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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Three Yellow Dog artists nominated for Blues Music Awards
Yellow Dog Records is well-represented in this year's Blues Music Awards, with three artists recognized with award nominations. The Soul of John Black and his Yellow Dog Records debut album The Good Girl Blues are nominated for "Best New Artist Debut", while Mary Flower is nominated for "Acoustic Artist of the Year". Fiona Boyes becomes a two-time nominee with this year's nomination for "Contemporary 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 until Feb 29, 2008.
Labels: Blues Music Awards, Fiona Boyes, Mary Flower, The Good Girl Blues, The Soul of John Black
posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007
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New SoJB videos
Posted recently -- a couple of videos for JB aka The Soul of John Black:- I Got Work
- Deez Blues
- a great mini-documentary that shows what JB is all about
Labels: The Soul of John Black, videos
posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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The Good Girl Blues named finalist in Independent Music Awards!
The Good Girl Blues, the new album from The Soul of John Black, has been nominated as one of five finalists for "Blues Album of the Year" in the 2007 Independent Music Awards. The other finalists are rarified company indeed, including new albums from Koko Taylor, Ike Turner, Watermelon Slim, and Big Pete Pearson. Visit this link to vote in the IMAs!In other news:
- International interest has been building, with both Japan's Blues & Soul and France's Soul Bag magazines requesting tracks from The Good Girl Blues for inclusion on sampler CDs distributed to their subscribers
- Great airplay continues, with The Good Girl Blues reaching #2 on XM Satellite Radio Bluesville's Picks to Click
Labels: Independent Music Awards, The Good Girl Blues, The Soul of John Black