SIX ALLIGATOR ARTISTS WIN LIVING BLUES AWARDS
Living Blues magazine
has announced the recipients of the 2015 Living
Blues Awards. Six Alligator Records artists received a total of six
awards. In the Critics’ Poll, James Cotton won Most Outstanding Musician
(Harmonica), Joe Louis Walker won Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) and Selwyn
Birchwood won for Best Blues Album of 2014 (New Recording/Best Debut) for Don’t Call No Ambulance.
In the Readers’ Poll, Shemekia Copeland (whose new CD Outskirts Of Love will
be released on September 11) received the award for Blues Artist Of The Year
(Female). Marcia Ball won for Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) and Elvin
Bishop won Best Blues Album Of 2014 (New Release) for his Grammy-nominated Can’t Even Do Wrong Right.
has announced the recipients of the 2015 Living
Blues Awards. Six Alligator Records artists received a total of six
awards. In the Critics’ Poll, James Cotton won Most Outstanding Musician
(Harmonica), Joe Louis Walker won Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) and Selwyn
Birchwood won for Best Blues Album of 2014 (New Recording/Best Debut) for Don’t Call No Ambulance.
In the Readers’ Poll, Shemekia Copeland (whose new CD Outskirts Of Love will
be released on September 11) received the award for Blues Artist Of The Year
(Female). Marcia Ball won for Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) and Elvin
Bishop won Best Blues Album Of 2014 (New Release) for his Grammy-nominated Can’t Even Do Wrong Right.
CRITICS’ POLL WINNERS:
SELWYN BIRCHWOOD:
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Best Blues Album Of 2014 (New
Recording/Best Debut):
Recording/Best Debut):
Don’t Call No Ambulance
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Most Outstanding Musician
(Harmonica)
(Harmonica)
 |
Most
Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
READERS’ POLL WINNERS:
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Blues Artist Of The Year (Female)
 |
Best Blues Album Of 2014 (New
Release):
Release):
Can’t
Even Do Wrong Right
Even Do Wrong Right
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