2019 Blues Music Award Winners

“Journeys to the Heart of the Blues” — Joe Louis Walker/bruce Katz/giles Robson Acoustic Artist Rory Block Album of the Year “America’s Child” — Shemekia Copeland B.B. King Entertainer Michael Ledbetter Band of the Year Welch-ledbetter Connection Best Emerging Artist Album “Free” — Amanda Fish “The Big Bad Blues” — Billy F Gibbons Blues Rock Artist Eric Gales Contemporary Blues Female Artist

Contemporary Blues Album “America’s Child” — Shemekia Copeland

Danielle Nicole Contemporary Blues Male Artist Kenny Neal Monster Mike Welch

Instrumentalist-guitar Instrumentalist-harmonica Dennis Gruenling Instrumentalist-horn Vanessa Collier Instrumentalist-pinetop Perkins Piano Player Marcia Ball Instrumentalist-vocals Michael Ledbetter Song of the Year

“No Mercy In This Land” Written By Ben Harper and performed by Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite Nick Moss

Ruthie Foster Traditional Blues Male Artist