The British Blues Awards were inaugurated in 2010. The prize was awarded in various categories, such as 'Male vocals', 'Female vocals', 'Guitarist', 'Bass player' and 'Keyboard player', 'Blues band', 'Young artist', 'Blues album', 'Blues festival' and 'Lifetime achievement'.
The Awards were suspended in 2017, due to technical problems surrounding the validity of the online public voting system, which over time had become susceptible to abuse.[1]
British Blues Awards Hall of Fame
The entrants to the "British Blues Awards Hall of Fame", who have won a category three years in a row, are shown below. Members of the Hall of Fame can no longer be nominated for the British Blues Awards in the respective category.[2]
- Matt Schofield – Guitarist 2010–2012
- Andy Graham – Bass player 2010–2012
- Paul Jones – Harmonica player 2010–2012
- Joe Bonamassa – Overseas artist 2010–2012
- Ian Siegal – Male vocals 2011–2013
- The Paul Jones Rhythm and Blues Show – Blues broadcaster 2011 (exception to the three-year rule)
- Hebden Bridge – Blues festival 2012–2014
- King King – Band 2012–2014
Awards
The following is a list in chronological order of the award winners in the various categories.[3]
Male vocals
Female vocals
Blues band
Harmonica player
Guitarist
Acoustic act
Bass player
- 2010: Andy Graham
- 2011: Andy Graham
- 2012: Andy Graham
- 2013: Lindsay Coulson
- 2014: Lindsay Coulson
- 2015: Norman Watt-Roy
- 2016: Lindsay Coulson
Keyboard player
- 2010: Jonny Henderson
- 2011: Jonny Henderson
- 2012: Paddy Milner
- 2013: Bennett Holland
- 2014: Steve Watts
- 2015: Paddy Milner
- 2016: Paul Long
Drummer
- 2010: Simon Dring
- 2011: Wayne Proctor
- 2012: Stephen Cutmore
- 2014: Wayne Proctor
- 2015: Wayne Proctor
- 2015: Wayne Proctor
- 2016: Andrew Naumann
Instrumentalist
- 2010: Son Henry
- 2011: Son Henry
- 2012: Becky Tate
- 2013: Becky Tate
- 2014: Sarah Skinner (Red Dirt Skinners)
- 2015: Becky Tate
- 2016: Becky Tate
Young artist
Blues festival
- 2010: Blues On The Farm
- 2011: Great British Rhythm And Blues Festival
- 2012: Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
- 2013: Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
- 2014: Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
- 2015: Upton Blues Festival
- 2016: Upton Blues Festival
Overseas artist
Blues broadcaster
(Category replaced as below)
Independent blues broadcaster
- 2012: Gary Grainger
- 2013: Dave Raven
- 2014: Dave Watkins
- 2015: Dave Raven
- 2016: Paul Long
Lifetime achievement
- 2010: Colin Staples
- 2011: Paul Jones
- 2012: Paul Oliver
- 2013: Mike Vernon / Barry Middleton
- 2014: Philip Guy Davis / Bill & Joyce Harrison
- 2015: Paul Dean New Crawdaddy Club
- 2016: Pete Feenstra
Blues album
Kevin Thorpe Award for Songwriter of the Year
Song
Barry Middleton Memorial Award for Emerging Artist
British blues great
See also
References
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