Blues Music Award
award
The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, an organization to promote the blues music. The Blues Foundation started the awards in 1980 under the name W. C. Handy Awards. In 2006 they were renamed Blues Music Awards. The Blues Music Award is one of the highest honors a blues musician can get in the USA.
Like the Grammys the Blues Music Award is given in different categories. The nominees are chosen by a group of people who are connected with Blues music.
Blues Music Award 2009
changeAcoustic Album of the Year
changeEden Brent - Mississippi Number One
Acoustic Artist of the Year
changeAlbum of the Year
changeBuddy Guy - Skin Deep
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
changeJaniva Magness
Band of the Year
changeLil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Best New Artist Debut
changeCedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
changeBuddy Guy - Skin Deep
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
changeJaniva Magness
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
changeDVD
changeBroke & Hungry Records, Cathead Blues & Mudpuppy Recordings - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues
Historical Album of the Year
changeEagle Records - Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992
Instrumentalist-Bass
changeMookie Brill
Instrumentalist-Drums
changeInstrumentalist-Guitar
changeInstrumentalist-Harmonica
changeBilly Gibson
Instrumentalist-Horn
changeInstrumentalist-Other
changeOtis Taylor - Banjo
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
changeRock Blues Album of the Year
changeJeff Healey - Mess of Blues
Song of the Year
changeKenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Kenny Neal)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
changeIrma Thomas - Simply Grand
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
changeSoul Blues Male Artist of the Year
changeBobby Rush
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
changeB. B. King - One Kind Favor
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
changeKoko Taylor
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
changeB.B. King
Blues Music Award 2010
changeAcoustic Album of the Year
change- David Maxwell & Louisiana Red, You Got to Move
Acoustic Artist of the Year
changeAlbum of the Year
change- Joe Louis Walker, Between a Rock and the Blues
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
changeBand of the Year
change- Tommy Castro Band
Best New Artist Debut
change- Monkey Junk, Tiger in your Tank
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
change- Tommy Castro, Hard Believer
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
changeContemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
change- Tommy Castro
DVD
change- Delmark Records, It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Historical Album of the Year
change- Chess, Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Instrumentalist-Bass
change- Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist-Drums
change- Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist-Guitar
changeInstrumentalist-Harmonica
changeInstrumentalist-Horn
change- Deanna Bogart
Instrumentalist-Other
change- Buckwheat Zydeco (Akkordeon)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
changeRock Blues Album of the Year
change- Derek Trucks Band, Already Free
Song of the Year
change- Cyril Neville & Mike Zito, 'Pearl River' (Pearl River—Mike Zito)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
change- Johnny Rawls, Ace Of Spades
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
changeSoul Blues Male Artist of the Year
changeTraditional Blues Album of the Year
change- Super Chikan, Chikadelic
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
change- Debbie Davies
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
changeBlues Music Awards 2011
changeAcoustic Album of the Year
change- Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks
Acoustic Artist of the Year
change- John Hammond
Album of the Year
change- Living Proof, Buddy Guy
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
change- Buddy Guy
Band of the Year
change- The Derek Trucks Band
Best New Artist Debut
change- Matt Hill, On the Floor
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
change- Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
change- Robin Rogers
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
change- Buddy Guy
DVD
change- Ruf, Songs From The Road, Luther Allison
Historical Album of the Year
change- Delta Groove, Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore & Friends (Koko, Pinetop, Nappy Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, et al.)
Instrumentalist-Bass
change- Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist-Drums
change- Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist-Guitar
change- Derek Trucks
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
change- Charlie Musselwhite
Instrumentalist-Horn
change- Eddie Shaw
Instrumentalist-Other
change- Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
change- Ruthie Foster
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
change- Dr. John
Rock Blues Album of the Year
change- Live! In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett
Song of the Year
change- Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Soul Blues Album of the Year
change- Nothing's Impossible, Solomon Burke
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
change- Irma Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
change- Solomon Burke
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
change- Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
change- Charlie Musselwhite
Other websites
change- Blues Music Awards Homepage Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- List of past winners of the Blues Music Awards Archived 2012-07-31 at Archive.today