MEMPHIS, TN – The 32nd International Blues Challenge were held last week in downtown Memphis, which bustled with thousands of blues artists and fans from around the globe. The Keeping The Blues Alive Awards, workshops, showcases and more also helped fill the historic district and the outlying areas to the brim.

Congratulations to the 2016 International Blues Challenge Final winners who were announced at the historic Orpheum Theater on Saturday, January 30. The list of winners is as follows…

SOLO/DUO:

1st Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons (Washington Blues Society)

2nd InnerVision (Columbus Blues Alliance)

BAND:

1st  The Delgado Brothers (Ventura County Blues Society)

2nd The Paul DesLauriers Band (Montreal Blues Society)

3rd The Norman Jackson Band (Lake of the Ozarks Blues Society)

BEST SELF-PRODUCED CD:

Rob Lumbard Blues in a Bottle (Central Iowa Blues Society)

SOLO GUITAR:

Bing Futch (Orange Blossom Blues Society)

BAND GUITAR:

The Delgado Brothers (Ventura County Blues Society)

HARP:

InnerVision (Columbus Blues Alliance)