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Music Haven Children’s Book Giveaway 2026
CRBN’s participation in the Music Haven Concert Series blues night on August 9th in Schenectady, once again gave us an opportunity to spread the word about the blues among younger…
Solo-Duo Challenge 9/19 @ 1pm
The road to Memphis begins at Caffè Lena! Rees Shad, Mike Herman, Chest’r and Spendthrift Lover will compete for the opportunity to represent our region at the International Blues Challenge in…
Blues Books Donation for Coxsackie Library!
We recently donated a collection of children’s books about the blues to Coxsackie Library. CRBN Board Member Eric Kreplin presented the collection to Maureen Hanse of the library staff. We…
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop for Kids!
On February 28th at the Colonie Library our good friend and CRBN member, Scott Heller, ran a CRBN-sponsored workshop for children to help them each make a cigar box guitar.…
CRBN Music Haven Brick!
CRBN has participated in Schenectady’s Music Haven’s dedication program where individuals and organizations can show their support by dedicating a stadium seat or brick at a special wall at the…
Cigar Box Guitar Workshop – 2/28
Our good friend Scott Heller is running this workshop to give kids the opportunity to build a cigar box guitar! Be sure to sign up early!
WAMC Plays the Blues!
WAMC’s Live in Concert series highlighted six groups that, over the span of about 10 years, have competed in CRBN’s regional qualifying challenge event for the International Blues Challenge. The…
Memphis Bound!
Congratulations to the Amy Ryan Band (winners of this year’s Band Challenge) and Trevor Collins (winner of the year’s Solo-Duo Challenge) as they head to Memphis, TN for the International…
Music Haven Children’s Book Giveaway
CRBN’s participation in the Music Haven Concert Series blues night on August 3rd in Schenectady, gave us an opportunity to spread the word about the blues among younger audiences. We…