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ALLIGATOR RECORDS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2004
CONTACT:
Press - Marc Lipkin/Chris Moncada at
publicity@allig.com
Radio - Tim Kolleth at radio@allig.com
Retail - Josh Lindner at josh@allig.com
EIGHT ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE 15 W.C. HANDY
BLUES AWARD NOMINATIONS!
The Blues Foundation today
announced the nominees for the 25th Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards.
Eight Alligator recording artists received a total of 15 nominations.
Austin-based singer/songwriter/pianist Marcia Ball (who was recently
nominated for a Grammy© Award) received four nominations,
guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Michael Burks followed with three
nominations. Singing sensation Shemekia Copeland and Roomful of
Blues (who also received a Grammy© nomination) followed with two
nominations apiece, while Little Charlie and the Nightcats, W.C. Clark,
Andra Faye (of Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women) and Koko Taylor each
received one nomination. The Handy Awards ceremony and concert will be
held April 29, 2004 at the Cook Convention Center on Main Street in
downtown Memphis. Alligator artists and nominations are as follows:
MARCIA BALL
Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year Blues Instrumentalist Of
The Year – Keyboards Blues Song Of The Year – “Foreclose On The House Of
Love” (John Lee Sanders) from “So Many Rivers”
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year – “So Many Rivers”
MICHAEL BURKS
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year - Guitar
Blues Song Of The Year – “I Smell Smoke” (Jon Tiven, Sally Tiven and
Roger
Reale) from “I Smell Smoke”
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year – “I Smell Smoke”
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Blues Entertainer of the Year
Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year
KOKO TAYLOR
Traditional Female Blues Artist of the Year
W.C. CLARK
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
Blues Band Of The Year
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year - Horns
LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS
Blues Band of the Year
ANDRA FAYE (of Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women)
Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year – Violin
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