Powerfully transcending his roots as a critically acclaimed veteran bluesman, Blind Lemon Pledge's bold, freewheeling exploration of Americana and folk music is rapidly earning him accolades in genres fresh to his creative palette. This week, the multi-talented musician and songwriter (http://blindlemon-pledge.com/) won two Best Song Awards at the Indie Music Channel Awards in Los Angeles for key tracks on his just released album 'Backwoods Glance' - Best Americana Song for "The Hills of West Virginia" and Best Gospel Song for "Give My Poor Heart Ease."
Created in 2012 by Emmy Award-winning TV host, actor and model, Christopher Ewing, the Indie Music
Channel Awards recognize and support an array of talented indie musicians, composers and producers. With recognition in over 20 categories, the Awards brings together top creators in a wide number of genres from Americana to Pop to Gospel to Country to Hip Hop and much more.
"I am very proud to be honored among these fine artists. And I want to extend a special thanks to all the musicians who helped make this project come alive," said Pledge, (aka James Byfield) as he accepted his awards.
Currently distributed by
CDBaby and available on
Amazon,
iTunes, Spotify and other
major outlets, 'Backwoods Glance' showcases Pledge's diverse skills as songwriter, musician and producer, with styles ranging from line dance swing to Appalachian folk, Cajun stomp, romantic waltz, jug band hoot and
Southern country gospel.
In addition to his Best Song Awards, Blind Lemon Pledge was also honored to have his eponymously named Blues Band nominated by Bongo Boy Records in the Americana Music Association Awardsfor Best Duo/Group of the Year. Bongo Boy has featured Pledge's songs on their critically acclaimedBackroom Blues compilations.
Even as he achieves breakthroughs in the Americana genre, Blind Lemon Pledge's extensive blues catalogue continues to be recognized. The Just Plain Folks Music Association recently nominated the 2014 song "Buley's Farm" from his "Evangeline" album for Best Blues Song - without him formally entering the competition. The organization states, "After screening 17,400+ albums and 240K+ songs over 18 months, five rounds of judging along with the final nomination round, we've come up with song and album nominees in over 70 genres of music."
Comments
To post a comment, you must
register and
login.
