Acoustic Album of the Year:
Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich Del Grosso
Live from Bluesville
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Acoustic Artist of the Year:
Otis Taylor
White African Cat
Respect the Dead Cat
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Album of the Year:
Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
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B.B. King Entertainer of the Year:
Janiva Magness
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Watermelon Slim
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Band of the Year:
Watermelon Slim & the Workers
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Best New Artist Debut:
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Pay Me No Mind
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Contemporary Blues Album of the Year:
Watermelon Slim & the Workers - No Paid Holidays
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Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
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Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year:
Gaye Adegbalola - Gaye Without Shame
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Janiva Magness
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Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year:
Watermelon Slim
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Instrumentalist - Bass:
Mookie Brill
Live from Bluesville
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Instrumentalist - Horn:
Terry Hanck
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Instrumentalist - Other:
Otis Taylor - Banjo
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Rich Del Grosso - Mandolin
Live from Bluesville
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Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Bruce Katz
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