The Blues Foundation announced their 2017 Blues Music Awards Nominees, and RR artists Fiona Boyes, Doug MacLeod, and Jimi Bott, have all been nominated!
Best Acoustic Album
Eric Bibb – The Happiest Man in the World
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ the Blues
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – Live at Briggs Farm
John Long – Stand Your Ground
Luther Dickinson – Blues and Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook) Vol I and II
Best Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Fiona Boyes
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Luther Dickinson
Best Instrumentalist – Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
June Core
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel
Historical Album
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw
B.B. King – More B.B. King: Here’s One You Haven’t Heard
Bobby Rush – Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush
Doug MacLeod – Live in Europe
Michael Burks – I’m A Bluesman
Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers – Genuine Blues Legends
Congratulations to all the nominees!