Ten Alligator Artists Receive Sixteen Living Blues Award Nominations

**Ten Alligator Artists Receive Sixteen Living Blues Award Nominations**

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Leads All Artists With Four Nominations, Followed By Shemekia Copeland With Three

Selwyn Birchwood Receives Two Nominations

Charlie Musselwhite, Marcia Ball, RIck Estrin, The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling, Billy Branch, The Cash Box Kings And Oscar Wilson (of The Cash Box Kings) Each Receive One

Living Blues magazine, in its May/June 2024 issue, announced the nominees for the 2024 Living Blues Awards. This year, ten Alligator artists received a total of sixteen nominations. Leading all nominated artists with four is GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, who was nominated for Blues Artist Of The Year (Male), Best Blues Album (for Live In London), Best Live Performer and Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar).

Award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland received three nominations in the Blues Artist Of The Year, Most Outstanding Blues Singer and Best Live Performer categories.

Visionary Florida bluesman Selwyn Birchwood received two nominations: Best Blues Album (for Exorcist) and Best Live Performer.

Blues icon Charlie Musselwhite, Texas pianist/vocalist Marcia Ball, harmonica giants Rick Estrin (of Rick Estrin & The Nightcats) and Billy Branch, Chicago blues masters The NIck Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling, legendary blues ensemble The Cash Box Kings, and deep blues vocalist Oscar Wilson (of The Cash Box Kings) each received one nomination.

Living Blues fans may vote with the Readers' Ballot, available at www.livingblues.com by June 15, 2024. Alligator artists and their nominations follow: