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Estrin, Copeland, Cray among Blues Music Awards nominees January 30, 2021 at 9:12 am MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The bands Rick Estrin & the Nightcats and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones have each received five nominations for the annual Blues Music Awards. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, The Blues Foundation released Thursday its list of nominees for the awards, which will be held online on June 6. The awards, which honor blues music recordings, performances and songwriting, are in their 42nd year. Rick Estrin & the Nightcats and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones are nominated in the band of ...

Austin 360 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 ban...