SIX ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE 11 LIVING BLUES CRITICS AND READERS AWARDS

SIX ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE 11 LIVING BLUES CRITICS AND READERS AWARDS

Shemekia Copeland Named Blues Artist Of The Year By Both Readers And Critics.
Copeland's Blame It On Eve Named Album Of The Year By Critics
Ronnie Baker Brooks Wins Two Critics' Awards Including Blues Artist Of The Year (Male) And Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year For Blues In My DNA.
Living Blues Critics Choose Rick Estrin & The Nightcats As Band Of The Year
Living Blues Readers Pick Southern Avenue As Band Of The Year
Marcia Ball Wins Readers' Award For Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboards)
Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith Of The Cash Box Kings Wins Critics' Award For Drums........►►►

Living Blues magazine, in its just-released issue #297, announced the winners for the 32nd Annual Living Blues Awards. This year, six Alligator artists received a total of 11 Critics' Awards and Readers' Awards.

Multi-GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Shemekia Copeland won a total of four awards. Living Blues critics and readers honored her with the coveted Blues Artist Of The Year award. She also won Album Of The Year for Blame It On Eve and Most Outstanding Blues Singer (Female). Album producer, musician Will Kimbrough, won the Critics' Award for Producer Of The Year.

Blues guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks won the Critics' Award for Blues Artist Of The Year (Male) as well as Best New Recording/Contemporary for his Alligator Records debut, Blues In My DNA.

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats won the Critics' Award for Band Of The Year, while the magazine's readers chose Southern Avenue as Band Of The Year.

Texas pianist/vocalist Marcia Ball won the Readers' Award for Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboards). Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith of The Cash Box Kings won the same award for drums.

CRITICS' AWARD:
Blues Artist Of The Year (Female)
Best Blues Album of 2024 (Blame It On Eve)
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Producer Of The Year - Will Kimbrough, for Blame It On Eve)

READERS' AWARD:
Blues Artist Of The Year (Female)

CRITICS' AWARD:
Blues Artist Of The Year (Male)
Best New Recording Contemporary Blues (Blues In My DNA)

CRITICS' AWARD:and Of The Year