She won three consecutive Blues Music Awards' Horn Instrumentalist of the Year for 2008, 2009 and 2010., and was a nominee for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Award in 2013.
She has won, at last count, more than 20 Wammies, the music awards for the hotly contested Washington, D.C. region.
Her new album is just a wish away and Deanna joined me to talk about her remarkable career and the music on the new album.
We had a fun time together and, we are going to do it again soon - what a wonderful woman!