2024 Blues Music Awards nominees announced

The Blues Foundation has announced the nominees for the 2024 Blues Music Awards. The 45th annual Blues Music Awards will take place on May 9th in Memphis, Tennessee.

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year

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

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

Band of the Year

Larkin Poe
Nick Moss Band
Selwyn Birchwood Band
Southern Avenue
Tedeschi Trucks Band

Song of the Year

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

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
Motel Mississippi, Tony Holiday

Acoustic Blues 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

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

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

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)

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

Acoustic Blues Artist

Catfish Keith
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Keb’ Mo’
Kevin Burt

Blues Rock Artist

Anna Popovic
Joe Bonamassa
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Mike Zito
Warren Haynes

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

Soul Blues Female Artist

Annika Chambers
Kat Riggins
Terrie Odabi
Thornetta Davis
Trudy Lynn

Soul Blues Male Artist

Alabama Mike
Billy Price
John Nemeth
Johnny Rawls
William Bell

Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award)

Diunna Greenleaf
Rhiannon Giddens
Shaun Murphy
Sue Foley
Teeny Tucker

Traditional Blues Male Artist

Billy Branch
Cedric Burnside
John Primer
Jontavious Willis
Nick Moss

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 – Guitarist

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 – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Award)

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

Instrumentalist – Vocals

Billy Price
Diunna Greenleaf
John Nemeth
Ruthie Foster
Shemekia Copeland