2019 Blues Blast Music Award Nominees

Contemporary Blues Album

• Brandon Santini – The Longshot
• Chris O’Leary – 7 Minutes Late
• Tom Hambridge – The Nola Sessions
• Mighty Mike Schermer – Bad Tattoo
• Shemekia Copeland – America’s Child
• Vanessa Collier – Honey Up

Traditional Blues Album

• Mary Lane – Travelin’ Woman
• Benny Turner & Cash McCall – Going Back Home
• Teeny Tucker – Put On Your Red Dress
• Bob Corritore & Friends – Don’t Let The Devil Ride
• Elvin Bishops Big Fun Trio – Something Smells Funky ‘Round here
• Anthony Geraci – Why Did You Have To Go?
• Big Joe & The Dynaflows – Rockhouse Party

Soul Blues Album

• Big Daddy Wilson – Deep In My Soul
• Dave Keller – Every Soul’s A Star
• Frank Bey – Back In Business
• John Primer – The Soul Of A Blues Man
• Ms Zeno The Mojo Queen – Back In Love
• Sugaray Rayford – Somebody Save Me

Rock Blues Album

• Alastair Greene – Live From The 805
• Jeremiah Johnson – Straitjacket
• JP Soars – South Bound I-95
• Mike Zito – First Class Life
• Sean Chambers – Welcome To My Blues
• Walter Trout – Survivor Blues

Acoustic Blues Album

• Catfish Keith – Reefer Hound – Viper Songs Revisited
• Ben Rice – Wish The World Away
• Bob Frank – True Stories and Outrageous Lies
• Matt Woods – Tired & Dirty
• Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz, Giles Robson – Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues
• Joe Flip and Tony Cuchetti – Tin Can Tunes

Live Blues Recording

• Magic Slim & The Teardrops – I’m Gonna Play The Blues
• Tony Holiday – Tony Holiday’s Porch Sessions
• Blues Caravan – Live 2018
• Beth Hart – Live At Royal Albert Hall
• Mitch Woods – A Tip Of The Hat To Fats
• Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers – Killin’ It Live

Historical Or Vintage Recording

• Henry Townsend – Mule
• Henry Townsend And Roosevelt Sykes – Blues Piano and Guitar Washington University 1973
• Magic Slim & The Teardrops – I’m Gonna Play The Blues
• Jody Williams – In Session 1954-1962: Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman
• Chris Youlden &The Slammers

New Artist Debut Album

• Katie Henry – High Road

• Russ Green – City Soul

• Sister Suzie – Ain’t No Lady

• The Bennett Brothers – Not Made For Hire

• Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson – Blues In My Blood

Blues Band

• JP Soars & The Red Hots

• Anthony Geraci & The Boston Blues All-Stars

• Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones

• Sugaray Rayford Band

• Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers

• Nick Moss Band Band featuring Dennis Gruenling

Male Blues Artist

• John Primer

• Mark Hummel

• Sugaray Rayford

• Brandon Santini

• Anthony Geraci

• Toronzo Cannon

Female Blues Artist

• Mary Lane

• Dawn Tyler Watson

• Fiona Boyes

• Teeny Tucker

• Vanessa Collier

• Maria Muldaur

Sean Costello Rising Star Award

• Jontavious Willis

• Whitney Shay

• Ben Rice

• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

• Jeremiah Johnson

• Lindsay Beaver