2017 Blues Blast Music Award Honorable Mentions Announced
The 2017 Blues Blast Music Awards nominees were announced recently. Our nominators were amazed at the number of artists and labels who submitted their recordings to the nominators. It was a record year for the number of submissions with a plethora of great Blues music recordings.
A common complaint from the nominators this year was that the process of selecting the nominees was very difficult because of so many high quality releases. Many expressed frustration that after they were done submitting their nominations this year there were many artist they wanted to nominate but there were no available slots for nominees in many categories.
So this year in recognition of this great blessing of wonderful Blues music, we are announcing our first ever “BBMA Honorable Mentions” to recognize some of the excellent artist releases that did not get nominated that could have in a less bountiful year
So here they are:
2017 Blues Blast Music Awards - Honorable Mentions
Contemporary Blues Album
Eight O'Five Jive - Swing Set
Hurricane Ruth - Ain’t Ready For the Grave
Liz Mandeville - The Stars Hotel
Matthew Skoller - Blues Immigrant
Kate Lush Band - Let It Fly
Traditional Blues Album
Harpdog Brown - Travelin' with the Blues
Joey Gilmore Band - Respect The Blues
Big Sound Of Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
Lurrie Bell - Can’t Shake This Feeling
Big Bill Morganfield - Blood Stains On The Wall
Soul Blues Album
Nancy Wright - Playdate!
Bobby Rush - Porcupine
Sharon Lewis - Grown Ass Woman
Grady Champion - One of a Kind
Rock Blues Album
Tinsley Ellis - Red Clay Soul
Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Wish - Champagne Velvet
Devon Allman - Ride Or Die
Mark May - Blues Heaven
Popa Chubby - The Catfish
Acoustic Blues Album
Catfish Keith - Mississippi River Blues
Big Dave McClean - The Devil You Know
Eric Bibb - The Happiest Man In The World
Rory Block - Keepin’ Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White
Live Blues Recording
Rebekhah Meldrun & Paul Holdman - Live at the Slippery Noodle
Eddie Turner & Trouble Twins - Naked in Your Face
Billy Price Band - Alive and Strange
Wee Willie Walker & The Greaseland All Stars - Live! Notoden Blues
New Artist Debut Album
Alley Venable - No Glass Shoes
Rochelle & The Sidewinders - Live In Austin, TX
BlueHouse Project - BlueHouse Project
Dave Orban - I Heard You Twice The First Time
Contact Information: Bob Kieser (309) 267-4425 or info@bluesblastmagazine.com
