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Instrumentalist – Drums Soul Blues Album
Derrick D’Mar Martin “Stuff I’ve Been Through”, Alabama Mike
June Core “SoulFunkin’ BLUES”, Blackburn Brothers
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith (Winner) “All My Love For You”, Bobby Rush (Winner)
Tom Hambridge “Walking Heart Attack”, Johnny Rawls
Tony Braunagel “Soul Side of Sipp”, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)

Instrumentalist – Guitar Soul Blues Female Artist
Christoffer “Kid” Andersen Annika Chambers (Winner)
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (Winner) Kat Riggins
Derek Trucks Terri Odabi
Laura Chavez Thornetta Davis
Sue Foley Trudy Lynn

Instrumentalist – Harmonica Soul Blues Male Artist
Billy Branch Alabama Mike
Bob Corritore Billy Price
Dennis Gruenling John Nemeth (Winner)
Jason Ricci (Winner) Johnny Rawls
Kim Wilson William Bell

Instrumentalist – Horn Traditional Blues Album
Deanna Bogart “Teardrops for Magic Slim”, John Primer (Winner)
Jimmy Carpenter “Nothing But Time”, Monster Mike Welch
Mark Kaz Kazanoff “Get Your Back Into It!”, Nick Moss Band Featuring
Trombone Shorty Dennis Gruenling
Vanessa Collier (Winner) “Savoy”, Taj Mahal
“Oscar’s Motel”, The Cash Box Kings
Instrumentalist – Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female
Ben Levin
Artist)
Dave Keyes Diunna Greenleaf
Jim Pugh Rhiannon Giddens
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne (Winner) Shaun Murphy
Mitch Woods Sue Foley (Winner)
Teeny Tucker
Instrumentalist – Vocals
Billy Price Traditional Blues Male Artist
Diunna Greenleaf Billy Branch
John Nemeth Cedric Burnside
Ruthie Foster (Winner) John Primer (Winner)
Shemekia Copeland Jontavious Willis
Nick Moss
Song of the Year
'Bobby’s Blues’ performed by the Blackburn Brothers,
written by Brooke Blackburn,
'Horns Below Her Halo’ performed by Selwyn
Birchwood, written by Selwyn Birchwood
'Midnight Heat’ performed by Christone 'Kingfish”
Ingram, written by Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming
'The Bait In the Snare’, performed by Nick Moss Band
featuring Dennis Gruenling, written by Nick Moss
'What Kind Of Fool’ performed by Ruthie Foster,
written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie
Miller (Winner)