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Living Blues Radio Chart September 2016

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Bobby Rush, Porcupine Meat, Rounder
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Strong Like That, Severn
Li’l Ed And The Blues Imperials,

October 2016 Top 10 Reviews

LIL’ ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS
The Big Sound of Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials
Alligator – ALCD 4972

For some reason, slide guitarist Lil’ Ed Williams’ name doesn’t often come up when blues lovers extol the virtues of contemporary artists whose music is still “rootsy” in feel.

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Living Blues Radio Chart August 2016

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Michael Burks, I’m A Bluesman, Iron Man
Nick Moss Band, From The Root To The Fruit,

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Living Blues Radio Chart July 2016

kenny wayne

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, Jumpin’ & Boppin’, Stony Plain
Nick Moss, From The Root To The Fruit,

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Critics’ Poll
Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
Buddy Guy
Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Shemekia Copeland
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Otis Clay
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Lurrie Bell
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Sugar Blue
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Allen Toussaint
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass)
Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums)
Cedric Burnside
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns)
Trombone Shorty
Most Outstanding Musician (Other)
Freddie Roulette – Lap steel
Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush
Comeback Artist of the Year
Wee Willie Walker
Artist Deserving More Attention
Matthew Robinson

Best Blues Albums of 2015
Album of the Year
Shemekia Copeland – Outskirts of Love – Alligator Records
New Recordings / Contemporary Blues
Cedric Burnside Project – Descendants of Hill Country – Cedric Burnside Project
New Recordings / Southern Soul
Wee Willie Walker – If Nothing Ever Changes – Little Village Foundation
New Recordings / Best Debut
The Peterson Brothers – The Peterson Brothers – Blue Point Records
New Recordings / Traditional & …

August 2016 Top 10 Reviews

BOBBY RUSH
Porcupine Meat
Rounder – No #

Bobby Rush’s Rounder debut should cause rejoicing among longtime fans and newcomers alike. The indefatigable “funk folklorist” has lost none of his legendary transgressive wit or genre-straddling musical acumen,

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