The Best of the Blues Music Awards 2019
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Get the highlights from the annual Best of the Blues Music Awards show, including the award winners and performances.
Best Male Artist
The past year has been full of great music, and the best of the best was celebrated at the annual Blues Music Awards. The awards are given out by The Blues Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the blues. This year, the award for Best Male Artist went to Christopher Cross.
Winner:
Buddy Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound and has influenced innumerable guitarists. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells.
Runner Up:
Kris Barras may have come in second to Rival Sons at this year’s Blues Music Awards, but the UK-based blues rocker is still having one heck of a year. His latest album, Light It Up, topped the UK blues chart and was nominated for a BMA in the Contemporary Blues Album category. A powerful player with a dusky voice to match, Barras and his band are making waves on both sides of the pond.
Other Nominees:
Luther Dickinson
Gurf Morlix
David Bromberg
Peter Karp
Eric Bibb
Best Female Artist
The nominees for Best Female Artist at the 2019 Blues Music Awards are:
Winner:
Beth Hart is an American singer, songwriter and musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with her album Fire on the Floor, which peaked at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. Hart is known for her powerful vocals and live performances. She has released nine studio albums and three live albums. Her most recent album, Live in Amsterdam, was released in 2018.
Runner Up:
The second-place winner for Best Female Artist at the Blues Music Awards 2019 was Ericka Warren. She is a powerful vocalist with a soulful sound that has won her many fans.
Other Nominees:
In addition to Ward, this year’s Best Female Artist nominees are:
-Kendra Morris
-Samantha Fish
-Tasheena Stewart
-Shemekia Copeland
Best Group
The nominees for Best Group are: The Blues Brothers, Blues Traveler, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Winner:
Best Group – The Temptations
The Temptations are an American vocal group who formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960. The group’s repertoire has included soul, R&B, funk, doo-wop, and adult contemporary. The Temptations have sold tens of millions of albums throughout their career;[1][2] they have had four number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 (“My Girl”, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”, “I Can’t Get Next to You”, and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”),[3] 12 number-one hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (seven of which are co-written by Norman Whitfield),[4][5] and five number-one singles on the Adult Contemporary chart (“My Girl”, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”, “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)”, “I Can’t Get Next to You”, and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”).[6] As of 2019, the Temptations continue to perform with Otis Williams as the only surviving member from the original quintet.[7]
Runner Up:
Although they didn’t take home the top prize, runner up Best Group The Blues Music Awards 2019 went to The California Honeydrops. The Honeydrops are a Bay Area band that mixes New Orleans-style R&B, funk, and soul. They’re known for their high-energy live shows, and they put on a great show at the awards ceremony.
Other Nominees:
The Best of the Blues Music Awards are voted on by members of the Blues Foundation, which is made up of about 5,000 industry professionals and supporters of the blues from all over the world. The annual awards ceremony is held in Memphis, Tennessee. Below is a list of other nominees in the category of Best Group.
-The Tedeschi Trucks Band
-Booker T. Jones
-Marcus King Band
-Southern Avenue
Best New Artist
Winner:
Best New Artist – The Best of the Blues Music Awards 2019 goes to Samatha Fish!
Runner Up:
Rising star Spider Cherry was one of the most talked about new artists of the year. His debut album, “Devil’s Night”, was a critical and commercial success, and he was hailed as one of the most promising new talents in the blues. Cherry’s powerful vocals and guitar playing earned him a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2019 Blues Music Awards.
Other Nominees:
In addition to the award for Best New Artist, the Blues Music Awards also give out awards in categories like Best Male and Female Artist, Best Band, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Here are the other nominees for Best New Artist:
-Shemekia Copeland
-Sugaray Rayford
-The Record Company
-Tedschi Trucks Band
Best Album
The album that won the best album at the Blues Music Awards 2019 was “The Preachin’ Blues” by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. This was Ronnie Earl’s first win in this category and the album was released on Stony Plain Records.
Winner:
The Best of the Blues Music Awards is a compilation album featuring recordings by artists who won or were nominated for the annual Blues Music Awards. The album was released on March 5, 2019, by Ruf Records.
Runner Up:
The Best of the Blues Music Awards 2019 is a compilation album featuring some of the best blues musicians of the year. The album includes tracks from artists like B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Koko Taylor.
Other Nominees:
The nominees for Best Album are:
-Dionne Warwick – “Love Swings”
-Dr. John – “Locked Down”
-B.B. King – “Live in Japan”
-Taj Mahal – “Maestro”
-Sonny Landreth – “From the Reach”
Best Song
The song that won the Best Song at the 2019 Blues Music Awards was “Bad Luck and Hard Love” by the group Southern Avenue. This was the group’s debut album and it was released on Stax Records.
Winner:
The Best of the Blues Music Awards 2019 went to “The Thrill is Gone” by B.B. King.
Runner Up:
The runner up for the Best Song at the Blues Music Awards 2019 was “Devil In My Hands” by Jarekus Singleton.
Other Nominees:
-The Best of the Blues Music Awards 2019 includes various nominees for best song.
-Some of the other nominees include: “All That I Need” by Tedschi Trucks Band, “Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime” by Shemekia Copeland, and “Evil Gal Blues” by Ruthie Foster.
-These songs are all excellent examples of the best that the blues genre has to offer, and any one of them could rightly be called the best song of the year.
-In the end, though, only one can win, and that song is “All That I Need” by Tedschi Trucks Band.
