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Atlanta blues refers to the local blues scene in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.According to AllMusic,"The Atlanta blues scene of the 1920s was among the most fertile in all the South, with a steady stream of rural musicians converging on the city hoping to gain exposure playing the local club circuit, with any luck rising to perform at Decatur ...
Atlanta is also home to the Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet, Capitol City Opera, Georgia Boy Choir, Atlanta Boy Choir, and many others. The music salon of the Oscar Pappenheimer mansion was the hub of chamber music from the 1890s through the 1920s.
The Tabernacle [2] [3] is a mid-size concert hall located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia.Opening in 1911 as a church, the building was converted into a music venue in 1996.It is owned and managed by concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment and has a capacity of 2,600 people.
The Variety Playhouse (originally known as the Euclid Theatre) is a music venue in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.It is located on Euclid Avenue and features a variety of music acts including rock, indie, electronic, funk, country, folk, bluegrass, jazz, blues and world music as well as other live shows.
The Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970) involved Macon's The Allman Brothers Band.In later decades, Atlanta has hosted the annual 2-day Music Midtown festival since 1994 (Atlanta's Collective Soul played there in 2000 and 2017, Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra in 2011, and Atlanta's Ludacris in 2001 and 2012), Shaky Beats Music Festival (an ...
The International Blues Challenge (IBC) is a music competition run by the Blues Foundation. [1]Notable blues artists that have competed in the IBC over the years also includes Fiona Boyes, Eden Brent, Michael Burks, Tommy Castro, Sean Costello, Albert Cummings, Døvydas, Larry Garner, Zac Harmon, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, HowellDevine, Richard Johnston, Julian Fauth, Super Chikan, Susan ...
Gradually, after the 1930s, Nashville became the capital of country music. In addition, Atlanta's aspirations to more "upscale" arts discouraged both the hillbilly band and blues scenes. [5] From the 1940s to the mid-1950s, Atlantans supported a thriving live country music scene, but the city no longer was a major center of music recording. [5]
Sandra L. Hall (born September 5, 1951) [3] is an American blues and soul blues singer and songwriter. She has been billed as Atlanta's "Empress of the Blues" [1] Hall is an Honorary Member of the Atlanta Blues Society. [4] To date she has released five albums, including three on Ichiban Records. [5]