2024 Blues Grammy winners announced
Winners have been announced in the Blues categories at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The event took place in Los Angeles, California.
Larkin Poe won “Best Contemporary Blues Album” for Blood Harmony. It’s the duo’s first-ever Grammy win.
Other nominees included Death Wish Blues by Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s Live in London, Bettye LaVette’s LaVette, and Ruthie Foster’s Healing Time.
The legendary Bobby Rush took home “Best Traditional Blues Album” with All My Love For You. It’s the third career Grammy win for Rush.
Other nominees included Eric Bibb’s Ridin, Mr Sipp’s The Soul Side of Sipp, Life Don’t Miss Nobody by Tracy Nelson, and John Primer’s Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge.
See the the full list of Grammy winners here.
Let’s not forget the WINNER for the Best Large Jazz Ensemble, “Basie Swings The Blues” WINNER!!! WINNER!!!
It features Mr Sipp, Bobby Rush, Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Keb Mo and a number of others.
Sadly, Not one of those got any tv time and than they rarely, if ever do. That’s why I have no respect for the Grammy’s as it does not respect the music I love!!!!
I whole heartedly agree! And without the Blues where would they be!!?
Did anyone else notice that all four nominees for Best Contemporary Blues Album were women? The blues sorely needs to get back to its roots. I’d rather hear King Solomon Hill singing about his woman making whoopee with the devil in hell tonight.
So you’re saying having four female nominees is a bad thing?
Blues, it has been said, is a “feeling”. It’s not a color on a canvas, a car or a bridge. Not a path to glory or a specific destination, not an oath or decree. Not always you, not always me. When something in your mind says hey cranium, let’s purge this sham, this coming exam; and catch and release when the flam hits the fan.
Only then, the care for others comes across. Not as a feeling but as a meeting, a place to stand.
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