Awards
to be held in Memphis
Online voting by membership to be available at:
Memphis, TN (December 12, 2012) – The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the nominations for their annual Blues Music Awards, which the international organization will present at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, TN, on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in Blues music.
Florida is represented in the nominations this year by(highlighted and linked below):
Terry Hanck
Susan Tedeschi
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Barrelhouse Chuck
Victor Wainwright
34th Blues Music Award
Nominees
Acoustic Album
Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy - Billy Boy Arnold
Blues on Solid Ground
- John Primer
Deeper in the Well
- Eric Bibb
Not Alone - Ann
Rabson w/ Bob Margolin
Talking Guitar - Paul
Rishell
Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Harrison Kennedy
Paul Rishell
Album
And Still I Rise -
Heritage Blues Orchestra
Double Dynamite - The
Mannish Boys
Show of Strength -
Michael Burks
Son of the Seventh Son
- Mud Morganfield
Stronger For It - Janiva
Magness
B.B. King Entertainer
Curtis Salgado
Janiva Magness
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Rick Estrin
Band
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Phantom Blues Band
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
The Mannish Boys
Best New Artist Debut
24 Hour Blues - Charles
"CD" Davis
They Call Me Big Llou
- Big LLou Johnson
Turning on the Naughty
- Paula Harris
Uphill from Anywhere
- Brad Hatfield
Wanna Feel Somethin'
- Mary Bridget Davies
Contemporary Blues
Album
Blak & Blu - Gary
Clark, Jr.
Blues Live - John
Nemeth
Candy Store Kid -
Ian Siegal & the Mississippi
Mudbloods
Hellfire - Joe
Louis Walker
Show of Strength -
Michael Burks
Stronger For It - Janiva
Magness
Contemporary Blues
Female Artist
Bettye LaVette
Janiva Magness
Shakura S'Aida
Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues
Male Artist
Gary Clark, Jr.
Joe Louis Walker
Michael Burks
Robert Cray
Tab Benoit
DVD
Blackbird Music/55 for Arts Club Production for The Lucky Peterson Band feat. Tamara
Peterson: Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art/Broke & Hungry
Records for We Juke Up in Here! Mississippi
Delta Groove Music for That's
My Thing - Elvin Bishop Live in Concert by Elvin Bishop
Eagle Rock Entertainment for Live at Checkerboard Lounge by Muddy Waters & The Rolling
Stones
J&R Adventures for Beacon
Theatre - Live from New York
Gibson Guitar
Derek Trucks
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Louis Walker
Kid Andersen
Michael Burks
Historical Album
Bear Family Records for Plug
It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues by Various Artists
Real Gone Music for Complete
Hit Singles A's & B's by Little Willie John
Rock Beat Records for Raw
Blues: Magic Sam Live 1969 by Magic Sam
Universal Music Group for Ladies & Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King by B.B. King
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Cody Dickinson
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Patrick Rynn
Richard Cousins
Scot Sutherland
Willie J. Campbell
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Billy Boy Arnold
Bob Corritore
John Nemeth
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin
Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile
Big James Montgomery
Eddie Shaw
Kaz Kazanoff
Koko Taylor Award
(Traditional Blues Female)
Diunna Greenleaf
Jewel Brown
Maria Muldaur
Ruthie Foster
Tracy Nelson
Rock Blues Album
Blues for the Modern
Daze - Walter Trout
Driving Towards the
Daylight - Joe Bonamassa
Everybody's Talkin'
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
Here I Am - Nick
Moss
Royal Southern
Brotherhood - Royal Southern Brotherhood
Pinetop Perkins Piano
Player
Chuck Leavell
David Maxwell
Deanna Bogart
Mike Finnegan
Song
"I Won't Cry" -
Janiva Magness & Dave Darling - Stronger for It - Janiva Magness
"Lemon Pie"- John Hahn & Oliver Wood - 33 1/3
- Shemekia Copeland
“She Didn’t Cut Me Loose” written by Curtis Salgado, Marlon
McClain & Dave Duncan
on Soul Shot by Curtis Salgado
“The Devil Ain't Got No Music” written by Matthew Skoller
& Lurrie Bell on The Devil Ain't Got
No Music by Lurrie Bell
Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) written by Sam McClain
& Pat Herlehy on Too Much Jesus (Not
Enough Whiskey) by Mighty Sam McClain
Soul Blues Album
Blues Heart - Dorothy
Moore
Soul Live - John
Nemeth
Soul Shot - Curtis
Salgado
Soul Survivor - Johnny
Rawls
Too Much Jesus (Not
Enough Whiskey) - Mighty Sam McClain
Soul Blues Female
Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Dorothy Moore
Irma Thomas
Sista Monica
Soul Blues Male
Artist
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
John Nemeth
Johnny Rawls
Mighty Sam McClain
Traditional Blues
Album
And Still I Rise -
Heritage Blues Orchestra
Double Dynamite - The
Mannish Boys
Milton Hopkins with
Jewel Brown - Milton Hopkins with Jewel Brown
Son of the Seventh Son
- Mud Morganfield
Spider Eating Preacher
- Eddie C. Campbell
Traditional Blues
Male Artist
Bob Margolin
John Primer
Lil' Ed
Magic Slim
Mud
Morganfield
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 34th Blues
Music Awards are Janiva Magness and John Nemeth, each with five
nominations. Janiva is nominated in
artist, album, entertainer and song categories on the strength of her CD Stronger for It, a moving and intimate
declaration of independence after coming through an intensely difficult period
in her life. John’s five nominations exceed the total previous nominations of
his young career. John release two live
albums in 2012, Blues Live and Soul Live, which pretty much sum up his
twofold approach to music, whether on record or in performance. Each CD was nominated and John was nominated
for entertainer of the year as well as in both contemporary and soul artist
categories.
Alligator Records
had a stellar year. Joining Janiva,
Alligator artists Curtis Salgado, Joe Louis Walker and the late Michael “Iron Man” Burks each received
four nominations. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats received three nods and Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials received
two nominations. Each was nominated for their 2012 release as well as in
artist, band, entertainer or instrumentalist categories.
The husband-wife team of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks teamed for four nominations, either individually
or as a band. Other blues acts with
three nominations are guitarist Joe
Bonamassa, soul blues man Mighty Sam
McClain, Muddy Waters’ son Mud
Morganfield and Delta Groove’s supergroup The Mannish Boys. (The
full nominee list is below.)
“It is not uncommon in any arts genre for
beloved artists with strong releases to pull in a number of nominations, and
that is one of the factors at work this year,” Jay Sieleman, The Blues
Foundation’s President said. “Yet there are also more than a dozen first-time
nominees, plus the six Best New Artist nominees. It is gratifying to see both groups rewarded—those
who have been near the top for a while and those who are getting the
recognition they have been long seeking.”
Tickets for the Award show go on sale December
13. Members receive seating preference at the Awards show. Voting
is underway. 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. A
complete nominee list, as well as membership, voting, ticket and host hotel
information can be found at The Blues Foundation’s website—www.blues.org. For
more information, call 901.527.2583.
For the seventh consecutive year, The Blues
Music Awards will be broadcast live in their entirety on Sirius XM's B.B.
King's Bluesville – the next best thing to being there. They will be subsequently broadcast on
public television.
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