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The Vincent Hayes Project has been nominated for a 2011 Blues Music Award, the highest honor given in the blues, for their debut CD "Reclamation" in the Best New Artist Debut category! We are excited and honored to receive our first nomination for this prestigious accolade! Public voting is now in progress!

The Blues Music Awards ceremony will be on May 5, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN, and simulcast on BB King's Bluesville on Sirius/XM Radio. VHP fans are encouraged to become members of the Blues Foundation so they can vote at www.blues.org. Fans interested in attending this year's event can also find information on tickets and lodging here as well.

In addition to the list of nominees below, Buddy Guy will be present this year to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award!

Blues Music Awards Nominees

2011 - 32nd Blues Music Awards-2011

Acoustic Album of the Year

Bet on the Blues, Paul Oscher

Booker's Guitar, Eric Bibb

Home Sweet Home, South Memphis String Band

Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks

You Can Always Turn Around, Lucky Peterson

Acoustic Artist of the Year

Doug MacLeod

Eric Bibb

Guy Davis

John Hammond

Paul Oscher

Album of the Year

Ain't Got No Troubles, Eden Brent

Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Shake for Me, The Mannish Boys

The Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness

The Well, Charlie Musselwhite

B.B King Entertainer of the Year

Buddy Guy

Janiva Magness

Joe Louis Walker

Kenny Neal

Super Chikan

Band of the Year

Derek Trucks Band

Magic Slim & the Teardrops

Nick Moss Band

Rick Estrin & the Nightcats

The Holmes Brothers

The Kilborn Alley Blues Band

The Mannish Boys

Best New Artist Debut

Chris O'Leary Band, Mr. Used to Be

Claudette King, We're Onto Something

Matt Hill, On the Floor

Peter Parcek 3, The Mathematics of Love

The Vincent Hayes Project, Reclamation

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year

Have Blues Will Travel, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Name The Day!, John Nemeth

Still The Rain, Karen Lovely

The Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

Candye Kane

Janiva Magness

Karen Lovely

Robin Rogers

Shemekia Copeland

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

Buddy Guy

Joe Louis Walker

John Nemeth

Kenny Neal

Nick Moss

DVD

Black Hen/Transgrease, The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert, Various Artists

Delmark, Live at Rooster's Place, Tail Dragger

NorthernBlues Music, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club, Watermelon Slim & the Workers

Ruf, Songs From The Road, Luther Allison

Woodward Studio, Nothing to Prove, Mac Arnold

Historical Album of the Year

Black Derby, Chicago Blues Buddies, Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop

Delmark, Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Story, Various Artists

Delmark, Live in Boston 1966, Junior Wells & the Aces

Delta Groove, Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore & Friends

Ruf, Songs from the Road, Luther Allison

Instrumentalist-Bass

Bill Stuve

Bob Stroger

Larry Taylor

Patrick Rynn

Steve Gomes

Instrumentalist-Drums

Cedric Burnside

Jimi Bott

Kenny 'Beedy Eyes' Smith

Robb Stupka

Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Guitar

Derek Trucks

Duke Robillard

Joe Louis Walker

Kirk Fletcher

Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist-Harmonica

Bob Corritore

Charlie Musselwhite

James Cotton

Kim Wilson

Paul Oscher

Instrumentalist-Horn

Big James Montgomery

Doug James

Eddie Shaw

Keith Crossan

Terry Hanck

Instrumentalist-Other

Gerry Hundt, Mandolin

Johnny Sansone, Accordion

Otis Taylor, Banjo

Rich Del Grosso, Mandolin

Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)

Eden Brent

Reba Russell

Ruthie Foster

Sue Foley

Teeny Tucker

Zora Young

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

David Maxwell

Dr. John

Eden Brent

Henry Butler

Mitch Woods

Rock Blues Album of the Year

Bingo, Steve Miller Band

Common Ground, Walter Trout

Live In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett

Privileged, Nick Moss

Roadsongs, Derek Trucks

Song of the Year

Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Please Mr. President, Bruce Iglauer/Wyzard/David Kearney, Bare Knuckle, Guitar Shorty

Rained All Night, Steve Gomes, Back In Style, Tad Robinson

Sad and Beautiful World, Charlie Musselwhite, The Well, Charlie Musselwhite

Still the Rain, Dennis Walker/Alan Mirikitani, Still The Rain, Karen Lovely

Soul Blues Album of the Year

24 Hour Woman, Denise LaSalle

Back in Style, Tad Robinson

Feed My Soul, The Holmes Brothers

Live In San Antonio, Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges

Nothing's Impossible, Solomon Burke

Stomp the Floor, Arthur Adams

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

Barbara Carr

Claudette King

Denise LaSalle

Irma Thomas

Sista Monica Parker

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

Bobby Rush

Curtis Salgado

Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges

Solomon Burke

Tad Robinson

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

Giant, James Cotton

Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith

Passport to the Blues, Duke Robillard

Shake for Me, The Mannish Boys

The Well, Charlie Musselwhite

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

Alabama Mike

Charlie Musselwhite

James Cotton

Magic Slim

Super Chikan

Reclamation is now on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio!!!

We are excited to announce that Reclamation is now a "Pick To Click" on B.B. King's Bluesville, Channel 74 on Sirius/XM Radio! This means that we have just gained exposure to potentially millions of new listeners! All of you VHP fans be sure to phone in your request to hear tunes from Reclamation! Thanks to everyone at Sirius/XM for their support!

(Aug. 2010) Reclamation spends two months on National Living Blues Charts! In June 2010 Reclamation, by The Vincent Hayes Project debuted at #20 on the National Living Blues Chart! The disc has remained on the Living Blues Chart for July at #23.

Living Blues Radio Chart for June 2010 (Compiled 07/01/10)

1. Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Have Blues Will Travel, Alligator

2. Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Raising The Bar, Blind Pig

3. Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Joined At The Hip, Telarc/Blues

4. Elvin Bishop, Red Dog Speaks, Delta Groove

5. Janiva Magness, The Devil Is An Angel Too, Alligator

6. John Nemeth, Name The Day, Blind Pig

7. Mississippi Heat, Let's Live It Up!, Delmark

8. Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames, Burnin' Love, Delmark

9. Mark Hummel, Retro-Active, Electro-Fi

10. Teeny Tucker, Keep The Blues Alive, TeBo

11. Otis Taylor, Clovis People Vol.3, Telarc International

12. Bettye LaVette, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, Anti-

13. Guitar Shorty, Bare Knuckle, Alligator

14. Chris James & Patrick Rynn, Gonna Boogie Anyway, Earwig

15. Karen Lovely, Still The Rain, Pretty Pear

16. Willie Buck, The Life I Love, Delmark

17. Tad Robinson, Back In Style, Severn

18. Mannish Boys, Shake For Me, Delta Groove

19. Rob Stone, Back Around Here, Earwig

20. Vincent Hayes Project, Reclamation, North 61

21. Holmes Brothers, Feed My Soul, Alligator

22. Mitch Woods, Gumbo Blues, Club 88/Vizztone

23. Johnny Moeller, BlooGaLoo!, Severn

24. Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, You Know You Love It, Jesi-Lu

25. Nick Moss, Privileged, Blue Bella

(June 2010) Reclamation chosen for Blues Deluxe radio program! On July 4, 2010 the Blues Deluxe program will air a song from Reclamation titled, "You Can Take Your Troubles", a 4 minute rockin' slide tune about a relationship gone bad! Blues Deluxe is syndicated on over 100 radio stations nationally throughout the US, with a potential listening audience of 1 million!