Wczoraj, podczas bezprecedensowej ceremonii online, rozdano Blues Music Awards. Oto zwycięzcy:
BB King Entertainer of the Year: Sugaray Rayford
Album of the Year: Kingfish, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Band of the Year: The Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling
Song of the Year: “Lucky Guy,” written by Nick Moss
Best Emerging Artist Album: Kingfish, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Acoustic Blues Album: This Guitar and Tonight, Bob Margolin
Acoustic Blues Artist: Doug MacLeod
Blues Rock Album: Masterpiece, Albert Castiglia
Blues Rock Artist: Eric Gales
Contemporary Blues Album: Kingfish, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Historical Blues Album: Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records – Definitive Collection, Earwig Music
Soul Blues Album: Sitting on Top of the Blues, Bobby Rush
Soul Blues Female Artist: Bettye LaVette
Soul Blues Male Artist: Sugaray Rayford
Traditional Blues Album: Lucky Guy!, The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
Traditional Blues Female Artist: Sue Foley
Traditional Blues Male Artist: Jimmie Vaughan
Instrumentalist Bass: Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Instrumentalist Drums: Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist Guitar: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Instrumentalist Harmonica: Rick Estrin
Instrumentalist Horn: Vanessa Collier
Instrumentalist Piano: Victor Wainwright
Instrumentalist Vocals: Mavis Staples