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Triangle Blues Society's Road to Memphis Fundraiser Concert
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
Ralph DeMasi
Nov 20, 20241 min read
Acisse Jay and Lynnette Barber & Will Ellis Win 2024 Triangle Blues Challenge
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
Ralph DeMasi
Oct 7, 20244 min read


Local Acts to Compete This Weekend at the Triangle Blues Challenge
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
Ralph DeMasi
Oct 4, 20241 min read


Submit Your Album for Triangle Blues Society's Best Self-Produced CD Contest
As a part of the upcoming Triangle Blues Challenge, you are invited to submit your compact disc to the Triangle Blues Society to have it considered for the Best Self-Produced CD at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis!Here are the rules: The compact disc entered may be recorded and performed by an act other than is entered in the current year’s International Blues Challenge. Compilations are not eligible. Only CDs released between November 1, 2023, and October 31,
Ralph DeMasi
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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