In what may be a bellwether for genre-based awards shows going into the near future, the Blues Foundation has announced it is canceling both the Blues Hall of Fame induction ceremony and Blues Music Awards, which were set to take place on successive nights in May — but will still celebrate the winners via webcasts.
The exact nature of how and when the two sets of awards will be presented is still being worked out, says Barbara Newman, president-CEO of the Blues Foundation, but the show will go on, one way or another, digitally. “People are already reaching out to offer their various types of expertise to help make this happen,” Newman tells Variety. “Postponing to another date is not feasible for our organization,” Newman says. “We wanted
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