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ALLIGATOR RECORDS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2003
CONTACT:
Press - Marc Lipkin/Chris Moncada at
publicity@allig.com
Radio - Tim Kolleth at radio@allig.com
Retail - Josh Lindner at
josh@allig.com
ALLIGATOR RECORDS
PRESS RELEASE
FOUR ALLIGATOR ARTISTS
RECEIVE SIX W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARDS!
SHEMEKIA COPELAND LEADS ALL WINNERS WITH THREE!
KOKO TAYLOR, W.C.
CLARK AND ROOMFUL OF BLUES EACH WIN ONE!
Singing sensation Shemekia Copeland won three Awards at last night's
24th annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre
in Memphis, TN, taking more awards than any other nominee. Her win
for Blues Album Of The Year for 2002's Dr. John-produced
TALKING TO STRANGERS marks the 2nd time
Copeland has won the category. She won the same award for her 2001
album, WICKED. She also won for
Contemporary Female Artist Of The Year and Contemporary Blues Album
Of The Year for TALKING TO STRANGERS. At
only 24-years-old, Copeland has won a total of seven awards.
“Queen Of The Blues” Koko
Taylor won for Traditional Blues Artist Of The Year. This is her
23rd W.C. Handy Blues Award. She has received more awards than any
other artist – male or female – in Handy history.
Austin, TX-based
"Godfather of Austin Blues," W.C. Clark, won for Blues Song Of The
Year for “Let It Rain” off of his album, FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL. This
is Clark's third W.C. Handy Blues Award.
And the newest members of the
Alligator family, Roomful of Blues, took the award for Blues
Instrumentalist – Horns. This is the band's third award.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
Blues Album of
the Year: TALKING TO STRANGERS
Contemporary Female Artist of the Year
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year: TALKING TO STRANGERS
KOKO TAYLOR
Traditional Female Artist of the
Year
W.C. CLARK
Blues Song of the Year:
"Let It Rain," W. C. Clark, Bobby Boyd, John Gray Gregson from the
release FROM AUSTIN WITH SOUL
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
Blues Instrumentalist Horns
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