GOOD LUCK! Local & Canadian 2021 Blues Music Awards Nominees - Updated with winners

Below is a complete list of nominees. Winners are also listed.

Canadians are in bold.

Acoustic Blues Artist

• Harrison Kennedy (Hamilton)
  
  
  
  Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories, Video above courtesy of Harrison Kennedy - Topic
  
  
• Dom Flemons 
• Catfish Keith 
• Doug MacLeod 
• Keb‘ Mo’ WINNER!

Contemporary Blues Female

• Sue Foley (new album by Waterdown's Stony Plain Records) (Ottawa)
  
  
  
  Links: Sue Foley, More Sue Foley Stories, Video above courtesy of Stony Plain Records
  
  
• Shemekia Copeland WINNER!
• Samantha Fish 
• Ruthie Foster 
• Shaun Murphy

Album

• Rise Up, Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters (released by Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
  Links: Ronnie Earl, Video above courtesy of Ronnie Earl - Topic
  
  
• 100 Years of Blues, Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite WINNER!
• Rawer Than Raw, Bobby Rush 
• Too Far From the Bar, Sugar Ray and The Bluetones featuring Little Charlie 
• Uncivil War, Shemekia Copeland

Acoustic Blues Album

• Prove It On Me, Rory Block (released by Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
  Links: Rory Block, More Rory Block Stories, Video above courtesy of Rory Block - Topic
  
  
• Dustin Arbuckle and Matt Woods, Dustin Arbuckle and Matt Woods 
• Rawer Than Raw, Bobby Rush WINNER!
• Three Pints of Gin, Richard Ray Farrell 
• Traveling Man – Live, Watermelon Slim 

Entertainer

• Shemekia Copeland WINNER!
• Rick Estrin 
• John Németh 
• Sugaray Rayford 
• Lil’ Ed Williams 

Band

• Anthony Geraci and The Boston Blues Allstars 
• John Németh and The Blue Dreamers 
• Rick Estrin and The Nightcats WINNER!
• Southern Avenue 
• Sugar Ray and The Bluetones 

Song

• “All My Dues Are Paid” – written by Kathy Murray, Rick Estrin, Frank Bey, Kid Andersen (performed by Frank Bey) 
• “All Out of Tears” – written by Walter Trout, Marie Trout, and Teeny Tucker (performed by Walter Trout) WINNER!
• “Blues Comin’ On” – written by Dion DiMucci and Mike Aquilina (performed by Dion Feat. Joe Bonamassa) 
• “Is It Over” – written by Don Bryant and Scott Bomar (performed by Don Bryant) 
• “Uncivil War” – written by John Hahn and Will Kimbrough (performed by Shemekia Copeland) 

Best Emerging Artist

• Hard Workin‘ Man, Andrew Alli 
• Harlem, King Solomon Hicks WINNER!
• Here I Come, Jose Ramirez 
• High Risk Low Reward, Ryan Perry 
• Peace In Pieces, Betty Fox Band 

Blues Rock Artist

• Tinsley Ellis 
• Reverend Peyton 
• Ana Popovic 
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd 
• Mike Zito WINNER!

Blues Rock Album

• Ain’t Done Yet, Savoy Brown 
• Ice Cream In Hell, Tinsley Ellis 
• Mike Zito and Friends – Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute to Chuck Berry, Mike Zito WINNER!
• Mississippi Suitcase, Peter Parcek 
• Ordinary Madness, Walter Trout

Contemporary Blues Album

• Cry Out, Kat Riggins 
• My Blues Pathway, Kirk Fletcher 
• Self-Made Man, Larkin Poe 
• Stronger Than Strong, John Németh 
• Uncivil War, Shemekia Copeland WINNER!

Soul Blues Male Artist

• William Bell 
• Don Bryant 
• John Németh 
• Johnny Rawls 
• Curtis Salgado WINNER!

Soul Blues Album

• All My Dues Are Paid, Frank Bey 
• Found! One Soul Singer, Sonny Green 
• That’s What I Heard, Robert Cray Band WINNER!
• Where Have All The Soul Men Gone, Johnny Rawls 
• You Make Me Feel, Don Bryant 

Traditional Blues Female Artist

• Rory Block WINNER!
• Rhiannon Giddens 
• Diunna Greenleaf 
• Trudy Lynn 
• Teeny Tucker

Traditional Blues Male Artist

• Billy Branch 
• Sugar Ray Norcia 
• John Primer WINNER!
• Jontavious Willis 
• Kim Wilson

Traditional Blues Album

• 100 Years of Blues, Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite WINNER!
• Blueswoman, Nora Jean Wallace 
• Every Day of Your Life, Jimmy Johnson 
• Rise Up, Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters 
• Too Far From the Bar, Sugar Ray & The Bluetones featuring Little Charlie

Contemporary Blues Male Artist

• Selwyn Birchwood 
• Chris Cain 
• Rick Estrin 
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram WINNER!
• J.P. Soars 

Vocals

• Thornetta Davis 
• Ruthie Foster WINNER!
• John Németh 
• Sugar Ray Norcia 
• Sugaray Rayford 

Guitar

• Christoffer “Kid” Andersen 
• Chris Cain 
• Laura Chavez 
• Kirk Fletcher 
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram WINNER!

Bass

• Willie J. Campbell 
• Larry Fulcher 
• Danielle Nicole WINNER!
• Patrick Rynn 
• Michael “Mudcat” Ward 

Drums

• Tony Braunagel 
• June Core 
• Derrick “D’Mar” Martin 
• Bernard Purdie 
• Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith WINNER!

Harmonica

• Billy Branch 
• Rick Estrin 
• Dennis Gruenling 
• Jason Ricci 
• Kim Wilson WINNER!

Piano

• Mike Finnigan 
• Anthony Geraci WINNER!
• Johnny Iguana 
• Bruce Katz 
• Jim Pugh 

Horn

• Mindi Abair 
• Jimmy Carpenter WINNER!
• Doug James 
• Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff 
• Nancy Wright 

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