Off To Memphis For The BMAs!

 

 

 

Vote NOW for Blues Music Awards - Candye Kane, Little G Weevil & more!

NEWS FROM THE VIZZTONE LABEL GROUP VOTE NOW for our 2014 Blues Music Awards Nominees! (voting ends March 1, 2014!) CANDYE KANE Contemporary Blues Female Artist LITTLE G WEEVIL Acoustic Blues Artist RUFF KUTT BLUES BAND That's When The Blues Begins - JAMES GOODE, Writer Song of the Year ANSON FUNDERBURGH Traditional Blues Male Artist Instrumentalist, Guitar PHANTOM BLUES BAND TONY BRAUAGEL instrumentalist - Drums PHANTOM BLUES BAND MIKE FINNIGAN Pinetop Perkins Piano Player ...and Vizzable Music artists: GRACIE CURRAN & the High Falutin' Band Proof of Love Best New Artist Debut DIUNNA GREENLEAF Traditional Blues Female Koko Taylor Award And big congrats to VizzTone artists who have gone on to other labels — you're ALWAYS part of the family! TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT - Band of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album DANIELLE SCHNEBELEN - Instrumentalist, Bass TERRY HANCK - Instrumentalist, Horn         VOTE NOW!!! Voting for the BLUES MUSIC AWARDS is happening NOW! If you're already a member of the Blues Foundation, click HERE to vote! If you're not a member yet, click HERE to join!  You'll be glad you did!

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Grammy Award ballots

NEWS FROM THE VIZZTONE LABEL GROUP The first-round Grammy Awards Ballots are out! First-round ballots have gone out to members of the Recording Academy, to determine who the final GRAMMY Award nominees will be.  This year VizzTone is proud to have thirteen artists represented on the official entry list!  Our congratulations to: MICHAEL BRAM • DOUG DEMING & THE JEWEL TONES • DENNIS GRUENLING CANDYE KANE (FEAT. LAURA CHAVEZ) • LONG TALL DEB • JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND ANN RABSON w/ BOB MARGOLIN • DAVE RILEY & BOB CORRITORE RUFF KUTT BLUES BAND • GINA SICILIA • LITTLE G WEEVIL MITCH WOODS • AUSTIN YOUNG & NO DIFFERENCE If you're a member of the Recording Academy, please consider voting for these great artists! But even if you're not, please check out full-song samples from these albums and many more at the VIZZTONE MUSIC STORE!

Little G Weevil - Free Track, message and tour dates

vizztone.com         littlegweevil.net Dear Friends, The summer festival season is over but luckily there are many exciting shows, festivals and tours ahead. This year has been awesome so far. I had the pleasure taking my Blues to France the first time last March. I have spent June, July with gigs in Czech Republic, Hungary and I did a short but fantastic five day run in AL and GA with the excellent Ian Siegal. In August, i made it to eight States, driving thousands of miles as the first part of the new album supporting tour. I reunited with an old friend of mine Billy Gibson for a few gigs in Georgia in September and then took a few days off preparing myself for the next road trip. The new album "Moving" has been doing very good so far. In August the album has reached #4 on Roots Music Report Internet Radio Airplay Chart and it`s been in the Top 12 ever since. Correct me if i`m wrong but i think this is the only full acoustic album in the Top 25. For the first time in my career i made it to the Living Blues Radio Chart as well. I`m very happy about it. I would like to thank everyone at Vizztone Label Group for doing such good job. I must thank every journalist and radio DJ for supporting this album. I truly appreciate it. Like i said, there are many exciting shows ahead. I"m wrapping up a tour of the Gulf Coast with shows in Gulfport, MS and Mobile, AL. Pensacola and Orlando, FL (TONIGHT!).  Then I'm off to occupy my cabin on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. On the cruise i`ll have my friend Maurice Nazzaro with me featuring on harmonica in a few tunes.  In November i`m heading to France and Spain for a nice two week tour. In France i`ll be at the Blues sur Seine festival which is one of the biggest blues festivals in the region. I look forward to it. December is time for the band. St Louis, MO, Louisville, KY, Roanoke, VA - here we come! Please click on the link below to see tour schedule. I hope you can make it to some of these shows. Until then take care and Happy Halloween to you and your loved ones. FALL/WINTER 2013 TOUR SCHEDULE I attached a free download to this e-mail. Go, get it! Friendly, Little G Weevil CLICK HERE for a free download of the track "On My Way To Memphis" from the new Little G Weevil CD, Moving.

VizzTone's BMA Wish List

VizzTone's Blues Music Award Wish List! We are so proud of the artists we're working with at the VizzTone label group!  Of course, the BLUES MUSIC AWARD nominators haven't made their choices yet, but If it were up to us...we'd see some of the nominations listed below. Cick on the CDs to listen to the music, and we bet you'll agree! Candye Kane Coming Out Swingin' (feat. Laura Chavez) Coming Out Swingin’— the brilliant new record from feminist power poet and vocalist CANDYE KANE, her extraordinary guitarist and co-writer Laura Chavez, and her exceptional band. It’s a jukebox for the mind that moves the body and spirit with a broad selection of originals and hip covers. • CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST • CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM • GUITARIST (Laura Chavez) • BB KING ENTERTAINER • SONG: "Invisible Woman" • ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2013 IBC Solo/Duo Winner Little G Weevil Moving LITTLE G WEEVIL is an international Bluesman. Growing up in Budapest, Hungary, G fell in love with American Blues records, and soon became a successful Blues artist in his own country.  He felt the call of the American South and moved to the United States, living in Alabama, washing dishes and playing on Beale Street in Memphis, and finally settling in Atlanta Georgia. After winning first place as a solo artist at the 2013 International Blues Challenge , he recorded MOVING – a beautifully ambient album of deep, all-acoustic Blues. • ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM • ACOUSTIC BLUES ARTIST • ALBUM OF THE YEAR Ruff Kutt Blues Band That's When The Blues Begins Deep Texas Blues featuring Zac Harmon, Finis Tasby, and Anson Funderburgh. Texan James Goode describes himself as an “old rascal and beat-up coach”, but this Rockabilly Hall-Of-Fame inductee, songwriter, bass player, and creator of the RUFF KUTT BLUES BAND certainly knows how to field one hell of a Blues team. This all-star aggregation hits a deep Blues groove and delivers Goode’s songs with the assured, relaxed intensity of seasoned pros. • TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM • ALBUM OF THE YEAR Austin Young & No Difference Blue As Can Be Colorado’s multi-award winning teenage Blues phenom AUSTIN YOUNG is an electrifying performer and prolific songwriter. He has been devastating audiences at clubs, concerts and festivals. Blue As Can Be is a landmark worldwide debut from a young artist with a huge future. • NEW ARTIST DEBUT • GUITARIST Gina Sicilia It Wasn't Real On her fourth release, GINA SICILIA continues to evolve and demonstrate a unique ability to stitch different genres into one personal, authentic sound that is all the Soul of Gina Sicilia.  Stunning writing, beautiful sonic landscapes and vocals to die for, It Wasn’t Real is a fearless leap forward that delivers. • CONTMEPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST • CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM • SONG: "It Wasn't Real" Long Tall Deb Raise Your Hands LONG TALL DEB Landolt delivers a solid dose of her patented “Soul/Gospel/Swamp” on her debut release, with striking performances on ten of Deb’s original songs with help from a bevy of heavy hitting guests. This is a tour-de-force for Long Tall Deb, and a joyous celebration of the arrival of an artist on the rise. • NEW ARTIST DEBUT • CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST • SONG: "Married To The Blues" feat Big Llou James Montgomery Band From Detroit To The Delta JAMES MONTGOMERY cut his teeth in the Detroit Blues scene of the late 60’s, moved to Boston, signed with Capricorn Records, and proceeded to lead a Blues band that was so hot they had budding local rockers like Aerosmith opening their shows. On the new CD, James traces his musical roots From Detroit To The Delta, with special guests Johnny Winter, Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford, James Cotton, the Uptown Horns, and seminal rapper DMC. Montgomery’s journey paysrespect to many styles of the Blues, from urban streets to Mississippi mud. • ROCK BLUES ALBUM • SONG: "Little Johnny" feat. Johnny Winter, Aerosmiths's Brad Hatfield and Joey Kramer and a sneak peek, coming in September... Dave Riley and Bob Corritore Hush Your Fuss This is timeless juke-joint blues, performed by modern masters.The "Mississippi meets Chicago" blues partnership of singer/guitarist Dave Riley and award-winning Chicago blues harmonica player Bob Corritore has toured extensively in the USA, Europe and South America.  HUSH YOUR FUSS!, their third CD together, is a real down-home blues throw-down, featuring rootsy, old-school storytelling blues that puts you in rural Mississippi by way of Chicago, all in the well-honed style of DAVE RILEY and BOB CORRITORE. • TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM • HARMONICA: BOB CORRITORE THANKS FOR LISTENING, WE HOPE YOU LOVE THE MUSIC AS MUCH AS WE DO!