Show 77 – Recorded 4-25-20 This podcast features the Blues Foundation and artists nominated for Blues Music Awards (The BMA’s) set for May 3rd streaming on The Blues Foundation’s Facebook and YouTube pages at 5:00PM Eastern, 4:00PM Central and 2:00PM Pacific time. The podcast provides highlights from our recent Skype interview with Barbara Newman, CEO of the Blues Foundation and 10 great performances by blues artists or groups who are nominated for BMA’s this year. Artist performances range from 2017 to 2019. The blues artists we feature are: John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Buddy Guy, Rory Block, Bobby Rush, Billy Branch and his Sons of The Blues, Curtis Salgado, Jontavious Willis, Shemekia Copeland, Watermelon Slim, Samantha Fish and Lightnin’ Malcolm.