Blues Music Award
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The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster blues heritage. The awards were started in 1980, and are widely regarded as the highest honor for blues artists in the United States.[citation needed]
The awards were formerly known as the W. C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys"), however, they were renamed in 2006 in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.[1]
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.[2]
The 34th Blues Music Awards were held on May 9, 2013, at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis.[3]
Blues Music Awards 2011 [edit]
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| 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 | Matt Hill, On the Floor |
| 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 | Delta (Koko, Pinetop, Nappy Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, et al.) |
| 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[4] |
References [edit]
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "The Blues Foundation Homepage". Blues.org. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ Blues Music Awards 2011 - A Delta Bohemian Perspective. Deltabohemian.com (2011-05-26). Retrieved on 2012-12-07.
