The Blues Foundation
Presents the 43rd
BLUES MUSIC AWARDS
Congratulations to all winners and nominees!
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Tommy Castro
Album of the Year
Tommy Castro Presents: A Bluesman Came To Town,
Tommy Castro
Band of the Year
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
Song of the Year
“I’d Climb Mountains”, written & performed by
Selwyn Birchwood
Best Emerging Artist Album
Live On Beale Street: A Tribute To Bobby “Blue” Bland, by
Rodd Bland and the Members Only Band
Acoustic Blues Album
Dear America, Eric Bibb
Blues Rock Album
Resurrection, Mike Zito
Contemporary Blues Album
662, Kingfish
Soul Blues Album
Long As I Got My Guitar, Zac Harmon
Traditional Blues Album
Pinky’s Blues, Sue Foley
Acoustic Blues Artist
Keb’ Mo’
Blues Rock Artist
Albert Castiglia
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Vanessa Collier
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Soul Blues Female Artist
Annika Chambers
Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award)
Sue Foley
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Taj Mahal
Instrumentalist – Bass
Danielle Nicole
Instrumentalist – Drums
Tom Hambridge
Instrumentalist – Guitar
Eric Gales
Instrumentalist – Harmonica
Jason Ricci
Instrumentalist – Horn
Jimmy Carpenter
Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award)
Mike Finnigan
Instrumentalist – Vocals
John Németh
For more information, go to:
https://blues.org/
