The feature documentary “How Sweet the Sound: The Blind Boys of Alabama” tells the story of the Legendary gospel quartet The Blind Boys of Alabama, the award-winning gospel group that met at a state-run, segregated vocational institute for the blind in the 1930s, and have toured continuously, amassing five Grammy Awards and universal […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama must be doing something right. The veteran gospel act, which formed in 1939, somehow keeps on rolling. “It’s been a long time since this all started but we continue on since we have always been good at communicating,” vocalist Jimmy Carter said during a telephone interview from Des Moines, […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama are releasing a new album, I’ll Find a Way, which will be available Oct. 1 and is produced by Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver). The album is a collaboration between this legendary group and some of their biggest fans and upcoming artists in gospel and soul, Sam Amidon, Shara […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama appeared in Washington more than a year ago with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band performing music from their latest Grammy winner, “Down in New Orleans.” The proceeds of that album went toward the city’s restoration. Now they return to raise their glorious voices in “Take the High Road,” the group’s […]
