ALLIGATOR RECORDS CURTIS SALGADO AND RICK ESTRIN RECEIVE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS

May 12, 2018

  • Curtis Salgado Wins Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year
  • Rick Estrin & The Nightcats Win Band Of The Year
  • Estrin Also Wins Song Of The Year And Traditional Male Artist Of The Year

On Thursday, May 10, 2018, The Blues Foundation announced the winners of the 39th Annual Blues Music Awards, the blues world’s highest honors. Alligator Records artists Rick Estrin, his band Rick Estrin & The Nightcats and soul singer Curtis Salgado all won awards.The ceremony was held in Memphis at the Cook Convention Center.

Internationally beloved blues masters Rick Estrin & The Nightcats took home one of the evening’s biggest prizes, the highly coveted Band Of The Year award. Estrin also won the statues for Song Of The Year (for The Blues Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere, from the band’s latest CD, GROOVIN’ IN GREASELAND) and for Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year.

Soul and blues vocalist Curtis Salgado received the award for Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year, a distinction he has won five previous times. His latest album is the critically acclaimed ROUGH CUT, an acoustic tour-de-force with guitarist Alan Hager.

Alligator artists and awards are as follows:

CURTIS SALGADO:

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Soul Blues Male Artist Of The Year
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RICK ESTRIN:

Band Of The Year: Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

Song Of The Year: The Blues Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere


Traditional Blues Male Artist Of The Year

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