Recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music, The Blind Boys of Alabama have built a career spanning over 70 years. They have received six GRAMMY Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and an induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. The group crosses musical boundaries with remarkable interpretations of everything from traditional gospel favourites to contemporary spiritual material.

The Blind Boys of Alabama

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

More than a gospel institution, the Blind Boys of Alabama are a cultural force that has swept up musicians from every stylistic precinct, including Prince, Willie Nelson, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, and Ben Harper. With six GRAMMY Awards (including one for lifetime achievement) and a sumptuous repertoire of soaring anthems, the group is a gospel standard bearer that has crossed over without adopting secular songs.

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Blind Boys of Alabama

SFJAZZ Center

We are pleased to welcome the Blind Boys of Alabama back to JaquaConcert Hall for another awesome evening of their legendary Gospel sound!

The Blind Brothers of Alabama

The Shedd Institute

The Blind Boys of Alabama have the rare distinction of being recognized around the world as both living legends and modern-day innovators.  They are not just gospel singers borrowing from old traditions; the group helped to define those traditions in 20th century and almost single-handedly created a new gospel sound for the 21st.  Since the original members first sang together as kids at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the late 1930s (including Jimmy Carter, who leads the group today), the band has persevered through seven decades to become one of the most recognized and decorated roots music groups in the world.

Mendocino Music Festival

Winners of five Grammy Awards, The Blind Boys of Alabama are living legends who continue setting the standard for gospel music. Coming of musical age while touring the South during the Jim Crow era, the Blind Boys developed a unique sound blending the close harmonies of early jubilee gospel with the charismatic tradition’s fervent improvisations.

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Dec 4, 2025