Musicians at BMAs

The Blues Foundation has released the first list of musicians that are coming to play at the 30th Blues Music Awards.
Leading the list is BB King who will prsent the "Entertainer of the Year" award, named in his honor.

The BMA is like no other award ceremony. Fans are seated among and with the nominees. Often an award winner walks by to pick up the BMA.

During and after the award part of the evening, nominees can come up and perform. Sometimes this results in interesting combinations as not everyone has a band. Once all the awards have been given out, the blues goes on until everyone has had a chance to play. It lasts way past midnight into the next morning.

During the day the fans and musicians can often be seen in the hotel lobby, sometimes playing and other timeschatting and taking photos.