The Blues Basis is worked up to announce the Nominees for the forty fifth Annual Blues Music Awards, going down Thursday, Might 9 in Memphis, TN.

The Blues Basis is worked up to announce the Nominees for the forty fifth Annual Blues Music Awards, going down Thursday, Might 9 in Memphis, TN.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

Acoustic Album

Wild Ox Moan, Catfish Keith

Uncooked Blues 1, Doug MacLeod

Sticks & Strings, EG Kight

Ridin’ the Blinds, Hudspeth & Taylor

Ghost Hymns, William Lee Ellis

Acoustic Artist

Catfish Keith

Doug MacLeod

Eric Bibb

Keb’ Mo’

Kevin Burt

Album of the 12 months

TEARDROPS FROM MAGIC SLIM, John Primer

Dwell In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

SoulFunkn’BLUES, Blackburn Brothers

Soul Aspect of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

Get Your Again Into It!, Nick Moss Band That includes Dennis Gruenling

B.B. King Entertainer

Beth Hart

Bobby Rush

Lil’ Ed Williams

Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

Vanessa Collier

Band of the 12 months

Larkin Poe

Nick Moss Band

Selwyn Birchwood Band

Southern Avenue

Tedeschi Vans Band

Finest Rising Artist Album

When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie, Candice Ivory

The Proper Man, D.Okay. Harrell

Up Subsequent, Mathias Lattin

All people’s Buddy, Nic Clark

Tony Vacation, Mississippi Motel

Blues Rock Album

POWER, Anna Popovic

Writing On The Wall, Coco Montoya

Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa

Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia

What Key Is Bother In?, Nick Schnebelen

Blues Rock Artist

Ana Popovic

Joe Bonamassa

Kenny Wayne Shepard

Mike Zito

Warren Haynes

Modern Blues Album

Dwell In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Ridin’, Eric Bibb

Behind The Veil, Jason Ricci and the Unhealthy Variety

Therapeutic Time, Ruthie Foster

Exorcist, Selwyn Birchwood

Modern Blues Feminine Artist

Carolyn Wonderland

Danielle Nicole

Janiva Magness

Teresa James

Vanessa Collier

Modern Blues Male Artist

Chris Cain

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Marquise Knox

Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

Selwyn Birchwood

Instrumentalist – Bass

Bob Stroger

Larry Fulcher

Michael “Mudcat” Ward

Rodrigo Mantovani

Willie Weeks

Instrumentalist – Drums

Derrick D’Mar Martin

June Core

Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith

Tom Hambridge

Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist – Guitar

Christoffer “Child” Andersen

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Derek Vans

Laura Chavez

Sue Foley

Instrumentalist – Harmonica

Billy Department

Bob Corritore

Dennis Gruenling

Jason Ricci

Kim Wilson

Instrumentalist – Horn

Deanna Bogart

Jimmy Carpenter

Mark Kaz Kazanoff

Trombone Shorty

Vanessa Collier

Instrumentalist – Pinetop Perkins Piano Participant

Ben Levin

Dave Keyes

Jim Pugh

Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne

Mitch Woods

Instrumentalist – Vocals

Billy Value

Diunna Greenleaf

John Nemeth

Ruthie Foster

Shemekia Copeland

Music of the 12 months

“Bobby’s Blues” carried out by the Blackburn Brothers,

written by Brooke Blackburn

“Horns Under Her Halo” carried out by Selwyn Birchwood,

written by Selwyn Birchwood

“Midnight Warmth” carried out by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram,

written by Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming

“The Bait Within the Snare” carried out by Nick Moss Band that includes Dennis Gruenling,

written by Nick Moss

“What Variety Of Idiot” carried out by Ruthie Foster,

written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller

Soul Blues Album

Stuff I’ve Been By, Alabama Mike

SoulFunkin’ BLUES, Blackburn Brothers

All My Love For You, Bobby Rush

Strolling Coronary heart Assault, Johnny Rawls

Soul Aspect of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

Soul Blues Feminine Artist

Annika Chambers

Kat Riggins

Terri Odabi

Thornetta Davis

Trudy Lynn

Soul Blues Male Artist

Alabama Mike

Billy Value

John Nemeth

Johnny Rawls

William Bell

Conventional Blues Album

TEARDROPS FOR MAGIC SLIM: John Primer

Nothing However Time, Monster Mike Welch

Get Your Again Into It!, Nick Moss Band That includes Dennis Gruenling

Savoy, Taj Mahal

Oscar’s Motel, The Money Field Kings

Koko Taylor Award (Conventional Blues Feminine Artist)

Diunna Greenleaf

Rhiannon Giddens

Shaun Murphy

Sue Foley

Teeny Tucker

Conventional Blues Male Artist

Billy Department

Cedric Burnside

John Primer

Jontavious Willis

Nick Moss

Our Host Lodge for the Blues Music Awards is the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Lodge, conveniently positioned throughout the road from the Renasant Conference Middle the place the BMA Ceremony takes place.

ABOUT THE BLUES FOUNDATION

The Blues Basis is a world-renowned Memphis-based group whose mission is to protect blues heritage, have a good time blues recording and efficiency, broaden worldwide consciousness of the blues, and guarantee the way forward for this uniquely American artwork kind. Based in 1980, the Basis has roughly 4,000 particular person members and 180 affiliated blues societies representing one other 50,000 followers and professionals worldwide.

The BF’s signature honors and occasions — the Blues Music Awards, Blues Corridor of Fame Inductions, Worldwide Blues Problem, and Holding the Blues Alive Awards — make it the worldwide hub of blues music. Its HART Fund offers the blues neighborhood with medical help for musicians in want, whereas Blues within the Faculties packages and Technology Blues Scholarships expose new generations to blues music. The Blues Corridor of Fame Museum, positioned in Downtown Memphis, provides the chance for blues lovers of all ages to work together with blues music and historical past.

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