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HARMONICA
GIANT JAMES COTTON RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
Conjure up
a list of all-time great blues harmonica players, and high up on it you’ll see
the name James Cotton.
–NPR
The
Mississippi Arts Commission will present blues music icon (and Tunica,
Mississippi native) James Cotton with the coveted Governor’s Award For Excellence
In The Arts in a ceremony set for February 20, 2014 at Belhaven University in
Clarion, Mississippi. The Governor’s Arts Awards are presented annually to
outstanding writers, artists, performers, craftsmen and educators who have made
significant and lasting contributions through their work as well as to
corporations or organizations on the basis of their dedication to arts
advancement. Previous winners include B.B. King, Little Milton Campbell, and Bo
Diddley.
Cotton
is currently celebrating his 69th year as a professional entertainer. His 2013
CD, Cotton Mouth Man, is an upbeat, warm blues album
boasting fine musicianship and Cotton’s undeniable spirit. Living Blues
says, “James Cotton is one of the great harmonica innovators of his generation.
Cotton Mouth Man is a star-studded affair that makes
James Cotton’s best recording for Alligator. It is an autobiographical narrative
of Cotton’s eventful life and soul-deep relationship with the blues. He plays
with an authority and energy that belies his age.”
Cotton
Mouth Man was recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy-winning
producer/songwriter/ drummer Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Joe Louis Walker, Susan
Tedeschi). The album is a trip through sounds and scenes from Cotton’s long and
storied career. Helping Cotton tell his stories and showcase his music are
guests Gregg Allman, Joe Bonamassa, Ruthie Foster, Warren Haynes, Delbert
McClinton and Keb Mo. Other vocals are handled by Darrell Nulisch, who has been
singing in Cotton’s road band for many years.
CURTIS
SALGADO WINS BLUES BLAST AWARD FOR SOUL BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR SOUL
SHOT
“Curtis Salgado’s range and power as a vocalist
are a tour-de-force…hard-nosed blues, beautifully nuanced R&B, phat and
funky.”
–Billboard
Soul singer Curtis
Salgado received the 2013 Blues Blast Award for Soul Blues Album Of The Year
for his 2012 Alligator Records debut CD, Soul
Shot. The awards ceremony, presented by Blues Blast
Magazine, was held in Chicago at Buddy Guy’s Legends on Thursday, October
31. Salgado recently won The Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Awards for B.B. King
Entertainer Of The Year, Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year, and Soul Blues
Album Of The Year for Soul Shot. He also won a Muddy
Award for Best National Blues Album from Oregon’s Cascade Blues
Association.
Soul
Shot speaks loud and clear to contemporary audiences, carrying on
the timeless spirit of 1960s and ‘70s R&B. The album features four Salgado
originals and seven carefully chosen covers. Songs by Johnny “Guitar” Watson,
George Clinton, Otis Redding and Bobby Womack flow into and out of Salgado’s own
compositions. Each track — the slow-burning ballads and the driving rockers —
is delivered with the vocal power and passion of a musical master. According to
Salgado, “Soul Shot is the solid best thing I’ve ever
done. That’s a fact.”
Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer accepted
the honor in Curtis’ behalf. Iglauer also presented a Lifetime Achievement Award
to Delmark Records founder and president (and Iglauer’s former boss and mentor),
Bob Koester.
MARCIA
BALL TO APPEAR IN ANGELS SING, IN THEATRES AND ON DEMAND NOVEMBER 1,
2013
“More fun than a
barrel of funky monkeys. Ball’s awesome mélange of keyboard styles sets the
tone: call it the Zydeco boogie-woogie blues. Horns chug faster and faster,
guitars drop by for a rock ‘n’ roll
interlude.”
–NPR
Singer,
pianist, songwriter Marcia
Ball makes her major motion picture debut in the film Angels Sing,
premiering in theatres and On Demand on Friday, November 1. The film stars Henry
Connick, Jr. and features Grammy-winning musicians including Willie Nelson, Lyle
Lovett and Kris Kristofferson. In the film, Marcia plays Great Aunt Jocelyn.
Ball’s latest release is the Grammy-nominated Roadside
Attractions.
ANDERS
OSBORNE AND JESSE DEE SONGS APPEAR IN NETWORK TELEVISION
PROGRAMS
“Anders Osborne plays fiery anthems and
tumultuous, confessional songs punctuated with glorious, raw
guitar.”
–USA Today
“Jesse Dee delivers authenticity
with every note. The young neo-soul and R&B singer from Boston has put out
an album of self-penned songs that are so well-written, so amazingly arranged
and performed, you’ll wonder why this guy doesn’t just own the music business.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
CBS-TV’s
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation featured Anders
Osborne‘s Black Tar in an episode which aired on October 30. The
song originally appeared on Osborne’s 2011 Black Eye
Galaxy CD. Osborne’s new album, Peace,
was released last month.
ABC-TV’s
Criminal Minds will feature Jesse
Dee‘s original song Fussin’ And Fightin’ in an episode set to air
on November 13. The song originally appeared on Dee’s 2013 Alligator Records
debut CD, On My Mind / In My Heart. |
