Koko Taylor honored at the Blues Music Awards! The late Koko Taylor will be honored by the Blues Foundation by renaming the award for the Best Traditional Female Artist category to what will now be known as the Koko Taylor Award. Koko's daughter, Cookie will be at the awards to participate in the ceremony.

Koko's last appearance was at the 2009 BMAs where she sang her hit "Wang Dang Doodle" with backing by the Mannish Boys. Her song was the highlight of last year's awards presentation. A few weeks later Koko passed away. Koko has also been honored recently with the cover story of Italy's IL Blues Magazine. To see this cover and a beautiful web page of Koko Taylor photos, click here.