Blues Music Awards Nominees
2014 – 35th Blues Music Awards
The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the nominees for the 35th Blues Music Awards, which we will present at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, TN, on Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Acoustic Album Doug MacLeod, There’s a Time Guy Davis featuring Fabrizio Poggi, Juba dance Harrison Kennedy, Soulscape Rory Block, Avalon The Hound Kings, Unleashed Acoustic Artist Doug MacLeod Guy Davis Harrison Kennedy Little G Weevil Rory Block Album Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up! Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Harman, Remembering Little Walter Buddy Guy, Rhythm & Blues James Cotton, Cotton Mouth Man Lurrie Bell, Blues in My Soul |
B.B. King Entertainer
Bobby Rush
Buddy Guy
John Németh
Kim Wilson
Rick Estrin
Band
Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials
Rick Estrin & the Night Cats
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Mannish Boys
Trampled Under Foot
Best New Artist Debut
Adrianna Marie and Her Groovecutters, Double Crossing Blues
Clay Swafford, Rooster
Gracie Curran & the High Falutin’ Band, Proof Of Love
Paul Gabriel, What’s The Chance…
Shawn Holt & the Teardrops, Daddy Told Me
Valerie June, Pushin Against A Stone
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Historical Album
Death Might Be Your Santa Claus – Legacy Recordings
Freddie King The Complete King/Federal Singles – Real Gone Music
Roosevelt Sykes The Original Honeydripper – Blind Pig Records
The Jewel/Paula Blues Story – Fuel Records
The Sun Blues Box – Bear Family
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Danielle Schnebelen
Larry Taylor
Patrick Rynn
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Anson Funderburgh
Gary Clark, Jr.
Kid Andersen
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Brandon Santini
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Kim Wilson
Rick Estrin
Instrumentalist-Horn
Big James Montgomery
Eddie Shaw
Jimmy Carpenter
Sax Gordon
Terry Hanck
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Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Diunna Greenleaf
Lavelle White
Teeny Tucker
Trudy Lynn
Zora Young
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Barrellhouse Chuck
Dave Keyes
Marcia Ball
Mike Finnigan
Victor Wainwright
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Mike Zito & the Wheel, Gone to Texas
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Made Up Mind
The Rides, Can’t Get Enough
Toronzo Cannon, John The Conquer Root
Walter Trout, Luther’s Blues
Song
Blues in My Soul, Lurrie Bell , Lurrie Bell
He Was There, Cotton, Hambridge & Fleming, James Cotton
That’s When The Blues Begins, James Goode, Ruff Kutt Blues Band
The Entitled Few, Doug MacLeod, Doug MacLeod
The Night The Pie Factory Burned Down, Johnny Sansone, Johnny Sansone
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Contemporary Blues Album
Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, Get Up!
Brandon Santini, This Time Another Year
Buddy Guy, Rhythm & Blues
Cyril Neville, Magic Honey
Trampled Under Foot, Badlands
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Ana Popovic
Beth Hart
Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Buddy Guy
Gary Clark, Jr.
Johnny Sansone
Kim Wilson
Otis Taylor
DVD
Blue Star Connection – Live at Knuckleheads (The Healers)
High John Records – Time Brings About a Change (Floyd Dixon)
J&R Adventures – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (Joe Bonamassa)
Ruf Records – Songs from the Road (Royal Southern Brotherhood)
Shake-It-Sugar Records – Live (Murali Coryell)
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Soul Blues Album
Bobby Rush, Down In Louisiana
Dave Keller, Soul Changes
Frank Bey & Anthony Paule Band, Soul For Your Blues
Johnny Rawls, Remembering O. V.
Otis Clay, Truth Is (Putting Love Back Into The Music)
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Dorothy Moore
Irma Thomas
Sista Monica
Soul Blues Male Artist
Bobby Rush
Frank Bey
John Nemeth
Johnny Rawls
Otis Clay
Traditional Blues Album
Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson’s Blues All-Stars, Driftin’ From Town To Town
Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Harman, Remembering Little Walter
James Cotton, Cotton Mouth Man
Lurrie Bell, Blues In My Soul
The Cash Box Kings, Black Toppin’
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Anson Funderburgh
Billy Boy Arnold
James Cotton
John Primer
Lurrie Bell |
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