- Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Live in London, Alligator
- Coco Montoya, Writing on the Wall, Alligator
- Bobby Rush,
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Living Blues #287 Top Ten Reviews
LIVING BLUES RADIO CHART SEPTEMBER 2023
- Coco Montoya, Writing on the Wall, Alligator
- Mitch Woods, Friends Along the Way, Club 88
- Bobby Rush,
LIVING BLUES RADIO CHART AUGUST 2023
- Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling, Get Your Back Into It!, Alligator
- Monster Mike Welch, Nothing But Time,
Living Blues #286 Top Ten Reviews
David Evans Letter
I must object strenuously to a statement in Mark Humphrey’s review of Gayle Dean Wardlow, Stephen Calt, and Edward Komara’s King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton (Knoxville,
LIVING BLUES RADIO CHART JULY 2023
- Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling, Get Your Back Into It!, Alligator
- Selwyn Birchwood, Exorcist, Alligator
- Monster Mike Welch,
LIVING BLUES RADIO CHART JUNE 2023
- Selwyn Birchwood, Exorcist, Alligator
- Lil’ Jimmy Reed with Ben Levin, Back to Baton Rouge, Nola Blue
- D.
Living Blues #285 Top Ten Reviews
Alligator Records – AL5012
Selwyn Birchwood cuts loose on his new record, Exorcist. The singer-songwriter-guitarist extraordinaire offers up 13 choice cuts that highlight his soulful vocals and incendiary lead guitarwork.
30th Annual Living Blues Awards (2023)
Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
John Primer
Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Shemekia Copeland
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Irma Thomas
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass)
Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums)
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns)
The Texas Horns
Most Outstanding Musician (Other)
Shardé Thomas (Fife)
Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush
Comeback Artist of the Year
Jimi “Prime Time” Smith
Artist Deserving More Attention
Dylan Triplett
Best Blues Albums of 2022
Album of the Year
Diunna Greenleaf
I Ain’t Playin’
Little Village Foundation
Best New Recording / Contemporary Blues
Shemekia Copeland
Done Come Too Far
Alligator
Best New Recording / Traditional or Acoustic Blues
Taj Mahal &