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2020 RELEASES FROM SHEMEKIA COPELAND AND ELVIN BISHOP & CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE TOP MOJO MAGAZINE'S BEST BLUES ALBUMS OF THE YEAR LIST
11/16/2020
Shemekia Copeland’s Uncivil War and Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite’s 100 Years Of Blues were named the #1 and #3 Best Blues Albums Of 2020 by MOJO, the influential British music magazine.
Guitar Player Premieres First-Ever KINGFISH Holiday Song Today, Nov. 12
11/12/2020
On Thursday, November 12, Guitar Player magazine premieres Ghost From Christmas Past, the first-ever holiday song from five-time Blues Music Award winner and 2019 Grammy Award nominee Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Appears on PBS NEWSHOUR On Wednesday, Nov. 11
11/11/2020
On Wednesday, November 11, five-time Blues Music Award winner and 2019 Grammy Award nominee Christone “Kingfish” Ingram appeared on nationwide television on PBS NewsHour.
Wall Street Journal Reviews Shemekia Copeland's UNCIVIL WAR
11/2/2020
On Tuesday, November 2, 2020, the Wall Street Journal's Barry Mazor reviewed Shemekia Copeland's new album, Uncivil War.
Shemekia Copeland To Be Featured On NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday" On October 31
10/30/2020
On October 31, NPR News' Weekend Edition Saturday will air an in-depth story about the recently discovered slave ship Clotilda, featuring multi-Grammy Award nominee Shemekia Copeland and her powerful new song, Clotilda's On Fire.
NPR Music Premieres Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
10/20/2020
On Tuesday, October 20, NPR Music premiered award-winning blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert performance.
Shemekia Copeland's UNCIVIL WAR Receives Rave Review On Sound Opinions
10/19/2020
Uncivil War, the new album from multiple Grammy Award nominee Shemekia Copeland, set for release on Friday, October 23, received a rave review from critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis on their nationally syndicated radio show and podcast, Sound Opinions.
MEMPHIS MUSIC HALL OF FAME LAUNCHES CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE TRIBUTE PAGE
10/8/2020
Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite, a 2019 Memphis Music Hall Of Fame inductee, has been honored with a special tribute page on the organization's website.
Shemekia Copeland Premieres Video For New Song, "Clotilda's On Fire"
10/5/2020
On Monday, October 5, multi-Grammy Award nominee Shemekia Copeland premieres her video for Clotilda's On Fire. The true, torn-from-history song -- the lead track from her highly anticipated new album, Uncivil War, set for October 23 release -- tells of the very last slave ship to arrive in America (in Mobile Bay, Alabama) in 1859, 50 years after the slave trade was banned.
Three Alligator Artists Receive Four 2020 Blues Blast Awards
9/15/2020
Blues Blast magazine has announced the winners for the 2020 Blues Blast Awards. Three Alligator Records artists received a total of four top awards.
Singer Shemekia Copeland Releases New Album, UNCIVIL WAR, On October 23
9/8/2020
Alligator Records is pleased to announce the October 23, 2020 release of Uncivil War, the riveting new album by recently-named 2020 Living Blues Female Artist Of The Year and multi-Grammy Award nominee Shemekia Copeland.
Five Alligator Artists Receive 10 Living Blues Awards
9/1/2020
Living Blues magazine has announced the winners for the 27th Annual Living Blues Awards (2020). Five Alligator Records artists received a total of ten Critics' and Readers' Poll awards.