Nominees for the 2024 Blues Blast Awards Including Local Artists! VOTE!

The nominees for the 2024 Blues Blast Awards were recently announced and, as always, a few local acts were scattered in the mix.

Fan voting begins July 15, 2024 and ends at 12:00am on August 31, 2024. Click here to vote.

Below is a complete list of nominees. 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, Video above courtesy of Nanaimo Blues Society


• Jim Pugh
• Anthony Geraci
• Ben Levin
• Eden Brent
• Mitch Woods

New Artist Debut Album

• Garnetta Cromwell (Hamilton) -  Time to Shine
  
  
  
  Links: Garnetta and DaGroovmasters, More Garnetta and DaGroovmasters Stories, Video above courtesy of GARNETTA CROMWELL - Topic
  
  
• BLUES People – The Skin I’m In
• DK Harrell – The Right Man
• Joel Astley – Seattle to Greaseland
• Mathias Lattin – Up Next
• Nicholas Alexander – Lil Hoochie

Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year

• Sue Foley (Ottawa)*
• Eric Bibb*
• Kevin Burt
• Doug MacLeod
• Tinsley Ellis
• Catfish Keith

Acoustic Blues Album

• Sue Foley (Ottawa)– One Guitar Woman*
• EG Kight – Sticks & Strings
• Arbuckle & Long – Gonna Be Justified
• Tinsley Ellis – Naked Truth
• Doug MacLeod – Raw Blues 2
• Mick Kolassa – Wooden Music
• Nic Clark – Everybody’s Buddy

Blues Band Of The Year

1. Blackburn Brothers (Toronto)
2. The Dig 3
3. Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
4. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
5. The Cash Box Kings
6. Southern Avenue

Electric Guitarist Of The Year

• Duke Robillard*
• Monster Mike Welch
• Nick Moss
• Joanna Connor
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Laura Chavez

Female Blues Artist

• Sue Foley (Ottawa)*
• Shaun Murphy
• Annika Chambers-DesLauriers
• Danielle Nicole
• Fiona Boyes
• Ruthie Foster

Live Blues Album

• Sue Foley (Ottawa) – Live In Austin Vol 1.*
• Eric Bibb – Live at Scala Theatre*
• Deb Ryder – Live & Havin’ Fun
• Li’l Ronnie & the Grand Dukes – Got it Live from ‘05
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Live In London
• Blood Brothers – Live in Canada

Soul Blues Album

• Blackburn Brothers (Toronto) – SoulFunkin’Blues
• Jeff Rogers (Ottawa) – Dream Job
• Dave Keller – It’s Time to Shine
• Kevin Burt & Big Medicine – Thank You Brother Bill
• Marcel Smith – From My Soul
• Eddie Cotton – The Mirror
• Joakim Tinderholt – Deadlines

Bass Guitarist Of The Year

• Jerry Jemmott
• Bob Stroger
• Rodrigo Mantovani
• Danielle Nicole
• Larry Fulcher
• Michael “Mudcat” Ward

Blues Video Of The Year

• Lurrie Bell and Frank Catalano – Set Me Free
• Buck69 – Peace Maker
• Johnny Burgin – Ramblin’ From Coast to Coast 
• Hughes Taylor- Ballad of Big Bill McGuire
• John Clifton – Every Waking Hour
• Omar and The Howlers – No Peace in the City

Contemporary Blues Album

• Shaun Murphy – I’m Coming Home
• Chris O’Leary – The Hard Line
• Anthony Geraci – Tears In My Eyes
• Rick Vito – Cadillac Man
• Rick Estrin & The Night Cats – The Hits Keep Coming
• Selwyn Birchwood – Exorcist

Harmonica Player Of The Year*

• Jason Ricci
• Bob Corritore
• Dennis Greunling
• Charlie Musselwhite
• Billy Branch
• Kim Wilson

Historical Or Vintage Recording

• Bob Corritore – Phoenix Blues Rumble
• James Harman – Didn’t We Have Some Fun Sometime
• Paul Oscher – Live At The Tombs House Of Detention, NYC
• Keef Hartley Band – Live at Essen
• Magic Slim & John Primer feat. The Teardrops – Slow Blues
• Omar & The Howlers – Magic Man Live In Bremen 1989

Horn Player Of The Year

• Jimmy Carpenter
• Vanessa Collier
• Sax Gordon Beadle
• Trombone Shorty
• Eric Demmer
• Deanna Bogart

Male Blues Artist

• John Primer
• Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
• D.K. Harrell
• Kevin Burt
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Bobby Rush

Producer Of The Year

• Bob Corritore
• Kid Andersen
• Joe Bonamassa & Josh Smith
• Tony Braunagel
• Tom Hambridge
• Mike Zito

Percussionist Of The Year

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

Rising Star Award

• Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport
• Mathias Lattin
• Joel Astley
• Candice Ivory
• Stephen Hull

Rock Blues Album

• The Wicked Lo-Down – Out Of Line
• Mike Zito – Life is Hard
• Coco Montoya – Writing on the Wall
• JP Soars – Brick by Brick
• Canned Heat – Finyl Vinyl
• Bex Marshall – Fortuna

Slide Guitarist Of The Year

• JP Soars
• Joanna Connor
• Fiona Boyes
• Derek Trucks
• Rick Vito
• Sonny Landreth

Traditional Blues Album

• Monster Mike Welch – Nothing But Time
• The Dig 3 – Damn the Rent
• Fiona Boyes – Ramblified
• Johnny Burgin – Ramblin’ From Coast to Coast
• Nick Moss Band – Get Your Back Into It
• John Primer & Bob Corritore – Crawlin’ Kingsnake

Vocalist Of The Year

• Ruthie Foster
• Bobby Rush
• John Németh
• Marcel Smith
• Billy Price
• D.K. Harrell

Links: Blues Blast Magazine, More Blues Blast Awards Stories

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