Blues Music Awards: лучший блюз США

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

11.1.17   ат