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. . . This year, Friends of the Festival, the nonprofit that supports Roots N Blues, is participating in CoMoGives, an annual online fundraiser that supports nonprofits across Mid-Missouri....
. . . . It’s no secret that women are massively underrepresented in the music industry. In comparison to their male counterparts, women only make up a small fraction...
Columbia, Missouri is a town most people have probably never heard of. Fans of college football may know Columbia for its SEC team, the Mizzou Tigers, and documentary enthusiasts...
Get excited to enjoy some amazing beer, wine, food, and crafts at Roots N Blues 2021! Our wide range of hand-picked vendors (most of which are local!) will have...
Kassi Ashton is a walking contradiction. Part retro beauty queen, part Harley-Davidson fanatic, the singer has developed an image that seamlessly blends the free-wheeling motorcycle culture of late 20th...
Sifa Bihomora, the twenty-three-year-old Columbia native behind the up-and-coming musical project ‘Sifa,’ is easily one of the most inspiring individuals you’ll ever meet. Though only a handful of songs...
It has been nearly three decades since Missouri native Sheryl Crow put out her first smash hit, “All I Wanna Do.” In the years since, she has become an...
We have worked hand-in-hand with local health officials to ensure Roots N Blues can move ahead safely this year. We have committed to the following protocols and guidelines to...
Halle Kearns is a Columbia native who’s making a name for herself in the pop-country scene. Locals may remember her best as a Rock Bridge Bruin or a waitress...
Georgia peach sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell form Larkin Poe, a band whose old-school southern rock ’n roll sound is anything but sweet. The girls took the band’s name...
Leah Song and Chloe Smith, the folk music/sister duo known professionally as Rising Appalachia, are bringing old sounds into the modern world. What began as a one-off album created...
When talking about Mavis Staples, it’s hard to decide what to focus on. The fact that she marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in the sixties might be a...
Quirky musical masterminds Tank and the Bangas are the soul-meets-jazz-meets-hip-hop New Orleans-based fivepiece that is delivering an entirely fresh sound to today’s sonic landscape. Formed in 2011 after the...
When it comes to blues, Shemekia Copeland is nothing short of a master of the craft. She sings with unmatched soul and, as the recipient of multiple Blues Music...
In 2005, a young singer-songwriter from rural Washington state released her debut album, Brandi Carlile. In the years since, the woman of the same name has become a musical...
From New York City subway buskers to playing the halftime show at Madison Square Garden’s Latino Night, Flor de Toloache, an all-female mariachi band, has captured the hearts of...
Before Lennon Stella hit her twenties, she had already starred as a core character on the hit television drama Nashville, formed one half of YouTube music sensation Lennon &...
If you aren’t already familiar with up-and-coming blues group Southern Avenue, you will be soon. Bleeding with talent and breathing new life into modern soul music, this Memphis-based ensemble...
