2018 Levitt National Tour
2018 Levitt National Tour
Paul Thorn and Blind Boys of Alabama
In summer 2018, the Levitt National Tour returned with a one-of-a-kind artist collaboration featuring Southern raconteur Paul Thorn and GRAMMY-winning gospel royalty, Blind Boys of Alabama!
About the Tour
The 2018 Levitt National Tour featured acclaimed singer-songwriter Paul Thorn and his five-piece band, teaming up with five-time GRAMMY-winning Gospel legends, Blind Boys of Alabama, for a one-of-a-kind musical collaboration. The Tour followed on the heels of the 2017 Levitt National Tour, which featured Gulf Coast Soul sensation The Suffers, and previous Levitt National Tours featuring genre-busting violin outfit Black Violin (2015) and the world-music fusion of Playing For Change (2014). 2018 Levitt National Tour audiences across the country experienced exhilarating, soulful shows blending old-school gospel with rock, blues and country.
About Blind Boys of Alabama
“One of the great groups of American roots music.” —WMOT 89.5 FM
Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) 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 almost 80 years.
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 Eric Clapton, Prince and Tom Waits. They have appeared on recordings with many artists, including Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville, Susan Tedeschi, Ben Harper, Patty Griffin and Taj Mahal. Blind Boys of Alabama have appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman, The Grammy Awards, 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report and many other television shows.
Read more about the 2018 Levitt National Tour in reVerb, the Levitt blog.