Landmark on Main Street’s Roots Rock Series continues with The Blind Boys of Alabama on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. Roger Street Friedman will open the show and WFUV’s John Platt will host. Tickets are $52 Premium and $47 Standard with discounts for “Friends of Landmark” or and can be purchased by calling 516-767-6444 or visiting www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.
Formed in the 1930s, The Blind Boys of Alabama have one five Grammy and four Gospel Music Awards. Their loose definition of gospel music allows their repertoire to include rock, pop, blues, funk and folk (and everything in between)! The Blind Boys of Alabama aren’t merely a group of singers borrowing from decades-old gospel traditions; rather, they are the group who helped define the cement those traditions during the course of twentieth century and well into the twenty-first.
The Blind Boys of Alabama will ring in the season and hit the road in support of their new album “Talkin’ Christmas!” The new release features veteran roots artist Taj Mahal as a co-billed collaborator, and will be available October 21 via Sony Music Masterworks.
The Blind Boys “Talkin Christmas!” Tour, which starts Nov. 22 in Port Washington and wraps up Dec. 23 in San Diego, will showcase the band performing selections from their new album, along with Christmas classics and other gems from a 70-plus-year career.
“It’s impossible to depart from a Blind Boys’ evening of high-spirited testifying without feeling exhilarated and grateful.” – Variety
Special Guest Roger Street Friedman’s songs have been widely played on Americana and Roots Radio stations throughout the country and he’s been featured on USA Today, CMT, American Songwriter and Relix Online. He has been featured on John Platt’s “The Sunday Breakfast” on WFUV, on Jimmy Buff’s morning drive on WDST and on Jack’s Cafe with Jack Baldwin on WCAP in Lowell, MA.
