SENA EHRHARDT DEBUT NOMINATED FOR BLUES MUSIC AWARD!

SENA EHRHARDT DEBUT NOMINATED FOR BLUES MUSIC AWARD! The new release from vocalist Sena Ehrhardt, entitled Leave the Light On, has been nominated for a Blues Music Award in the "Best New Artist Debut" category. The powerful singer, unquestionably one of the freshest and most dynamic young voices on the blues scene today, has created a stir with her first recording. Pre-eminent blues publication Living Blues remarked, "With Leave the Light On the Sena Ehrhardt Band should get the attention of blues lovers as well as a mainstream audience that appreciates good songwriting and music with a feeling." And the Jazz and Blues Report added, "The youthful Minneapolis-based singer hits the blues turf running on her debut disc and serves up a captivating set of simultaneous fire and ice...a set of originals as fresh sounding as the voice that delivers them. Make way for a rising star." For Leave The Light On, Sena chose to record ten original compositions that she co-wrote with her father, who's also the guitarist in her band. To view performance footage of Sena, as well as comments from her and her dad, please click HERE. Sena said of the BMA nod, "I am humbled and grateful to be nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best New Artist Debut! My entire band shares in this honor and we are thrilled to be in such amazing company with the other nominated artists. I'd like to give a sincere thank you to The Blues Foundation for this very special recognition!" The Blues Music Awards, considered the most prestigious accolade in the blues field, are given annually by The Blues Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the genre. Voting ends on March 1st and is open to all members of the Blues Foundation. For information on joining (membership is only $25 a year), visit their website at www.blues.org. BMA winners will be announced on May 10th at the Awards Show in Memphis, Tennessee.