NCFBS Presents: Eden Brent w/ Beulah Mae

NCFBS: Eden Brent w/ Beulah Mae
Blues lady Eden Brent is a piano-pounding, juke-joint hollering powerhouse of American music. A legendary performer and southern songwriter, she spent the first two decades of her career under the tutelage of Abie “Boogaloo” Ames, before winning The International Blues Challenge in 2006 and bouncing onto the global music scene. Since then, she lands steady honors, with four Blues Music Awards and a lengthy list of lifetime accolades. Currently Brent is nominated for Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award) in the 2026 Blues Music Awards following her Piano trophy win in 2025.

Eden was born into a family of riverboat captains and guitar pickers in the river port of Greenville, the largest town in the Mississippi Delta, renowned for its literary history. Eden studied jazz and was classically trained in piano and voice at the University of North Texas, earning her degree in music theory. She started learning piano at age three and was given her first guitar at age nine. Piano lessons were part of her formal education from elementary school through music college and finally her apprenticeship with Boogaloo Ames.

Beulah Mae is a long time exclusively Blues artist/guitarist that performs a unique blend of vintage electric style Blues, and acoustic finger picking rag style. Her Blues influences include Reverend Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Magic Sam, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland, and T-Bone Walker. She has a long history of performing on festival stages and events as an opening act for featured music acts including Koko Taylor, Lazy Lester and Eddie Kirkland. She was a performer in the 2025 North Central Florida Women in Blues Showcase.