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Buddy Guy Leads List of 2011 Blues Music Awards Nominees

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BMI blues-slingers accounted for 91 percent of the 2011 Blues Music Awards nominations, announced yesterday. 2010 Blues Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Buddy Guy proves there’s more where that came from, leading the list of nominees with five nods including B.B. King Entertainer and Album of the Year for Living Proof. 2010 B.B. King Entertainer winner Janiva Magness will vie…


From News, posted 12.16.10

Joe Louis Walker Leads BMI Nominees for 2010 Blues Music Awards

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BMI artists, songwriters and musicians garnered the majority of 2010 Blues Music Awards nominations, which were recently announced. Joe Louis Walker leads the list with five nods, including Album and Contemporary Blues Album of the Year for Between a Rock and the Blues, Contemporary Blues Male Artist, Guitarist, and Song of the Year for “I’m Tide.” James “Super Chikan” Johnson also garnered a slew of nominations, including B. B. King…


From News, posted 12.12.09

BMI Songwriters Dominate List of 2008 Blues Music Awards Nominees

Once again, noted BMI songwriters overwhelmingly populate the list of nominees for the upcoming Blues Music Awards. 2008's round of recognition will take place May 8, 2008, at Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi. In addition to the impressive caliber of 2008's honorees, the ceremony itself boasts historic significance: it will mark the first time the Blues Foundation has ever presented its annual awards in the Mississippi Delta,…


From News, posted 12.20.07

Charlie Musselwhite Leads List of BMI Blues Awards Noms

BMI blues artists once again dominated the nominees list for the Blues Music Awards, set for May 10 at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis. Presented by the Blues Foundation and co-sponsored by BMI, the Blues Music Awards, formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards, celebrate excellence in the performance and recording of the blues and is the highest honor bestowed upon artists in the genre.…


From News, posted 1.12.07

Oscar Brand Celebrates 60 Years on the Air

Congratulations to BMI songwriter Oscar Brand, who recently celebrated his 60th anniversary as host of the weekly "Folksong Festival" show on New York public radio station WNYC-AM820. The milestone earned the award-winning program a place in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the "Longest Running Radio Series with the Same Host." The show also won him one of his two Peabody…


From News, posted 1.31.06

BMI Stars Grab Fistful of Handy Nominations

Congratulations to all of the BMI artists and songwriters nominated for the 22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards, announced recently by the Blues Foundation. The Handy Awards, co-sponsored by BMI, will be presented on Thursday, May 24, 2001 at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee. BMI once again swept many of the categories including Blues Entertainer of the Year with Taj Mahal, Bobby Rush,


From News, posted 1.17.01

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