"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Critic Consensus
Based on 28 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Blind Boys Of Alabama is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. The Blind Boys Of Alabama concert reviews describe live shows and performances as uplifting, soulful, and captivating.
The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel music group from Alabama that first formed at the Talledega School for the Deaf and Blind in 1939. Although the Blind Boys of Alabama have been singing gospel music for more than five decades, it's only recently that the group has had the benefit of a major record company behind them.
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Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)
June 8, 2023
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Blind Boys Of Alabama, Bobby Rush, Albert King’s centennial salute begin bountiful Blues Fest
Legendary Southern gospel act enjoys warm Sunday welcome, perfect weather at popular outdoor amphitheater, while show opener Marc Cohn charms crowd with rich vocals, effusive humor.
The alt-country newbies showed there's lots happening at both ends of the musical and generational spectrum — and hopefully there's lots more to come from them.
Boys is a bit of a misnomer for the six-time Grammy-winning gospel group formed way back in the 1930s by nine-year-old students attending the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, located in Talladega.
The show at London’s Jazz Cafe was a triumph and the crowd were chanting and cheering long after the three remaining originals were led upstairs and away.
Both support act Mavis Staples and headliners The Blind Boys of Alabama are deeply religious gospel artists that might have been disappointed with the presumably largely secular crowd.
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