The Blues Foundation announced its winners for the 2024 Blues Music Awards Thursday night in Memphis, Tennessee. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was the big winner of the night hauling in four awards including “Album of the Year” for Live in London
Other multiple award winners included Mike Zito, Bobby Rush, Ruthie Foster, and John Primer.
Congratulations to all the BMA winners and everyone for coming out and enjoying the 45th Blues Music Awards.
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Beth Hart
Bobby Rush (WINNER)
Lil’ Ed Williams
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Vanessa Collier
Album of the Year
TEARDROPS FROM MAGIC SLIM, John Primer
Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER)
SoulFunkn’BLUES, Blackburn Brothers
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
Band of the Year
Larkin Poe,
Nick Moss Band (WINNER)
Selwyn Birchwood Band,
Southern Avenue,
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Song of the Year
“Bobby’s Blues” written by Brooke Blackburn
“Horns Below Her Halo” written by Selwyn Birchwood
“Midnight Heat” written by Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming
“The Bait In the Snare” written by Nick Moss
“What Kind Of Fool” written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller (WINNER)
Best Emerging Artist Album
When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie, Candice Ivory
The Right Man, D.K. Harrell (WINNER)
Up Next, Mathias Lattin
Everybody’s Buddy, Nic Clark
Motel Mississippi, Tony Holiday
Acoustic Blues Album
Wild Ox Moan, Catfish Keith
Raw Blues 1, Doug MacLeod (WINNER)
Sticks & Strings, EG Kight
Ridin’ the Blinds, Hudspeth & Taylor
Ghost Hymns, William Lee Ellis
Blues Rock Album
POWER, Anna Popovic;
Writing On The Wall, Coco Montoya;
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa;
Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia (WINNER)
What Key Is Trouble In?, Nick Schnebelen
Contemporary Blues Album
Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER);
Ridin’, Eric Bibb,
Behind The Veil, Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind,
Healing Time, Ruthie Foster,
Exorcist, Selwyn Birchwood
Soul Blues Album
Stuff I’ve Been Through, Alabama Mike Soul; Funkin’ BLUES, Blackburn Brothers; All My Love For You, Bobby Rush (WINNER); Walking Heart Attack, Johnny Rawls; Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Traditional Blues Album
TEARDROPS FOR MAGIC SLIM: John Primer (WINNER);
Nothing But Time, Monster Mike Welch;
Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling;
Savoy, Taj Mahal
; Oscar’s Motel, The Cash Box Kings
Acoustic Blues Artist
Catfish Keith,
Doug MacLeod, Eric Bibb,
Keb’ Mo’ (WINNER)
Kevin Burt
Blues Rock Artist
Anna Popovic,
Joe Bonamassa,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd,
Mike Zito (WINNER),
Warren Haynes
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Carolyn Wonderland,
Danielle Nicole (WINNER),
Janiva Magness,
Teresa James,
Vanessa Collier
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Chris Cain,
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER),
Marquise Knox,
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman).
Selwyn Birchwood
Soul Blues Female Artist
Annika Chambers (WINNER),
Kat Riggins,
Terrie Odabi, Thornetta Davis,
Trudy Lynn
Soul Blues Male Artist
Alabama Mike, Billy Price, John Nemeth (WINNER), Johnny Rawls, William Bell
Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award)
Diunna Greenleaf,
Rhiannon Giddens,
Shaun Murphy,
Sue Foley (WINNER),
Teeny Tucker
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Billy Branch,
Cedric Burnside,
John Primer (WINNER, Jontavious Willis,
Nick Moss
Instrumentalist – Bass
Bob Stroger (WINNER),
Larry Fulcher,
Michael “Mudcat” Ward,
Rodrigo Mantovani,
Willie Weeks
Instrumentalist – Drums
Derrick D’Mar Martin,
June Core,
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith (WINNER),
Tom Hambridge,
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist – Guitarist
Christoffer “Kid” Andersen,
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER),
Derek Trucks,
Laura Chavez,
Sue Foley
Instrumentalist – Harmonica
Billy Branch,
Bob Corritore,
Dennis Gruenling,
Jason Ricci (WINNER),
Kim Wilson
Instrumentalist – Horn
Deanna Bogart, Jimmy Carpenter, Mark Kaz Kazanoff, Trombone Shorty, Vanessa Collier (WINNER)
Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Award)
Ben Levin,
Dave Keyes,
Jim Pugh,
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne (WINNER),
Mitch Woods
Instrumentalist – Vocals
Billy Price,
Diunna Greenleaf,
John Nemeth,
Ruthie Foster (WINNER),
Shemekia Copeland