Blues Music Awards: лучший блюз США
11.01.2017
В мае (11) «Музыкальную награду в области блюза» (Blues Music Awards) будут вручать в городе Мемфис в 38-раз. Учредитель премии – «Фонд блюза», НПО с филиалами не только в США, но и целом ряде стран (исключая РФ). Среди множества премий BMA остаётся наиболее престижной, раньше она называлась «Премия Хэнди». В этом году явно выделается количеством выдвижений группа Sugar Ray & The Bluetones: коллектив м и отдельные его артисты номинированы семь раз. Гитарист Toronzo Cannon и певец/ноумен Bobby Rush – по четыре.
Номинанты на премию:
B.B. King Entertainer
Joe Bonamassa
John Nemeth
Lil’ Ed Williams
Sugar Ray Norcia
Sugaray Rayford
Band
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
Nick Moss Band
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Album
Porcupine Meat - Bobby Rush
Bloodline - Kenny Neal
From the Root to the Fruit - Nick Moss Band
Seeing is Believing - Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
The Chicago Way - Toronzo Cannon
This Is Where I Live - William Bell
Song
Blues Immigrant written by Matthew Skoller & Vincent Bucher and performed by Matthew Skoller
I Gotta Sang The Blues written and performed by Thornetta Davis
Seeing Is Believing written by Ray Norcia and performed by Sugar Ray & The Bluetones
Walk A Mile In My Blues written by David Duncan, Curtis Salgado & Mike Finigan and performed by Curtis Salgado
Walk it Off written and performed by Toronzo Cannon
Best Emerging Artist Album (наиболее динамично развивающийся) артист, его альбом
Corey Dennison - Corey Dennison Band
Truth - Guy King
Tengo Blues - Jonn Del Toro Richardson
My Blue Soul - Terrie Odabi
Honest Woman - Thornetta Davis
Historical Album
A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw - Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
More B.B. King: Here’s One You Haven’t Heard - B.B. King
Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush - Bobby Rush
I’m A Bluesman - Michael Burks
Genuine Blues Legends - Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers
Acoustic Album
Live in Europe - Doug MacLeod
The Happiest Man in the World - Eric Bibb
Professin' the Blues - Fiona Boyes
Live at Briggs Farm - Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Stand Your Ground - John Long
Blues and Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Vol I and II - Luther Dickinson
Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Fiona Boyes
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Luther Dickinson
Contemporary Blues Album
Mid Century Modern - Al Basile
Blood Line - Kenny Neal
From the Root to the Fruit - Nick Moss Band
Give It Back To You - The Record Company
The Chicago Way - Toronzo Cannon
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Alexis P Suter
Ana Popovic
Janiva Magness
Shemekia Copeland
Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Albert Castiglia
Kenny Neal
Mike Zito
Sugaray Rayford
Toronzo Cannon
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Big Dog - Albert Castiglia
Keep Coming Back - Mike Zito
Promised Land or Bust - Moreland & Arbuckle
Let Me Get By - Tedeschi Trucks Band
Alive in Amsterdam - Walter Trout
Soul Blues Album
Porcupine Meat - Bobby Rush
The Beautiful Lowdown - Curtis Salgado
Tiger in a Cage - Johnny Rawls
Live! Notodden Blues Festival - Wee Willie Walker
This Is Where I Live - William Bell
Soul Blues Female Artist
Bettye Lavette
Lara Price
Mavis Staples
Terrie Odabi
Vaneese Thomas
Soul Blues Male Artist
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
Johnny Rawls
Wee Willie Walker
William Bell
Traditional Blues Album
House Party at Big Jon's - Big Jon Atkinson & Bob Corritore
My Road - Bob Margolin
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue - Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
Can't Shake This Feeling - Lurrie Bell
Seeing is Believing - Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Annika Chambers
Diunna Greenleaf
Inetta Visor
Shaun Murphy
Trudy Lynn
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Bob Margolin
John Primer
Lil’ Ed Williams
Lurrie Bell
Sugar Ray Norcia
Instrumentalist - Bass
Biscuit Miller
Bob Stroger
Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Patrick Rynn
R W Grigsby
Instrumentalist - Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
June Core
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist - Guitar
Bob Margolin
Joe Bonamassa
Kid Andersen
Monster Mike Welch
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Dennis Gruenling
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Sugar Ray Norcia
Instrumentalist - Horn
Al Basile
Nancy Wright
Sax Gordon Beadle
Terry Hanck
Vanessa Collier
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Anthony Geraci
Barrelhouse Chuck
Henry Gray
Jim Pugh
Victor Wainwright
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