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Vox Populi – The People Have Spoken
We’re pleased to announce that the song “Slow Lane to Glory” from Mary Flower‘s latest album Bridges has won the Vox Populi award for “Acoustic Song of the Year” in the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards. Music fans from around the world voted online for their favorite independent label artists selected from the 250 IMA nominees. Thanks to all the fans who participated to choose Mary’s song! See all the song nominees on the IMA jukebox.
Fiona Boyes nominated for 2 Blues Blast Music Awards
Fiona Boyes is nominated twice in this year’s Blues Blast Music Awards, sponsored by the weekly Blues Blast Magazine.
Her excellent album Blues Woman is nominated for “Best Traditional Blues Recording”, while Fiona herself is nominated for “Best Female Artist”.
These honors follow Fiona’s recent Blues Music Award nomination for “Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year” and widespread airplay for Blues Woman, which reached #1 on XM Satellite Radio’s Bluesville, #1 on the Roots Music Report Blues chart, and charted for 4 consecutive months up to #2 on the Living Blues Radio Chart.
In addition to the streaming previews of Blues Woman on our artist pages, 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/blues_blast.phtml.
Voting closes on August 31st, so please visit http://www.illinoisblues.com/bbma/2010/bbmavote2010.php today to support Fiona with your vote! While you’re there, we can recommend Blues Blast Magazine as a high-quality source of blues-genre music news, so don’t hesitate to sign up for their weekly newsletter.
Asylum Street Spankers featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition
The Asylum Street Spankers joined NPR’s Liane Hansen for an interview and performance, aired nationwide on Weekend Edition Sunday. Hear live versions of songs from the new album, God’s Favorite Band. Discover which Spanker was twirling a fire baton that night in Llano, Texas, which one was conceived on a Slip ‘n Slide, and what sort of vehicle God might drive on his anonymous visits to Earth.
- Listen to the whole thing right here
- Album shipping now! Visit the Order page to get your copy.