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Thursday, July 18, 2024

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

New Artist Debut Album

Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year

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

Soul Blues Album

Bass Guitarist Of The Year

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

Blues Video Of The Year

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

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