Alligator Artists Receive 27 Blues Music Award Nominations

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he Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling Leads All Artists With Seven Nominations, Followed By Christone "Kingfish" Ingram With Five

Selwyn Birchwood Receives Four Nominations

The Cash Box Kings And Billy Branch Each Receive Two Nominations

Shemekia Copeland, Coco Montoya, Lil' Ed Williams, Carolyn Wonderland, Chris Cain, and Christoffer "Kid" Andersen and Derrick D'Mar Martin (both of Rick Estrin And The Nightcats) Each Receive One Nomination

On Thursday, January 25, 2024, the Blues Foundation announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Blues Music Awards. Alligator Records artists received an astounding 27 nominations.

The 45th Annual Blues Music Awards will be held in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday, May 9 at The Renasant Convention Center.

Alligator artists and their nominations follow:

Band Of The Year
Album Of The Year (GET YOUR BACK INTO IT!)
Traditional Blues Album Of The Year (GET YOUR BACK INTO IT!)
Song Of The Year (The Bait In The Snare)
Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year (Nick Moss)
Best Instrumentalist -- Harmonica (Dennis Gruenling)
Best Instrumentalist -- Bass (Rodrigo Mantovani)

Album Of The Year (LIVE IN LONDON)
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year (LIVE IN LONDON)
Song Of The Year (Midnight Heat)
Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year
Best Instrumentalist -- Guitar

Band Of The Year
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year (EXORCIST)
Song Of The Year (Horns Beneath Her Halo)
Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year

Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year
Best Instrumentalist -- Harmonica

Traditional Blues Album Of The Year (OSCAR'S MOTEL)
Best Instrumentalist -- Drums (Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith)

Best Instrumentalist -- Guitar (Christoffer "Kid" Andersen)
Best Instrumentalist -- Drums (Derrick "D'Mar" Martin)

Best Instrumentalist -- Vocals

B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year -- (Lil Ed Williams)

Blues Rock Album Of The Year (WRITING ON THE WALL)

Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year

Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year

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