📰 ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE SIX BLUES MUSIC AWARD AWARDS

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Leads All Artists With Four Awards, Including
Album Of The Year For Live In London

The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling Named Band Of The Year

The Cash Box Kings' Drummer Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith Wins
Best Instrumentalist - Drums

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the Blues Foundation announced the winners of the 45th Annual Blues Music Awards. Alligator Records artists received a total of six awards.

Leading all artists with four Awards is GRAMMY Award-winning artist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, who won Album Of The Year and Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year (for the GRAMMY-nominated Live In London), Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year and Best Instrumentalist -- Guitar. Kingfish has now won a total of 13 Blues Music Awards since his 2019 self-titled debut.

Chicago's Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling won the coveted Band Of The Year award. This is the second time the band has won this prestigious honor.

The Cash Box Kings' Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith won for Best Instrumentalist - Drums.

The 45th Annual Blues Music Awards ceremony were held in Memphis, Tennessee on Thursday, May 9 at The Renasant Convention Center.

Alligator artists and their 2024 Blues Music Awards follow:  

 Band Of The Year

Album Of The Year (Live In London)
Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year (Live In London)
Contemporary Blues Male Artist Of The Year
Best Instrumentalist -- Guitar  

Best Instrumentalist -- Drums (Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith) 

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BB King Entertainer van het Jaar

Beth Hart
Bobby Rush (WINNAAR)
Lil' Ed Williams
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Vanessa Collier

Album van het jaar

TEARDROPS FROM MAGIC SLIM, John Primer
Live in Londen, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNAAR)
SoulFunkn'BLUES, Blackburn Brothers
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Ga ervoor!, Nick Moss Band met Dennis Gruenling

Band van het jaar

Larkin Poe
Nick Moss Band (WINNAAR)
Selwyn Birchwood Band
Southern Avenue
Tedeschi Trucks Band

Lied van het jaar

“Bobby's Blues” geschreven door Brooke Blackburn
“Horns Below Her Halo” geschreven door Selwyn Birchwood
“Midnight Heat” geschreven door Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming
“The Bait In the Snare” geschreven door Nick Moss
“What Kind Of Fool” geschreven door Ruthie Foster , Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller (WINNAAR)

Beste album van opkomende artiest

When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie, Candice Ivory
The Right Man, DK Harrell (WINNAAR)
Up Next, Mathias Lattin
Everybody’s Buddy, Nic Clark
Motel Mississippi, Tony Holiday

Akoestisch bluesalbum

Wild Ox Moan, Catfish Keith
Raw Blues 1, Doug MacLeod (WINNAAR)
Sticks & Strings, EG Kight
Ridin' the Blinds, Hudspeth & Taylor
Ghost Hymns, William Lee Ellis

Bluesrockalbum

POWER, Anna Popovic
schrijft aan de muur, Coco Montoya
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa
Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/Albert Castiglia (WINNAAR)
Welke sleutel zit er in de problemen?, Nick Schnebelen

Hedendaags bluesalbum

Live in Londen, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNAAR)
Ridin', Eric Bibb
Behind The Veil, Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind
Healing Time, Ruthie Foster
Exorcist, Selwyn Birchwood

Soulbluesalbum

Dingen die ik heb meegemaakt, Alabama Mike
SoulFunkin' BLUES, Blackburn Brothers
All My Love For You, Bobby Rush (WINNAAR)
Walking Heart Attack, Johnny Rawls
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

Traditioneel bluesalbum

TEARDROPS VOOR MAGIC SLIM: John Primer (WINNAAR)
Nothing But Time, Monster Mike Welch
Get Your Back into It!, Nick Moss Band met Dennis Gruenling
Savoy, Taj Mahal
Oscar’s Motel, The Cash Box Kings

Akoestische bluesartiest

Meerval Keith
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Keb 'Mo' (WINNAAR)
Kevin Burt

Bluesrockartiest

Anna Popovic
Joe Bonamassa
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Mike Zito (WINNAAR)
Warren Haynes

Vrouwelijke hedendaagse bluesartiest

Carolyn Wonderland
Danielle Nicole (WINNAAR)
Janiva Magness
Teresa James
Vanessa Collier

Mannelijke hedendaagse bluesartiest

Chris Cain
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNAAR)
Marquise Knox
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Selwyn Birchwood

Soulblues vrouwelijke artiest

Annika Chambers (WINNAAR)
Kat Riggins
Terrie Odabi
Thornetta Davis
Trudy Lynn

Soulblues mannelijke artiest

Alabama Mike
Billy Price
John Nemeth (WINNAAR)
Johnny Rawls
William Bell

Traditionele vrouwelijke bluesartiest (Koko Taylor Award)

Diunna Greenleaf
Rhiannon Giddens
Shaun Murphy
Sue Foley (WINNAAR)
Teeny Tucker

Traditionele mannelijke bluesartiest

Billy Branch
Cedric Burnside
John Primer (WINNAAR)
Jontavious Willis
Nick Moss

Instrumentalist – bas

Bob Stroger (WINNAAR)
Larry Fulcher
Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Rodrigo Mantovani
Willie Weeks

Instrumentalist – Drums

Derrick D'Mar Martin
June Core
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith (WINNAAR)
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist – Gitarist

Christoffer “Kid” Andersen
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNAAR)
Derek Trucks
Laura Chavez
Sue Foley

Instrumentalist – Mondharmonica

Billy Branch
Bob Corritore
Dennis Gruenling
Jason Ricci (WINNAAR)
Kim Wilson

Instrumentalist – Hoorn

Deanna Bogart
Jimmy Carpenter
Mark Kaz Kazanoff
Trombone Shorty
Vanessa Collier (WINNAAR)

Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Award)

Ben Levin
Dave Keyes
Jim Pugh
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne (WINNAAR)
Mitch Woods

Instrumentalist – Zang

Billy Price
Diunna Greenleaf
John Nemeth
Ruthie Foster (WINNAAR)
Shemekia Copeland