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The Independent Blues Awards!

Best Independent Blues Acoustic CD *

• Chris Yakopcic – Next Place I Leave – Listen – Buy
• Les Copeland – To Be in Your Company – Listen – Buy
• Doug MacLeod – Exactly Like This – Listen – Buy
• Wes Lee – Blue Roux – Listen – Buy
• Mick Kolassa – Ghosts of the Riverside Hotel – Listen – Buy

Best Independent Blues Contemorary CD *

• Tommy Castro – Method to My Madness – Listen – Buy
• Samantha Fish – Wild Heart – Listen – Buy
• Danielle Nicole – Wolf Den – Listen –  Buy
• Joyann Parker and Sweet Tea – On the Rocks – Listen – Buy
• Victor Wainwright – Boom Town – Listen – Buy
• Jarekus Singleton – Refuse to Lose – Listen – Buy

Best Independent Blues Tradtional CD *

• Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar – Listen – Buy
• Benny Turner – When She’s Gone – Listen – Buy
• The Reverend Shawn Amos – Loves You – Listen – Buy
• Bob Margolin – My Road – Listen – Buy
• Eddie Cotton – One at a time – Listen – Buy
• Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames – Slip Into a Dream – Listen – Buy

Best Independent Blues R&B/Soul CD *

• Laura Rain and the Caesars – Gold – Listen – Buy
• Slam Allen – Feel these Blues – Listen – Buy
• Missy Anderson – In the Moment – Listen – Buy
• D.A. Foster – The Real Thing – Listen – Buy
• Beth Hart – Better than Home – Listen – Buy
• Elle King – Love Stuff – Listen – Buy

Best Independent Blues Rock CD *

• Lazer Lloyd – Lazer Lloyd – Listen – Buy
•  JP Soars – Full Night in Memphis – Listen – Buy
•  Ghost Town Blues Band – Hard Road To Hoe – Listen – Buy
•  Jack the Radio – Badlands – Listen – Buy
•  Voo Davis – Midnight Mist – Listen – Buy
•  Mike Zito – Keep Coming Back – Listen – Buy

Best Modern Roots CD *

• Monkey Junk – Moon turns Red – Listen – Buy
• Jeff Jensen – Morose Elephant – Listen – Buy
• The Stone Foxes – Twelve Spells – Listen – Buy
• John Ginty – No Filter – Listen – Buy
• Balkun Brothers – Redova – Listen – Buy
• Eliza Neals – Breaking and Entering – Listen – Buy

Best Indepedent Blues LIVE CD *

• The John Pagano Band – JPBlues – Live at Darwins – Listen – Buy
• Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys – Live at Big Bull Falls – Listen – Buy
• Ben Rice – Live at the Purple Fox Loft – Listen – Buy
• Peter Karp – The Arson’s Match – Listen – Buy
• Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers – Live in Seattle – Listen – Buy
• Thorbjorn Risager – Songs From the Road – Listen – Buy

Best Independent Blues New Artists CD *

• Chris Yakopcic – Next Place I Leave – Listen – Buy
• Joyann Parker and Sweet Tea – On the Rocks – Listen – Buy
• Jack the Radio – Badlands – Listen – Buy
• The John Pagano Band (JPBlues) – LIVE at Darwins – Listen – Buy
• David Michael Miller – Same Soul – Listen – Buy
• Balkun Brothers – Redova – Listen – Buy

Independent Blues Artist Awards

Best Independent Male Blues Artist *

• Tinsley Ellis – Listen
• JP Soars – Listen
• Buddy Guy – Listen
• Jarekus Singleton – Listen
• Tommy Castro – Listen
• Mike Zito – Listen

Best Independent Female Blues Artist *

• Samantha Fish – Listen
• Danielle Nicole – Listen
• Annika Chambers – Listen
• Eliza Neals – Listen
• Markey Blue – Listen
• EG Kight – Listen

Best Traditional Blues Band *

• John Mayall – Listen
• Georgie Bonds – Listen
• Victor Wainwright – Listen
• Benny Turner – Listen
• Slam Allen – Listen
• Bob Margolin – Listen

Best Blues Rock Band *

• John Pagano Band (JPBLUES) – Listen
• Lazer Lloyd – Listen
• Mike Zito – Listen
• Ghost Town Blues Band – Listen
• Eliza Neals – Listen
• Ted Drozdowski’s Scissormen – Listen

Best Modern Roots Band *

• The Stone Foxes – Listen
• Jack the Radio – Listen
• Mike Zito – Listen
• Voo Davis –
• John Pagano Band (JPBlues) – Listen
• JP Soars – Listen

Best Contemporary Blues Band *

• Selwyn Birchwood – Listen
• D.L. Duncan – Listen
• Jarekus Singleton – Listen
• Ben Rice – Listen
• Tommy Castro – Listen
• Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys – Listen

Best New Artist *

• Markey Blue – Listen
• Jack the Radio – Listen
• John Pagano Band (JPBLUES) – Listen
• Eliza Neals – Listen
• The Stone Foxes – Listen
• Balkun Brothers – Listen

Independent Blues Artist Honors

Independent Blues artist Gateway Award *

• Samantha Fish – Listen
• Joe Bonamassa – Listen
• John Pagano Band (JPBLUES) – Listen
• Mike Zito – Listen
• The Record Company – Listen
• Albert Castiglia – Listen

Best Independent Blues Stage Performance *

• Mike Zito – Watch
• Joe Bonamassa – Watch
• John Pagano Band (JPBLUES) – Watch
• Victor Wainwright – Watch
• Ghost Town Blues Band – Watch
• Crooked Eyed Tommy – Watch

Road Warrior Award *

• JP Soars
• Damon Fowler
• Mike Zito
• Samantha Fish
• Victor Wainwright
• Joel DaSilva

Independent Blues Song Awards

Best Traditional Blues Song *

• Chris Yakopcic – Sweet Time Blues – Listen
• JD Baker – Blue Eyed Angel – Listen
• Dave Weld – Take me Back – Listen
• Les Copeland – To be in your Company – Listen
• Doug MacLeod – Rock Till the Cows Come Home – Listen
• Ted Drozdowskis – Let’s Go to Memphis – Listen

Best R&B/Soul Song *

• Elle King – Ex’s and Oh’s – Listen
• Markey Blue – I can’t Let you Go – Listen
• Slam Allen – Blues is Back – Listen
• Laura Rain – Pay to Play – Listen
• Markey Blue – Feeling Blue – Listen
• Laura Holland – Dare I Believe – Listen

Best Contemporary Blues Song *

• Voo Davis – Riverside Blues – Listen
• Peter Karp – I’m Not Giving Up – Listen
• Ghost Town Blues Band – Hard Road to Hoe – Listen
• The Jimmy’s – I wonder – Listen
• David Michael Miller – Got them Blues – Listen
• DL Duncan – I ain’t the Sharpest Marble – Listen

Best Blues Rock Song *

• Jeremiah Johnson – Black Lingerie – Listen
• John Pagano (JPBlues) – Ain’t Gonna Lose you Yet – Listen
• Jack the Radio – Ain’t So Bad – Listen
• Eliza Neals – Breaking and Entering – Listen
• John Pagano (JPBlues) – Keep on Walkin – Listen
• John D’Amato – Two Dollar Dress – Listen

Best Modern Roots Song *

• The Stone Foxes – I Killed Robert Johnson – Listen
• Mike Zito – Cross the Boarder – Listen
• Hozier – Work Song – Listen
• Dorothy – Wicked Ones – Listen
• Joel Da Silva – Come Undone – Listen
• Samantha Fish – Go Home – Listen

Independent Blues Song Honors

Best Song for the Common Good *

• J.P. Soars – Somethin Ain’t Right – Listen
• Buddy Guy – Crazy World – Listen
• John Mayall – Find a way to Care – Listen
• Doug Macleod – Dubbs Talking Politician Blues – Listen
• Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals – Call it what it is – Listen

Best Music Video *

• JP Soars – Something Ain’t Right – Watch
• Balkun Brothers – Control Yourself – Watch
• John Pagano Band (JPBlues) – Keep on Walkin – Watch
• The Stone Foxes – Everybody Knows – Watch
• Voo Davis – Riverside Blues – Watch
• Danielle Nicole Band – Wolf Den – Watch

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