Canadian Blues in the spotlight!

Sue Foley, from Canada's capital city of Ottawa, swept mightily through the Maple Blues Awards - she left the event with 5 awards.

Ms. Foley has more than established herself, with past and future performances along side the likes of masters including B.B. King, Jonny Lang, John Lee Hooker, The Neville Brothers, Ray Charles, Taj Mahal, Johnny Winter - and on and on. A true phenom, Sue.

She won the awards for:

• Recording of the Year (Love Comin' Down)

• Entertainer of the Year

• Female Vocalist of the Year

• SOCAN Songwriter of the Year

• Long & McQuade Guitarist of the Year

Full list of awards:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Sue Foley

ELECTRIC ACT OF THE YEAR
Steve Hill

ACOUSTIC ACT OF THE YEAR
Morgan Davis

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Colin James

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Sue Foley

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Carson Downey Band

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
B.B. King

GUITARIST OF THE YEAR
Sue Foley

HARMONICA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Carlos del Junco and Michael Pickett (tied)

PIANO/KEYBOARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Michael Fonfara (Downchild)

HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Pat Carey (Downchild)

DRUMMER OF THE YEAR
Murray Downey (Carson Downey Band) and Ed White (Fathead) (tied)

BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Gary Kendall (Downchild)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Sue Foley

RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Sue Foley Love Comin' Down (Shanachie)

TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY
BLUES BOOSTER OF THE YEAR
This year's recipient is Ralph Stordeur,
Founder of Scene Roots & Blues Magazine

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Colin Linden for Sue Foley Love Comin' Down

BLUES WITH A FEELING AWARD
(Toronto Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award)
Jack de Keyzer

The Maple Blues Awards are organised by the Toronto Blues Society.