Rhythms of Resistance: An Afternoon with Blues Icon Gaye Adegbalola
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Organizations: Gaye Adegbalola, New River Blues Society
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Speaking Engagements
Cost:

Description:
New River Blues Society and Christiansburg Institute present "Rhythms of Resistance: An Afternoon with Blues Icon Gaye Adegbalola" on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at The Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg VA.

Through song and story Gaye shares her first-hand experiences and insights in the struggle for equality, from embracing the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, sitting-in and picketing, to the Black Power Movement and Malcom X, in order to find her own path on the journey to self-acceptance, empowerment and freedom.

Gaye Adegbalola, Blues Music Award winner and a founding member of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women (1984-2009), plays guitar, harmonica and is a composer. She has recorded 10 CDs on Alligator Records and has toured widely throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Gaye was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she sat-in, picketed and protested its racism. She graduated as valedictorian of the then-segregated Walker-Grant High School, went “ up North” to Boston University to finish with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked as a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Media (with a concentration in photography) from Virginia State University.

Prior to becoming a full time blues artist, Gaye was a science teacher in the Fredericksburg City Public School system for 18 years, and was honored as Virginia State Teacher of the Year in 1982.

Gaye has also released six CDs on her own Hot Toddy Music label: "Neo-Classic Blues" with Roddy Barnes, "Blues Gone Black" by Blue Mama Black Son (Gaye & her son, Juno), “Gaye Without Shame,” her Parents' Choice Gold Award winning Children’s Blues CD “Blues in All Flavors”, "Is It Still Good to Ya?" by Gaye & The Wild R?tz, and “The Griot,' plus two EPS, “Freedom Song Trilogy, Volume 1" and "Freedom Song Trilogy, Volume 2.” Her most recent album is an anthology, “Satisfied!” (2023) and has selected songs from her post-Saffire career.

Links:

• https://adegbalola.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/GayeAdegbalolaMusician
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYX2IUoIP1g
• https://www.instagram.com/gayeadegbalola/

Tickets are $25.00 for adults, $15.00 for students with valid ID and free for children ages 12 & under.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=442754~4ab27fc5-7b1f-40ac-9bdb-32c61284f6ac&epguid=538611ae-7d38-4bdf-a9f5-0886a741dee4&.

Note: Child and student tickets must be acquired at the box office.

The Lyric Theatre is located at 135 College Avenue in Blacksburg, VA.

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For more information on the event, visit: https://www.christiansburginstitute.com/rhythms-of-resistance-an-afternoon-with-blues-icon-gaye-adegbalola or https://www.newriverbluessociety.com/events/rhythms-of-resistance-an-afternoon-with-blues-icon-gaye-adegbalola or https://www.facebook.com/@christiansburginstitute or https://www.facebook.com/nrvBluesSociety or https://www.facebook.com/events/938541467879090.

For more information on The Lyric, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/lyric.blacksburg or https://www.instagram.com/thelyrictheatre/ or call 540-951-4771.