Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was the big winner at the 2024 Blues Music Awards last night (May 9, 2024) in Memphis, with four awards, including “Album of the Year” for Live in London (video at end of list). The Blues Foundation announced all its winners for the 2024 Blues Music Awards at last night’s celebration.
Other multiple award winners included Mike Zito, Bobby Rush, Ruthie Foster, and John Primer.
Here’s the complete list of nominees and winners:
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Beth Hart
Bobby Rush (WINNER)
Lil’ Ed Williams
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Vanessa Collier
Album of the Year
TEARDROPS FROM MAGIC SLIM, John Primer
Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER)
SoulFunkn’BLUES, Blackburn Brothers
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
Band of the Year
Larkin Poe
Nick Moss Band (WINNER)
Selwyn Birchwood Band
Southern Avenue
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Song of the Year
“Bobby’s Blues” written by Brooke Blackburn
“Horns Below Her Halo” written by Selwyn Birchwood
“Midnight Heat” written by Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming
“The Bait In the Snare” written by Nick Moss
“What Kind Of Fool” written by Ruthie Foster, Hadden Sayers & Scottie Miller (WINNER)
Best Emerging Artist Album
When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie, Candice Ivory
The Right Man, D.K. Harrell (WINNER)
Up Next, Mathias Lattin
Everybody’s Buddy, Nic Clark
Motel Mississippi, Tony Holiday
Acoustic Blues Album
Wild Ox Moan, Catfish Keith
Raw Blues 1, Doug MacLeod (WINNER)
Sticks & Strings, EG Kight
Ridin’ the Blinds, Hudspeth & Taylor
Ghost Hymns, William Lee Ellis
Blues Rock Album
POWER, Anna Popovic
Writing On The Wall, Coco Montoya
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, Joe Bonamassa
Blood Brothers, Mike Zito/ Albert Castiglia (WINNER)
What Key Is Trouble In?, Nick Schnebelen
Contemporary Blues Album
Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER)
Ridin’, Eric Bibb
Behind The Veil, Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind
Healing Time, Ruthie Foster
Exorcist, Selwyn Birchwood
Soul Blues Album
Stuff I’ve Been Through, Alabama Mike
SoulFunkin’ BLUES, Blackburn Brothers
All My Love For You, Bobby Rush (WINNER)
Walking Heart Attack, Johnny Rawls
Soul Side of Sipp, Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Traditional Blues Album
TEARDROPS FOR MAGIC SLIM: John Primer (WINNER)
Nothing But Time, Monster Mike Welch
Get Your Back Into It!, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling
Savoy, Taj Mahal
Oscar’s Motel, The Cash Box Kings
Acoustic Blues Artist
Catfish Keith
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Keb’ Mo’ (WINNER)
Kevin Burt
Blues Rock Artist
Anna Popovic
Joe Bonamassa
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Mike Zito (WINNER)
Warren Haynes
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Carolyn Wonderland
Danielle Nicole (WINNER)
Janiva Magness
Teresa James
Vanessa Collier
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Chris Cain
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER)
Marquise Knox
Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
Selwyn Birchwood
Soul Blues Female Artist
Annika Chambers (WINNER)
Kat Riggins
Terrie Odabi
Thornetta Davis
Trudy Lynn
Soul Blues Male Artist
Alabama Mike
Billy Price
John Nemeth (WINNER)
Johnny Rawls
William Bell
Traditional Blues Female Artist (Koko Taylor Award)
Diunna Greenleaf
Rhiannon Giddens
Shaun Murphy
Sue Foley (WINNER)
Teeny Tucker
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Billy Branch
Cedric Burnside
John Primer (WINNER)
Jontavious Willis
Nick Moss
Instrumentalist – Bass
Bob Stroger (WINNER)
Larry Fulcher
Michael “Mudcat” Ward
Rodrigo Mantovani
Willie Weeks
Instrumentalist – Drums
Derrick D’Mar Martin
June Core
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith (WINNER)
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist – Guitarist
Christoffer “Kid” Andersen
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (WINNER)
Derek Trucks
Laura Chavez
Sue Foley
Instrumentalist – Harmonica
Billy Branch
Bob Corritore
Dennis Gruenling
Jason Ricci (WINNER)
Kim Wilson
Instrumentalist – Horn
Deanna Bogart
Jimmy Carpenter
Mark Kaz Kazanoff
Trombone Shorty
Vanessa Collier (WINNER)
Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins Award)
Ben Levin
Dave Keyes
Jim Pugh
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne (WINNER)
Mitch Woods
Instrumentalist – Vocals
Billy Price
Diunna Greenleaf
John Nemeth
Ruthie Foster (WINNER)
Shemekia Copeland
Here’s a video of “Hard Times” from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram at the “Live in London” sessions:
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