BLIND BOYS "DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS"

Two icons of the American cultural landscape will join forces to release “Down In New Orleans” – The Blind Boys of Alabama, Grammy-winning gospel favorites for over six decades, and Time Life, the world’s largest direct marketers of audio and video products.

Recorded in New Orleans at Piety Street Studios with a stellar cast of local artists, “Down In New Orleans” demonstrates how Crescent City soul, so deeply influenced by gospel music, can in return invigorate traditional classics. The CD is anchored by a trio of world-class New Orleans’ musicians (David Torkanowsky, Roland Guerin and Shannon Powell) and includes guest appearances by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Allen Toussaint and the Hot 8 Brass Band. A special music preview event is set for Sept. 30 at Preservation Hall from 6-8 p.m. with The Blind Boys and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

NEW ALBUM, OUT JAN. 29 ON TIMELIFE RECORDED IN THE CRESCENT CITY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ALLEN TOUSSAINT, PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, AND THE HOT 8 BRASS BAND

They may be from Alabama but they've been spending time in New Orleans. Four-time Grammy winners The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album 'Down In New Orleans,' their first in three years, will be released January 29, 2008 on the Time Life Music label. Recording for the first time in New Orleans, The Blind Boys are backed here by a trio of world-class New Orleans musicians: David Torkanowsky (piano), Roland Guerin (bass) and Shannon Powell (drums). Other guests include legendary pianist/producer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Allen Toussaint, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the horn-heavy Hot 8 Brass Band, one of the city's most vital young acts. But the band's deeply soulful and natural voices remain in the spotlight on 'Down In Orleans.' After performing together for over six decades, The Blind Boys of Alabama have enjoyed one of the more striking comebacks in recent memory. Their last several albums have earned these hipster septuagenarians the best reviews and record sales of their career, four Grammy Awards in a four year span, and a completely new, contemporary audience. 'Down In New Orleans' track listing 1. Free At Last 2. Make a Better World (with The Hot 8 Brass Band) 3. How I Got Over 4. You Got To Move 5. Across the Bridge (with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band) 6. You Better Mind 7. Down by the Riverside (with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Allen Toussaint) 8. If I Could Help Somebody (with Allen Toussaint) 9. Uncloudy Day (with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band) 10. A Prayer 11. I've Got A Home 12. I'll Fly Away (with The Hot 8 Brass Band)

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