Archive for February, 2009
2008 Blues Critic Awards Winners Announced
Posted in: News, The Blues Tags: blues award winners, blues awards, blues critic, blues critic awards, steve guyger
The results are in for the 2008 Blues Critic Awards Readers Poll. Blues Critic readers have spoken and the winners are:
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Blues Album Of The Year
Kenny Neal “Let Life Flow” (Blind Pig)
Runner-up: Sean Costello “We Can Get Together”
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Best Traditional Blues Album
B.B. King “One Kind Favor” (Geffen)
Runner-up: Kenny Neal “Let Life Flow”
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Best Soul Blues Album
Curtis Salgado “Clean Getaway” (Shanachie)
Runner-up: Johnny Rawls “Red Cadillac”
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Best Blues/Rock Album
Elvin Bishop “The Blues Rolls On” (Delta Groove Music)
Runner-up: Michael Burks “Iron Man”
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Best Live Or Compilation Album
Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich Del Grosso “Live From Bluesville” (Blues Empress)
Runner-up: Various Artists “M For Mississippi”
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Blues Song Of The Year
Albert Castiglia “Bad Year Blues” (Blues Leaf)
Runner-up: “Blues Rolls On” by Elvin Bishop
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Blues Singer: MALE
Curtis Salgado
Runner-up: B.B. King
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Blues Singer: FEMALE
Irma Thomas
Runner-up: Susan Tedeschi
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Blues Guitarist
Michael Burks
Runner-up: Sonny Landreth
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Blues Harmonica
Jason Ricci
Runner-up: Steve Guyger
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Blues Keyboards
Marcia Ball
Runner-up: Christian Dozzler
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Blues Instrumentalist (Other)
Larry Taylor
Runner-up: Bob Stroger
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The BLUES CRITIC staff pick…
Contemporary Blues ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kenny Neal
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
International Blues Challenge Winners 2009
Posted in: News, Non-musical, The Blues Tags: battle of the bands, blues bands, blues foundation, IBC winners, international blues challenge

The Blues Foundation has announced the winners of the 2009 International Blues Challenge competition. Congrats to everyone who won their regional competition to get to the IBC and to the winners!
Band
1st place
South Florida Blues Society–JP Soars & the Red Hots
2nd Place
Cascade Blues Association–Ty Curtis Band
3rd Place
Ottawa Blues Society–MonkeyJunk
Best Guitarist Award
JP Soars
Solo/Duo
1st place
Blues Society of Tulsa–Little Joe McLerran
2nd Place
Crossroads Blues Society of Mississippi–Alphonso & Richard
2008 Blues Critic Awards Voting Open Now
Posted in: General Music, News, The Blues Tags: blues awards, blues critic awards, steve guyger
The 2008 Blues Critic Awards Readers’ Poll is open. Check out the site and vote for your favorite album, song, and artists.
Continuing his streak of “better late than never” recognition, Steve Guyger is one of the nominees for Blues Harmonica. Some other nominees are the late Sean Costello and Jeff Healey, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Janiva Magness, Curtis Salgado, and many others.
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