Blues Blast Award Winners including Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne

Blues Blast Magazine recently annouced the winners of  their 2025 awards. Former Burlington resident Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne was the only Canadian to win.

Waterdown's Stony Plain Records was also represented by two wins: Kenny and Duke Robillard

• Keyboard Player Of The Year: Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne (formerly from Burlington) (signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
  Links: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, More Kenny "Blues Boss" Stories, Video above courtesy of Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne - Topic
  
  
• Historical Or Vintage Recording: Duke Robillard – Roll With Me (Released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
• Acoustic Blues Album: Giles Robson & John Primer – Ten Chicago Blues Classics
• Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year: Keb’ Mo
• Bass Guitarist Of The Year: Danielle Nicole
• Blues Band Of The Year: Tab Benoit Band
• Blues Video Of The Year: Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Uncle Esau
• Contemporary Blues Album: Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – Closer To The Bone
• Electric Guitarist Of The Year: Tab Benoit
• Female Blues Artist: Shemekia Copeland
• Harmonica Player Of The Year: Charlie Musselwhite
• Horn Player Of The Year: Vanessa Collier
• Live Blues Album: Willie Buck – Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends
• Male Blues Artist: Tab Benoit
• New Artist Debut Album: Christopher Wyze & the Tellers – Stuck in the Mud
• Percussionist Of The Year: Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Producer Of The Year: Mike Zito
• Rising Star Award: Matt “The Rattlesnake” Lesch
• Rock Blues Album: Tab Benoit – I Hear Thunder
• Slide Guitarist Of The Year: Derek Trucks
• Soul Blues Album: Curtis Salgado – Fine By Me
• Traditional Blues Album: Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Young Fashioned Ways
• Vocalist Of The Year: Bobby Rush

Links: Blues Blast Magazine, More Blues Blast Awards Stories

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2025 Living Blues Award Winners Including Canada's Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne & Sue Foley

In early July, Living Blues Magazine announced their 2025 Living Blues Award winners. 

Below is a complete list of winners. Canadian Artists are bolded.

* signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records

Reader's Poll

• Best Blues Album (New Recordings): Sue Foley (Ottawa): One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar *
  
  
  
  Links: Sue Foley, More Sue Foley Stories, Video above courtesy of Sue Foley
  
  
• Best Blues Album of 2024 (Reissue Recordings): B.B. King: Live in Japan
• Best Live Performer: Bobby Rush
• Blues Artist of the Year (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Blues Artist of the Year (Male): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Blues Band of the Year: Southern Avenue
• Blues Book: Out of the Blue: Life on the Road with Muddy Waters by Brian Bisesi 
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Mavis Staples
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Marcia Ball

Critics' Poll

• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (Burlington) *
  
  
  
  Links: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, More Kenny "Blues Boss" Stories, Video above courtesy of Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne - Topic
  
  
• Artists Deserving More Attention: Jovin Webb
• Best Blues Album: Shemekia Copeland - Blame It on Eve
• Best Historical Release / Pre-war: Sleepy John Estes - Working Man Blues, 1929–1952
• Best Historical Reissue / Postwar: Jimmy Reed - I’m Jimmy Reed (LP)
• Best Live Performer: Bobby Rush
• Blues Artist of the Year (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Blues Artist of the Year (Male): Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Blues Band of the Year: Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
• Blues Book: Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories by Elijah Wald
• Comeback Artist of the Year: Daddy Mack Orr
• Contemporary Blues Album: Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues in My DNA
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Musician (Bass): Bob Stroger
• Most Outstanding Musician (Drums): Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Billy Branch
• Most Outstanding Musician (Horns): Vanessa Collier
• Most Outstanding Musician (Other): Sharde Thomas-Mallory (Fife)
• Producer of the Year / New Recording: Will Kimbrough (Shemekia Copeland - Blame It on Eve)
• Soul Blues Album: Sugaray Rayford - Human Decency
• Traditional or Acoustic Blues Album: Jontavious Willis -West Georgia Blues

Links: Living Blues, More Living Blues Awards Stories

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46th Annual Blues Music Award Winners including Canada's Sue Foley

On May 8, 2026, The Blues Foundation announced the winners of their 46th Annual Blues Music Awards winners in Memphis, Tennessee. The only Canadian artist to win was Ottawa's Sue Foley, who is signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records. 

Below is the new report from Blues Rock Review:

Links: Blues Music Awards, More Blues Music Awards Stories, Video above courtesy of Blues Rock Review

Below is a complete list of winners.

• Traditional Blues Female Artist: Sue Foley (Ottawa) (signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
• Acoustic Blues Album: One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley (Ottawa) (signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
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• Acoustic Blues Artist: Keb’ Mo’
  
• Album of the Year: Blame It On Eve, Shemekia Copeland
• Band of the Year: Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
• Best Emerging Artist Album: Revelation, Piper & The Hard Times
• BB King Entertainer of the Year: Mr. Sipp
• Blues Rock Album: Life is Hard, Mike Zito
• Blues Rock Artist: Tommy Castro
• Contemporary Blues Album: Blues In My DNA, Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Ruthie Foster
• Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Instrumentalist - Bass: Bob Stroger
• Instrumentalist - Drums: Kenny ”Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Instrumentalist - Guitar: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Instrumentalist - Harmonica: Billy Branch
• Instrumentalist - Horn: Vanessa Collier
• Instrumentalist - Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player): Eden Brent
• Instrumentalist - Vocals: Ruthie Foster
• Song of the Year: “Blues In My DNA”- Ronnie Baker Brooks
  
  
  
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• Soul Blues Album: Fine By Me, Curtis Salgado
• Soul Blues Female Artist: Thornetta Davis
• Soul Blues Male Artist: Curtis Salgado
• Traditional Blues Album: Crawlin’ ’Kingsnake, John Primer & Bob Corritore
• Traditional Blues Male Artist: John Primer

Links: Blues Music Awards, More Blues Music Awards Stories

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Winners of the 2024 Living Blues Awards Including Local Artists

Recently, Living Blues Magazine revealed the winners of their 2024 awards. Burlington's Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne won another in a very long line of accolades by getting the Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) award in the Critic's Poll. Waterdown's Stony Plain Records was also well represented as many of their talented artists (including Kenny) won the top spot in a few categories.

Below is a complete list of winners.

* signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records

Critics Poll

• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (Burlington)*
  
  
  
  Links: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, More Kenny "Blues Boss" Stories, Video above courtesy of Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne - Topic
  
  
• Best New Recording / Traditional or Acoustic Blues: Eric Bibb: Ridin' (guest starring Hamilton's Harrison Kennedy)*
  
  
  
  Links: Eric Bibb, More Eric Bibb Stories, Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories, Video above courtesy of Eric Bibb Official 
  
  
• Best Blues Album: Taj Mahal: Savoy*
• Artist Deserving More Attention: D.K. Harrell
• Best Blues Book: Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey by Robert "Mack" McCormick and John Troutman
• Best Historical Reissue / Postwar: Down Home Blues: Chicago, Vol. 3 – The Special Stuff 
• Best Historical Release / Pre-war: Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings 1914–1969
• Best Live Performer: Bobby Rush
• Best New Recording / Best Debut Release: D.K. Harrell – The Right Man 
• Best New Recording / Contemporary Blues: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live in London
• Best New Recording / Soul Blues: Johnny Rawls – Walking Heart Attack
• Blues Artist of the Year (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Blues Artist of the Year (Male): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Comeback Artist of the Year: Arthur Adams
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Musician (Bass): Jerry Jemmott
• Most Outstanding Musician (Drums): Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
• Most Outstanding Musician (Horns): The Texas Horns
• Most Outstanding Musician (Other): Anne Harris (violin)
• Producer of the Year / Historical Reissue: Jeff Place and John W. Troutman – (Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958–1971)
• Producer of the Year / New Recording: Kid Andersen – (Alabama Mike – Stuff I’ve Been Through)

Readers' Poll

• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Marcia Ball *
• Best Blues Album (New Release): Taj Mahal: Savoy*
• Blues Artist of the Year (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Blues Artist of the Year (Male): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Best Blues Album (Historical Recording): Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep – Mountain High
• Best Blues Book: Tell It Like It Is: My Story – Aaron Neville
• Best Live Performer: Buddy Guy
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Buddy Guy
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite

Links: Living Blues, More Living Blues Awards Stories

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2023 Blues Blast Award Winners Including Local & Canadian Artists

On September 23, 2023 the 2023 Blues Blast Music Awards were handed out at the 3300 Event Centre in Peoria, Illinois. A few Canadian artists picked up some hardware including Burlington's Kenny “Blues Boss" Wayne and artists signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records.

Below is a complete list of winner. Local/Canadian acts are bolded.

* signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records

• Keyboard Player Of The Year: Kenny “Blues Boss" Wayne (Burlington)*
  
  
  
  Links:  Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, More Kenny "Blues Boss" Stories, More Willie Dixon Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne - Topic
  
  
• Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year: Rory Block*
• Contemporary Blues Album: Taj Mahal – Savoy *
• Male Blues Artist: Taj Mahal*
• Soul Blues Album: Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers (Montreal) – Good Trouble
• Acoustic Blues Album: Charlie Musselwhite – Mississippi Son
• Bass Guitarist Of The Year: Bob Stroger
• Blues Band Of The Year: Cash Box Kings
• Blues Video Of The Year: Jimmy Hall – Jump for Joy
  
  
  
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• Electric Guitarist Of The Year: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Female Blues Artist: Shemekia Copeland
• Harmonica Player Of The Year: Charlie Musselwhite
• Historical Or Vintage Recording: Bob Corritore & Friends – High Rise Blues
• Horn Player Of The Year: Vanessa Collier
• Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients: Bob Stroger / Bob Margolin / John Primer
• Live Blues Album: John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim
• New Artist Debut Album: Lady J Huston – Groove Me Baby
• Percussionist Of The Year: Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Producer Of The Year: Mike Zito
• Rising Star Award: Dylan Triplett
• Rock Blues Album: Mike Zito / Albert Castiglia – Blood Brothers
• Slide Guitarist Of The Year: Sonny Landreth
• Traditional Blues Album: John Primer – Hard Times
• Vocalist Of The Year: Shemekia Copeland

Links: Blues Blast Magazine, More Blues Blast Awards Stories

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Local Bluesman Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne Wins Living Blues Award

For the 2nd year in a row, local Bluesman Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne has won the Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) award at the  Living Blues Awards. He's also signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records won.

Critics' Poll

• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (Ontario)(signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
  Links: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, More Kenny "Blues Boss" Stories, More Willie Dixon Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne - Topic
  
  
• Blues Artist of the Year (Male): John Primer
• Blues Artist of the Year (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Irma Thomas
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
• Most Outstanding Musician (Bass): Bob Stroger
• Most Outstanding Musician (Drums): Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Most Outstanding Musician (Horns): The Texas Horns
• Most Outstanding Musician (Other): Shardé Thomas (Fife)
• Best Live Performer: Bobby Rush
• Comeback Artist of the Year: Jimi “Prime Time” Smith
• Artist Deserving More Attention: Dylan Triplett

Album Awards

• Album of the Year: Diunna Greenleaf - I Ain’t Playin’
• Best New Recording / Contemporary Blues: Shemekia Copeland - Done Come Too Far
• Best New Recording / Traditional or Acoustic Blues: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - Get on Board
• Best New Recording / Soul Blues: Trudy Lynn - Golden Girl
• Best New Recording / Best Debut Release: Dylan Triplett - Who Is He?
• Best Historical Release / Pre-war: Tampa Red - The Guitar Wizard: The Tampa Red Collection 1929–53
• Best Historical Reissue / Postwar: Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying: The Ultimate Collection
• Best Blues Book of 2022: The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold (Billy Boy Arnold with Kim Field)
• Producer of the Year / New Recording: Will Kimbrough - (Shemekia Copeland - Done Come Too Far)
• Producer of the Year / Historical Reissue: Bill Dahl (Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying: The Ultimate Collection)

Readers' Poll

• Blues Artist of the Year (Male): Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Blues Artist of the Year (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Buddy Guy
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Marcia Ball
• Best Live Performer: Buddy Guy
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Shemekia Copeland
• Best Blues Album of 2022 (New Release): Buddy Guy - The Blues Don’t Lie
• Best Blues Album of 2022 (Historical Recording): Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying: The Ultimate Collection
• Best Blues Book of 2022: Further on Up the Road: Traveling to the Blues (Martin Feldmann)

Links: Living Blues, More Living Blues Awards Stories

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Sue Foley (artist signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records) Earns 2023 Blues Music Award + Full Winners List

Sue Foley, an Ottawa Blueswoman signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records was the only Canadian to take home a Blues Music Award (specifically The Koko Taylor Award) at the ceremony on May 11, 2023in Memphis.

This was her reaction on Facebook:

Thank you to The Blues Foundation and to blues fans everywhere for your continued love and support. I am proud to be known as a traditional blues artist, and any way I can have my name associated with the great Koko Taylor is good for me. 

⭐️ 💗👍🙏

Thanks to our team; my band, Jon Penner and Corey Keller, Michele Gare, Stony Plain Records,  Atomic Music Group, RPM Talent, and our publicists Mark Pucci and Eric Alper.

We call this a hat trick up in Canada!

Below is a complete list of winners:

• Traditional Blues Female Artist: Sue Foley, signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records
  
  
  
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• Acoustic Blues Artist: Doug MacLeod
• Acoustic Blues Album: Mississippi Son, Charlie Musselwhite
• Album: The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy
• Band: Tedeschi Trucks Band
• Bass: Danielle Nicole
• Blues Rock Artist: Albert Castiglia
• Blues Rock Album: I Got Love, Albert Castiglia
  
• Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Ruthie Foster
• Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Contemporary Blues Album: The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy
• Drums: Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Emerging Artist Album: Who Is He?, Dylan Triplett
• Entertainer: Tommy Castro
• Piano: Anthony Geraci                                                                                                           
• Traditional Blues Male Artist: John Primer
• Traditional Blues Album: May Be the Last Time, John Németh
• Guitar: Laura Chavez
• Harmonica: John Németh
• Horn: Deanna Bogart
• Song: Buddy Guy: The Blues Don’t Lie (Written by Tom Hambridge)
  
  
  
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• Soul Blues Album: In Too Deep, Sugaray Rayford
• Soul Blues Female Artist: Thornetta Davis
• Soul Blues Male Artist: Curtis Salgado
• Vocals: Shemekia Copeland

Links: Blues Music Awards, More Blues Music Awards Stories

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CONGRATS! Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Artist Signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records, Wins Living Blues Award

The 29th Annual Living Blues Awards were announced recently and Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, an artist signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records won.

Part 1: Critics' Poll

• Keyboard: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
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• Artist (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Artist (Male): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Bass: Bob Stroger
• Book: I Ain't Studdin' Ya: My American Blues Story by Bobby Rush with Herb Powell
• Comeback Artist: Johnny Tucker
• Deserving More Attention: Crystal Thomas
• Drums: Rodd Bland
• Guitar: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite
• Horns: James “Boogaloo” Bolden
• Live Performer: Bobby Rush
• Other Instrument: Cedric Watson (Accordion)
• Producer (New Recording): Tom Hambridge: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 662
• Producer (Historical Recording): Tom Vickers: Chicago / The Blues / Today! 
• Singer: Sugaray Rayford

Album Awards

• Album: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 662
• Contemporary: Now Dig This! - Crystal Thomas
• Debut: Buffalo Nichols – Buffalo Nichols
• Reissue/Pre War: Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Set 1 (Various Artists)
• Reissue/Post War: Down Home Blues: Miami, Atlanta & the South Eastern States – Blues in the Alley (Various Artists)
• Southern Soul: Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra – Not in My Lifetime
• Traditional & Acoustic: Eric Bibb – Dear America

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Part 1: Readers' Poll

• Album: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – 662
• Album (Historical Recording): Jimmie Vaughan – The Jimmie Vaughan Story 
• Artist (Male): Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
• Artist (Female): Mavis Staples
• Book: King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King by By Daniel de Visé
• Guitar: Buddy Guy
• Harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite
• Keyboard: Marcia Ball
• Live Performer: Buddy Guy
• Singer: Mavis Staples

Links: Living Blues, More Living Blues Awards Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Hamilton's Harrison Kennedy Nominated for 2019 Blues Music Award

Hamilton Blues Legend Harrison Kennedy is once again up for Blues Music Awards this year (the only Canadian nominated).  He's in the running for Acoustic Artist of the Year.  Hopefully, he'll be bringing home the hardware at the May 9, 2019 ceremony in Memphis.



Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories: Video above courtesy of Harrison Kennedy - Topic

Harison is joined by fellow Canadian Sue Foley, who's up for the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) and Single of the Year for her song The Ice Queen.



Links: Sue Foley, More Sue Foley Stories, Video above courtesy of Don's Tunes

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!

Here's a complete list of nominees. Canadians are bolded.


Acoustic Artist

• Harrison Kennedy
• Ben Rice
• Guy Davis
• Hadden Sayers
• Rory Block

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)

• Sue Foley
• Fiona Boyes
• Lindsay Beaver
• Ruthie Foster
• Trudy Lynn

Song of the Year

• “The Ice Queen,” Sue Foley
• “Ain’t Got Time For Hate,” Shemekia Copeland (written by John Hahn and Will Kimbrough)
• “Angelina, Angelina,” written by Anthony Geraci
• “Cognac,” Buddy Guy (co-written by Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming)
• “No Mercy In This Land,” Ben Harper (writer) and Charlie Musselwhite

Acoustic Album

• A Woman’s Soul, Rory Block
• Black Cowboys, Dom Flemons
• Global Griot, Eric Bibb
• Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues, Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson
• Wish The World Away, Ben Rice 

Album of the Year

• America’s Child, Shemekia Copeland
• The High Cost Of Low Living, The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
• Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues, Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson
• Rough Cut, Curtis Salgado and Alan Hager
• Why Did You Have To Go, Anthony Geraci 

B.B. King Entertainer

• Beth Hart
• Bobby Rush
• Lil’ Ed Williams
• Michael Ledbetter
• Sugaray Rayford

Band of the Year

• Anthony Geraci and The Boston Blues All-Stars
• Larkin Poe
• Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials
• Nick Moss Band
• Welch-Ledbetter Connection 

Best Emerging Artist Album

• Burn Me Alive, Heather Newman
• Free, Amanda Fish
• Heartland And Soul, Kevin Burt
• Tough As Love, Lindsay Beaver
• Wish The World Away, Ben Rice 

Blues Rock Album

• The Big Bad Blues, Billy F Gibbons
• High Desert Heat, Too Slim and the Taildraggers
• Live At The ’62 Center, Albert Cummings
• Poor Until Payday, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
• Winning Hand, Tinsley Ellis

Blues Rock Artist

• Billy F Gibbons
• Eric Gales
• J.P. Soars
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd
• Tinsley Ellis 

Contemporary Blues Album

• America’s Child, Shemekia Copeland
• Belle Of The West, Samantha Fish
• Chicago Plays The Stones, The Living History Band
• Hold On, Kirk Fletcher
• Wild Again, The Proven Ones 

Contemporary Blues Female Artist

• Beth Hart
• Danielle Nicole
• Samantha Fish
• Shemekia Copeland
• Vanessa Collier

Contemporary Blues Male Artist

• Kenny Neal
• Rick Estrin
• Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Selwyn Birchwood
• Toronzo Cannon

Instrumentalist-Bass

• Danielle Nicole
• Michael “Mudcat” Ward
• Patrick Rynn
• Scot Sutherland
• Willie J. Campbell

Instrumentalist-Drums

• Cedric Burnside
• Jimi Bott
• June Core
• Tom Hambridge
• Tony Braunagel 

Instrumentalist - Guitar

• Anson Funderburgh
• Christoffer “Kid” Andersen
• Laura Chavez
• Monster Mike Welch
• Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist - Harmonica

• Billy Branch
• Bob Corritore
• Dennis Gruenling
• Kim Wilson
• Mark Hummel

Instrumentalist - Horn

• Doug James
• Jimmy Carpenter
• Kaz Kazzanof
• Mindi Abair
• Nancy Wright
• Vanessa Collier

Instrumentalist - Vocalist

• Beth Hart
• Danielle Nicole
• Janiva Magness
• Michael Ledbetter
• Shemekia Copeland

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

• Anthony Geraci
• Bruce Katz
• Jim Pugh
• Marcia Ball
• Mike Finnigan

Soul Blues Album

• Back In Business, Frank Bey
• Every Soul’s A Star, Dave Keller
• I’m Still Around, Johnny Rawls
• Love Makes A Woman, The Knickerbocker All-Stars
• Reckoning, Billy Price

Soul Blues Female Artist

• Annika Chambers
• Barbara Blue
• Candi Staton
• Thornetta Davis
• Whitney Shay

Soul Blues Male Artist

• Frank Bey
• Johnny Rawls
• Sugaray Rayford
• Wee Willie Walker
• William Bell

Traditional Blues Album

• The Blues Is Alive And Well, Buddy Guy
• The High Cost Of Low Living, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
• The Luckiest Man, Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters
• Tribute to Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell and the Bell Dynasty
• Why Did You Have To Go, Anthony Geraci

Traditional Blues Male Artist

• Anthony Geraci
• Cedric Burnside
• James Harman
• Lurrie Bell
• Nick Moss 

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Nominees

Links: Blues Music Awards, More Blues Music Awards Stories

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