2020 Nominees

2020 Blues Blast Music Awards Nominees

Contemporary Blues Album

• Victor Wainwright And The Train – Memphis Loud

• Various Artists – Don’t Pass Me By, A Tribute To Sean Costello

• Toronzo Cannon & The Chicago Way – The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp

• The Jimmys – Gotta Have It

• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats – Contemporary

• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Kingfish

Traditional Blues Album

• The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling – Lucky Guy

• Junior Watson – Nothin’ To It But To Do It

• John Primer & Bob Corritore – The Gypsy Woman Told Me

• Jimmy Johnson – Every Day Of Your Life

• Cash Box Kings – Hail To The Kings!

• Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues – Roots And Branches – The Songs Of Little Walter

Soul Blues Album

• Tad Robinson – Real Street

• Reverend John Lee Hooker Jr. – Testify

• Frank Bey – All My Dues Are Paid

• Bobby Rush – Sitting on Top of the Blues

• Billy Price – Dog Eat Dog

• Annika Chambers – Kiss My Sass

Rock Blues Album

• Tinsley Ellis – Ice Cream In Hell

• The Proven Ones – You Ain’t Done

• Mike Zito and Friends – Rock N Roll – A Tribute To Chuck Berry

• Jeremiah Johnson – Heavens To Betsy

• Coco Montoya – Coming In Hot

• Albert Castiglia – Masterpiece

Acoustic Blues Album

• Mark Telesca – Higher Vibrations

• Libby Rae Watson & Bert Deivert – SHE SHIMMY

• Hudspeth & Taylor – Folie a deux

• Catfish Keith – Catfish Crawl

• Bob Margolin – This Guitar & Tonight

• Bai Kamara Jr. & The Voodoo Sniffers – Salone

Live Blues Album

• Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps – Live

• Ruthie Foster – Live at The Paramount

• Linsey Alexander – Live At Rosa’s

• Johnny Burgin – Live

• Ben Racine Band – Live À Montréal

• Albert Castiglia – Wild and Free

Historical Or Vintage Recording

• Various Artists – Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records – The Definitive Collection

• Johnny Shines – The Blues Came Falling Down – Live 1973

• Jack Mack & The Heart Attack – Live from Centennial Park – Atlanta 1996

• Dom Flemons – Prospect Hill: The American Songster Omnibus

• 11 Guys Quartet – Small Blues and Grooves

New Artist Debut Album

• Slim And The Perkolators

• Sister Lucille – Alive

• Jose Ramirez – Here I Come

• Hudspeth & Taylor – Folie a deux

• Avey Grouws Band – The Devil May Care

• Andrew Alli – Hard Workin’ Man

Blues Band

• Roomful Of Blues

• Rick Estrin & The Nightcats

• Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling

• Cash Box Kings

• Billy Branch & The Sons Of The Blues

• B.B. King Blues Band

Male Blues Artist

• Toronzo Cannon

• Nick Moss

• Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

• Bobby Rush

• Billy Branch

• Albert Castiglia

Female Blues Artist

• Whitney Shay

• Shaun Murphy

• Ruthie Foster

• Liz Mandeville

• Beth Hart

• Annika Chambers

Sean Costello Rising Star Award

• The Mary Jo Curry Band

• Ryan Perry

• King Solomon Hicks

• Jose Ramirez

• Ben Levin

• Andrew Alli