The Black Music Festival 2025 brings Annie and family to… Sala Apolo!

Soul and R&B... familiar. Annie Caldwell, a vocalist who, even if you don't like black roots rhythms, you might know (like Annie Brown) from the band she's played in since she was a child, the Staples Jr. Singers. When she has free time, Annie continues singing, but now she sings with The Caldwells, a group made up of her husband (guitarist) and her three daughters. They perform at Sala Apolo, in the only Barcelona stop of a Catalan festival dedicated to black music.

It's the Black Music Festival 2025, whose preferred territory is Girona and the surrounding counties, but whose programme also includes Viladecans and, in the case of Annie & The Caldwells' concert, Barcelona's Paral-lel.

There you will see an artist who was part of a musical group of ‘junior’ artists who have never left the stage and who still continues to perform today. They were, mostly, a family, the Brown family. This was Annie's maiden name when she changed it for the one of Willkie Joe Caldwell, the band's guitarist, whom she married.

Now, with their own family, vocalist and guitarist continue to sing and play with the Staples Jr. Singers, but they keep alive the tradition that gave birth to the first group and have formed a second one with their own family.

You can see how the younger generations bring their musical vision to the group, so here you won't stop moving to the sound of soul, R&B and disco rhythms, impossible to resist. They are the ones that are part of We made it, the album of 2018, with songs like Child of God or Rise Again.

If you want to see how soul is made in the family, don't miss the concert by Annie & The Caldwells as part of the Black Music Festival at Sala Apolo, but first check the website for information about the concert.