EXIT Living Blues Awards Reader's Ballot 2024 All ballots must be received by June 15, 2024. Instructions: Vote only once in each category. In the categories for recordings, only albums with a 2023 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 Bob Corritore Cedric Burnside John Primer Duke Robillard Eric Bibb Joe Louis Walker Write In OK Question Title * 2. Blues Artist of the Year (Female) Diunna Greenleaf Shemekia Copeland Irma Thomas Rory Block Sue Foley Trudy Lynn Ally Venable Candice Ivory Anne Harris Anna Popović Write In OK Question Title * 3. Most Outstanding Blues Singer Shemekia Copeland Trudy Lynn Sugaray Rayford Mavis Staples Diunna Greenleaf Oscar Wilson John Németh Stan Mosley Alabama Mike William Bell Write In OK Question Title * 4. Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) Lurrie Bell Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Duke Robillard John Primer Buddy Guy Ana Popović Mr. Sipp Joe Louis Walker Eric Bibb Kirk Fletcher Write In OK Question Title * 5. Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) Billy Branch Bob Corritore Phil Wiggins Big Harp George Mark Hummel Andrew Alli Charlie Musselwhite Rick Estrin Jason Ricci Omar Coleman Write In OK Question Title * 6. Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Roosevelt Purifoy Victor Wainwright Eden Brent Marcia Ball Anthony Geraci Ben Levin Mitch Woods Dave Keyes Bruce Katz Write In OK Question Title * 7. Best Live Performer Bobby Rush Shemekia Copeland Buddy Guy Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Victor Wainwright Cedric Burnside John Primer Mr. Sipp Selwyn Birchwood Duke Robillard Write In OK Question Title * 8. Best Blues Album of 2023 (New Recordings) Cash Box KingsOscar's MotelAlligator D.K. HarrellThe Right ManLittle Village Foundation Taj MahalSavoyStony Plain Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis GruenlingGet Your Back Into It!Alligator Bobby RushAll My Love for YouDeep Rush / Thirty Tigers Mike Zito & Albert CastigliaBlood BrothersGulf Coast Ally VenableReal GoneRuf Selwyn BirchwoodExorcistAlligator Eric BibbRidin'Stony Plain Buffalo NicholsThe FatalistFat Possum Records Christone "Kingfish" IngramLive in LondonAlligator Candice IvoryWhen the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis MinnieLittle Village Foundation Larry Taylor & the Taylor Family with the Soul Blues HealersGenerations of Blues: West Side LegacyNola Blue Chris Thomas KingBig Grey Sky21st Century Blues Records Arthur AdamsKick Up Some DustCleopatra Blues Jimi "Primetime" Smith & Bob CorritoreThe World in a JugVizzTone / SWMAF Stan MosleyNo Soul, No BluesDialtone Records Walter "Wolfman" WashingtonFeel So at HomeTipitina's Record Club Write In OK Question Title * 9. Best Blues Album of 2023 (Reissue Recordings) Floyd DixonTime Brings About a ChangeBlue Heart Records Various ArtistsWritten in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter DemosCraft Recordings Various ArtistsDelmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues AnthologyDelmark Billy "The Kid" EmersonMy Blues are Red HotJasmine James BookerBehind the Iron Curtain Plus . . .Richard Weize Archives Ike & Tina TurnerRiver Deep – Mountain HighElemental Records Various ArtistsDown Home Blues – Chicago, Vol. 3: The Special StuffWienerworld Various ArtistsThe Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings, 1914–1969Bear Family Eddie BoThe Other Side of Eddie BoTiptina's Record Club Lazy LesterAll Over YouAntone's / New West Write In OK Question Title * 10. Best Blues Book of 2023 Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues OdysseyBy Robert "Mack" McCormick and John TroutmanSmithsonian Books The Chicago Blues of Washboard SamBy Guido van RijnAgram Blues Books The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records: A Great Migration Story, 1917–1932By Scott BlackwoodLouisiana State University Press Tell It Like It IsBy Aaron NevilleHachette Books Hot Time Blues: On the Trail of Long-Gone Blues and Gospel SingersBy Alex van der TuukAgram Blues Books Dynamite! Ike Turner's Recorded LegacyBy Fred RothwellMusic Mentor Books Deep Inside the Blues: Photographs and InterviewsBy Margo CooperUniversity Press of Mississippi The Chicago Blues of Jazz GillumBy Guido van RijnAgram Blues Books Big Joe Turner: Feel So FineBy Derek CollerHardinge Simpole Notes from the RoadBy Robert MuggeThe Sager Group Write In OK Question Title * 11. What is your email address? Email Address OK (We do not sell our mailing list.) OK NEXT