Archive for Blues Music Awards
Doug MacLeod wins 2023 Blues Music Award!
The Blues Foundation Announced its 44th Annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis on May 11, 2023, and Reference Recordings is thrilled to share that Doug MacLeod was announced as the winner of the 2023 Acoustic Artist Award! Congratulations to Doug MacLeod! Doug MacLeod Recordings on Reference
Doug MacLeod is a 2023 Blues Music Award Nominee!
The Blues Foundation announced its 2023 Blues Music Awards Nominees and Reference Recordings is excited to share that Doug MacLeod has been nominated for his 22nd Blues Music Award with a 2023 nomination for Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year! Doug MacLeod Recordings on Reference
Doug MacLeod Wins 2020 Blues Music Award!
The Blues Music Awards hosted a virtual Blues Music Awards Show and Doug MacLeod was announced as the 2020 Acoustic Artist of the Year! The 2020 Blues Music Award was Doug’s 11th nomination and marks his fourth Blues Music Award in the past 5 years (2018 Acoustic Album of the Year, 2016 & 2017 Acoustic Artist of the Year)! Congratulations to Doug! Watch Doug’s Acceptance Speech from Home: Watch the awards ceremony: Doug MacLeod Recordings…
Doug MacLeod Nominated for 2020 Blues Music Award
The Blues Foundation announced its 2020 Blues Music Awards Nominees and Reference Recordings is excited to share that Doug MacLeod has been nominated for his 11th Blues Music Award with a 2020 nomination for Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year! Become a Blues Foundation Member and Vote Full Nomine List Doug MacLeod Recordings on Reference
Reference Recordings Presents: Up Close and Personal!
Friday, May 10, 2019, Reference Recordings Presents: “Up Close & Personal”, a special showcase featuring our award-winning recording artists Fiona Boyes and Doug MacLeod as part of the Beale Street events schedule celebrating the 2019 Blues Music Awards Nominees! Details Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 Time: 4:30-6:00pm Location: Silky O’Sullivan’s – 183 Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Break The Chain Wins Blues Music Award!
Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain recording has won the 2018 Blues Music Awards Acoustic Album of the Year! This makes three years in-a-row that Doug MacLeod has won a Blues Music Award (Acoustic Artist of the Year 2017, 2016). Congratulations to Doug MacLeod, Jesse MacLeod, Jimi Bott, Denny Croy, and Oliver Brown! From Doug MacLeod “I was thrilled to hear the news that Break The Chain won The Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of…
Celebrating Blues and Jazz!
15% off all in-stock titles Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain has won a 2018 Blues Music Award for best Acoustic Album of the Year! Doug MacLeod was also nominated for Best Acoustic Artist, and Break the Chain drummer Jimi Bott earned his 19th nomination! Jazz pianists Mike Garson and Dick Hyman are busy out on the road. Mike is touring with former Bowie bandmates with music of David Bowie while NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman…
THREE Blues Music Awards Nominations!
The 39th Annual Blues Music Awards nominees were announced this morning (January 9, 2017) in Memphis, TN and Reference Recordings artists and albums have combined for THREE nominations! 39th Blues Music Award Nominees Acoustic Album of the Year: Break the Chain Acoustic Artist of the Year: Doug MacLeod Instrumentalist-Drums: Jimi Bott Vote Now Full Nominee Press Release Order Now Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to…
Tune in Blues Music Awards Announcement
The Blues Foundation with broadcast partner Ditty TV will announce the 39th Blues Music Awards nominees LIVE from Memphis on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 starting at 10am CST! Watch via Ditty TV or The Blues Foundation’s Facebook page and keep your fingers crossed for Doug MacLeod, his new Break The Chain album, and Fiona Boyes! RR Blues on Spotify
Doug MacLeod on Blues Radio International
Live Doug MacLeod performance from the 2017 Blues Music Awards on the latest episode of Blues Radio International: Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Recorded by Reference’s Grammy-winning engineer ‘Prof.’ Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California, Break The Chain brings twelve new MacLeod originals. Each song is extremely…
Fiona Boyes on Blues Radio International
Live Fiona Boyes performance from the 2017 Blues Music Awards on the latest episode of Blues Radio International: Fiona Boyes: Professin’ The Blues Order Now Professin’ The Blues proclaims Fiona Boyes passion for the Blues as she celebrates the unique contribution of recording and mastering engineer ‘Professor’ Keith O. Johnson, Reference Recording’s Technical Director and audio legend. In her self-penned and illustrated liner notes Fiona makes the declaration, “’Professor’ Keith’s amazing approach to capturing sounds,…
Podcast Interview With Fiona Boyes
Fiona Boyes joins the “Staces Place” podcast for a 45-minute interview! Listen below courtesy of the Stace’s Place Podcast: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/stacesplace/Pods/SP33Fiona.mp3 Order Now Fiona Boyes: Professin’ The Blues Professin’ The Blues proclaims Fiona Boyes passion for the Blues as she celebrates the unique contribution of recording and mastering engineer ‘Professor’ Keith O. Johnson, Reference Recording’s Technical Director and audio legend. In her self-penned and illustrated liner notes Fiona makes the declaration, “’Professor’ Keith’s amazing approach to…
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…
Blues Music Awards TONIGHT!
RR is in Memphis for TONIGHT’s Blues Foundation 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 three of them. Fiona Boyes performs tonight at both the awards and Hall of Fame reception and…