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
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
Band of the Year
- The Derek Trucks Band
Best New Artist Debut
- 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
- Ruf, 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
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
- Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
- Debbie Davies
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
- Charlie Musselwhite
Blues Music Award 2010
Blues Music Awards 2011
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
- Buddy Guy
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
- Ruthie Foster
Other websites
- 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