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Austin acts Ruthie Foster and Sue Foley are among a handful of local nominees for the Blues Music Awards, which will be presented virtually at 4 p.m. June 6 via the Blues Foundation s Facebook page and YouTube Channel.
Foster and Foley are up against each other in the contemporary blues female artist category, along with Shemekia Copeland, Samantha Fish and Shaun Murphy. Foster also received a nomination in the instrumentalist/vocals category. Foster s 2020 album Live at the Paramount recently received a Grammy nomination as well.
Kathy Murray, leader of long-running Austin band Kathy & the Kilowatts, is nominated for song of the year along with co-writers Frankie Bey, Rick Estrin and Kid Andersen for Bey s single All My Dues Are Paid. It s the title track from Bey s 2020 release, which is nominated for soul blues album at the Blues Music Awards as well as best traditional blues album at this year s Grammy Awards.