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The Blues Foundation have announced the winners of this year’s Blues Music Awards. These awards, formerly the W.C. Handy awards (The Handys) were announced last night at a gala awards dinner in Memphis, TN.

• Comeback Album of the Year: Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing
• Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year: Robert Lockwood, Jr.
• Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year: Etta James
• Acoustic Artist of the Year: David “Honeyboy” Edwards
• Acoustic Album of the Year: Rory Block - The Lady and Mr. Johnson
• Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year: Marcia Ball
• Instrumentalist-Guitar: Hubert Sumlin
• Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year: Bobby Rush
• Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year: Irma Thomas
• Soul Blues Album of the Year: Irma Thomas - After the Rain
• Historical Album of the Year: Shout! Factory - Hooker - John Lee Hooker
• Contemporary Blues Album of the Year: Guitar Shorty - We the People
• Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year: Janiva Magness
• Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year: Tab Benoit
• Instrumentalist-Harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite
• Instrumentalist-Bass: Mookie Brill
• Instrumentalist-Drums: Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
• Instrumentalist-Horn: Eddie Shaw
• Instrumentalist-Other: Robert Randolph
• Best New Artist Debut: Slick Ballinger- Mississippi Soul
• Song of the Year: “Church is Out” - Charlie Musselwhite
• Traditional Blues Album of the Year: Charlie Musselwhite - Delta Hardware
• Album of the Year: Charlie Musselwhite - Delta Hardware
• Band of the Year: Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
• B.B. King Entertainer of the Year: Tab Benoit

There is more information at the Blues Foundation website.

http://www.blues.org/about/news.php4?Id=459