A oto wszystkie nagrodzone kategorie 2012 Keeping the Blues Alive Award:

 

Agent: Rodgers Redding - Macon, Georgia

Club: Red’s Lounge - Clarksdale, Mississippi

Education: Dan Treanor - Arvada, Colorado

Festival-US: White Mountain Boogie ‘N Blues Festival - North Thornton, New Hampshire

Festival-International: Rawa Blues Festival - Katowice, Poland 

Film, Television and Video: Treme, David Simon and Eric Overmyer, Executive Producers - New Orleans, Louisiana

International: Mike Lecuyer - Saint Michel de Montaigne, France

Journalism: Scott Barretta - Oxford, Mississippi

Literature: Life by Keith Richards - New York, New York

Manager: Toni Ann Mamary - Totowa, New Jersey

Organization: Blues Society of Western New York - Buffalo, New York 

Photography: Aigars Lapsa - Riga, Latvia 

Print Media: Soul Bag - Clichy, France

Promoter: George Wein -New York, New York

Radio: Commercial: Ted Todd–KKZX-FM - Spokane, Washington

Radio: Public: Harvey Stauffer–WVPE-FM - Elkhart, Indiana

Record Label: Severn Records - Annapolis, Maryland

Galę zaplanowano na 31 stycznia 2012 roku w Memphis. Obowiązują bilety wstępu, a Polaków także ważna wiza USA.