CRBN Blues News

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 Blues Band in the band category and Mark and Jill Sing the Blues in the solo/duo category. Wish them luck as they spend their last…

On Wednesday April 27th CRBN provided a very special Blues In The Schools presentation at Oneida Middle School in Schenectady. During an after school guitar class led by music instructor Mike Lawrence, national recording/touring artist and music educator Tas Cru and his musical partner Mary Ann Casale talked about the origins of blues music and…

Another Donation Received from Stewart’s Holiday Match Program! The donation will provide funding for our Blues in the Schools and Blues in the Libraries programs. This funding provides CRBN with the ability to provide reading materials to kids in the community and with educational programs. More information and to sign up children for the activity see…

The Capital Region Blues Network has selected Misty Blues’ latest album “None More Blue” as our entry for the “Best Self-Produced CD” competition at the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge event in Memphis in May, 2022. “None More Blue” was the band’s 9th album and was released during the qualifying period for IBC 2022 (reminder:…

Nominees include: The Amy Ryan Band The George Fletcher Blues Band Soul Sky Mark and Jill Biscuits ‘n’ Gravy Matt Mirable and Alison Jacobs All of these artists are accomplished regional blues acts, each representing a variety of blues styles, performing throughout our region and beyond. They are all truly immersed in the blues and…

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 book series of Tas Cru’s “Bubba the Blues Hound” to the Albany School District for 17 elementary and middle schools. Additionally, thanks to Tas’s generosity…

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 book series of Tas Cru’s “Bubba the Blues Hound” to the Saratoga Springs Public Library. Additionally, thanks to Tas’s generosity we have also been able…

CRBN is pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Stewart’s Holiday Match program and the Emily Willey Foundation to supply the complete three book series of Tas Cru’s “Bubba the Blues Hound” for their community library share program sites in Schenectady County!