News
Welcome to the home of the BluesTones!
We finally did it! We finally updated our web site to make it more accessible to you, the fan. You can now browse more easily through our list of performances, purchase our music online through PayPal, and get in touch with our business manager so we can sing for your next big event! So go ahead, take a look around.
The BluesTones present: Black & Blue
We finished recording with Danny Ozment at Emerald City Productions and we've released our new album, "Black & Blue," mastered by diovoce. The album will be released on iTunes and other online retailers on December 16th, so be sure get your copy! For purchasing information on our older albums, check out our Music page.
Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards
For the first time in the history of The BluesTones, we have been nominated for THREE CARA AWARDS in the categories of Best Female Collegiate Album - Black & Blue, Best Female Collegiate Song - crushcrushcrush (Paramore), and Best Female Collegiate Soloist - Nicola Bertoni on Broken-Hearted Girl (Beyonce)! We are honored to be nominated alongside some very talented groups.
Congratulations to our NewsTone, Katie Arthur!
About the Bluestones
We are the BluesTones, an all-female a cappella group at James Madison University. Students Susie Gaskins and Laurie Wright founded this group in February of 1999, and we certainly have come a long way since! We rehearse regularly, arrange our own music, and perform and compete at an array of events and fundraisers on and off campus. Beyond JMU, the BluesTones have received much recognition and have toured extensively on the East Coast, performing alongside R&B group Ahmir, and many fellow a cappella groups including the Springstreeters from Williams College, Juxtaposition from Virginia Tech, the Accidentals from UGA, and the Hullabahoos from the University of Virginia.
We have recorded six studio albums, including our newest album, Black & Blue! We're always working on learning new material, and we specialize in popular music from oldies to present day hits.
