The Blues Foundation announced the winners of the 38th Annual Blues Music Awards, the blues world’s highest honors, on May 11 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Soul and R&B singer Curtis Salgado, whose latest CD, THE BEAUTIFUL LOWDOWN, was called “an essential gem” by Blues Music Magazine, received three awards: Soul Blues Album Of The Year for THE…

ON MARCH 7TH, CURTIS SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE ON TOUR ON THE EAST COAST. HE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM VERMONT TO AN EXCELLENT MEDICAL FACILITY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WHILE IN THE CARE OF HIS MEDICAL TEAM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE NEEDED A QUADRUPLE BYPASS. DUE TO HIS MEDICAL HISTORY, CURTIS WAS CONSIDERED A HIGH…

CURTIS SALGADO NOMINATED FOR THREE 2017 BLUES MUSIC AWARDS INCLUDING SONG OF THE YEAR FOR “WALK A MILE IN MY BLUES” Click here for more info

Salgado’s most fearless and adventurous release to date finds him writing or co-writing all but one song, co-producing and contributing to horn and background vocal parts. With Curtis’ powerful, passionate vocals leading the way on everything from soulful Van Morrison-esque rock to slippery funk, from gritty harp-stoked blues to devastating ballads, the results are nothing…

THE 2013 BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED AT THE GALA AWARDS CEREMONIES AT BUDDY GUY’S LEGENDS IN CHICAGO ON OCTOBER 31ST , 2013. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES AND THE WINNERS. 2013 Blues Blast Award Winners Winners in bold and marked with “*” Contemporary Blues Album 4 Jacks – Deal With It Ian Siegal & The Mississippi…

CURTIS SALGADO WINS B.B. KING ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, SOUL BLUES MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR AND SOUL BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR.

CURTIS SALGADO WINS THREE 2013 BLUES MUSIC AWARDS. Blues Music Foundation News

CURTIS SALGADO NOMINATED FOR FOUR 2013 BLUES MUSIC AWARDS INCLUDING SOUL BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR “SOUL SHOT”

SOUL SINGER/HARMONICA MASTER CURTIS SALGADO UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL CANCER SURGERY Award-winning soul blues singer/harmonica master Curtis Salgadounderwent successful surgery on July 18 in Portland, Oregon, to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, according to his manager Shane Tappendorf. Doctors removed the entire lower lobe of his left lung where a metastasized mass was found. Salgado will return home…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — JUNE 29, 2012 Award-winning soul blues singer/harmonica master Curtis Salgado will undergo surgery on July 18 in Portland, Oregon, to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, according to his manager Shane Tappendorf. A partial lobectomy will be performed to remove a segment of Curtis’s left lung where a metastasized mass was found.…