Armand and Bluesology will serve as host band for the Triangle Blues Society's Third Sunday Blues Jam on May 18, 2025 – and they have special plans. The jam, held from 4-7 p.m. at the Speakeasy in Carrboro, will feature a set inspired by the late Piedmont bluesman Walter "Lightnin' Bug" Rhodes. The Hamlet, North Carolina, bluesman died in 1990 just as his dormant career was in the midst of a long-hoped-for comeback. "Walter was gonna be big," argues Chapel Hill's Armand Len

International Blues Challenge finalists Lynnette Barber and Will Ellis will join us for a special performance at the Triangle Blues Society's 2025 Member Appreciation Party, held from 4-7 p.m. May 4 at the Blue Note Grill in Durham. Stop by to renew your membership and mingle with fellow blues music enthusiasts. Prior to the event, Lynnette and Will shared the story of their amazing experiences in Memphis: TRIANGLE BLUES PRIDE AMPLIFIED: THE STORY OF LYNNETTE BARBER AND WILL

The Triangle Blues Society sponsors a special fundraising concert from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. 2024, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham, N.C. Triangle Blues Challenge winners Acisse Jay and the Gents (band) and Lynnette Barber & Will Ellis (solo/duo) will perform. They're set to represent the area in the Blues Foundation's 40th International Blues Challenge – and your donations will help fund their trip. Make blues dreams come true! Advance tickets are on sale now; there's a

The Triangle Blues Challenge's 2024 winners are Acisse Jay and the Gents (band) and Lynnette Barber & Will Ellis (solo/duo). They'll now represent the area in the Blues Foundation's 40th International Blues Challenge after competing on Oct. 6, 2024, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham, N.C. In all, more than 250 acts from around the world will converge for the IBC in Memphis to perform before music industry pros searching for new talent, with the chance to win recognition and p

It's time for the Triangle Blues Society's Triangle Blues Challenge! Our regional competition to select acts that will represent the area in the Blues Foundation’s 40th International Blues Challenge is set for 1 PM Sunday, October 6, 2024, at the Blue Note Grill in Durham, N.C. Categories include solo, duo and bands. Competing bands this weekend include Acisse Jay and the Gents, Cammy and the Soul Shakers and the Tanner Lee Blues Band. Solo and duo contestants include J. Mic

TBS' 2024 Triangle Blues Challenge Call for Musicians and Best Self-Produced CD The Triangle Blues Society's Triangle Blues Challenge is a regional competition to select acts that will represent the area in the Blues Foundation’s 40th International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 250 acts from around the world converge on Beale Street to perform before the music industry searching for new talent, with the chance to win recognition and prizes that inc

Howard Levy, a two-time Grammy Award-winning pianist, harmonica player and composer, is set for a May appearance in Durham, N.C., with his new band. He's been playing the diatonic harmonica since the age of 19, developing groundbreaking techniques that allowed him to play it as a fully chromatic instrument. The multi-instrumentalist was soon going far beyond the folk and blues music that the harmonica is usually associated with, as he explored jazz, classical and Middle East

Exactly what is the IBC experience? Worldwide affiliates of the Blues Foundation have their own annual blues challenges, and the winners of solo/duo and band categories head to Memphis to compete in the International Blues Challenge – the largest gathering of blues musicians (and fans) on this planet! It doesn’t matter if you’re a first-timer (or an old-timer like me – this was my 22nd year to attend!), blues musicians and blues lovers from far and wide converge on Beale Str

Want to help make some blues dreams come true? Here's your chance! Each year, the Triangle Blues Society sponsors the Triangle Blues Challenge where local musicians compete to earn a spot at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, the largest gathering of blues musicians in the world. Sponsored by the Blues Foundation, the IBC lasts for almost a week. The signature element of the Triangle Blues Society's mission is to raise funds to support their trips to Tennessee. T