EIGHT ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE 15 W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARD NOMINATIONS!

Alligator artists and nominations are as follows:

MARCIA BALL
Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year - Keyboards
Blues Song Of The Year - "Foreclose On The House Of Love" (John Lee Sanders) from "So Many Rivers"
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year - "So Many Rivers"

MICHAEL BURKS
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year - Guitar
Blues Song Of The Year - "I Smell Smoke" (Jon Tiven, Sally Tiven and Roger Reale) from "I Smell Smoke"
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year - "I Smell Smoke"

SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Blues Entertainer of the Year
Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year

KOKO TAYLOR
Traditional Female Blues Artist of the Year

W.C. CLARK
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

ROOMFUL OF BLUES
Blues Band Of The Year
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year - Horns

LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS
Blues Band of the Year

ANDRA FAYE (of Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women)
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year - Violin