Family heritage with blues and soul soul. Masters of blues & soul.

Blackburn Brothers is a multi-award winning Canadian band that combines a blues base with funk, jazz and soul rhythms to create a distinctive and uplifting sound influenced by legends such as BB King, Ray Charles, Eddie Harris, Miles Davis, James Brown and Stevie Wonder.

This fourth generation family band, descendants of Elias Earls, who escaped from slavery and settled in southern Ontario, is made up of the three brothers Duane (vocals/keyboards), Brooke (guitar/vocals) and Cory (drums) along with Neil Braithwaite (tenor sax), Ted Peters (trombone) and Andrew Stewart (bass). They acknowledge that their great inspiration is their father, legendary rock and roll and R&B artist Bobby Dean Blackburn, whose legacy in the Toronto music scene stretches back more than six decades.