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Calling All Canadian Blues Music Fans – The Tenth Annual Blues Awards

Published December 12, 2006 in Press Releases

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The tenth annual Maple Blues Awards is now accepting online votes for sixteen awards categories until Saturday December 16th, 2006. Online voting is open to anyone across Canada with a valid email address and is now in progress. Rules, registration, ballots and a full list of nominees can be accessed by visiting www.mapleblues.ca.

Canada’s annual blues awards programme promotes and recognizes outstanding achievement in the following “best of 2006” categories: Entertainer, Electric Act, Acoustic Act, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, New Artist/Group, Recording, B.B. King International Artist of the Year, Guitarist, Harmonica Player, Piano/Keyboard Player, Horn Player, Drummer, Bass Player, Songwriter, and the lifetime achievement award Blues With a Feeling.

Maple Blues Awards nominees are selected by a distinguished panel of blues experts from across Canada, and winners are selected based on the votes of Canadian blues fans. The winners will be announced at a spectacular gala presentation at the Mod Club Theatre (722 College St., Toronto) on Monday, January 15, 2007. Tickets for the gala are available at www.ticketpro.ca.

The Maple Blues Awards are supported by FACTOR and the Government of Canada through the Canadian Music Fund, GALAXIE – CBC’s Continuous Music Network, the SOCAN Foundation, SOCAN, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, KMP Designs Inc., Cordova Bay, Stony Plain Records, Long & McQuade Musical Instruments, Sam the Record Man, Steve’s Music Store/Pearl Drums, Lee Oskar Harmonicas, Fusion 3 Distribution/Justin Time Records, CBC Radio 99.1, Saturday Night Blues, and St. John’s Music/Yamaha Music Canada.


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