Blues Music Award

The Blues Music Awards are the highest honor of the Blues Foundation, an organization to promote the blues and its heritage. They are awarded annually since 1980 in Memphis for special contributions to the blues. Many of the awards are regarded as the highest award that can get in the U.S., a blues musician.

From 1995 to 2005, the awards were called officially WC Handy Blues Awards, by WC Handy, the "Father of the Blues". Since 2006, the official name Blues Music Awards. In the years before the prices operating under the National Blues Music Awards (1980 and 1982 ), Blues Awards ( 1981), Annual Blues Awards ( 1983-1987, 1989-1990), Annual Blues Music Awards (1988) and Annual Blues Awards - The Cell Phones (1991) and Annual Blues Music Awards - The phones ( 1992-1994). As a short form of place hence the term phone for a Blues Music Award use.

Much like the Grammys, the mobile phones will be awarded in various categories, such as " Blues Album of the Year ", " Blues Entertainer of the Year ", " Blues Song of the Year " and so on. From five nominees of the winners of each category determined.

The award winners are nominated by a committee composed of representatives from various professional groups that are associated with the blues. They are selected by members of the Blues Foundation, with the regional distribution is taken into account. The majority comes from the U.S., but there are also nominators from Canada, Europe and Central America. The final vote is carried out by the members of the Blues Foundation.

  • 2.1 Acoustic Album of the Year
  • 2.2 Acoustic Artist of the Year
  • 2.3 Album of the Year
  • 2.4 B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
  • 2.5 Band of the Year
  • 2.7 Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
  • 2.8 Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
  • 2.9 Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
  • 2:10 DVD
  • 2:11 Historical Album of the Year
  • 2:12 Instrumentalist -Bass
  • 2:13 Instrumentalist -Drums
  • 2:14 Instrumentalist - Guitar
  • 2:15 Instrumentalist - Harmonica
  • 2:16 instrumentalist - horn
  • 2:17 Instrumentalist -Other
  • Pinetop Perkins Piano Player 2:18
  • 2:19 rock Blues Album of the Year
  • 2:20 Song of the Year
  • 2:21 Soul Blues Album of the Year
  • 2:22 Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
  • 2:23 Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
  • 2.24 Traditional Blues Album of the Year
  • 2:25 Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
  • 2:26 Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
  • 3.1 Acoustic Album of the Year
  • 3.2 Acoustic Artist of the Year
  • 3.3 Album of the Year
  • 3.4 B.B King Entertainer of the Year
  • 3.5 Band of the Year
  • 3.7 Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
  • 3.8 Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
  • 3.9 Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
  • 3:10 DVD
  • 3:11 Historical Album of the Year
  • 3:12 Instrumentalist -Bass
  • 3:13 Instrumentalist -Drums
  • 3:14 Instrumentalist - Guitar
  • 3:15 Instrumentalist - Harmonica
  • 3:16 instrumentalist - horn
  • 3:17 Instrumentalist -Other
  • 3:18 Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
  • Pinetop Perkins Piano Player 3:19
  • 3:20 rock Blues Album of the Year
  • 3:21 Song of the Year
  • 3:22 Soul Blues Album of the Year
  • 3:23 Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
  • 3:24 Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
  • 3:25 Traditional Blues Album of the Year
  • 3:26 Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

2009 award winners

Acoustic Album of the Year

Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One

Acoustic Artist of the Year

Eden Brent

Album of the Year

Buddy Guy - Skin Deep

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

Janiva Magness

Band of the Year

Lil ' Ed & the Blues Imperials

Cedric Burnside & Lightnin ' Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year

Buddy Guy - Skin Deep

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

Janiva Magness

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

Buddy Guy

DVD

Broke & Hungry Records, Cathead Blues & Mudpuppy Recordings - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues

Historical Album of the Year

Instrumentalist -Bass

Mookie Brill

Instrumentalist -Drums

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Instrumentalist - Guitar

Sonny Landreth

Instrumentalist - Harmonica

Billy Gibson

Instrumentalist - horn

Deanna Bogart

Instrumentalist -Other

Otis Taylor - Banjo

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

Marcia Ball

Rock Blues Album of the Year

Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues

Song of the Year

Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow ( Kenny Neal )

Soul Blues Album of the Year

Irma Thomas - Simply Grand

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

Etta James

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

Bobby Rush

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

B.B. King - One Kind Favor

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year

Koko Taylor

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

B.B. King

2010 winners

Acoustic Album of the Year

  • David Maxwell & Louisiana Red, You Got to Move

Acoustic Artist of the Year

  • Louisiana Red

Album of the Year

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

Band of the Year

  • Tommy Castro band
  • Monkey Junk, tiger in your tank

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year

  • Tommy Castro Hard Believer

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

  • Tommy Castro

DVD

Historical Album of the Year

  • Chess, Authorized Bootleg ( Muddy Waters)

Instrumentalist -Bass

  • Bob Stroger

Instrumentalist -Drums

  • Cedric Burnside

Instrumentalist - Guitar

Instrumentalist - Harmonica

Instrumentalist - horn

  • Deanna Bogart

Instrumentalist -Other

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

  • Eden Brent

Rock Blues Album of the Year

  • Derek Trucks Band, Already Free

Song of the Year

  • Cyril Neville & Mike Zito, ' Pearl River ' (Pearl River - Mike Zito )

Soul Blues Album of the Year

  • Johnny Rawls, Ace Of Spades

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

  • Irma Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

  • Super Chikan, Chikadelic

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year

  • Debbie Davies

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

Winners 2011

The Blues Music Awards were presented at a gala at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee on May 5, 2011.

Acoustic Album of the Year

  • Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks

Acoustic Artist of the Year

  • John Hammond

Album of the Year

  • Living Proof, Buddy Guy

B.B King Entertainer of the Year

  • Buddy Guy

Band of the Year

  • The Derek Trucks Band
  • Matt Hill On the Floor

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year

  • Living Proof Buddy Guy

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year

  • Robin Rogers

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year

  • Buddy Guy

DVD

  • Reputation - Songs From The Road Luther Allison

Historical Album of the Year

  • Delta Groove Harmonica Blues Bob Corritore & Friends ( Koko, Pinetop, Nappy Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, et ​​. Al )

Instrumentalist -Bass

  • Bob Stroger

Instrumentalist -Drums

  • Cedric Burnside

Instrumentalist - Guitar

  • Derek Trucks

Instrumentalist - Harmonica

  • Charlie Musselwhite

Instrumentalist - horn

  • Eddie Shaw

Instrumentalist -Other

  • Sonny Rhodes Lap Steel Guitar

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)

  • Ruthie Foster

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player

  • Dr. John

Rock Blues Album of the Year

  • Live! In Chicago Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett

Song of the Year

  • Living Proof - Tom Hambridge / Buddy Guy- Living Proof, Buddy Guy

Soul Blues Album of the Year

  • Nothing's Impossible Solomon Burke

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year

  • Irma Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year

  • Solomon Burke

Traditional Blues Album of the Year

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year

  • Charlie Musselwhite
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