Blues Music Award
The Blues Music Awards are awards presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster blues heritage. The awards, started in 1980, are according to Offbeat music magazine "universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in blues music."[1]
The awards were formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys") but were renamed in 2006 in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.[2]
The awards had been presented annually in Memphis, Tennessee, where the Blues Foundation is located, although the 2008 award ceremony was held in Tunica, Mississippi.[3] The 35th Blues Music Awards were held on May 8, 2014, at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis.[4] The 36th Blues Music Awards were held on May 7, 2015.[5]
2017
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2016
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2015
2015 awards
| Category | Winner |
|---|
| Acoustic Album of the Year | Timeless, John Hammond |
| Acoustic Artist of the Year | John Hammond |
| Album of the Year | Can't Even Do Wrong Right, Elvin Bishop |
| B.B King Entertainer of the Year | Bobby Rush |
| Band of the Year | Elvin Bishop Band |
| Best New Artist Debut | Don't Call No Ambulance, Selwyn Birchwood |
| Contemporary Blues Album of the Year | BLUESAmericana, Keb' Mo' |
| Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year | Janiva Magness |
| Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year | Gary Clark, Jr. |
| Historical Album of the Year | Soul & Swagger: The Complete “5” Royales 1951-1967 – The "5" Royales |
| Instrumentalist - Bass | Lisa Mann |
| Instrumentalist - Drums | Jimi Bott |
| Instrumentalist - Guitar | Joe Bonamassa |
| Instrumentalist - Harmonica | Charlie Musselwhite |
| Instrumentalist - Horn | Deanna Bogart |
| Pinetop Perkins Piano Player | Marcia Ball |
| Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) | Ruthie Foster |
| Rock Blues Album of the Year | Step Back, Johnny Winter |
| Song of the Year | "Can't Even Do Wrong Right", Elvin Bishop |
| Soul Blues Album of the Year | Memphis Grease, John Németh |
| Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year | Sista Monica |
| Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year | Bobby Rush |
| Traditional Blues Album of the Year | For Pops (A Tribute to Muddy Waters), Mud Morganfield, Kim Wilson |
| Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year | Lurrie Bell |
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2014
2014 awards
| Category | Winner |
|---|
| Acoustic Album of the Year | There's A Time, Doug MacLeod |
| Acoustic Artist of the Year | Doug MacLeod |
| Album of the Year | Remembering Little Walter, Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia and James Harman |
| B.B King Entertainer of the Year | Buddy Guy |
| Band of the Year | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| Best New Artist Debut | Daddy Told Me, Shawn Holt & the Teardrops |
| Contemporary Blues Album of the Year | Badlands, Trampled Under Foot |
| Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year | Susan Tedeschi |
| Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year | Gary Clark, Jr. |
| DVD | Songs From The Road, Royal Southern Brotherhood |
| Historical Album of the Year | The Sun Blues Box, Various artists |
| Instrumentalist - Bass | Danielle Schnebelen |
| Instrumentalist - Drums | Cedric Burnside |
| Instrumentalist - Guitar | Ronnie Earl |
| Instrumentalist - Harmonica | Charlie Musselwhite |
| Instrumentalist - Horn | Eddie Shaw |
| Pinetop Perkins Piano Player | Victor Wainwright |
| Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female) | Diunna Greenleaf |
| Rock Blues Album of the Year | Made Up Mind, Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| Song of the Year | "Blues in My Soul", Lurrie Bell |
| Soul Blues Album of the Year | Down in Louisiana, Bobby Rush |
| Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year | Irma Thomas |
| Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year | John Németh |
| Traditional Blues Album of the Year | Remembering Little Walter, Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia and James Harman |
| Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year | James Cotton |
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2011
2011 awards
| Category | Winner |
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| 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 | On the Floor, Matt Hill |
| 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 | Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore and Friends |
| 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 and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith |
| Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year | Charlie Musselwhite |
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