FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 29, 2016

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FIVE ALLIGATOR ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR EIGHT

BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS

Blues Blast, the internet blues magazine, has announced the nominees for its 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards. Five Alligator Records artists received a total of eight nominations. Shemekia Copeland, Curtis Salgado and Toronzo Cannon each received two nominations. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and Tommy Castro & The Painkillers each received one.

Voting is free and open to the public at www.bluesblastmagazine.com beginning July 1 and running through August 15. Winners will be announced at the 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards ceremony, held at The Fluid Events Center in Champaign, Illinois on September 23rd, 2016.

Alligator nominees are as follows:

SHEMEKIA COPELAND:

Contemporary Blues Album - for Outskirts Of Love
Female Blues Artist

CURTIS SALGADO:

Soul Blues Album - for The Beautiful Lowdown
Male Blues Artist

TORONZO CANNON:

Contemporary Blues Album - for The Chicago Way
Male Blues Artist

 LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS:

Blues Band

TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS:

Rock Blues Album - for Method To My Madness

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