Living Blues Awards Reader's Ballot 2022

All ballots must be received by June 15, 2022.

Instructions: Vote only once in each category. In the categories for recordings, only albums with a 2021 release date are eligible. Only one ballot per person is allowed.

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* Blues Artist of the Year (Male)

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Tommy Castro

Bobby Rush

Mr. Sipp

Taj Mahal

Sugaray Rayford

Jimmy Johnson

Bob Corritore

Cedric Burnside

Chris Cain

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* Blues Artist of the Year (Female)

Mavis Staples

Rhiannon Giddens

Tia Carroll

Shemekia Copeland

Sue Foley

Irma Thomas

Maria Muldaur

Lindsey Beaver

Crystal Thomas

Ana Popovic

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* Most Outstanding Blues Singer

Shemekia Copeland

Don Bryant

Trudy Lynn

Sugaray Rayford

Mavis Staples

Diunna Greenleaf

Crystal Thomas

John Németh

Johnny Tucker

Robert Finley

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* Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)

Lurrie Bell

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Duke Robillard

Buddy Guy

Tinsley Ellis

Mr. Sipp

Kirk Fletcher

Jimmy Johnson

Sue Foley

Eric Gales

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* Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)

Billy Branch

Bob Corritore

Phil Wiggins

Kim Wilson

Mark Hummel

Andrew Alli

Charlie Musselwhite

Rick Estrin

Sugar Blue

Jason Ricci

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* Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne

Roosevelt Purifoy

Victor Wainwright

Eden Brent

Marcia Ball

Anthony Geraci

Mitch Woods

Leon Blue

Johnny Iguana

Erwin Helfer

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* Best Live Performer

Taj Mahal

Bobby Rush

Shemekia Copeland

Buddy Guy

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Victor Wainwright

Cedric Burnside

Crystal Thomas

Jimmy Johnson

Mr. Sipp

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* Best Blues Album of 2021 (New Recordings)

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
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Alligator

Bob Corritore & Friends
Spider in My Stew
SWMAF / VizzTone

Tia Carroll
You Gotta Have It
Little Village Foundation

Sue Foley
Pinky's Blues
Stony Plain

Selwyn Birchwood
Living in a Burning House
Alligator

Crystal Thomas
Now Dig This!
Dialtone Records

Guy Davis
Be Ready When I Call You
M.C. Records

Wee Willie Walker
Not in My Lifetime
Blue Dot

Mr. Sipp
Sippnotized
Malaco Music Group

Eric Bibb
Dear America
Provogue

Zac Harmon
Long as I Got My Guitar
Catfood Records

Cedric Burnside
I Be Trying
Single Lock

Chris Cain
Raisin' Cain
Alligator

Clarence Spady
Surrender
Nola Blue

Johnny Tucker featuring Kid Ramos and the Allstars
75 and Alive
Blue Heart

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* Best Blues Album of 2021 (Reissue Recordings)

Various Artists
The Henry Glover Story
Rhythm and Blues Records

Various Artists
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Set 1
Matchbox

Various Artists
Down Home Blues: Miami, Atlanta & the South Eastern States – Blues in the Alley
Wienerworld

Hip Linkchan
Original West Side Chicago Blues Guitar: The Hip Linkchan Story, 1959-1988
JSP

Eddie "Guitar" Burns
I Love to Jump the Boogie
Jasmine

Various Artists
Chicago / The Blues / Today!
Vanguard

Various Artists
R&B in DC 1940-1960: Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm and More
Bear Family

Ray Charles
True Genius
Tangerine Records

Jimmie Vaughan
The Jimmie Vaughan Story
The Last Music Company

Tommy Ridgley
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans: Selected Singles As and Bs 1949-1962
Jasmine

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* Best Blues Book of 2021

The Last Soul Company: The Malaco Records Story
By Rob Bowman
Malaco Music Group

The Blues: The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture
By Chris Thomas King
Chicago Review Press

The Texas Blues of Smokey Hogg
By Guido van Rijn
Agram Blues Books

Timekeeper: My Life in Rhythm
By Howard Grimes with Preston Lauterbach
DeVault Graves Books

I Don't Like the Blues: Race, Place & the Backbeat of Black Life
By B. Brian Foster
The University of North Carolina Press

I Ain't Studdin' Ya: My American Blues Story
By Bobby Rush with Herb Powell
Hachette Books

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond
By Larry Simon
University Press of Mississippi

King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King
By Daniel de Vise
Atlantic Monthly Press

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* Blues Artist of the Year (Male)

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