This week sees the highly anticipated Blues Music Awards in Memphis, presented by The Blues Foundation – please click the image above for further details on this year’s conference.
This event brings together Blues performers, industry representatives, and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year. The BMAs are generally recognized as the highest honour given to blues musicians and are awarded by vote of Blues Foundation members.
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S GALA CEREMONY ON MAY 10TH IN MEMPHIS
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 39TH BLUES MUSIC AWARDS ARE PRESENTED BELOW BY JOHN NEMETH, BOBBY RUSH, KENNY NEAL AND THE WONDERFUL VOICE OF BIG LLOU JOHNSON
These guys are so cool and know so much about the history of the Blues, we hope you enjoyed watching this!
BLUES MATTERS PROUDLY PRESENTS…
The 100th edition!!
Our centennial edition of Blues Matters magazine will be available to ALL attendees of this exciting event.
We are proud and very thankful for the opportunity to have worked in collaboration with Barbara Newman at The Blues Foundation and we are delighted to have our magazine included in this year’s conference goodie bags and we hope that everyone enjoys reading it.
Also included in the proceedings this week are the Blues Hall Of Fame inductions.
Performers:
The Aces, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Sam Lay, Mamie Smith, and Roebuck “Pops” Staples
Individuals: Business, Production, Media, or Academic
Al Benson
Classics of Blues Literature:
I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy by Bob Riesman
Classics of Blues Recording: Album
Blues Is King by B.B. King (ABC/Bluesway, 1967)
Classics of Blues Recording: Single
“Cross Cut Saw” by Albert King (Stax, 1966)
“Green Onions” by Booker T. & the MG’s (Stax/Volt 1962)
“I’m A Man” by Bo Diddley (Checker, 1955)
“Roll ‘Em Pete” by Joe Turner (Vocalion, 1938)
“See See Rider Blues” by Ma Rainey (Paramount, 1924)
For More Info Go To – Blues Hall Of Fame Inductees
To read a previous article from Blues Matters on the Blues Awards then please click here.
Blues Matters! Our Name Says It All –
Team BM would like to wish all of the amazing and hardworking artists all the very best of luck during the awards and induction ceremonies.
