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MARCIA BALL AUDIO WEBCAST!
7/24/2001
Click below to hear a great live set by Marcia Ball at the House of Blues. Hear songs from her new record PRESUMED INNOCENT. Don't miss this!
SHEMEKIA COPELAND VIDEO FROM TORONTO
7/12/2001
Shemekia Copeland's recent Toronto festival appearance was captured on video by Primeticket.net. Click on the link below to see and hear Shemekia tear her way through songs from her two Alligator releases, WICKED and TURN THE HEAT UP.
Holmes Brothers / Joan Osborne Concert Review in Hollywood Reporter
7/11/2001
Read Darryl Mordon's review of the July 9 Holmes Brothers / Joan Osborne concert at the Los Angeles House of Blues.
HOLMES BROTHERS FEATURED ON MSN.COM
7/10/2001
The Holmes Brothers are currently the featured artist on MSN.com. Read or listen to an in-depth exclusive interview, hear excerpts of some of their best new songs and see some of their favorite discs. It's all available in the link below.
Holmes Brothers live on Acoustic Cafe
6/18/2001
Check out an intimate performance by the Holmes Brothers on the nationally syndicated program Acoustic Cafe!
HOLMES BROTHERS ON "A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION"
6/13/2001
Listen to The Holmes Brothers June 9, 2001 appearance on National Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion." The Holmes Brothers performed three songs -- "Homeless Child," "Speaking In Tongues," and "Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down" -- in front of the wildly enthusiastic St. Paul, Minnesota audience.
MARCIA BALL FEATURE AND INTERVIEW ON MSN.COM
6/6/2001
Marcia Ball is the featured blues artist this month on MSN.COM. Click on the link below to read the article, listen to the interview or see three of her favorite albums. Also listen to some of her favorite songs from her own records, as well as purchase any of Marcia's discs from MSN.
"QUEEN OF THE BLUES" KOKO TAYLOR AND SINGING SENSATION SHEMEKIA COPELAND WIN W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARDS!
5/25/2001
Koko Taylor -- "Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year" /////// Shemekia Copeland -- "Contemporary Blues - Female Artist of the Year," "Blues Album of the Year, WICKED" and "Blues Song of the Year, IT'S 2 A.M. (Rick Vito) from WICKED."

"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.

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.

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ALLIGATOR RECORDS WINS 2001 INDIE AWARD!
5/14/2001
The Association For Independent Music (AFIM) has announced Alligator Records the winner of the 2001 Indie Award for Recording of the Year, Electric Blues, for Shemekia Copeland’s potent release, WICKED (AL 4875). The Indies were created in 1978 to recognize artistic excellence among independent labels.

ALLIGATOR RECORDS WINS 2001 INDIE AWARD!

Copeland — along with fellow Alligator artists Koko Taylor, Cephas & Wiggins, Carey Bell, Ann Rabson (of Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women) and Marcia Ball — are also nominated for a total of 15 W.C. Handy Blues Awards, which will be presented by The Blues Foundation on May 24 in Memphis.

Indie Award winners were announced on May 5, 2001 at the Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles during the AFIM Indie Awards Show. For more information on the Indie Awards, visit www.afim.org. For more information on Alligator Records, visit www.alligator.com.

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ELVIN BISHOP WINS CALIFORNIA MUSIC AWARD!
5/14/2001
Guitarist/vocalist Elvin Bishop won a coveted 2001 California Music Award for his Alligator CD, Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers, THAT’S MY PARTNER! (AL 4874) in the Outstanding R&B Album category. Bishop, long considered one of the most innovative blues guitarists, began his career with the famed Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Bishop joined forces with Alligator Records in 1988 and has released five albums. Guitarist/vocalist Smothers is Bishop’s longtime friend and mentor, and has released two solo albums in Europe. THAT’S MY PARTNER! marks Smothers’ first domestic release. Entertainment Weekly called Bishop’s music, “Sheer, unpretentious joy.”

ELVIN BISHOP WINS CALIFORNIA MUSIC AWARD!

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MARCIA BALL'S PRESUMED INNOCENT REVIEWED IN THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE
5/4/2001
Read the review of Marcia Ball's Presumed Innocent in her hometown paper, The Austin Chronicle.
MARCIA BALL FEATURE IN BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE
4/23/2001
Check out this wonderfully colorful Marcia Ball feature story from the April 20 edition of the Baton Rouge Advocate, by music writer John Wirt.