|
contents | blues | |||||||||||||
| 35th Blues Music Awards Nominees Announced The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the nominations for the annual Blues Music Awards, which will be presented at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday, May 8, 2014. The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in Blues music. The annual Blues Music Awards ceremony is the premier event for Blues professionals, musicians, and fans from all over the world. The focus of this celebration is to recognize superior achievements in Blues performance, songwriting, and recording while honoring a rich cultural tradition. Leading the list of nominees for the 35th Blues Music Awards with five nominations are Lurrie Bell, James Cotton and Charlie Musselwhite. Buddy Guy received four. Rick Estrin, Doug MacLeod and Bobby Rush each garnered three nominations. Both of Charlie Musselwhite's releases Get Up! with Ben Harper and Remembering Little Walter with a quintet of harpists were nominated (as they were for the Grammys ). It was good year for members of the Blues Hall of Fame as Cotton, Guy, Musselwhite, Rush and Billy Boy Arnold are all enshrined but still artistically relevant. The complete list of 35th Blues Music Award nominees follows. Tickets for the Award show go on sale December 16. Blues Foundation members are the only fans who vote to decide which nominees will actually take home the Blues Music Award. Of course, anyone can become a member! Every year, the Blues Music Awards ceremony itself proves to be one of the best shows of the year. After all, almost every nominee not only attends, but also performs – creating a lineup comprised of the best of the best in blues all in one evening. Major funding is provided by ArtsMemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission. The 34rd Blues Music Awards are also sponsored by BMI, Catfood Records, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, First Tennessee Foundation, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and Sony/Legacy. 35th Blues Music Award Nominees Acoustic Album There's a Time - Doug MacLeod Juba dance - Guy Davis featuring Fabrizio Poggi Soulscape - Harrison Kennedy Avalon - Rory Block Unleashed - The Hound Kings Acoustic Artist Doug MacLeod Guy Davis Harrison Kennedy Little G Weevil Rory Block Album Get Up! - Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite Remembering Little Walter - Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman Rhythm & Blues - Buddy Guy Cotton Mouth Man - James Cotton Blues in My Soul - Lurrie Bell B.B. King Entertainer Bobby Rush Buddy Guy John Németh Kim Wilson Rick Estrin Band Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials Rick Estrin & the Night Cats Tedeschi Trucks Band The Mannish Boys Trampled Under Foot Best New Artist Debut Double Crossing Blues - Adrianna Marie and Her Groovecutters Rooster - Clay Swafford Proof of Love - Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band What's the Chance... - Paul Gabriel Daddy Told Me - Shawn Holt & the Teardrops Pushin' Against a Stone - Valerie June Contemporary Blues Album Get Up! - Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite This Time Another Year - Brandon Santini Rhythm & Blues - Buddy Guy Magic Honey - Cyril Neville Badlands - Trampled Under Foot Contemporary Blues Female Artist Ana Popovic Beth Hart Bettye LaVette Candye Kane Susan Tedeschi Contemporary Blues Male Artist Buddy Guy Gary Clark, Jr. Johnny Sansone Kim Wilson Otis Taylor DVD High John Records - Time Brings About a Change (Floyd Dixon) J&R Adventures - An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (Joe Bonamassa) Shake-It-Sugar Records – Live (Murali Coryell) Ruf Records - Songs from the Road (Royal Southern Brotherhood) Blue Star Connection - Live at Knuckleheads (The Healers) Historical The Sun Blues Box (Various Artists) - Bear Family The Original Honeydripper (Roosevelt Sykes) - Blind Pig Records The Jewel/Paula Blues Story (Various Artists) - Fuel Records Death Might Be Your Santa Claus (Various Artists) - Legacy Recordings The Complete King/Federal Singles (Freddie King) - Real Gone Music Instrumentalist-Bass Bill Stuve Bob Stroger Danielle Schnebelen Larry Taylor Patrick Rynn Instrumentalist-Drums Cedric Burnside Jimi Bott Kenny Smith Tom Hambridge Tony Braunagel Instrumentalist-Guitar Anson Funderburgh Gary Clark, Jr. Kid Andersen Lurrie Bell Ronnie Earl Instrumentalist-Harmonica Brandon Santini Charlie Musselwhite James Cotton Kim Wilson Rick Estrin Instrumentalist-Horn Big James Montgomery Eddie Shaw Jimmy Carpenter Sax Gordon Terry Hanck Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) Diunna Greenleaf Lavelle White Teeny Tucker Trudy Lynn Zora Young Rock Blues Album Gone to Texas - Mike Zito & the Wheel Made Up Mind - Tedeschi Trucks Band Can't Get Enough - The Rides John the Conquer Root - Toronzo Cannon Luther's Blues - Walter Trout Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Barrellhouse Chuck Dave Keyes Marcia Ball Mike Finnigan Victor Wainwright Song "Blues in My Soul" - Lurrie Bell "He Was There" – James Cotton, Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming "That's When the Blues Begins" - James Goode "The Entitled Few" - Doug MacLeod "The Night the Pie Factory Burned Down" - Johnny Sansone Soul Blues Album Down In Louisiana - Bobby Rush Soul Changes - Dave Keller Soul for Your Blues - Frank Bey & Anthony Paule Band Remembering O. V. - Johnny Rawls Truth Is (Putting Love Back Into the Music) - Otis Clay Soul Blues Female Artist Barbara Carr Denise LaSalle Dorothy Moore Irma Thomas Sista Monica Soul Blues Male Artist Bobby Rush Frank Bey John Nemeth Johnny Rawls Otis Clay Traditional Blues Album Driftin' from Town to Town - Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson's Blues All-Stars Remembering Little Walter - Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Harman Cotton Mouth Man - James Cotton Blues in My Soul - Lurrie Bell Black Toppin' - The Cash Box Kings Traditional Blues Male Artist Anson Funderburgh Billy Boy Arnold James Cotton John Primer Lurrie Bell write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |