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Fiona Boyes is a 2019 Blues Music Foundation Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist Nominee!
Fiona Boyes has just received The Blues Foundation’s 2019 Blues Music Award nomination for the prestigious Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist. This is Fiona’s 8th BMA nomination, her 3rd in this category. Voting is open to all Blues Foundation members and ends February 28th. Membership is open to all, simply click the Join button on the Blues Foundation website. The awards ceremony takes place May 9 in Memphis, TN. Fiona was also…
Doug MacLeod Wins Acoustic Artist Blues Music Award!
Congratulations to Doug MacLeod on his 2017 Acoustic Artist Blues Music Award! July 7th will mark the release of his next recording with Reference Recordings, Break The Chain, in which Doug continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Each of the twelve new original songs is extremely personal and at the same time, universal; covering subjects topical, humorous, and soulful; from the satirical to the sublime. Break The Chain will be…
2017 Blues Music Awards Nominations!
Cast Your Vote 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…
RR Heads to Memphis!
Next week, we’ll be in Memphis for the annual Blues Foundation gathering; Hall of Fame celebration and Blues Awards ceremony, with plenty of music and soulful food in between. Doug MacLeod, Fiona Boyes and drummer Jimi Bott are all up for awards. All of this years nominees represent a special group in the blues universe and we’re thrilled to be working with 3 of them. Fiona Boyes will perform at the awards and the Hall…
One month left to vote for Doug MacLeod
Time is running out to register with The Blues Foundation and vote for Doug MacLeod to win the Acoustic Artist of the Year award! The Blues Foundation has nominated Doug MacLeod for the 2013 Acoustic Artist of the Year Blues Award. Voting is open until March 1, 2013. Doug MacLeod will be releasing his next recording, There’s A Time, on Reference Recordings in March 2013, and he isn’t the only artist on the coming CD…
Doug MacLeod and Brand New Eyes Nominated For Blues Music Awards
Yesterday The Blues Foundation announced their 2012 Blues Music Awards Nominees, and it was a great day for RR and Doug MacLeod! Fresh! From Reference Recordings release Brand New Eyes featuring Doug MacLeod was nominated for the Award for Acoustic Album of the Year, and Doug MacLeod himself was nominated for the Acoustic Artist of the Year award! Nominations in Two Categories! If you are a Blues Foundation Member (or want to be), you can…
Doug MacLeod coming to the Heartland
Doug MacLeod will be heading to the “Heartland” of the U.S. this week as his tour takes him through Missouri and and Tennessee. On Saturday, Doug will be giving a Blues Guitar Workshop at the Kansas City Marlborough Community Center, and on Sunday, he’ll host another Workshop in St. Louis. Visit http://doug-macleod.com for more info. One of his most exciting stops comes next Wednesday as he goes to Memphis for the Blues Music Awards! Doug…