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NEWS


Since the Blues Foundation was founded in 1980, it has held the mission of preserving and promoting blues around the world, and this year’s Keeping the Blues Alive Award honorees demon- strate just how successful the organization has been over the past four decades. The nine individ- uals and organizations receiving KBAs in 2020 don’t just hail from the blues’ traditional territory of the American South but from such far-reaching blues outposts as Denmark, Poland, and Colom- bia.


The KBA Awards, chosen annually by a se-


lect panel of blues professionals, salutes those who have played crucial roles in advancing the art and commerce of blues. This year’s esteemed honorees will be recognized for their achieve- ments at the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards brunch, taking place on Friday, January 31, 2020, 10:30 a.m., in the Holiday Inn Memphis-Down- town Ballroom. The 2020 Keeping the Blues Alive


Awards recipients are:


PETER ASTRUP: Well known to thousands of musicians in Europe and the United States, Peter Astrup has dedicated his life to establishing, and expanding, the blues music scene in his native Denmark and throughout Europe.


DR. ROB BOWMAN: Dr. Rob Bowman, associate professor of music at Toronto’s York University, an accomplished blues educator lauded for his scholarship as well as for his support of Toronto’s blues music community and his involvement in Canada’s prestigious Juno Awards. A six-time Grammy nominee, Dr. Bowman received the 1996 Best Album Notes Grammy® for his 47,000-word monograph in the 10-CD box set The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975. THE CALI BLUES & FOLK FESTIVAL: The Cali


Blues & Folk Festival is a signature event of the Centro Cultural Colombo Americano in Cali, Colombia. Founded in 1954, this nonprofit bina- tional center is dedicated to enhancing the friend- ship between Colombia and the United States


through an array of arts, cultural, and English language education programs.


HAL & MAL’S USA BLUES CLUB: Operating out of the circa-1923 GM&O freight depot building in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, Hal & Mal’s USA Blues Club was founded in 1985 by brothers Hal White (now deceased) and Malcolm White, cur- rent director of the Mississippi Arts Commission.


JIMIWAY BLUES FESTIVAL: In 1994, the fa- ther-and-son team of Benedykt Kunicki and Oskar Kunicki founded the Jimiway Blues Festi- val in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland. Named in tribute to Jimi Hendrix, this nonprofit initiative is rooted in the mission of presenting a broad spectrum of blues music styles.


DR. JANICE JOHNSTON: Dr. Janice Johnston has been an advocate for blues musician health since becoming involved with The Blues Founda- tion in 2013. As the chairperson of The Blues Foundation’s HART Fund, Dr. Johnston has worked tirelessly to expand the offerings of this fund, which was established to ensure that blues musicians can get the resources needed to secure healthcare for both acute and chronic conditions.


JUS’ BLUES MUSIC FOUNDATION: Established in 1995, this Georgia-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization was founded “to preserve blues her-


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