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].
Blues Music Awards 2011
Acoustic Album of the Year
- Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks
Acoustic Artist of the Year
Album of the Year
B.B King Entertainer of the Year
Band of the Year
Best New Artist Debut
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
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
Instrumentalist-Drums
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Instrumentalist-Horn
Instrumentalist-Other
- Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
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
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
- Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
References
- ^ Allabout.com 2006 Blues Music Award Nominees Announced
- ^ Blues Music Awards Information
- ^ http://www.deltabohemian.com
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