The Blues Foundation’s 46th Annual Blues Music Awards Winners Are…

It was a standout night in Memphis on Thursday, May 9, as The Blues Foundation revealed the winners of the 46th Annual Blues Music Awards at the Renasant Convention Center.

Among the night’s top honorees were Ronnie Baker Brooks, who took home Contemporary Blues Album, Contemporary Blues Male Artist, and Song of the Year for “Blues in My DNA”; Sue Foley, who earned Acoustic Blues Album and Traditional Blues Female Artist; John Primer, awarded Traditional Blues Male Artist and Traditional Blues Album for Crawlin’ Kingsnake (with Bob Corritore); and Curtis Salgado, who swept both Soul Blues Male Artist and Soul Blues Album.

AND THE 46TH ANNUAL BLUES MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS ARE….

Acoustic Blues Album: One Guitar Woman – Sue Foley

Instrumentalist – Horn: Vanessa Collier

Blues Rock Artist: Tommy Castro

Instrumentalist – Harmonica: Billy Branch

Soul Blues Female Artist: Thornetta Davis

Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Award): Eden Brent

Instrumentalist – Bass: Bob Stroger

Instrumentalist – Drums: Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith

Blues Rock Album: Life is Hard – Mike Zito

Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Ronnie Baker Brooks

Traditional Blues Album: Crawlin’ Kingsnake – John Primer & Bob Corritore

Traditional Blues Male Artist: John Primer

Instrumentalist – Guitar: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

Contemporary Blues Album: Blues In My DNA – Ronnie Baker Brooks

Soul Blues Album: Fine By Me – Curtis Salgado

Traditional Blues Female Artist: Sue Foley

Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Ruthie Foster

Soul Blues Male Artist: Curtis Salgado

Acoustic Blues Artist: Keb’ Mo’

Band of the Year: Rick Estrin and The Nightcats

Best Emerging Artist Album: Revelation – Piper & The Hard Times

Instrumentalist – Vocals: Ruthie Foster

Album of the Year: Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland

Song of the Year: “Blues In My DNA” – Written by Ronnie Baker Brooks

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year: Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)