Blues Music Award to najważniejsze nagrody przyznawane przez cztery tysiące członków The Blues Foundation z całego świata. Już ogłoszono nominacje. Buddy Guy i Charlie Musselwhite w tym roku królują.
- Tegoroczne nominacje dowodzą nie tylko nieustającej mocy bluesa, ale są również dowodem na ciągłe ewoluowanie gatunku i wywieranie piętna na fanach - mówi Jay Sieleman, dyrektor wykonawczy The Blues Foundation. Fundacja wręczy nagrody już po raz 32. na gali zaplanowanej na 5 maja 2011 roku w Memphis. To najważniejsze nagrody w świecie światowego bluesa. Ale żeby wziąć udział w głosowaniu, trzeba płacić co roku od kiludziesięciu do kilkuset dolarów.
2011 Blues Music Award - pełna lista nominacji
Acoustic Album
Eric Bibb - Booker's Guitar
Lucky Peterson - You Can Always Turn Around
Paul Oscher - Bet on the Blues
South Memphis String Band - Home Sweet Home
The Nighthawks - Last Train to Bluesville
Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Guy Davis
John Hammond
Paul Oscher
Album
Buddy Guy - Living Proof
Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
Eden Brent - Ain't Got No Troubles
Janiva Magness - The Devil is an Angel Too
The Mannish Boys - Shake for Me
B.B. King Entertainer
Buddy Guy
Janiva Magness
Joe Louis Walker
Kenny Neal
Super Chikan
Band
Derek Trucks Band
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Nick Moss Band
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
The Holmes Brothers
The Kilborn Alley Blues Band
The Mannish Boys
Best New Artist Debut
Chris O'Leary Band - Mr. Used to Be
Claudette King - We're Onto Something
Matt Hill - On the Floor
Peter Parcek 3 - The Mathematics of Love
The Vincent Hayes Project - Reclamation
Contemporary Blues Album
Buddy Guy - Living Proof
Janiva Magness - The Devil is an Angel Too
John Nemeth - Name the Day!
Karen Lovely - Still the Rain
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Have Blues Will Travel
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Karen Lovely
Robin Rogers
Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Buddy Guy
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Kenny Neal
Nick Moss
DVD
Black Hen / Transgrease
The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert
(Various Artists)
Delmark
Live at Rooster's Place (Tail Dragger)
NorthernBlues Music
Live at Ground Zero Blues Club
(Watermelon Slim & the Workers)
Ruf
Songs from the Road (Luther Allison)
Woodward Studio
Nothing to Prove (Mac Arnold)
Historical
Black Derby
Chicago Blues Buddies
(Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop)
Delmark
Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Story
(Various Artists)
Delmark
Live in Boston 1966
(Junior Wells & the Aces)
Delta Groove
Harmonica Blues (Bob Corritore & Friends)
Ruf
Songs from the Road (Luther Allison)
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Patrick Rynn
Steve Gomes
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Robb Stupka
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Kirk Fletcher
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Bob Corritore
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Kim Wilson
Paul Oscher
Instrumentalist-Horn
Big James Montgomery
Doug James
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan
Terry Hanck
Instrumentalist-Other
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)
Sonny Rhodes (lap steel guitar)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
David Maxwell
Dr. John
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Mitch Woods
Rock Blues Album
Derek Trucks - Roadsongs
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Live In Chicago
Nick Moss - Privileged
Steve Miller Band - Bingo
Walter Trout - Common Ground
Song
Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy
"Living Proof" (Buddy Guy - Living Proof)
Charlie Musselwhite
"Sad and Beautiful World"
(Charlie Musselwhite - The Well)
Bruce Iglauer/Wyzard/David Kearney
"Please Mr. President"
(Guitar Shorty - Bare Knuckle)
Dennis Walker/Alan Mirikitani
"Still the Rain"
(Karen Lovely - Still the Rain)
Steve Gomes
"Rained All Night"
(Tad Robinson - Back in Style)
Soul Blues Album
Arthur Adams - Stomp the Floor
Denise LaSalle - 24 Hour Woman
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges - Live In San Antonio
Solomon Burke - Nothing's Impossible
Tad Robinson - Back in Style
The Holmes Brothers - Feed My Soul
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Claudette King
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Sista Monica Parker
Soul Blues Male Artist
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
Solomon Burke
Tad Robinson
Traditional Blues Album
Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
Duke Robillard - Passport to the Blues
James Cotton - Giant
Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Joined at the Hip
The Mannish Boys - Shake for Me
Koko Taylor Award-Traditional Blues Female
Eden Brent
Reba Russell
Ruthie Foster
Sue Foley
Teeny Tucker
Zora Young
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Alabama Mike
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Magic Slim
Super Chikan
