British Blues Awards

The British Blues Awards were inaugurated in 2010. The prize was awarded in various categories, such as 'Male vocals', 'Female vocals', 'Guitarist', 'Bass player' and 'Keyboard player', 'Blues band', 'Young artist', 'Blues album', 'Blues festival' and 'Lifetime achievement'.

The Awards were suspended in 2017, due to technical problems surrounding the validity of the online public voting system, which over time had become susceptible to abuse.^[1]

British Blues Awards Hall of Fame

The entrants to the "British Blues Awards Hall of Fame", who have won a category three years in a row, are shown below. Members of the Hall of Fame can no longer be nominated for the British Blues Awards in the respective category.^[2]

Matt Schofield – Guitarist 2010–2012
Andy Graham – Bass player 2010–2012
Paul Jones – Harmonica player 2010–2012
Joe Bonamassa – Overseas artist 2010–2012
Ian Siegal – Male vocals 2011–2013
The Paul Jones Rhythm and Blues Show – Blues broadcaster 2011 (exception to the three-year rule)
Hebden Bridge – Blues festival 2012–2014
King King – Band 2012–2014

Awards

The following is a list in chronological order of the award winners in the various categories.^[3]

Male vocals

2010: Oli Brown
2011: Ian Siegal
2012: Ian Siegal
2013: Ian Siegal
2014: Alan Nimmo
2015: Alan Nimmo
2016: Alan Nimmo

Female vocals

2010: Joanne Shaw Taylor
2011: Joanne Shaw Taylor
2012: Chantel McGregor
2013: Chantel McGregor
2014: Jo Harman
2015: Dani Wilde
2016: Rebecca Downes

Blues band

2010: Ian Siegal Band
2011: Oli Brown Band
2012: King King
2013: King King
2014: King King
2015: The Nimmo Brothers
2016: The Nimmo Brothers

Harmonica player

2010: Paul Jones
2011: Paul Jones
2012: Paul Jones
2013: Paul Lamb
2014: Paul Lamb
2015: Paul Lamb
2016: Mark Feltham

Guitarist

2010: Matt Schofield
2011: Matt Schofield
2012: Matt Schofield
2013: Chantel McGregor
2014: Chantel McGregor
2015: Aynsley Lister
2016: Laurence Jones

Acoustic act

2012: Ian Siegal
2013: Marcus Bonfanti
2014: Marcus Bonfanti
2015: Ian Siegal
2016: Ian Siegal

Bass player

2010: Andy Graham
2011: Andy Graham
2012: Andy Graham
2013: Lindsay Coulson
2014: Lindsay Coulson
2015: Norman Watt-Roy
2016: Lindsay Coulson

Keyboard player

2010: Jonny Henderson
2011: Jonny Henderson
2012: Paddy Milner
2013: Bennett Holland
2014: Steve Watts
2015: Paddy Milner
2016: Paul Long

Drummer

2010: Simon Dring
2011: Wayne Proctor
2012: Stephen Cutmore
2014: Wayne Proctor
2015: Wayne Proctor
2015: Wayne Proctor
2016: Andrew Naumann

Instrumentalist

2010: Son Henry
2011: Son Henry
2012: Becky Tate
2013: Becky Tate
2014: Sarah Skinner (Red Dirt Skinners)
2015: Becky Tate
2016: Becky Tate

Young artist

2010: Oli Brown
2011: Chantel McGregor
2012: Oli Brown
2013: Dan Owen / Lucy Zirins
2014: Laurence Jones
2015: Laurence Jones
2016: Laurence Jones

Blues festival

2010: Blues On The Farm
2011: Great British Rhythm And Blues Festival
2012: Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
2013: Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
2014: Hebden Bridge Blues Festival
2015: Upton Blues Festival
2016: Upton Blues Festival

Overseas artist

2010: Joe Bonamassa
2011: Joe Bonamassa
2012: Joe Bonamassa
2013: Walter Trout
2014: Walter Trout
2015: Walter Trout
2016: Buddy Guy

Blues broadcaster

2011: Paul Jones

(Category replaced as below)

Independent blues broadcaster

2012: Gary Grainger
2013: Dave Raven
2014: Dave Watkins
2015: Dave Raven
2016: Paul Long

Lifetime achievement

2010: Colin Staples
2011: Paul Jones
2012: Paul Oliver
2013: Mike Vernon / Barry Middleton
2014: Philip Guy Davis / Bill & Joyce Harrison
2015: Paul Dean New Crawdaddy Club
2016: Pete Feenstra

Blues album

2010: Heads, Tails & Aces – Matt Schofield
2011: Heads I Win Tails You Lose – Oli Brown
2012: Take My Hand – King King
2013: Candy Store Kid – Ian Siegal and the Mississippi Mudbloods
2014: Standing in the Shadows – King King
2015: Going Back Home – Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey
2016: Reaching For The Light – King King

Kevin Thorpe Award for Songwriter of the Year

2011: Joanne Shaw Taylor for "Same As It Never Was"
2012: Marcus Bonfanti for "The Bittersweet"
2013: Ian Siegal for "I Am The Train"
2014: Aynsley Lister
2015: Katie Bradley and Dudley Ross
2016: King King

Song

2014: "Home" – Aynsley Lister
2015: "Mud Honey" – Joanne Shaw Taylor
2016: "Rush Hour" – King King

Barry Middleton Memorial Award for Emerging Artist

2014: King Size Slim
2015: Kaz Hawkins
2016: Rebecca Downes

British blues great

2015: John Mayall and Chris Barber
2016: Papa George and The Hoax^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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