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Mary Flower, The Soul of John Black Nominated for 3 Independent Music Awards
We are pleased to announce that Mary Flower and The Soul of John Black have been nominated for the 11th Annual Independent Music Awards! It’s our 5th year in a row for having our artists as finalists in the IMA’s, and we’re happy to have such recognition given for their albums and songs.
Mary Flower’s Misery Loves Company has been receiving quite a lot of recognition this year, including two Blues Music Award nominations for Acoustic Album of the Year and Acoustic Artist of the Year. Adding to her honors, the IMA’s have chosen her latest release as a finalist for Americana Album.
The Soul of John Black’s latest release, Good Thang, has been nominated as a finalist for R&B Album, and the track “My Brother” is nominated for Blues Song.
The general public is invited to vote in each of these categories for the IMA’s “Vox Populi” award — visit the links below to check out songs from these albums and vote! Voting goes through July 27.
- Mary Flower – Misery Loves Company – Americana Album
- The Soul of John Black – Good Thang – R&B Album
- The Soul of John Black – “My Brother” – Blues Song
UPDATE: to vote in the “Vox Populi” category, visit the above links and once you’ve logged in, click the stars underneath song to “rank” it with a score from 1 to 5.
Free label sampler – new edition!
We’ve enjoyed the great response to our- series of Yellow Dog Records label samplers. – So, we’re pleased to announce the latest edition, titled Innovation | Tradition. – To check it out, please visit http://sampler.yellowdogrecords.com to stream or download — for free — thirteen of our favorite tracks from artists throughout our catalog.
Here’s what some nice folks said about our previous edition, It’s All Connected:
- “Man, every tune these guys publish is unique — fresh is a great way to put it.” (Worldofblues)
- “This particular sampler is a meal in itself.” (Eartaste)
(Still prefer a real live compact disc that you can hold in your hand- — and use as a drink coaster as a pinch? – Drop us a line at this address and we should be able to hook you up.)
Mary Flower, Eden Brent nominated for Blues Music Awards
Congratulations to Mary Flower for earning two nominations in this year’s Blues Music Awards! Mary’s new album Misery Loves Company is nominated for Acoustic Album of the Year and she has also been nominated as a performer for Acoustic Artist of the Year.
It seems to be the season of nominations for Mary.- – She is also up for “Best Female Artist” at the Portland Music Awards, scheduled to announce winners on January 22.- This comes on the heels of Mary’s recent Muddy Award for “Acoustic Guitar” by the Cascade Blues Association.
Congratulations also go out to Eden Brent for her 4th Blues Music Award nomination for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year, as well as Jimi Bott (of Woodbrain) for his 13th (!) nomination as Blues Drummer of the Year and to The Bo-Keys for their nomination as Blues Band 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 March 1.
The Blues Foundation will present the 33rd Blues Music Awards on May 10 at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, TN. Stay tuned!