As a chef I know lots of fancy French terms for food and such, but one of my all time favorites is Amuse-Bouche. It means happy mouth, or mouth pleaser, it is usually reserved for that small offering a chef will send to your table as you are settling in before the meal. It is [...]
Archive for Category: "blues music awards 2010"
Joe Louis Walker Blues Music Award Nominee
Joe Louis Walker For this feature we have photos of Joe Louis Walker from recent shows at the Blue Note Jazz Club and the BB King Blues Club. Joe Lewis Walker is nominated for a 2011 BB King Entertainer of the Year, Instrumentalist Guitar, and Contemporary Blues Male Artist. Joe’s “Between A Rock & The Blues” [...]
Interview of Curtis Salgado, 2010 BMA Soul Blues Male Artist by Monica Yasher
Curtis Salgado walked away from the 2010 Blues Music Awards with Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year last week. And, in the year 2011, he is nominated once again! In the following interview, Curtis discussed his writing of “Clean Getaway”, and what the meaning of the song was intended to be and what [...]
BMA Awards-Real Time Announcements by Monica Yasher
> American Blues News has begun our coverage of the Blues Music Awards. This should be an exciting evening for everyone. Though a fabulous night is planned, American Blues News would like to take a minute, and offer our thoughts and prayers to our music friends and the people of Nashville, TN. There are twenty six [...]
More 2010 Blues Hall of Fame Coverage
> (Memphis, Tennessee) Here’s more photographs from last night’s Blues Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the Downtown Memphis Marriott Hotel Ballroom. It was an elegant dinner gala with many distinguished musicians and guests attending from around the world. That’s Magic Slim pictured above. It was a night of laughs, a few sentimental tears and [...]
2010 Hall of Fame Inductees From the Blues Foundation
> (Memphis, Tennessee)Last night I attended the induction ceremony that was held at the Memphis Marriott Downtown in Memphis, Tennessee, the night before the 31st Blues Music Awards. Full reporting of the Blues Music Awards will be covered live here at the American Blues News tomorrow. 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees: The Blues Foundation has [...]
Interview of Bobby Rush by Monica Yasher
Today we find ourselves talking with the 2009 Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year, Bobby Rush, and 2011 nominee in the same category. Bobby Rush (a three syllable name) has had a tremendous career since last year’s awards. And, the accomplishments he has achieved have gone beyond blues boundaries and national boundaries. Music has taken [...]
Blues Awards in Memphis This Week by Monica Yasher
> This week is a happening week in Memphis, as people join to celebrate the Blues Music Awards and the ceremony for the Inductees into the Hall of Fame! We will be rescheduling our normal coverage for these events this Thursday and Friday, to offer the best up to date coverage of this special Blues Occasion. Please check [...]
