The 35th annual Blues Music Awards ceremony is Thursday, May 8th, at 7 p.m. at the Cook Convention Center. Legendary and contemporary folks will be all over downtown. So keep your hand on your mojo.
You can get tickets to the event here. There’s cocktail reception at 5:30 and the nominees get cooking at 7.
See below for links to this year’s nominees for Album of the Year and the Flyer’s BMA Album of the Year playlist (after the jump). Have listen and decide for yourself who’ll be sittin’ on top of the world on Thursday night.
Album of the Year (Listen to the Nominees)
Get Up!: Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Remembering Little Walter: Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia, and James Harman
Rhythm & Blues: Buddy Guy
Cotton Mouth Man: James Cotton
Check out our BMA Album of the Year Playlist here.
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Blues Music Awards Thursday: Nominee Playlist