Archive for Jimi Bott
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…
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…
Coming in 2017!
In October, we spent time with Doug MacLeod at Skywalker gathering songs for his next RR release. Percussionist Oliver Brown, bassist Denny Croy, drummer Jimi Bott and singer/guitarist, Jesse MacLeod, Doug’s son, made musical magic! Coming mid-2017! Front (L-R): Oliver Brown, Doug MacLeod, Jimi Bott; Back (L-R): Denny Croy, Jesse MacLeod
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…
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…
Multiple Blues Music Award Nominees!
The Blues Foundation announced the 37th Blues Music Award Nominees and Reference Recordings artists are well represented! Doug MacLeod Acoustic Album (Exactly Like This) Acoustic Artist Song: “You Got It Good (and That Ain’t Bad)” Fiona Boyes Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) Jimi Bott Instrumentalist-Drums The 37th Blues Music Awards will be presented May 5, 2016 in Memphis, TN Final Ballot will be sent to MEMBERS December 22, 2015Become a Member TODAYPurchase the recordings…
Doug MacLeod, Denny Croy and Jimi Bott Together at The Levitt Pavilion
Doug MacLeod, Denny Croy and Jimi Bott have recorded together on two Reference Recordings albums, There’s A Time and Exactly Like This, but the three of them have never played together in concert…until now! The trio will be performing Sunday, August 30 at the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena, CA! Find out more on the Levitt Pavilion website! EXACTLY LIKE THIS Doug MacLeod Buy the HDCD! Buy the Vinyl LP! Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful…
There’s A Time Artists Nominated for Blues Music Awards
The 36th Annual Blues Music Awards nominations have been announced, and both Doug MacLeod and Jimi Bott have made the list! The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the nominations for its annual Blues Music Awards, which the international organization will present at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded blues music performers. The annual Blues Music…
Doug MacLeod Nominated 2013 Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year
The Blues Foundation has released their 2013 Blues Music Awards nominees, and there is a familiar name up for Acoustic Artist of the Year — Doug MacLeod! 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 on the list. There’s A Time drummer, Jimi Bott is nominated for the “Instrumentalist – Drums” award! So congratulations to Doug…