Alligator Artists Win Top Blues Blast Music Awards

ALLIGATOR ARTISTS WIN TOP BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS

Three Alligator artists received 2016 Blues Blast awards at a ceremony held by the online publication on Friday, September 23 at The Fluid Events Center in Champaign, Illinois.

Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, whose new album The Big Sound Of Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperialswas also released on Friday, September 23, won the coveted Best Blues Band award. Shemekia Copeland, whose latest CD, Outskirts Of Love, received a Grammy nomination, won the award for Female Blues Artists and Curtis Salgado won the Soul Blues Album award for his 2016 release, The Beeatiful Lowdown.

In addition, the online publication presented Alligator president Bruce Iglauer with a Lifetime Achievement Award.