Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes nominated for Blues Music Awards
Congratulations to Eden Brent and Fiona Boyes for their nominations in this year's Blues Music Awards! Eden earned a nomination for the second year in a row for "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year", while Fiona Boyes is nominated for the fourth consecutive year, this time as "Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year".The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member. Voting is open now through February 28.
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posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
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Eden Brent wins! Twice!
Here's the list of artists who won in more than one category in last night's 30th Blues Music Awards: Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Janiva Magness. That's a pretty exclusive list.
But you can add another spectacular performer to the list: Eden Brent , who took both "Acoustic Album of the Year" and "Acoustic Artist of the Year" honors.
For the record, Buddy edged out B.B., Janiva, and Eden with three wins to two for each of the others. If you weren't able to make it to Memphis for the big night, there's a great recap published by our friends at BluesWax magazine.
- Festival and tour dates for Eden Brent
- Sound samples, press reviews, and more about Eden Brent
- Order your copy of the award-winning album "Mississippi Number One"
- Thanks to Dusty Scott for the photo of Eden Brent at the Blues Music Awards
Labels: Blues Music Awards, Eden Brent
posted on Friday, May 08, 2009
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Last chance to vote in Blues Music Awards!
2009 Blues Music Award voting is coming to a close... we hope you will join the Blues Foundation and participate!We are thrilled that Eden Brent is nominated in four categories: "Acoustic Album of the Year", "Acoustic Artist of the Year", "Best New Artist Debut", and "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year". (Is four nominations a record for a "new artist"?)
Fiona Boyes is also nominated, for the third consecutive year, for her acoustic album "Live from Bluesville".
To mark the occasion, we've posted Eden's entire album "Mississippi Number One" for preview from our "YDR Radio" player - visit http://yellowdogrecords.com/radio to check it out and enjoy the music!
Important: voting ends early Monday morning (8am EST March 2) so if you want to vote, or need to revisit your ballot to make any final choices, please do it by the end of this weekend! Visit http://www.blues.org/bluesmusicawards/vote.php4 to get your ballot.
And while we are at it... voting is also coming to a close in the Independent Music Awards! Eden's song "Mississippi Flatland Blues" has been nominated as one of five finalists for "Blues Song of the Year". The general public is invited to vote for their choice of best song in the IMA's "Vox Populi" award -- visit this link to preview the finalist songs and vote.
- Festival and tour dates for Eden Brent
- Sound samples, press reviews, and more about Eden Brent
Labels: Blues Music Awards, Eden Brent
posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009
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Free Showcase at IBC Memphis
Five roots music masters... Thirteen Blues Music Award nominations... One lineup... Zero cover!Yellow Dog Records presents an afternoon of blues excellence, this Friday Feb 6 2009 during International Blues Challenge weekend. We'll be at King's Palace, 162 Beale Street, downtown Memphis. It's free to the public, so please join us as we present:
- 12:30 William Lee Ellis
- 1:15 Eden Brent
- 2:05 Mary Flower
- 2:55 Rich Del Grosso
- 3:45 Fiona Boyes
Rich Del Grosso and Fiona Boyes will perform songs from their 2008 album Live From Bluesville, also nominated as "Acoustic Album of the Year" in the 2009 Blues Music Awards!
And, Mary Flower and Fiona Boyes will each premiere songs from their upcoming albums Bridges and Blues Woman, set for spring releases from Yellow Dog Records.
See you there!
Labels: Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes, Mary Flower, William Lee Ellis
posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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Blues Revue profiles Eden Brent in "New Women of the Blues" feature
Eden Brent is featured as one of seven "New Women of the Blues" in the current issue (Feb/Mar) of Blues Revue magazine. Detailing her partnership with pianist Abie "Boogaloo" Ames, Eden explains, "Here I am, a young white lady, and there's Boogaloo Ames, an older black man. I came from a family of privilege; he lived on the other side of the tracks. The state of Mississippi liked us because we represented the way it really is and not a Mississippi Burning Hollywood production."Going on to describe her transition to solo performer after Boogaloo's passing, and release of Mississippi Number One, Eden summarizes, "All I ever wanted to do is play music, meet a lot of great people, travel to new places, have a good time, and make a damn living... So far, so good."
- More info on Eden Brent
- Mississippi Number One available from our Order Page
Labels: Blues Revue, Eden Brent
posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes nominated for Blues Music Awards
Yellow Dog Records is once again well-represented in this year's Blues Music Awards, with two artists recognized with award nominations. Eden Brent and her Yellow Dog Records debut album Mississippi Number One notched nominations in four categories: "Acoustic Album of the Year", "Acoustic Artist of the Year", "Best New Artist Debut", and "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year". Fiona Boyes earned a nomination for the third consecutive year with a nomination for "Acoustic Album of the Year".The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. And best of all, you can vote in the awards process! Visit The Blues Foundation to join, and then this link to vote once you are a member. Voting is open now until March 2nd, 2009.
Labels: Blues Music Awards, Eden Brent, Fiona Boyes
posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Eden Brent - Independent Music Awards finalist for "Blues Song of the Year"
"Mississippi Flatland Blues", the opening track from Eden Brent's new album Mississippi Number One, has been nominated as one of five finalists for "Blues Song of the Year" in the 2008 Independent Music Awards. The general public is invited to vote for their choice of best song in the IMA's "Vox Populi" award -- visit this link to check out the song and vote!In other news:
- "Mississippi Flatland Blues" will also be featured as "Blues Breaker" song of the week on the nationally syndicated House of Blues Radio Hour over the weekend of December 13-14 - check out station listing and air times at http://www.thebluesmobile.com. Eden recently returned from a tour of the West Coast where visited the House of Blues Radio Hour studios in San Francisco and was interviewed by Elwood Blues - we're told that the interview might air on the Radio Hour in February - we'll keep you posted!
- Eden will be profiled in a feature article "New Women of the Blues" in the upcoming (Feb/Mar 2009) issue of Blues Revue magazine. The issue mails to subscribers in mid-Dec so keep an eye out for your copy!
Labels: Blues Revue, Eden Brent, House of Blues Radio Hour, Independent Music Awards
posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Eden Brent, The Soul of John Black nominated for Blues Blast Music Awards
We were delighted by the announcement that Eden Brent and The Soul of John Black are both nominated in this year's Blues Blast Music Awards, sponsored by the Illinois Blues Society and their weekly Blues Blast Magazine.Eden is nominated for the "The Soul of John Black's recent album The Good Girl Blues is nominated for "Best New Artist Debut Recording".
JB's nomination follows on the heels of his nomination for "Best New Artist Debut" in this year's Blues Music Awards, while Eden's recognizes the buzz around her new album Mississippi Number One, which has earned a raft of great reviews and radio play - reaching #1 on XM Satellite Radio's Bluesville, #1 on the Roots Music Report Blues chart, and charting for 4 consecutive months on the Living Blues Radio Chart.
To preview these artists' albums in more detail, please visit their artist pages at Yellow Dog Records. Chicago-area radio station WGLT has also put together a page with sound samples of all BBMA nominees at http://www.wglt.org/programs/blues/blues_blast.phtml.
Voting closes on August 31st, so please visit http://www.illinoisblues.com/bbmavote today to support these artists with your vote! While you're there, we can recommend Blues Blast Magazine as a high-quality source of blues-genre music news.
Labels: Blues Blast Music Awards, Eden Brent, The Good Girl Blues, The Soul of John Black
posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008
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Yellow Dog Records Featured by Voice Of America
Voice of America gives some love to the Yellow Dog Records roster, which they note "boasts some of today's best blues and Americana performers." Read the article here, or get an MP3 of the whole radio piece here.Labels: Eden Brent, The Bo-Keys, The Soul of John Black, Voice of America, William Lee Ellis
posted on Monday, April 28, 2008
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Yellow Dog signs Eden Brent
On the eve of this year's International Blues Challenge, we're thrilled to announce the signing of 2006 IBC winner Eden Brent, a masterful blues and boogie pianist and vocal stylist. Dubbed "Little Boogaloo" by her mentor and duo partner, the late Abie "Boogaloo" Ames, this Mississippi Delta native holds a degree in music performance but credits Ames' down-home tutelage with teaching her how to "really play." Described by one critic as "Bessie Smith meets Diana Krall meets Janis Joplin," other reviewers have compared her to Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn and Norah Jones (our favorite line, though, involved something about "an angel on Viagra.") Never mind the comparisons. Eden's fresh voice is one-of-a-kind, and her distinctive style, fusing elements of blues, jazz, soul, gospel and pop, is turning the heads of roots music lovers nationwide.
Eden's new album, Mississippi Number One, is a tribute to her home and the "blues highway" that passes nearby. It will be in stores in April, but we'll have advance copies available in late February!
- More details and sound samples
- Taking pre-orders now! Visit the Order page to reserve your advance copy, shipping later in February.
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