GINA COLEMAN

About

25 years later, Gina is more widely known as the lead singer, founder, songwriter, and cigarbox guitar show house of the 2019 International Blues Challenge finalist, Misty Blues. The band performs original and traditional blues with hints of jazz, soul, funk, and tent revival gospel since 1999. Gina/Misty Blues have recorded 18 albums with tracks featuring artists like Charles Neville, Eric Gales, Joe Louis Walker, Justin Johnson, and Kat Riggins. They have performed extensively throughout the Northeast and have toured the continental U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. Misty Blues has been nominated for a number of Independent Blues Music Awards, and they were bestowed the honor of being the 2021 CFAB Music Realm Entertainer of the Year. Their original music is regularly aired on SiriusXM Bluesville, and they have had broad international airplay, as evidenced by chart standings on the Roots Music Report. In 2024, they had the distinct honor of having a song they released used in a presidential campaige ad. As Gina continues to lead Misty Blues into the next 25 years, she is actively venturing out with her solo career. Her first solo album “Unequivocally Blue” was released in 2025, and her second solo album will be released in the spring of 2026. Her upcoming recording project is a tribute to the "Uncrowned Queen Of The Blues” Ida Cox.