USA Today Music — Known as "The Chief," Clearwater was born Edward Harrington in Macon, Mississippi. A self-taught guitarist, he began his career in Birmingham, performing with gospel music groups, including the Five Blind Boys of Alabama.           ... more info

USA Today Music — Jimmy Carter, one of the group's two surviving original members, shares a playlist of favorites with USA TODAY.             more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mavis Staples, Cyndi Lauper, Michael McDonald, Jackson Brown, Gary Clark Jr, Dr. John, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Warren Hynes, Marc Cohn, the Blind Boys of Alabama and more will all be performing at NYC's Beacon Theatre on March 9... Contin... more info

KEXP Seattle — “Discovery and exploration” – that’s what AEGLive’s vice president of Pacific Northwest operations Rob Thomas said was the guiding principle of this year’s Bumbershoot bookings. The long-standing festival has held operations at the heart ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Before most of the festival’s attendees have even arrived at Seattle Center, KEXP’s Bumbershoot was already underway. Setting a high bar right from the get-go, gospel legends Blind Boys of Alabama opened the festival with an intimate... more info

Mercury News, California — Blind Boys of Alabama, Neko Case, Fantastic Negrito among recommended acts appearing at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco. more info

Mercury News, California — Big Star's Third, Paul Weller, Blind Boys of Alabama are among our top picks for the 2015 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. more info

Perez Hilton — What a perfect way to end the Grammys! To start things off, Beyoncé, along with the Andrae Crouch choir and Blind Boys of Alabama, delivered a FLAWLESS performance of the gospel hit, Take My Hand, Precious Lord. The powerful song was a favorite of M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yo La Tengo @ The Bell House, December 2013 (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... New Build, Museum of Love @ Me1rcury Lounge On tour... more info

Starpulse — Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor and Lucinda Williams have signed on to record tracks for a new Blind Willie Johnson tribute album - if fans fund the project online. The Blind Boys of Alabama and Rickie... more info