Cea de-a 42-a ediție Blues Music Awards, desfășurată online și anul acesta, și-a stabilit câștigatorii. Organizată de The Blues Foundation, gala sărbatorește cele mai importante realizări în muzica blues de anul trecut.
Marele învingător este Shemekia Copeland care a câștigat 3 premii diferite inclusiv secțiunea B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.
Iată și lista nominalizaților câștigătorilor de anul acesta:
BB King Entertainer Of The Year
• Shemekia Copeland
Album Of The Year
• 100 Years Of Blues - Elvin Bishop And Charlie Musselwhite
Band Of The Year
• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Song Of The Year
• “All Out of Tears” – compusă de Walter Trout (interpretată de Walter Trout)
Best Emerging Artist Album
• Harlem - King Solomon Hicks
Acoustic Blues Album
• Rawer Than Raw - Bobby Rush
Blues Rock Album
• Mike Zito And Friends – Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Tribute To Chuck Berry - Mike Zito
Contemporary Blues Album
• Uncivil War - Shemekia Copeland
Soul Blues Album
• That’s What I Heard - Robert Cray Band
Traditional Blues Album
• 100 Years Of Blues - Elvin Bishop And Charlie Musselwhite
Acoustic Blues Artist
• Keb’ Mo’
Blues Rock Artist
• Mike Zito
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
• Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Soul Blues Female Artist
• Bettye LaVette
Soul Blues Male Artist
• Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award)
• Rory Block
Traditional Blues Male Artist
• John Primer
Instrumentalist Bass
• Danielle Nicole
Instrumentalist Drums
• Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
Instrumentalist Guitar
• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Instrumentalist Harmonica
• Kim Wilson
Instrumentalist Horn
• Jimmy Carpenter
Instrumentalist Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award)
• Anthony Geraci
Instrumentalist Vocals
• Ruthie Foster