TOMORROW on TDMS: Blind Boys Of Alabama – Grammy Winning Recording Artists. The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 60 years. The Blind Boys are known for crossing multiple musical boundaries with their remarkable interpretations of everything from traditional gospel favorites to contemporary spiritual material by songwriters such as Ben Harper, Eric Clapton, Prince and Tom Waits. They have appeared on recordings with Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, k.d. lang, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson, Susan Tedeschi, Solomon Burke, Aaron Neville, Ben Harper and most recently Justin Vernon, Patty Griffin, Merrill Garbus and Sam Amidon on their latest recording I’ll Find A Way. The Blind Boys of Alabama have made appearances on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, The Grammy Awards, 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report and their own holiday special on PBS. *The Blind Boys Of Alabama will be performing at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto on Monday Dec 8th @ 8:00 PM. Opening for them will be former TDMS guest samanthamartin.ca A rising star in the Canadian blues scene, Samantha Martin’s latest ensemble Delta Sugar have quickly gain attention and praise from soul, gospel and blues fans alike. Recently, they appeared as part of the annual Women’s Blues Revue at Massey Hall. blindboys
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