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# Blues Music Awards 2024 nominees announced [Full List]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/blues-music-awards-2024-nominees-announced-full-list/
- Published: 2024-02-13T13:36:04.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-13T13:36:09.000Z
- Description: The Blues Foundation has announced the nominees for its 45th Annual Blues Music Awards, which will be held on Thursday, May 9th, in Memphis. Here’s the complete list:
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, blues, blues awards, music, Music Business, music industry, music news, musician, musicians, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

The Blues Foundation has announced the nominees for its 45th Annual Blues Music Awards, which will be held on Thursday, May 9th, in Memphis. Here’s the complete list:

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**Acoustic Album**  
Wild Ox Moan, Catfish Keith  
Raw Blues 1, Doug MacLeod  
Sticks & Strings, EG Kight  
Ridin’ the Blinds, Hudspeth & Taylor  
Ghost Hymns, William Lee Ellis

**Acoustic Artist**  
Catfish Keith  
Doug MacLeod  
Eric Bibb  
Keb’ Mo’  
Kevin Burt

**Album of the Year**  
TEARDROPS FROM MAGIC SLIM, John Primer  
Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram  
SoulFunkn’BLUES, Blackburn Brothers  
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)  
Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling

**B.B. King Entertainer**  
Beth Hart  
Bobby Rush  
Lil’ Ed Williams  
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)  
Vanessa Collier

**Band of the Year**  
Larkin Poe  
Nick Moss Band  
Selwyn Birchwood Band  
Southern Avenue  
Tedeschi Trucks Band

**Best Emerging Artist Album**  
When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie, Candice Ivory  
The Right Man, D.K. Harrell  
Up Next, Mathias Lattin  
Everybody’s Buddy, Nic Clark  
Tony Holiday, Mississippi Motel

**Blues Rock Album**  
POWER, Anna Popovic  
Writing On The Wall, Coco Montoya  
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa  
Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia  
What Key Is Trouble In?, Nick Schnebelen

**Blues Rock Artist**  
Ana Popovic  
Joe Bonamassa  
Kenny Wayne Shepard  
Mike Zito  
Warren Haynes

**Contemporary Blues Album**  
Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram  
Ridin’, Eric Bibb  
Behind The Veil, Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind  
Healing Time, Ruthie Foster  
Exorcist, Selwyn Birchwood

**Contemporary Blues Female Artist**  
Carolyn Wonderland  
Danielle Nicole  
Janiva Magness  
Teresa James  
Vanessa Collier

**Contemporary Blues Male Artist**  
Chris Cain  
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram  
Marquise Knox  
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)  
Selwyn Birchwood

**Instrumentalist – Bass**  
Bob Stroger  
Larry Fulcher  
Michael “Mudcat” Ward  
Rodrigo Mantovani  
Willie Weeks

**Instrumentalist – Drums**  
Derrick D’Mar Martin  
June Core  
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith  
Tom Hambridge  
Tony Braunagel

**Instrumentalist – Guitar**  
Christoffer “Kid” Andersen  
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram  
Derek Trucks  
Laura Chavez  
Sue Foley

**Instrumentalist – Harmonica**  
Billy Branch  
Bob Corritore  
Dennis Gruenling  
Jason Ricci  
Kim Wilson

**Instrumentalist – Horn**  
Deanna Bogart  
Jimmy Carpenter  
Mark Kaz Kazanoff  
Trombone Shorty  
Vanessa Collier

**Instrumentalist – Pinetop Perkins Piano Player**  
Ben Levin  
Dave Keyes  
Jim Pugh  
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne  
Mitch Woods

**Instrumentalist – Vocals**  
Billy Price  
Diunna Greenleaf  
John Nemeth  
Ruthie Foster  
Shemekia Copeland

**Song of the Year**  
“Bobby’s Blues” performed by the Blackburn Brothers,  
written by Brooke Blackburn  
“Horns Below Her Halo” performed by Selwyn Birchwood,  
written by Selwyn Birchwood  
“Midnight Heat” performed by Christone “Kingfish” Ingram,  
written by Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming  
“The Bait In the Snare” performed by Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling,  
written by Nick Moss  
“What Kind Of Fool” performed by Ruthie Foster,  
written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller

**Soul Blues Album**  
Stuff I’ve Been Through, Alabama Mike  
SoulFunkin’ BLUES, Blackburn Brothers  
All My Love For You, Bobby Rush  
Walking Heart Attack, Johnny Rawls  
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

**Soul Blues Female Artist**  
Annika Chambers  
Kat Riggins  
Terri Odabi  
Thornetta Davis  
Trudy Lynn

**Soul Blues Male Artist**  
Alabama Mike  
Billy Price  
John Nemeth  
Johnny Rawls  
William Bell

**Traditional Blues Album**  
TEARDROPS FOR MAGIC SLIM: John Primer  
Nothing But Time, Monster Mike Welch  
Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling  
Savoy, Taj Mahal  
Oscar’s Motel, The Cash Box Kings

**Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female Artist)**  
Diunna Greenleaf  
Rhiannon Giddens  
Shaun Murphy  
Sue Foley  
Teeny Tucker

**Traditional Blues Male Artist**  
Billy Branch  
Cedric Burnside  
John Primer  
Jontavious Willis  
Nick Moss