(Memphis, TN) – Some of the Blues Festival Guide staff were so excited to be able to travel to Memphis and witness the May 12th 38th annual Blues Music Awards in person and also enjoy all the doings in the Delta during award week. Pictured is our publisher Kaati, sales associate Tom Andrews and sales Director Cheryl O’Grady-Yearnshaw. Here is the full list of The Blues Foundation’s 38th Annual Blues Music Awards Winners in case you missed our posts last week.
Acoustic Album: The Happiest Man In The World by Eric Bibb
Acoustic Artist: Doug Macleod
Album of the Year: Porcupine Meat by Bobby Rush
B.B. King Entertainer: Joe Bonamassa
Band of the Year: Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best Emerging Artist Album: Tengo Blues by Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Contemporary Blues Album: Bloodline by Kenny Neal
Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Kenny Neal
Historical Album: Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History Of Bobby Rush Omnivore Recordings
Instrumentalist: Bass Biscuit Miller
Instrumentalist: Drums Cedric Burnside
Instrumentalist: Guitar Joe Bonamassa
Instrumentalist: Harmonica Kim Wilson
Instrumentalist: Horn Terry Hanck
Koko Taylor Award/Traditional Female: Diunna Greenleaf
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player: Victor Wainwright
Rock Blues Album: Let Me Get By by Tedeschi Trucks Band
Song of the Year: “Walk A Mile In My Blues” written by David Duncan, Curtis Salgado & Mike Finnigan, performed by Curtis Salgado
Soul Blues Album: The Beautiful Letdown by Curtis Salgado
Soul Blues Female: Mavis Staples
Soul Blues Male: Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Album: Can’t Shake This Feeling by Lurrie Bell
Traditional Blues Male Artist: Bob Margolin
Find more details about that special night here on the Blues Foundation Website
The photo of the awards crowd is by Brian Anderson courtesy of the Blues Foundation website.