Vote for your favorite artists today! See the nominees below. Everyone who votes will receive a FREE subscription to the Blues Blast E-magazine full of Blues news, CD reviews, pictures and more delivered right to your inbox each week. Tell your Blues friends to vote for their favorite artists and get the FREE Blues Blast too. (Current subscribers must enter the email address where they are receiving their Blues Blast!) Voting continues until August 31st!
Not familiar with some of the 2008 nominees?
Be an informed voter! Listen to the music of the nominees BEFORE you vote! Public Radio station WGLT has set up a web page where you can play music samples of the 2008 Blues Blast Music Award nominees. CLICK HERE to hear these great Blues artists NOW! When you get there, click on one of the nominees links to listen.
WGLT also has the Best FREE 24/7 Blues stream on the ENTIRE WORLDWIDE WEB! Great Blues music FREE anywhere, anytime right from your computer. The GLT Blues 24/7 web stream will play songs from the 2008 nominees at least twice per hour from 6am to 6pm beginning July 14th, 2008! CLICK HERE to listen to the GLT 24/7 Blues Music Stream now!
Best Contemporary Blues Recording
Too Slim and the Taildraggers – The Fortune Teller
Bryan Lee – Katrina Was Her Name
Mem Shannon – Live: A Night At Tipitina’s
Watermelon Slim & The Workers - The Wheel Man
Holmes Brothers - State Of Grace
Best Traditional Blues Recording
Omar Dykes & Jimmy Vaughan - On The Jimmy Reed Highway
Bobby Rush - Raw
Lurrie Bell - Let's Talk About Love
Dave Riley & Bob Corritore - Travelin’ the Dirt Road
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Roamin’ & Ramblin’
Best Blues Song
Nick Moss - Mistakes From the Past
The National Debonaires - Ain't Gonna Happen Again
Sugar Ray Norcia - Little Green Talking Frog
Omar Dykes & Jimmy Vaughan - Jimmy Reed Highway
Watermelon Slim & The Workers - The Wheel Man
Best Blues Band
Nick Moss & the Fliptops
Kilborn Alley Blues Band
Bryan Lee & The Blues Power Band
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Back Door Slam
Best Male Artist
Lurrie Bell
Buddy Guy
Bobby Rush
Nick Moss
Bryan Lee
Best Female Artist
Koko Taylor
Teeny Tucker
Diunna Greenleaf
Betty HarrisBettye LaVette
Best New Artist Debut Recording
Gina Sicilia - Allow Me To Confess
The Soul of John Black - The Good Girl Blues
Moreland & Arbuckle - 1861
Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy - Cottonfields to Coffee
John Nemeth - Magic Touch
Rising Star Award
John Nemeth
Homemade Jamz Blues Band
John-Alex Mason
Seth Walker
Eden Brent
Visit our website at:
P.O. Box 721 Pekin, Illinois 61555
© 2007 - 2008 IllinoisBlues.com
No comments:
Post a Comment