News Roundup (Passings, Living Blues Award Winners, Patrick Ballantyne)

Festival of Friends Volunteer Mosche Freedman Passes

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News

Local

• CHCH Video: Nicole Coward
• Winners of the Niagara Jazz Fest Jazz 4 the Ages Contest
• Local Music Super Fan Gary DePodesta Passes

Living Blues Award Winners

Critic's Poll

• Artist (Male): Bobby Rush
• Artist (Female): Rhiannon Giddens
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: William Bell
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Lurrie Bell
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Billy Branch
• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Henry Gray
• Most Outstanding Musician (Bass): Bob Stroger
• Most Outstanding Musician (Drums): Cedric Burnside
• Most Outstanding Musician (Horns): Big Jay McNeely
• Most Outstanding Musician (Other): Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton (Banjo)
• Best Live Performer: Bobby Rush
  
  
  
  Links: Bobby Rush, More Bobby Rush Stories, Video above courtesy of MusicUCanSee
  
  
• Comeback Artist of the Year : William Bell
• Artist Deserving More Attention: Bruce “Mississippi” Johnson

Best Blues Albums of 2016

• Album: Lurrie Bell - Can’t Shake This Feeling
• New Recordings/Contemporary Blues: Toronzo Cannon -  The Chicago Way
• New Recordings/Southern Soul: William Bell – This Is Where I Live
• New Recordings/Best Debut: Anthony Sherrod and the Cornlickers – Right on Time
• New Recordings/Traditional and Acoustic: Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – It Is What It Is 
• Historical (Pre-war): Washington Phillips – Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams
• Historical (Postwar): B.B. King – The Complete RPM–Kent Recordings Box

Various

• Book: Martin Hawkins – Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge
• DVD: Sherman Robertson – Takin’ You to Texas
• Producer (New Recording): Scott Billington (Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat)
• Producer (Historical Recording): Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter and Steven Lance Ledbetter (Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreamss)

Readers Poll

• Artist (Male): Buddy Guy
• Artist (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Buddy Guy
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Marcia Ball
• Best Live Performer: Buddy Guy
  
  
  
  Links: Buddy Guy, More Buddy Guy Stories, Video above courtesy John Richardson
  
  
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Buddy Guy
• Album (New Release): Toronzo Cannon -  The Chicago Way
• Album (Historical Recording): B.B. King – The Complete RPM–Kent Recordings Box
• DVD: David “Honeyboy” Edwards – I’m Gonna Tell You Somethin’ That I Know
• Book: Alan Harper – Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads

World

• International Bluegrass Music Association Award Nominations

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The Adventures of Trebleclef the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef helped his daddy (Lou, our blogger) celebrate his birthday along with Trickbag at King West Bistro in Dundas

Click here for more pictures of the event.

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A few days after, he went to Gore Park in Hamilton to check out Andre Bisson and his incredible Band!

Click here for more pictures of the event.

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Featured Video

Links: Patrick Ballantyne, More Patrick Ballantyne Stories, Video above courtesy of Patrick Ballantyne

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