31th Annual Blues Music Awards 2010

The Blues Foundation, con sede en Memphis, celebró la 31th Annual Blues Music Awards el 06 de mayo 2010 en el Centro de convenciones Cook de Memphis.

Los ganadores son:

Acoustic Album of the Year
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red - You Got to Move (VizzTone Records)



Acoustic Artist of the Year
Louisiana Red




Blues Album of the Year
Joe Louis Walker - Between a Rock and the Blues (Stony Plain Records)



B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Tommy Castro



Blues Band of the Year
Tommy Castro Band

Best New Artist Debut
Monkey Junk - Tiger in Your Tank (Beefy)



Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Tommy Castro - Hard Believer (Alligator Records)



Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Ruthie Foster



Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Tommy Castro

DVD of the Year
Various Artists - It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues (Delmark Records)

Historical Album of the Year
Muddy Waters - Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (Geffen Records)

Best Instrumentalist - Bass
Bob Stroger

Best Instrumentalist - Drums
Cedric Burnside

Best Instrumentalist - Guitar
Derek Trucks

Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica
Jason Ricci

Best Instrumentalist - Horn
Deanna Bogart

Best Instrumentalist - Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year
Eden Brent

Rock Blues Album of the Year
Derek Trucks Band - Already Free (Sony Music)



Song of the Year
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito - "Pearl River" (Mike Zito - Pearl River)



Soul Blues Album of the Year
Johnny Rawls - Ace of Spades (Catfood Records)

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Irma Thomas

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Curtis Salgado

Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Super Chikan - Chikadelic (Blues Town Records)

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Debbie Davies

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Duke Robillard