EIGHT ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE EIGHTEEN BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS

EIGHT ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE

 EIGHTEEN BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS

Charlie Musselwhite Nominated For Five; Janiva Magness For Four

On Wednesday, December 15, The Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 2011 Blues Music Awards. Eight Alligator recording artists received a total of 18 nominations, far more than any other label. Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite received five nods (tied with Buddy Guy for the most nominations), including Album Of The Year (for The Well) and Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year. Following closely behind, blues and soul singer Janiva Magness received four nominations, with nods for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (an honor she won in 2009), Album Of The Year (for The Devil Is An Angel Too) and Contemporary Female Artist Of The Year. Blues master James Cotton was honored with three nominations, soul/blues/gospel trio The Holmes Brothers with two, and harmonicist/vocalist Rick Estrin, dual-lead guitar band Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, guitar superstar Guitar Shorty and Keith Crossan (of The Tommy Castro Band) with one apiece.

The 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards will be presented in Memphis on May 5, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center.

Artists and nominations are as follows:

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4939rgb.jpgAlbum Of The Year - The Well

Instrumentalist Of The Year - Harmonica

Song Of The Year - Sad And Beautiful World (written by Charlie Musselwhite, from The Well)

Traditional Blues Album Of The Year - The Well

Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year

JANIVA MAGNESS:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4935_175px.jpgAlbum Of The Year - The Devil Is An Angel Too

B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year

Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year - The Devil Is An Angel Too

Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year

 

JAMES COTTON:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4940cover.jpgInstrumentalist Of The Year - Harmonica

Traditional Blues Album Of The Year - Giant

Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year

 

 

THE HOLMES BROTHERS:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4933_175px.jpgSoul Blues Album Of The Year - Feed My Soul

Band Of The Year

 

 

 

RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4930_175px.jpgBand Of The Year

 

 

 

 

SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4937rgb.jpgContemporary Blues Album Of The Year - Have Blues, Will Travel

 

 

 

 

GUITAR SHORTY:

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4934_175px.jpgSong Of The Year - Please Mr. President (written by David Kearney, Bruce Iglauer, and Wyzard, from Bare Knuckle)

 

 

 


KEITH CROSSAN (of THE TOMMY CASTRO BAND):

http://mailman.305spin.com/users/alligator/images/4931_175px.jpgBest Instrumentalist - Horn