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

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

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