Sue Foley Band / GA-20
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Thu, Dec 3, 2026
- Doors open
- 7:00 PM
- Start
- 8:00 PM
The Warehouse at FTCReserved Seating & Reserved Mezzanine
Sue Foley
Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter whoselatest album,One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar, wasnominated for the 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.Known for her fiery playing and soulful voice, Foley blends Texas blues grit withrefined fingerstyle technique, whether on her signature pink paisley FenderTelecaster or a hand-built flamenco guitar.
Born in Ottawa, Canada, Foley began performing professionally at 16 and madeher mark in Austin, Texas, with the legendary Antone’s label. Since her 1992debutYoung Girl Blues, she’s toured internationally, sharing stages with B.B.King, Buddy Guy, and Billy F Gibbons. Foley is a five-time consecutive BluesMusic Award winner for Traditional Blues Female Artist (2020–2025) and arecipient of multiple other honors, including a JUNO Award and the 2024 MapleBlues Lifetime Achievement Award.
A passionate scholar as well as a performer, Foley holds a PhD in Musicology andwill release her first book,Guitar Women, in 2026. As thePhiladelphiaInquirerwrote, “Foley has a killer voice, an impossibly alluring blend of sex andinnocence to go with those blazing guitar chops.” WithOne Guitar Woman, shereclaims history and redefines what a guitar hero can be.
GA-20
Since 2018, GA-20 has been at the forefront of a traditional Blues revival. The dynamic throwback trio have long been disciples of the place where traditional Blues, Country and Rock ‘n’ Roll intersect. “We make records that we would want to listen to,” says guitarist Matt Stubbs. “It’s our take on the song-based traditional electric Blues we love.” Stubbs, along with guitarist & vocalist Cody Nilsen and drummer Josh Kiggans, strive to bring traditional Blues to the front lines of the modern roots music scene. “The focus for us has always been on the story, the melody, and on creating a mood,” Stubbs continues. “Traditional Country and Soul have all had these massive recent revivals. We want to be part of doing that for traditional Blues music.
”GA-20 has drawn inspiration for their old-school sounds from the music they love by artists such as Otis Rush, J.B. Lenoir, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells, Hound DogTaylor, Earl Hooker, Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson and so many others. Performing with what feels like reckless abandon, GA-20 brings a timeless immediacy to every song they play with a sound that continues to grow and evolve. The band uses vintage instruments and amps to produce their authentic sound, and favours traditional recording techniques, like recording live off the floor together in one room, to help recreate that energy and sonic connection.
In their short history, GA-20 have been 3x #1 Billboard Blues chart toppers, 4xBoston Music Award winners for Best Blues Act, and have received multiple wins and nominations at the Blues Music Awards, Blues Blast Awards, New England Blues Awards, and have ascended streaming and radio charts at home and internationally. Medium.com has appropriately declared, “This is the kind of music that travels through time while taking from the era where it was born and turning it into something fresh. Dirty and raw...timeless and modern.”