EXIT Living Blues Awards Reader's Ballot 2023 All ballots must be received by June 15, 2023. Instructions: Vote only once in each category. In the categories for recordings, only albums with a 2022 release date are eligible. Only one ballot per person is allowed. OK Question Title * 1. Blues Artist of the Year (Male) Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Bobby Rush Mr. Sipp Taj Mahal Sugaray Rayford Bob Corritore Cedric Burnside John Primer Kenny Neal Duke Robillard Write In OK Question Title * 2. Blues Artist of the Year (Female) Diunna Greenleaf Vaneese Thomas Shemekia Copeland Irma Thomas Rory Block Sue Foley Trudy Lynn Gaye Adegbalola Keeshea Pratt Demetria Taylor Write In OK Question Title * 3. Most Outstanding Blues Singer Shemekia Copeland Lee Fields Trudy Lynn Sugaray Rayford Mavis Staples Diunna Greenleaf Oscar Wilson John Németh Irma Thomas Demetria Taylor Write In OK Question Title * 4. Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) Lurrie Bell Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Duke Robillard John Primer Buddy Guy Joe Louis Walker Eric Gales Kenny Neal Tinsley Ellis Kirk Fletcher Write In OK Question Title * 5. Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) Billy Branch Bob Corritore Phil Wiggins Kim Wilson Mark Hummel Andrew Alli Charlie Musselwhite Rick Estrin Boo Boo Davis Pierre Lacocque Write In OK Question Title * 6. Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Roosevelt Purifoy Victor Wainwright Jim Pugh Marcia Ball Anthony Geraci Ben Levin Mitch Woods Dave Keyes Write In OK Question Title * 7. Best Live Performer Little Freddie King Bobby Rush Shemekia Copeland Buddy Guy Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Victor Wainwright Cedric Burnside John Primer Mr. Sipp Super Chikan Write In OK Question Title * 8. Best Blues Album of 2022 (New Recordings) Diunna GreenleafI Ain't Playin'Little Village Foundation Charlie MusselwhiteMississippi SonAlligator John PrimerHard TimesBlues House Productions Buddy GuyThe Blues Don't LieRCA / Silvertone Kenny NealStraight from the HeartRuf Shemekia CopelandDone Come Too FarAlligator Trudy LynnGolden GirlNola Blue Duke Robillard BandThey Called It Rhythm & BluesStony Plain Sugaray RayfordIn Too DeepForty Below John NémethMay Be the Last TimeNola Blue Tinsley EllisDevil May CareAlligator Kenny "Blues Boss" WayneBlues from Chicago to ParisStony Plain Johnny RawlsGoing Back to MississippiThird Street Cigar Vaneese ThomasFight the Good FightBlue Heart Demetria TaylorDoin' What I'm Supposed to DoDelmark Write In OK Question Title * 9. Best Blues Album of 2022 (Reissue Recordings) Wayne BennettIn Session – 1950-1961Jasmine Earl HookerRide Hooker RideJasmine Johnny Littlejohn & J.B. HuttoSlide 'Em On Down: Chicago Slide Guitar 1966-1992JSP Tampa RedThe Guitar Wizard: The Tampa Red Collection, 1929-53Acrobat Phil GuyPhil Guy Classic Chicago Studio Session 1982Phil Guy & Jimmy Dawkins Live 1985Phil Guy Unissued Radio BroadcastJSP Cleo PageBlack Man: Too Tough to DieADS Elmore JamesThe Sky is Crying: The Ultimate CollectionSunset Blvd Jimmy McCracklinRocksBear Family Blind Willie McTell & Curly WeaverThe Post-War Years (1949-1950)Document Various ArtistsBig Road Blues, 1966-1972: The Tradition ContinuesMatchbox Bluesmaster Series Write In OK Question Title * 10. Best Blues Book of 2022 The Blues Dream of Billy Boy ArnoldBy Billy Boy Arnold with Kim FieldUniversity of Chicago Press The St. Louis Blues of Walter DavisBy Guido van RijnAgram Blues Books Further on Up the Road: Traveling to the BluesBy Martin FeldmannSelf-Published Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on DisasterBy Luigi MongeUniversity Press of Mississippi Making Tracks: A Record Producer's Southern Roots Music JourneyBy Scott BillingtonUniversity Press of Mississippi Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in TennesseeBy John M. ShawUniversity Press of Mississippi This Bell Still Rings: My Life of Defiance and SongBy Barbara DaneHeyday Books Goodnight Boogie: A Tale of Guns, Wolves, and the Blues of Hound Dog TaylorBy Matt RogersBMG Books King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie PattonBy Gayle Dean Wardlow, Stephen Calt, and Edward KomaraUniversity of Tennessee Press Drumsville! The Evolution of the New Orleans BeatBy Robert H. CataliottiLouisiana State University Press Write In OK Question Title * 11. What is your email address? Email Address OK (We do not sell our mailing list.) OK NEXT