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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The winners of the 38th annual Blues Music Awards were announced at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. The event celebrates and honors blues recordings and performances from the past year.
The winners are as follows:
ACOUSTIC ALBUM
The Happiest Man in the World by Eric Bibb
ACOUSTIC ARTIST
Doug MacLeod
ALBUM
Porcupine Meat by Bobby Rush
B.B. KING ENTERTAINER
Joe Bonamassa
BAND
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
Diunna Greenleaf
PINETOP PERKINS PIANO PLAYER
Victor Wainwright
ROCK BLUES ALBUM
Let Me Get By by Tedeschi Trucks Band
SONG
“Walk A Mile In My Blues” written by David Duncan, Curtis Salgado, & Mike Finnigan performed by Curtis Salgado
SOUL BLUES ALBUM
The Beautiful Lowdown 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
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Director of Communications
amanda.murphy@tn.gov
615-741-9010
Senior Communications Manager
jill.kilgore@tn.gov
615-927-1320
Communications Manager
Alli.Lapps@tn.gov