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Acoustic Album Blues Rock Album
“Wild Ox Moan”, Catfish Keith “Power”, Ana Popovic
“Raw Blues 1”, Doug MacLeod (Winner) “Writing On The Wall”, Coco Montoya
“Sticks & Strings”, EG Kight “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2”, Joe Bonamassa
“Ridin’ the Blinds”, Hudspeth & Taylor “Blood Brothers”, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia (Winner)
“Ghost Hymns”, William Lee Ellis “What Key Is Trouble In?”, Nick Schnebelen

Acoustic Artist Blues Rock Artist
Catfish Keith Ana Popovic
Doug MacLeod Joe Bonamassa
Eric Bibb Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Keb’ Mo’ (Winner) Mike Zito (Winner)
Kevin Burt
Warren Haynes
Album of the Year
“Teardrops for Magic Slim”, John Primer Contemporary Blues Album
“Live In London”, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “Live In London”, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
(Winner) (Winner)
“SoulFunkn’Blues”, Blackburn Brothers “Ridin’”, Eric Bibb
“Soul Side of Sipp”, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman) “Behind The Veil”, Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind
“Get Your Back Into It!”, Nick Moss Band Featuring “Healing Time”, Ruthie Foster
Dennis Gruenling “Exorcist”, Selwyn Birchwood

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Beth Hart Carolyn Wonderland
Bobby Rush (Winner) Danielle Nicole (Winner)
Lil’ Ed Williams Janiva Magness
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman) Teresa James
Vanessa Collier Vanessa Collier

Band of the Year
Larkin Poe Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Nick Moss Band (Winner) Chris Cain
Selwyn Birchwood Band Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (Winner)
Southern Avenue Marquise Knox
Tedeschi Trucks Band Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Selwyn Birchwood
Best Emerging Artist Album
“When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Instrumentalist – Bass
Minnie”, Candice Ivory Bob Stroger (Winner)
“The Right Man”, D.K. Harrell (Winner) Larry Fulcher
“Up Next”, Mathias Lattin Michael “Mudcat” Ward
“Everybody’s Buddy”, Nic Clark Rodrigo Mantovani
“Mississippi Motel”, Tony Holiday Willie Weeks