CRBN Blues News
WHAT'S HOT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CAPITAL REGION'S BLUES SCENE
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…
Donation from the Bank of Greene County
CRBN President Richard Green receiving a grant from the Bank of Greene County. Don’t get too excited – we didn’t get $556,000! That was the total the bank paid out…
Blues @ Niskayuna Senior Center!
On July 10th the Niskayuna Senior Center enjoyed a concert “Baby Boomer Blues” with The Tony Berkley Band. The show was sponsored by The Capital Region Blues Network in our…
Blues in the Schools at Mohonason High School
On April 29th CRBN held a Blues in the Schools program with guest musician-educators Garland Nelson and Gail Sparlin. The program was held for the entire Junior class at Mohonason…
More Blues Books Donations!
We recently donated a collection of children’s books about the blues to several libraries in Columbia County – CRBN Board Member Margo Singer presented the collection to Shea Wert, Director…
