Winners Announced At North America’s 38th Blues Music Awards
The results of North America’s prestigious 38th Blues Music Awards were announced early on the morning of 12 May 2017. Artists including Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Neal, Susan Tedeschi, Curtis Salgado and Mavis Staples were among the successful nominees for 2017.
Taking place at the Cook Convention Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, the Blues Music Awards are generally recognized as the highest honour given to blues musicians on the international stage. This year’s event followed the format of the critically-acclaimed shows of recent years, with around 100 nominees attending on a night filled with appearances and performances in a cabaret setting in the convention centre’s ballroom. The event began at 5.30pm on 11 May 2017 with a cocktail reception followed by a seated dinner, after which awards and music were interspersed, with the ceremony finishing after midnight.
The award winners for 2017 were as follows:
Acoustic Album: Eric Bibb – The Happiest Man In The World
Acoustic Artist: Doug McLeod
Contemporary Blues Album: Kenny Neal – Bloodline
Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Kenny Neal
Historical Album: Bobby Rush – Chicken Heads: A Fifty Year History Of Bobby Rush
Koko Taylor Award For Traditional Blues Female Artist: Diunna Greenleaf
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player: Victor Wainwright
Rock Blues Album: Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By
Song: ‘Walk A Mile In My Blues’ written by David Duncan, Curtis Salgado and Mike Finnegan. Song performed by Curtis Salgado, from the album The Beautiful Lowdown
Soul Blues Album: Curtis Salgado – The Beautiful Lowdown
Soul Blues Female Artist: Mavis Staples
Soul Blues Male Artist: Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Album: Lurrie Bell – Can’t Shake This Feeling
Traditional Blues Male Artist: Bob Margolin
Blues Album: Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat
Band: Tedeschi Trucks Band
BB King Entertainer Award: Joe Bonamassa
Best Emerging Album Award: Jonn Del Toro Richardson – Tengo Blues
Best Instrumentalist – Bass: Biscuit Miller
Best Instrumentalist – Drums: Cedric Burnside
Best Instrumentalist – Guitar: Joe Bonamassa
Best Instrumentalist – Harmonica: Kim Wilson
Best Instrumentalist – Horn: Terry Hanck
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