Blues Music Award

The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster the blues and its heritage. The awards were started by the Blues Foundation in 1980, and are widely regarded as the highest honor for blues artists in the United States.

The awards were formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys"), however, they were re-named in 2006 in an effort to increase public awareness of the significance of the awards^[1].

The Awards had been presented annually in Memphis, Tennessee, where the headquarters of the Blues Foundation is located, but it was announced that the 2008 award presenting ceremony would be held in Tunica, Mississippi^[2].

Contents 1 Blues Music Awards 2011 1.1 Acoustic Album of the Year 1.2 Acoustic Artist of the Year 1.3 Album of the Year 1.4 B.B King Entertainer of the Year 1.5 Band of the Year 1.6 Best New Artist Debut 1.7 Contemporary Blues Album of the Year 1.8 Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year 1.9 Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year 1.10 DVD 1.11 Historical Album of the Year 1.12 Instrumentalist-Bass 1.13 Instrumentalist-Drums 1.14 Instrumentalist-Guitar 1.15 Instrumentalist-Harmonica 1.16 Instrumentalist-Horn 1.17 Instrumentalist-Other 1.18 Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) 1.19 Pinetop Perkins Piano Player 1.20 Rock Blues Album of the Year 1.21 Song of the Year 1.22 Soul Blues Album of the Year 1.23 Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year 1.24 Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year 1.25 Traditional Blues Album of the Year 1.26 Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year 2 References 3 External links

Blues Music Awards 2011

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

• Buddy Guy

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

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)

• Ruthie Foster

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 Male Artist of the Year

• Charlie Musselwhite ^[3]

References

1. ^ Allabout.com 2006 Blues Music Award Nominees Announced
2. ^ Blues Music Awards Information
3. ^ http://www.deltabohemian.com

External links

• Blues Music Awards Information