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2016 Living Blues Awards

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Critics’ Poll:
Blues Artist of the Year (Male):  Buddy Guy
Blues Artist of the Year (Female):  Shemekia Copeland
Most Outstanding Blues Singer:  Otis Clay
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar):  Lurrie Bell
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica):  Sugar Blue
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard):  Allen Toussaint
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass):  Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums):  Cedric Burnside
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns): Trombone Shorty
Most Outstanding Musician (Other): Freddie Roulette – Lap steel
Best Live Performer:  Bobby Rush
Comeback Artist of the Year:  Wee Willie Walker
Artist Deserving More Attention:  Matthew Robinson

Best Blues Albums of 2015:
Album of the Year;  Shemekia Copeland – Outskirts of Love – Alligator Records
New Recordings / Contemporary Blues:  Cedric Burnside Project – Descendants of Hill Country – Cedric Burnside Project
New Recordings / Southern Soul: Wee Willie Walker – If Nothing Ever Changes – Little Village Foundation
New Recordings / Best Debut:  The Peterson Brothers – The Peterson Brothers – Blue Point Records
New Recordings / Traditional & Acoustic:  Leo “Bud” Welch – I Don’t Prefer No Blues – Big Legal Mess
Historical – Pre-war:  Lead Belly – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection – Smithsonian Folkways
Historical – Postwar:  Bobby Rush – Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush – Omnivore Recordings

Blues Book of the Year:
Jas Obrecht – Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar – University of Minnesota Press

DVD of the Year:
Muddy Waters and Friends – Soundstage: Blues Summit in Chicago, 1974 – Sony/Legacy

Producer of the Year New Recording:
Bruce Iglauer and Toronzo Cannon – Toronzo Cannon – The Chicago Way – Alligator Records
Producer of the Year Historical Recording:
Jeff Place and Robert Santelli – Lead Belly – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection – Smithsonian Folkways

Readers’ Poll:

Blues Artist of the Year (Male):  Keb’ Mo’
Blues Artist of the Year (Female):  Shemekia Copeland
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar):  Buddy Guy
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica):  Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard):  Allen Toussaint
Best Live Performer:  Buddy Guy
Most Outstanding Blues Singer:  Buddy Guy
Best Blues Album of 2015 (New Release):  Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar – RCA/Silvertone
Best Blues Album of 2015 (Historical Recording):  Lead Belly – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection – Smithsonian Folkways
Best Blues DVD of 2015:  Muddy Waters and Friends – Soundstage: Blues Summit in Chicago, 1974 – Sony/Legacy
Best Blues Book of 2015: Peter Guralnick – Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll – Little, Brown and Company