Blues Music 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
[change | change source]Acoustic Album of the Year
[change | change source]Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One
Acoustic Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Album of the Year
[change | change source]Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
[change | change source]Janiva Magness
Band of the Year
[change | change source]Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Best New Artist Debut
[change | change source]Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Janiva Magness
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]DVD
[change | change source]Broke & Hungry Records, Cathead Blues & Mudpuppy Recordings - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues
Historical Album of the Year
[change | change source]Eagle Records - Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992
Instrumentalist-Bass
[change | change source]Mookie Brill
Instrumentalist-Drums
[change | change source]Instrumentalist-Guitar
[change | change source]Instrumentalist-Harmonica
[change | change source]Billy Gibson
Instrumentalist-Horn
[change | change source]Instrumentalist-Other
[change | change source]Otis Taylor - Banjo
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
[change | change source]Rock Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues
Song of the Year
[change | change source]Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Kenny Neal)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]Irma Thomas - Simply Grand
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Bobby Rush
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]B. B. King - One Kind Favor
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Koko Taylor
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]B.B. King
Blues Music Award 2010
[change | change source]Acoustic Album of the Year
[change | change source]- David Maxwell & Louisiana Red, You Got to Move
Acoustic Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Joe Louis Walker, Between a Rock and the Blues
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
[change | change source]Band of the Year
[change | change source]- Tommy Castro Band
Best New Artist Debut
[change | change source]- Monkey Junk, Tiger in your Tank
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Tommy Castro, Hard Believer
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Tommy Castro
DVD
[change | change source]- Delmark Records, It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Historical Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Chess, Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Instrumentalist-Bass
[change | change source]- Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist-Drums
[change | change source]- Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist-Guitar
[change | change source]Instrumentalist-Harmonica
[change | change source]Instrumentalist-Horn
[change | change source]- Deanna Bogart
Instrumentalist-Other
[change | change source]- Buckwheat Zydeco (Akkordeon)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
[change | change source]Rock Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Derek Trucks Band, Already Free
Song of the Year
[change | change source]- Cyril Neville & Mike Zito, 'Pearl River' (Pearl River—Mike Zito)
Soul Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Johnny Rawls, Ace Of Spades
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Traditional Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Super Chikan, Chikadelic
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Debbie Davies
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]Blues Music Awards 2011
[change | change source]Acoustic Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks
Acoustic Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- John Hammond
Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Living Proof, Buddy Guy
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
[change | change source]- Buddy Guy
Band of the Year
[change | change source]- The Derek Trucks Band
Best New Artist Debut
[change | change source]- Matt Hill, On the Floor
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Robin Rogers
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Buddy Guy
DVD
[change | change source]- Ruf, Songs From The Road, Luther Allison
Historical Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Delta Groove, Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore & Friends (Koko, Pinetop, Nappy Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, et al.)
Instrumentalist-Bass
[change | change source]- Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist-Drums
[change | change source]- Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist-Guitar
[change | change source]- Derek Trucks
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
[change | change source]- Charlie Musselwhite
Instrumentalist-Horn
[change | change source]- Eddie Shaw
Instrumentalist-Other
[change | change source]- Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
[change | change source]- Ruthie Foster
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
[change | change source]- Dr. John
Rock Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Live! In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett
Song of the Year
[change | change source]- Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Soul Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Nothing's Impossible, Solomon Burke
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Irma Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Solomon Burke
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
[change | change source]- Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
[change | change source]- Charlie Musselwhite
Other websites
[change | change source]- 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