Monday, January 29, 2024

2024 Blues Music Award Nominees Including Local & Canadian Artists

The Blues Music Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Memphis on May 9, 2024

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

* signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records

Instrumentalist - Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

Contemporary Blues Album

Acoustic Artist

  • Eric Bibb*
  • Keb’ Mo’
  • Catfish Keith
  • Doug MacLeod
  • Kevin Burt

Instrumentalist - Guitar

  • Sue Foley (Ottawa)*
  • Christoffer “Kid” Andersen
  • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
  • Derek Trucks
  • Laura Chavez

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female Artist)

  • Sue Foley (Ottawa)*
  • Diunna Greenleaf
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Shaun Murphy
  • Teeny Tucker

Traditional Blues Album

  • Savoy, Taj Mahal*
  • TEARDROPS FOR MAGIC SLIM: John Primer
  • Nothing But Time, Monster Mike Welch
  • Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
  • Oscar's Motel, The Cash Box Kings

Album of the Year

  • SoulFunkn'BLUES, Blackburn Brothers (Toronto)
  • TEARDROPS FROM MAGIC SLIM, John Primer
  • Live In London, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
  • Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
  • Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling

Song of the Year

  • “Bobby's Blues” performed by the Blackburn Brothers (Toronto), written by Brooke Blackburn
  • “Horns Below Her Halo” performed by Selwyn Birchwood, written by Selwyn Birchwood
  • “Midnight Heat” performed by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, written by Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming
  • “The Bait In the Snare” performed by Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling, written by Nick Moss
  • “What Kind Of Fool” performed by Ruthie Foster, written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller

Soul Blues Album

  • SoulFunkn'BLUES, Blackburn Brothers (Toronto)
  • Stuff I've Been Through, Alabama Mike
  • All My Love For You, Bobby Rush
  • Walking Heart Attack, Johnny Rawls
  • Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

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Acoustic Album

  • Wild Ox Moan, Catfish Keith
  • Raw Blues 1, Doug MacLeod
  • Sticks & Strings, EG Kight
  • Ridin' the Blinds, Hudspeth & Taylor
  • Ghost Hymns, William Lee Ellis

B.B. King Entertainer

  • Beth Hart
  • Bobby Rush
  • Lil’ Ed Williams
  • Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
  • Vanessa Collier

Band of the Year

  • Larkin Poe
  • Nick Moss Band
  • Selwyn Birchwood Band
  • Southern Avenue
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Emerging Artist Album

  • When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie, Candice Ivory
  • The Right Man, D.K. Harrell
  • Up Next, Mathias Lattin
  • Everybody's Buddy, Nic Clark
  • Tony Holiday, Tony Holiday

Blues Rock Album

  • POWER, Ana Popovic
  • Writing On The Wall, Coco Montoya
  • Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa
  • Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia
  • What Key Is Trouble In?, Nick Schnebelen

Blues Rock Artist

  • Anna Popovic
  • Joe Bonamassa
  • Kenny Wayne Shepard
  • Mike Zito
  • Warren Haynes

Contemporary Blues Female Artist

  • Carolyn Wonderland
  • Danielle Nicole
  • Janiva Magness
  • Teresa James
  • Vanessa Collier

Contemporary Blues Male Artist

  • Chris Cain
  • Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
  • Marquise Knox
  • Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
  • Selwyn Birchwood

Instrumentalist - Bass

  • Bob Stroger
  • Larry Fulcher
  • Michael “Mudcat” Ward
  • Rodrigo Mantovani
  • Willie Weeks

Instrumentalist - Drums

  • Derrick D’Mar Martin
  • June Core
  • Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
  • Tom Hambridge
  • Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist - Harmonica

  • Billy Branch
  • Bob Corritore
  • Dennis Gruenling
  • Jason Ricci
  • Kim Wilson

Instrumentalist - Horn

  • Deanna Bogart
  • Jimmy Carpenter
  • Mark Kaz Kazanoff
  • Trombone Shorty
  • Vanessa Collier

Instrumentalist - Vocals

  • Billy Price
  • Diunna Greenleaf
  • John Nemeth
  • Ruthie Foster
  • Shemekia Copeland

Soul Blues Female Artist

  • Annika Chambers
  • Kat Riggins
  • Terri Odabi
  • Thornetta Davis
  • Trudy Lynn

Soul Blues Male Artist

  • Alabama Mike
  • Billy Price
  • John Nemeth
  • Johnny Rawls
  • William Bell

Traditional Blues Male Artist

  • Billy Branch
  • Cedric Burnside
  • John Primer
  • Jontavious Willis
  • Nick Moss
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!


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