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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
Eden Brent will perform songs from her 2008 album Mississippi Number One, nominated as “Acoustic Album of the Year” in the 2009 Blues Music Awards.
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!
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
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.