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JAMES COTTON WINS BLUES MUSIC AWARD
FOR TRADITIONAL BLUES MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
On Thursday, May 8, Grammy Award-winning harmonica master James Cotton
received the Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The
Year. The Blues Foundation announced the winners of the 35th Annual
Blues Music Awards in a ceremony held at the Cook Convention Center in
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton, who was in attendence at the ceremony, is
currently celebrating his 70th year as a professional performer, and is
hot off the heels of 2013’s Grammy-nominated Cotton Mouth Man.
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.” NPR Music declares, “Conjure up a list of all-time great blues harmonica players, and high up on it you’ll see the name James Cotton.
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