2023 Blues Music Awards winners announced

Winners have been announced for the 2023 Blues Music Awards which are voted on by the Blues Foundation.

Buddy Guy was the big winner of the night taking home three awards including Album of the Year for The Blues Don’t Lie.

See the full list of winners below.

Album of the Year
Buddy Guy / The Blues Don’t Lie

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Tommy Castro

Band of the Year
Tedeschi Trucks Band

Song of the Year
Buddy Guy “The Blues Don’t Lie” (Tom Hambridge)

Best Emerging Artist Album
Dylan Triplett / Who Is He?

Acoustic Blues Album
Charlie Musselwhite / Mississippi Son

Blues Rock Album
Albert Castiglia / I Got Love

Contemporary Blues Album
Buddy Guy / The Blues Don’t Lie

Soul Blues Album
Sugaray Rayford / In Too Deep

Traditional Blues Album
John Németh / May Be the Last Time

Acoustic Blues Artist
Doug MacLeod

Blues Rock Artist
Albert Castiglia

Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Ruthie Foster

Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Soul Blues Female Artist
Thornetta Davis

Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado

Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award)
Sue Foley

Traditional Blues Male Artist
John Primer

Instrumentalist – Bass
Danielle Nicole

Instrumentalist – Drums
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith

Instrumentalist – Guitar
Laura Chavez

Instrumentalist – Harmonica
John Németh

Instrumentalist – Horn
Deanna Bogart

Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award)
Anthony Geraci

Instrumentalist – Vocals
Shemekia Copeland