2017 Blues Music Awards Nominations!

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

Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Fiona Boyes
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Luther Dickinson

Best Instrumentalist - Drums

Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
June Core
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel

Historical Album

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup - A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw
B.B. King - More B.B. King: Here’s One You Haven’t Heard
Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush
Doug MacLeod – Live in Europe
Michael Burks - I’m A Bluesman
Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers - Genuine Blues Legends

Congratulations to all the nominees!