THORNETTA DAVIS 2018 $25,000 Kresge Fellowship Awardee, International singer, songwriter, recording artist, was awarded by the Detroit Blues Society “Living Lifetime Achievement Award” and awarded a star on the Canada South Blues Museum “Walk of Fame”. In 2015 Thornetta was crowned “Detroit’s Queen of the Blues!” in a ceremony by the Detroit Blues Society, with proclamations from the City of Detroit, County of Wayne and the State of Michigan. Her labor of love CD entitled Honest Woman was nominated by the Blues Foundation, for two 2017 Blues Music Awards, for best song (I gotta sang the blues) and emerging artist Album. As a winner of over 30 Detroit Music Awards, Thornetta recently received six 2018 DMA’s and has also won eight 2017 Detroit Music Awards, which include Outstanding Record Producer, Outstanding Blues Recording, Outstanding Blues Vocalist and Outstanding Live Performance. As winner of the 2017 Blues Blast Magazine Music Awards for “Best Soul/Blues Album, Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine “Coolest Blues Song” Thornetta has garnered international attention by winning 2017 1st place in the 2017 INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) for “Best Blues Song” (I BELIEVE EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT) and the prestigious French 2018 La Academie du Jazz Award for “Best Blues Album” for HONEST WOMAN. Down Beat Magazine 2018 Monterey Jazz Fest performance review
“The follow-up at the Garden Stage on Saturday blew the crowd away. In her first time performing at Monterey, Detroit’s Queen of the Blues, Thornetta Davis, sang with no-nonsense sass, fearless in her missives against lovers, as she preached the blues”
http://downbeat.com/news/detail/monterey-jazz-festival-features-highly
JUST A FEW OF 2018 PERFORMANCES
GLOBAL FEST 2018
WHEATLAND MUSIC FEST 2018
MONTEREY JAZZ FEST 2018
LUGANO BLUES TO BOP FEST 2018
WHITE MOUNTAIN BOOGIE BLUES FESTIVAL 2018
MONTREAL JAZZ FEST 2018
CURACAO BLUE SEAS FEST 2018
SUNCOAST BLUES FEST 2018
BOOTHBAY OPERA HOUSE
DAVID RUBINSTEIN ATRIUM AT THE LINCOLN CENTER
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