El 8 de Mayo se hizo entrega de los premios Blues Music Awards, de reconocido prestigio en el mundillo del Blues. La ceremonia de entrega se realizó en el Grand Casino Event Center, Mississippi. Entre los galardonados están Watermelon Slim & the Workers, Koko Taylor, Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan; Bettye LaVette’s, Nick Moss & the Flip Tops’ , Sugar Ray & the Bluetones; o James Blood Ulmer’s. Lurrie Bell recibió tres nominaciones, incluyendo una compartida con Carey Bell en la categoría de DVD. Te ofrecemos la lista completa de nominados y galardonados. Keep The Blues Alive!

Acoustic Album of the Year (Álbum Acústico)

Marie Knight – Let Us Get Together
Bobby Rush – Raw
Fruteland Jackson – Tell Me What You Say
Dave Riley and Bob Corritore – Travelin’ The Dirt Road
Jimmy «Duck» Holmes – Done Got Tired Of Tryin’
Acoustic Artist of the Year (Artista en acústico)

Mary Flower
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Bobby Rush
Fruteland Jackson
Guy Davis
Album of the Year (Álbum del año)

Sugar Ray & the Bluetones – My Life, My Friends, My Music
Nick Moss & The Flip Tops – Play It ‘Til Tomorrow
Omar Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan – On The Jimmy Reed Highway
Watermelon Slim & The Workers – The Wheel Man
Koko Taylor – Old School
Bettye LaVette – The Scene of the Crime
James Blood Ulmer – Bad Blood In the City
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Bobby Rush
Janiva Magness
Tommy Castro
Watermelon Slim
Bettye LaVette
Band of the Year (Banda del año)

Watermelon Slim & The Workers
Nick Moss &The Flip Tops
Mannish Boys
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
Best New Artist Debut (Artista revelación)

John Nemeth – Magic Touch
The Soul of John Black – The Good Girl Blues
Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy – Cotton Field to Coffee House
The Insomniacs – Left Coast Blues
Gina Sicilia – Allow Me to Confess
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year (Álbum de Blues Contemporáneo)

Watermelon Slim & The Workers – The Wheel Man
Kilborn Alley Blues Band – Tear Chicago Down
Bryan Lee – Katrina Was Her Name
James Blood Ulmer – Bad Blood in the City
Tommy Castro – Painkiller
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year (Blueswoman de Blues Contemporáneo)

Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Debbie Davies
Fiona Boyes
Teresa James
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year (Bluesman Blues Contemporáneo)

Watermelon Slim
Tab Benoit
Kim Wilson
James Blood Ulmer
Ronnie Baker Brooks
DVD
Willie King – Down in the Woods
Carey & Lurrie Bell – Gettin’ Up: Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Rosa’s and Lurrie’s Home
Pinetop Perkins – Born in the Honey
Son Seals – A Journey Through the Blues: The Son Seals Story
Kenny Wayne Shepherd – 10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads
Historical Album of the Year
Epic/Legacy – Breakin’ It Up, Breakin’ It Down – Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton
Delmark – Steady Rollin’ Man – Robert Jr. Lockwood
Blind Pig – The Essential Magic Slim – Magic Slim
Delmark – Kidney Stew Is Fine – Eddie «Cleanhead» Vinson
Blue Witch – House Rockin’ and Blues Shoutin’ – Various Artists
Instrumentalist-Bass (Bajista)

Bob Stroger
Bill Stuve
Michael «Mudcat» Ward
Jeff Turmes
Calvin «Fuzz» Jones
Larry Taylor
Instrumentalist-Drums (Baterista)

Jimi Bott
Sam Carr
Sam Lay
Richard Innes
Robb Stupka
Instrumentalist-Guitar (Guitarrista)

Lurrie Bell
Duke Robillard
Kid Ramos
Nick Moss
Bob Margolin
Instrumentalist-Harmonica (Armonicista)

Kim Wilson
James Cotton
Sugar Ray Norcia
Mark Hummel
Carey Bell
Sugar Blue
Instrumentalist-Horn
Big James Montgomery
Kaz Kazanoff
Deanna Bogart
Doug James
Calvin Owens
Instrumentalist-Other (Otros Instrumentos)

Sonny Rhodes – Lap Steel
Gerry Hundt – Mandolin
Robert Randolph – Pedal Steel
Johnny Sansone – Accordion
Otis Taylor – Banjo
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year

Henry Butler
Honey Piazza
Ann Rabson
Bruce Katz
David Maxwell
Song of the Year (Canción)

‘The Wheel Man’ – William Homans, Watermelon Slim & The Workers – The Wheel Man
‘The Last Words of A Fool’ – Sugar Ray Norcia, Sugar Ray & The Bluetones – My Life, My Friends, My Music
‘Jimmy Reed Highway’ – Omar Kent Dykes & Steve Callif, Omar Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan – On the Jimmy Reed Highway
‘Gonna Buy Me a Mule’ – Koko Taylor, Koko Taylor – Old School
‘Poor Man’s Paradise’ – Johnny Sansone, Johnny Sansone – Poor Man’s Paradise
Soul Blues Album of the Year (Álbum Soul Blues)

Tad Robinson – A New Point of View
Mem Shannon – A Night At Tipitina’s
Holmes Brothers – State of Grace
Eugene Hideaway Bridges – Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Root Doctor – Change Our Ways
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year (Soul Blueswoman)

Irma Thomas
Denise LaSalle
Sista Monica Parker
Sharon Jones
Barbara Carr
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (Soul Bluesman)

Jackie Payne
Mem Shannon
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
Bobby Rush
Tad Robinson
Traditional Blues Album of the Year (Blues Tradicional)
Big George Brock – Live at Seventy Five
Darrell Nulisch – Goin’ Back To Dallas
Nappy Brown – Long Time Coming
Koko Taylor – Old School
Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan – On the Jimmy Reed Highway
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year (Blueswoman Blues Tradicional)

Koko Taylor
Diunna Greenleaf
Sharrie Williams
Ruthie Foster
Nora Jean Bruso
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year (Bluesman Blues Tradicional)

Lurrie Bell
Bob Margolin
Phillip Walker
Hubert Sumlin
Nappy Brown
Magic Slim