CRBN Blues News

The Capital Region Blues Network (CRBN) is pleased to announce that, through our member donations and our partnership with the Stewart’s Foundation Holiday Match program, we donated the complete three…

From January 24th to January 28th the The Blues Foundation‘s International Blues Challenge (IBC) 2023 takes place in Memphis, TN. Representing CRBN at this year’s challenge are Rich Ertelt’s Blues…

On Tuesday, December 20th and Wednesday, December 21st, guitar instructor and local blues musician, Andrew Wheeler, joined the guitar classes of Schenectady High School teacher Josh Casano to teach an…

Our solo-duo challenge event at Caffe Lena was a great success. Our three competing acts, Peter Annello, Robin O’Herin and the Soul Searchers all gave great performances. The Soul Searchers…

On July 28th we were invited to participate in a great blues show in Schenectady, featuring Mark and Jill, Matt Mirable and the legendary Shemekia Copeland – part of the…

Our Band Challenge event at the Linda was a great success. Our two competing bands, Rich Ertelt and Blues Express and Big E and the Brutes, were joined by Thomasina…

On Monday, June 13th CRBN’s Blues in the Schools performer/teacher extraordinaire, Tas Cru, delivered two great sessions for K through 3rd grade students at two elementary schools in the Albany…

Mark and Jill, our Solo-Duo entrants for the 2022 International Blues Challenge, are the winners of the 2022 “Eddie” for Blues Artist of the Year!

From May 6th to May 9th the The Blues Foundation‘s International Blues Challenge (IBC) 2022 takes place in Memphis, TN. Representing CRBN at this year’s challenge are the George Fletcher…