2014 Nominees
Winners bold with yellow highlight
Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Bobby Rush
- Lonnie Brooks
Contemporary Blues Album
- Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues
- Cyril Neville – Magic Honey
- Joe Louis Walker – Hornet’s Nest
- Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown – Goin’ To The Delta
- Mike Zito & The Wheel – Gone To Texas
- The Nick Moss Band – Time Ain’t Free
- Toronzo Cannon – John The Conquer Root
Traditional Blues Album
- Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson’s Blues All-Stars – Driftin’ From Town To Town
- Charlie Musselwhite – Juke Joint Chapel
- James Cotton – Cotton Mouth Man
- John Primer & Bob Corritore – Knockin’ Around These Blues
- Lurrie Bell – Blues In My Soul
- Various Artists – Remembering Little Walter
Soul Blues Album
- Bobby Rush with Blind Dog Smokin’ – Decisions
- Eddie Cotton – Here I Come
- Frank Bey & Anthony Paule Band – Soul For Your Blues
- John Németh – Memphis Grease
- JJ Thames – Tell You What I Know
- The Terry Hanck Band – Bring It On Home To You
- Tweed Funk – First Name Lucky
Rock Blues Album
- Albert Castiglia – Solid Ground
- Jim Suhler – Panther Burn
- RB Stone – Loosen Up!
- Sean Chambers – Rock House Sessions
- Tommy Castro And The Painkillers – The Devil You Know
- Too Slim And The Taildraggers – Blue Heart
Acoustic Blues Album
- Bernie Pearl – Take Your Time
- Dave Riley And Bob Corritore – Hush Your Fuss!
- Lisa Biales – Belle of the Blues
- Little G Weevil – Moving
- Mark T Small – Smokin’ Blues
- Norman Taylor – Blue Soul
- Steve Dawson – Rattlesnake Cage
New Artist Debut Album
- Adrianna Marie and Her Groovecutters – Double Crossing Blues
- Annie Mack – Baptized in the Blues
- Back Pack Jones – Betsy’s Kitchen
- Brent Johnson – Set the World on Fire
- Josh Hoyer And The Shadowboxers – Self Titled
- Shawn Holt And The Teardrops – Daddy Told Me
- Rachelle Coba – Mother Blues
Blues DVD Recording
- Americana Women – Roots Musicians
- Magic Slim – Just Magic
- The Healers – Live at Knuckleheads
- Royal Southern Brotherhood – Songs From the Road
Song Of The Year
- “Another Murder in New Orleans” by Carl Gustafson and Donald Markowitz – Decisions (Bobby Rush with Blind Dog Smokin’)
- “Blues In My Soul” by Lurrie Bell – Blues In My Soul (Lurrie Bell)
- “Fare Thee Well” by Michael Ledbetter and Nick Moss – Time Ain’t Free (Nick Moss Band)
- “Going to See Miss Gerri One More Time” by Billy Branch – Blues Shock (Billy Branch)
- “He Was There” by James Cotton, Tom Hambridge and Richard Fleming – Cotton Mouth Man (James Cotton)
- “Meet Me In Chicago” by Tom Hambridge and Robert Randolph – Rhythm & Blues (Buddy Guy)
- “Old Fools and Barstools, And Me” by Damon Fowler – Sounds of Home (Damon Fowler)
Blues Band
- Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials
- Roomful Of Blues
- The Tedeschi Trucks Band
- The Mannish Boys
- The Nick Moss Band
- Tommy Castro And The Painkillers
Male Blues Artist
Female Blues Artist
Sean Costello Rising Star Award