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12-TIME BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINEE, 4-TIME WINNER – 2019, 2020 & 2024 BMA WINNER “HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR”
2022 BMA WINNER “CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR” – 2022 & 2023 Blues Blast Award Winner “HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR”
2024 BMA 3x NOMINEE FOR: “Horn Player of the Year” “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” and
“B.B. King Entertainer of the Year”!!
Singer/songwriter Vanessa Collier’s sixth album Do It My Own Way came out September 13 via Phenix Fire Records. Recorded on analog gear with the musicians largely in one room, Do It My Own Way is sonically inspired by the classic Memphis soul sound of Stax and Hi Records, especially that of the Staples Singers.
Multi-instrumentalist Collier takes on multiple roles, writing the songs, producing the album, arranging horns and all instrumental and vocal parts, playing acoustic and electric guitars and alto and tenor saxophones, flute, as well as singing the lead and background vocals.
The songwriter/bandleader made her Chicago Blues Festival debut this year, in front of tens of thousands. Best known in the blues world – she’s a twelve-time Blues Music Award nominee and four-time winner, including for the monumental Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year, Horn Player of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year this year – Do It My Own Way finds her influenced by soul artists like Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin.
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