this fall, and they have toured with Peter Gabriel and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
www.iberkshires.com /story.php?story_id=13632   (615 words)

  
 Publisher-supplied biographical information about contributor(s) for Library of Congress control number 97039137
The Library of Congress makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information provided, and will not maintain or otherwise edit/update the information supplied by the publisher.
Gospel music artist Cissy Houston won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel album for Face to Face.
Jonathan Singer is a New York native and an author and editor with extensive experience in the music industry.  He is the author of Where Jesus Walked, and is at work on his next book, the Doubleday Pocket Church Guide.
www.loc.gov /catdir/bios/random058/97039137.html   (190 words)

  
 Official Snowmass Village Media Page for Music in the Mountains
The Blind Boys of Alabama were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2002 and have appeared on the Jay Leno Show multiple times.
The Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from the sounds of their native New Orleans, blending blues, gospel, funk, and RandB with their own harmony vocals; their sound is notable for the band's substitution of a tambourine for a drum.
The group has released five albums (three major releases) and won a Grammy Award in 2003 for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
www.snowmasspress.com /mountainmusic   (1719 words)

  
 JamBase | BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA W/ROBERT RANDOLPH
The Blind Boys of Alabama have been keeping the spirit and energy of pure soul gospel music alive since 1939, when the group formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind.
Their live shows often evolve from soulful meditation to foot-stomping, rollicking celebration, and their latest release, Higher Ground – which featured guest appearances by Ben Harper and Robert Randolph & The Family Band – won a 2003 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.
At their February show in San Francisco’s Fillmore, the Blind Boys were joined by Robert Randolph, who lent his considerable pedal steel skills to the celebration.
www.jambase.com /headsup.asp?storyID=3554   (288 words)

  
 Harper Regroups For Intimate Tour
This outing will be Harper's first since 2003, as well as his last until he releases the new album he will begin recording at the conclusion of this tour.
Harper's next album will be the follow-up to 2003's "Diamonds on the Inside" (Virgin), which debuted at No. 19 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 448,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Fat Joe has parted ways with Atlantic and set an Oct. 17 release for his seventh solo album, "Me Myself and I." The set will be issued independently via his own label, Terror Squad.
billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000946771   (433 words)

  
 A&L News Release - Blind Boys of Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Blind Boys of Alabama, inductees to the Gospel Hall of Fame, will present their stirring Christmas concert Go Tell It on the Mountain on Tuesday, December 7 at 8 pm in Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High School, 721 E. Cota Street, Santa Barbara.
Signing to Peter Gabriel’s Real World label in 2000, the group recorded a series of traditional gospel numbers and spiritual-leaning rock songs (by artists such as Tom Waits and Richards/Jagger) for Spirit of the Century, which won the 2001 Grammy Award for best traditional soul gospel album.
Noted for their rousing live concerts, the group is riding a wave of increased interest including a Grammy Award for their CD Spirit of the Century, a spot opening for Peter Gabriel on his 2002 U.S. arena tour and the September 2004 release with Ben Harper of the acclaimed CD There Will Be a Light.
www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu /archive/2004-2005/pr/blind.asp   (466 words)

  
 The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Clarence Fountain -- Merchandise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Re-released with a bonus track, this 2003 Grammy Award-winning release features the Blind Boys sharing the holiday spirit with an extraordinary cast of guest artists including Solomon Burke, George Clinton, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Shelby Lynne, Les McCann, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Tom Waits, Robert Randolph, John Medeski and others.
This spiritual excavation into the soul music tradition earned the group its second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.
But the adventurous, innovative approach that has always distinguished The Blind Boys of Alabama is equally evident, as witnessed by the inclusion of contemporary songs by noted writers Tom Waits and Ben Harper.
www.blindboys.com /merchandise   (966 words)

  
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