Saffire News

More than 1,250 people stood up and cheered the moment that Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women--took the stage for their final concert last night, and the applause continued throughout the 2-hour show.

Saffire the Uppity Blues Women will perform tonight in a fundraiser for the Partnership for Academic Excellence at Dodd Auditorium at the University of Mary Washington.

After 25 years of hard-knockin', no-holds-barred, sassy and unabashedly feminist acoustic-blues performances, Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women soon will be bringing down the curtain on their award-winning career.

If you go Who: Saffire the Uppity Blues Women When: 8 p.m. Saturday at Gay Community Center of Richmond, 1407 Sherwood Ave.

Seven local cancer patients appear in the video version of "Bald Headed Blues," which went online last week.

The women of Saffire: The Uppity Blueswomen - pianist Ann Rabson, guitarist Gaye Adegbalola and bassist Andra Faye - have thankfully booked an Indianapolis venue for their farewell tour.

When it comes to blues and reggae, the Hampton Roads music scene delivers the goods.

From left: Multi-instrumentalist Andra Faye, Gaye Adegbalola, who plays guitar, harmonica and is a composer, and pianist Ann Rabson are 'Havin' The Last Word' during their farewell tour.

At one point in the early '90s, the ladies from Saffire just considered themselves blues historians, but since their performing career has gotten launched on the festival circuit, they've become much more than that.

Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women. Left to right are Andra Faye, Gaye Adegbalola and Ann Rabson.

Mountain Park is open once again. While there are no plans for roller coasters or carousels, at least for the time being, the once venerable summer destination summit will serve up rock'n' roll and crooners of all kinds come this weekend.

If you're a fan of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women , you might be getting some uppity blues of your own at the news that the trio is calling it quits after a quarter-century together.

The Boss and company will perform his "Born to Run" album in its entirety plus other songs from his catalog during the concert at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison, at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

Correction: Because of an editing error, former Boston Public Schools superintendent Michael Contompasis was misidentified in a photo with a story on yesterday's Page One about Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the teachers' union.

Charlotte audiences can look forward to more than 30 special attractions representing the best music, comedy, and theatrical events available that are featured on the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's 2009-10 season.

P aul Oscher , who played harmonica with Muddy Waters from 1967 to 1972, plays his "Alone with the Blues show" July 30 at the Iron Horse in Northampton.

ROCKLAND : The 16th annual North Atlantic Blues Festival went off without a hitch or a raindrop, at least during the day, July 11 and 12 in Harbor Park.

ROCKLAND : The 16th annual North Atlantic Blues Festival will fill Rockland's Harbor Park, and surrounding clubs and pubs, all weekend and that means, despite the recent weather, summer has arrived.

A little sunshine can burn away the blues - and a good weather forecast for this coming weekend is making organizers of the North Atlantic Blues Fest feel downright optimistic.

ROCKLAND : Advance ticket sales for the North Atlantic Blues Festival, set for Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12, in Harbor Park, run through Monday, July 6. Advance tickets are $25 per day, $45 for a weekend pass including the downtown club crawl Saturday night.