The all-women, blues-influenced Blue Velvet Atlanta is raising its profile with regular gigs at Napoleon’s in Decatur. It plays Inman Park Festival on April 26.

Figgis himself participated, albeit in a minor way, in this period of history, playing in a blues band with Bryan Ferry, a band that was the nucleus for the first Roxy Music. A series of musical ...

A pair of rousing saxes, a straight-up Chicago-style bluesman, a sweetly alluring singer, and male-female back-up singers ensure Bad News Blues Band has depth, warmth and range. Whether covering ...