
Denise LaSalle, Singer and Writer of Earthy Songs, Dies at 78
Denise LaSalle, a durable blues and soul singer and songwriter who in a half-century-long career delved in song into love, cheating, pleasure and heartache, mixing romance with raunchiness, died Monday in Jackson, Tenn. She was 78. She died in a hospital from complications of surgery, according to her longtime label, Malaco Records. In October, LaSalle, who lived in Jackson, underwent a leg amputation resulting from complications after a fall. She never fully recovered. LaSal

39th Annual Blues Music Award Nominees
39th Blues Music Award Nominees Acoustic Album of the Year Catfish Keith – Mississippi River Blues
Doug MacLeod – Break the Chain
Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi – Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train
Harrison Kennedy – Who U Tellin’?
Mitch Woods – Friends Along The Way
Rory Block – Keepin’ Outta Trouble Acoustic Artist
Doug McLeod
Guy Davis
Harrison Kennedy
Rory Block
Taj Mahal Album of the Year
Don Bryant – Don’t Give Up on Love
Monster Mike Welch and Mike Ledbetter – Right