| The
2010 Keeping the Blues Alive recipients |
 Each
year, The Blues Foundation recognizes excellence in Blues Music by
non-performers by presenting the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards.
The 2010 Keeping the Blues Alive recipients are:
• Art and Photography: Michael Maness, Memphis, TN
•
Blues
Club: Bradfordville Blues Club, Tallahassee, FL
•
Blues
Organization: Connecticut Blues Society
•
Education:
Spencer Bohren, New Orleans, LA
•
Festival:
Heritage Music Blues Festival, Wheeling, WV
•
Festival
International: Piazza Blues, Bellinzona, Switzerland
•
Historical
Preservation: Eric Leblanc, British Columbia, Canada
•
International:
Finnish Blues Association, Helsinki, Finland
•
Journalism:
David Fricke, Rolling Stone, New York, NY
•
Literature:
Crossroads, The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
Tom Graves, Memphis, TN
•
Manager/Agent:
Pat Morgan, Kailua-Kona, HI
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Print
Media: Block, Almelo, Netherlands
•
Producer:
Andy McKaie, Universal Music Enterprises, Santa Monica, CA
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Promoter:
Pozitif Productions, Istanbul, Turkey
•
Publicist:
Richard Flohil, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
•
Radio
Commercial: Charles Evers, Jackson, MS
•
Radio
Public: Rick Galusha, Omaha, NE
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Record
Label: Crosscut Records, Bremen, Germany
•
Visual
Broadcast: Film, Television and Video: Pocket Full of Soul, Houston,
TX
The 2010 KBA awards will be presented Saturday, January 23, 2010 at
the Double Tree Hotel in Memphis TN as part of the 2010
International Blues Challenge.
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