A Blues Foundation anuncia os indicados ao 38th Blues Music Awards

A Blues Foundation acaba de anunciar os indicados para o maior prêmio do blues: o Blues Music Awards, que está na sua 38º edição. A maioria dos indicados passaram por aqui pelo Filho do Blues em diversos momentos no decorrer de 2016. A cerimônia irá ocorrer em 11 de maio de 2017, em Memphis. Sugar Ray Norcia e sua banda, The Bluetones, receberem, individualmente e coletivamente, a maior quantidade de indicações pelo álbum Seeing Is Believing. No total foram sete, mas se incluídas as nomeações por outros integrantes da banda esse número chega a dez. Confira os indicados (e em negrito a escolha pessoal do Filho do Blues):

38th Blues Music Award Nominees

Acoustic Album

Doug MacLeod – Live in Europe

Eric Bibb – The Happiest Man in the World

Fiona Boyes – Professin’ the Blues

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Live at Briggs Farm

John Long – Stand Your Ground

Luther Dickinson – Blues and Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook) Vol I and II

Acoustic Artist

Doug MacLeod

Eric Bibb

Fiona Boyes

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Luther Dickinson

Album

Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat

Kenny Neal – Bloodline

Nick Moss Band – From the Root to the Fruit

Sugar Ray & the Bluetones – Seeing is Believing

Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way

William Bell – This Is Where I Live

Band

Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue

Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials

Nick Moss Band

Sugar Ray and the Bluetones

Tedeschi Trucks Band

B.B. King Entertainer

Joe Bonamassa

John Nemeth

Lil’ Ed Williams

Sugar Ray Norcia

Sugaray Rayford

Best Emerging Artist Album

Corey Dennison Band – Corey Dennison Band

Guy King – Truth

Jonn Del Toro Richardson – Tengo Blues

Terrie Odabi – My Blue Soul

Thornetta Davis – Honest Woman

Contemporary Blues Album

Al Basile – Mid Century Modern

Kenny Neal – Bloodline

Nick Moss Band – From the Root to the Fruit

The Record Company – Give It Back To You

Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way

Contemporary Blues Female Artist

Alexis P Suter

Ana Popovic

Janiva Magness

Shemekia Copeland

Susan Tedeschi

Contemporary Blues Male Artist

Albert Castiglia

Kenny Neal

Mike Zito

Sugaray Rayford

Toronzo Cannon

Historical Album

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw, Bear Family Records

B.B. King, More B.B. King: Here’s One You Haven’t Heard, Ace Records

Bobby Rush, Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush, Omnivore Recordings

Michael Burks, I’m A Bluesman, Iron Man Records

Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers, Genuine Blues Legends, Elrob Records

Instrumentalist-Bass

Biscuit Miller

Bob Stroger

Michael “Mudcat” Ward

Patrick Rynn

R W Grigsby

Instrumentalist-Drums

Cedric Burnside

Jimi Bott

June Core

Tom Hambridge

Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Guitar

Bob Margolin

Joe Bonamassa

Kid Andersen

Monster Mike Welch

Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

Dennis Gruenling

Jason Ricci

Kim Wilson

Mark Hummel

Sugar Ray Norcia

Instrumentalist-Horn

Al Basile

Nancy Wright

Sax Gordon Beadle

Terry Hanck

Vanessa Collier

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female Artist)

Annika Chambers

Diunna Greenleaf

Inetta Visor

Shaun Murphy

Trudy Lynn

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

Anthony Geraci

Barrelhouse Chuck

Henry Gray

Jim Pugh

Victor Wainwright

Rock Blues Album

Albert Castiglia – Big Dog

Mike Zito – Keep Coming Back

Moreland & Arbuckle – Promised Land or Bust

Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By

Walter Trout – Alive in Amsterdam

Song

“Blues Immigrant” written by Matthew Skoller & Vincent Bucher and performed by Matthew Skoller on Blues Immigrant

“I Gotta Sang The Blues” written and performed by Thornetta Davis on Honest Woman

“Seeing Is Believing” written by Ray Norcia and performed by Sugar Ray & The Bluetones on Seeing Is Believing

“Walk A Mile In My Blues” written by David Duncan, Curtis Salgado & Mike Finigan and performed by Curtis Salgado on The Beautiful Lowdown

“Walk it Off” written and performed by Toronzo Cannon on The Chicago Way

Soul Blues Album

Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat

Curtis Salgado – The Beautiful Lowdown

Johnny Rawls – Tiger in a Cage

Wee Willie Walker – Live! Notodden Blues Festival

William Bell – This Is Where I Live

Soul Blues Female Artist

Bettye Lavette

Lara Price

Mavis Staples

Terrie Odabi

Vaneese Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist

Bobby Rush

Curtis Salgado

Johnny Rawls

Wee Willie Walker

William Bell

Traditional Blues Album

Big Jon Atkinson & Bob Corritore – House Party at Big Jon’s

Bob Margolin – My Road

Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue – Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue

Lurrie Bell – Can’t Shake This Feeling

Sugar Ray & the Bluetones – Seeing is Believing

Traditional Blues Male Artist

Bob Margolin

John Primer

Lil’ Ed Williams

Lurrie Bell

Sugar Ray Norcia