"QUEEN OF THE BLUES" KOKO TAYLOR AND SINGING SENSATION SHEMEKIA COPELAND WIN W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARDS!
Alligator Records, currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, is pleased
to announce "Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor won one W.C. Handy Blues Award and
young blues-belter Shemekia Copeland won three W.C. Handy Blues Awards presented
by The Blues Foundation. The awards ceremony was held at the Orpheum Theatre in
Memphis on May 24, and hosted by New Orleans legend Dr. John.
to announce "Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor won one W.C. Handy Blues Award and
young blues-belter Shemekia Copeland won three W.C. Handy Blues Awards presented
by The Blues Foundation. The awards ceremony was held at the Orpheum Theatre in
Memphis on May 24, and hosted by New Orleans legend Dr. John.
With her win in the Traditional Blues Female Artist Of The Year category, Taylor now holds a total of 21 W.C. Handy Blues Awards, more than any other artist, male or female. Her latest CD, Royal Blue, received a Grammy nomination
A previous W.C. Handy Blues Award nominee, Copeland's statues for Blues Album Of The Year (for Wicked) and Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year -- and a statue going to Rick Vito, author of Song Of The Year for "It's 2 A.M.," (Wicked's lead cut) --mark the first two Handy wins in her career, and make her -- along with blues great B.B. King -- the most celebrated artist at this year's presentation.
Like Taylor, Copeland's latest CD, Wicked, also received a Grammy nomination.
