2020 Blues Music Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 

41st Blues Music Awards!

Awards ceremony to held May 7, 2020 in Memphis 

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Acoustic Blues Album Sponsored by Newman, DeCoster Catfish Crawl by Catfish Keith Confessin’ My Dues by Terry Robb Good as Your Last Dollar by Fruteland Jackson Solo Ride by Bruce Katz This Guitar and Tonight by Bob Margolin Acoustic Blues Artist Sponsored by Folk Alliance International Eric Bibb Guy Davis Rhiannon Giddens Fruteland Jackson Doug MacLeod Album of the Year Sponsored by Rum Boogie Café & Blues Hall Church of the Blues by Watermelon Slim Hail to The Kings! by The Cash Box Kings Kingfish by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram The Preacher, The Politician or The Pimp by Toronzo Cannon Roots and Branches: The Songs of Little Walter by Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Sponsored by B.B. King’s Blues Club Billy Branch Rick Estrin Sugaray Rayford Bobby Rush Mavis Staples Band of the Year The Cash Box Kings The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Southern Avenue Sugaray Rayford Band Best Emerging Artist Album Before Me by Ben Levin Folie a deux by Hudspeth & Taylor Kingfish by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Spectacular Class by Jontavious Willis Through My Eyes by John “Blues” Boyd Blues Rock Album Killin’ It Live by Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Masterpiece by Albert Castiglia Reckless Heart by Joanne Shaw Taylor Survivor Blues by Walter Trout Up and Rolling by North Mississippi Allstars Blues Rock Artist Sponsored by Landmark Band Albert Castiglia Tommy Castro Tinsley Ellis Eric Gales Walter Trout Contemporary Blues Album Contemporary by Rick Estrin and The Nightcats Don’t Pass Me By: A Tribute to Sean Costello by Various Artists Kingfish by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram The Preacher, The Politician or The Pimp by Toronzo Cannon Venom & Faith by Larkin Poe Contemporary Blues Female Artist Diane Blue Vanessa Collier Shemekia Copeland Samantha Fish Janiva Magness Contemporary Blues Male Artist Toronzo Cannon Gary Clark Jr. Luther Dickinson Rick Estrin Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Instrumentalist Bass Willie J. Campbell Patrick Rynn Bill Stuve Larry Taylor Michael “Mudcat” Ward Instrumentalist Drums Tony Braunagel Cedric Burnside June Core Derrick D’Mar Martin Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith Instrumentalist Guitar Christoffer “Kid” Andersen Laura Chavez Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Junior Watson “Monster” Mike Welch Instrumentalist Harmonica Sponsored by Hohner Harmonica Billy Branch Rick Estrin Dennis Gruenling Brandon Santini Kim Wilson Instrumentalist Horn Mindi Abair Jimmy Carpenter Vanessa Collier Trombone Shorty Nancy Wright Instrumentalist Piano / Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Anthony Geraci Bruce Katz Dave Keyes Jim Pugh Victor Wainwright Instrumentalist Vocals Shemekia Copeland Sugaray Rayford Curtis Salgado Mavis Staples Dawn Tyler Watson Song of the Year “Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues” written by Rebecca Lovell “Lucky Guy” written by Nick Moss “Resentment File” written by Rick Estrin, Joe Louis Walker, and JoJo Russo “Time To Get Movin’” written by Eric Corne “The Wine Talkin’” written by Joe Nosek, John Hahn, and Oscar Wilson Soul Blues Album Dog Eat Dog by Billy Price Keep On by Southern Avenue Real Street by Tad Robinson Sitting on Top of the Blues by Bobby Rush Somebody Save Me by Sugaray Rayford Soul Blues Female Artist Annika Chambers Thornetta Davis Bettye LaVette Terrie Odabi Vaneese Thomas Soul Blues Male Artist Billy Price Sugaray Rayford Tad Robinson Curtis Salgado Wee Willie Walker Traditional Blues Album Church of the Blues by Watermelon Slim Hail to the Kings! by The Cash Box Kings Lucky Guy! by The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling Roots and Branches – The Songs of Little Walter by Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues Spectacular Class by Jontavious Willis Traditional Blues Female Artist / Koko Taylor Award Rory Block Sue Foley Mary Lane Trudy Lynn Teeny Tucker Traditional Blues Male Artist Lurrie Bell Billy Branch John Primer Jimmie Vaughan Jontavious Willis