The Blues Foundation przedstawiła nominacje do Blues Music Awards 2014. Wśród nominowanych są Ana Popovic, Mark Hummel, Beth Hart, Anson Funderburgh. Wszyscy w 2013 zagrali w Polsce.
W tym roku The Blues Foundation wręczy Blues Music Awards po raz 35. Uroczystość zaplanowano na 8 maja 2014 roku w Cook Convention Center w centrum Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
A oto pełna lista nominacji do Blues Music Awards 2014.
Acoustic Album
There's a Time - Doug MacLeod
Juba dance - Guy Davis featuring Fabrizio Poggi
Soulscape - Harrison Kennedy
Avalon - Rory Block
Unleashed - The Hound Kings
Acoustic Artist
Doug MacLeod
Guy Davis
Harrison Kennedy
Little G Weevil
Rory Block
Album
Get Up! - Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Remembering Little Walter - Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman
Rhythm & Blues - Buddy Guy
Cotton Mouth Man - James Cotton
Blues in My Soul - Lurrie Bell
B.B. King Entertainer
Bobby Rush
Buddy Guy
John Németh
Kim Wilson
Rick Estrin
Band
Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials
Rick Estrin & the Night Cats
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Mannish Boys
Trampled Under Foot
Best New Artist Debut
Double Crossing Blues - Adrianna Marie and Her Groovecutters
Rooster - Clay Swafford
Proof of Love - Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band
What's the Chance... - Paul Gabriel
Daddy Told Me - Shawn Holt & the Teardrops
Pushin’ Against a Stone - Valerie June
Contemporary Blues Album
Get Up! - Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
This Time Another Year - Brandon Santini
Rhythm & Blues - Buddy Guy
Magic Honey - Cyril Neville
Badlands - Trampled Under Foot
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Ana Popovic
Beth Hart
Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Susan Tedeschi
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Buddy Guy
Gary Clark, Jr.
Johnny Sansone
Kim Wilson
Otis Taylor
DVD
High John Records - Time Brings About a Change (Floyd Dixon)
J&R Adventures - An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (Joe Bonamassa)
Shake-It-Sugar Records – Live (Murali Coryell)
Ruf Records - Songs from the Road (Royal Southern Brotherhood)
Blue Star Connection - Live at Knuckleheads (The Healers)
Historical
The Sun Blues Box (Various Artists) - Bear Family
The Original Honeydripper (Roosevelt Sykes) - Blind Pig Records
The Jewel/Paula Blues Story (Various Artists) - Fuel Records
Death Might Be Your Santa Claus (Various Artists) - Legacy Recordings
The Complete King/Federal Singles (Freddie King) - Real Gone Music
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Danielle Schnebelen
Larry Taylor
Patrick Rynn
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Tom Hambridge
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Anson Funderburgh
Gary Clark, Jr.
Kid Andersen
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Brandon Santini
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Kim Wilson
Rick Estrin
Instrumentalist-Horn
Big James Montgomery
Eddie Shaw
Jimmy Carpenter
Sax Gordon
Terry Hanck
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Diunna Greenleaf
Lavelle White
Teeny Tucker
Trudy Lynn
Zora Young
Rock Blues Album
Gone to Texas - Mike Zito & the Wheel
Made Up Mind - Tedeschi Trucks Band
Can't Get Enough - The Rides
John the Conquer Root - Toronzo Cannon
Luther's Blues - Walter Trout
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Barrellhouse Chuck
Dave Keyes
Marcia Ball
Mike Finnigan
Victor Wainwright
Song
“Blues in My Soul” - Lurrie Bell
“He Was There” – James Cotton, Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming
“That's When the Blues Begins” - James Goode
“The Entitled Few” - Doug MacLeod
“The Night the Pie Factory Burned Down” - Johnny Sansone
Soul Blues Album
Down In Louisiana - Bobby Rush
Soul Changes - Dave Keller
Soul for Your Blues - Frank Bey & Anthony Paule Band
Remembering O. V. - Johnny Rawls
Truth Is (Putting Love Back Into the Music) - Otis Clay
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Dorothy Moore
Irma Thomas
Sista Monica
Soul Blues Male Artist
Bobby Rush
Frank Bey
John Nemeth
Johnny Rawls
Otis Clay
Traditional Blues Album
Driftin' from Town to Town - Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson's Blues All-Stars
Remembering Little Walter - Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Harman
Cotton Mouth Man - James Cotton
Blues in My Soul - Lurrie Bell
Black Toppin' - The Cash Box Kings
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Anson Funderburgh
Billy Boy Arnold
James Cotton
John Primer
Lurrie Bell
