45. Annual Blues Music Awards - die Gewinner stehen fest!

 Die Gewinner der 45. BMA sind bekannt!

Die Blues Music Awards gelten als die höchste Auszeichnung der Blues-Community und würdigen die aussergewöhnlichen Leistungen des vergangenen Jahres in den Bereichen Blues-Musikaufnahmen, Performance und Songwriting sowie die Unterstützung der reichen kulturellen Traditionen des Blues. 

Die Blues Music Awards bringt Blueskünstler, Vertreter der Industrie sowie Fans aus der ganzen Welt zusammen um den Blues zu feiern.

 Die Gewinner der 45. BMA sind:

Acoustic Album
Raw Blues 1, Doug MacLeod
Acoustic Artist
Keb’ Mo’
Album of the Year
Live In London, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
B.B. King Entertainer
Bobby Rush
Band of the Year
Nick Moss Band
Best Emerging Artist Album
The Right Man, D.K. Harrell
Blues Rock Album
Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia
Blues Rock Artist
Mike Zito
Contemporary Blues Album
Live In London, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Danielle Nicole
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Instrumentalist - Bass
Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist - Drums
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
Instrumentalist - Guitar
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Jason Ricci
Instrumentalist - Horn
Vanessa Collier
Instrumentalist - Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Instrumentalist - Vocals
Ruthie Foster
Song of the Year
“What Kind Of Fool” performed by Ruthie Foster, written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller
Soul Blues Album
All My Love For You, Bobby Rush
Soul Blues Female Artist
Annika Chambers
Soul Blues Male Artist
John Nemeth
Traditional Blues Album
Teardrops for Magic Slim: John Primer
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female Artist)
Sue Foley
Traditional Blues Male Artist
John Primer