Acoustic Album
Acoustic Burnside, Duwayne Burnside
Ain’t Nobody Worried, Rory Block
Mississippi Son, Charlie Musselwhite
Thanks For Tomorrow, Harrison Kennedy
The Insurrection Blues, Corey HarrisAcoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Guy Davis
Harrison Kennedy
Rhiannon Giddens
Rory Block
Album of the Year
The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy
Hard Times, John Primer
Done Come Too Far, Shemekia Copland
May Be the Last Time, John Németh
Leave the Light On, The Love Light Orchestra
B.B. King Entertainer
Bobby Rush
Eric Gales
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Sugaray Rayford
Tommy Castro
Band of the Year
Anthony Geraci & The Boston Blues Allstars
John Nemeth and the Blue Dreamers
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
Southern Avenue
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best Emerging Artist Album
Buchanan Lane, Yates McKendree
Drums, Roots & Steel, DaShawn Hickman
Major League Blues, Jose Ramirez
Scream, Holler & Howl, Blue Moon Marquee
Who Is He?, Dylan Triplett
Blues Rock Album
Crown, Eric Gales
Devil May Care, Tinsley Ellis
Highs & Lows, Bernard Allison
I Got Love, Albert Castiglia
Open Road, Colin James
Blues Rock Artist
Albert Castiglia
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Tinsley Ellis
Tommy Castro
Walter Trout
Contemporary Blues Album
Blues Without You, Larry McCray
Done Come Too Far, Shemekia Copeland
Hard to Kill, Janiva Magness
I Ain’t Playin’, Diunna Greenleaf
The Blues Don’t Lie, Buddy Guy
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Beth Hart
Janiva Magness
Ruthie Foster
Teresa James
Vanessa Collier
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Chris Cain
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Selwyn Birchwood
Instrumentalist – Bass
Bob Stroger
Danielle Nicole
Larry Fulcher
Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Willie J. Campbel
Instrumentalist – Drums
Chris Layton
Cody Dickinson
Derrick D’Mar Martin
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
Tony Braunagel |