Five Alligator Artists Nominated For Eight Blues Blast Awards

 

FIVE ALLIGATOR ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR EIGHT BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS Blues Blast, the internet blues magazine, has announced the nominees for its 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards. Five Alligator Records artists received a total of eight nominations. Shemekia Copeland, Curtis Salgado and Toronzo Cannon each received two nominations. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and Tommy Castro & The Painkillers each received one. Voting is free and open to the public at www.bluesblastmagazine.com beginning July 1 and running through August 15. Winners will be announced at the 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards ceremony, held at The Fluid Events Center in Champaign, Illinois on September 23rd, 2016. Alligator nominees are as follows: SHEMEKIA COPELAND: Contemporary Blues Album - for Outskirts Of Love Female Blues Artist CURTIS SALGADO: Soul Blues Album - for The Beautiful Lowdown Male Blues Artist TORONZO CANNON: Contemporary Blues Album - for The Chicago Way Male Blues Artist  LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS: Blues Band TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS: Rock Blues Album - for Method To My Madness ### www.ALLIGATOR.com