The big winners were Ronnie Baker Brooks (Contemporary Blues Album, Contemporary Blues Male, Song of the Year for ‘Blues In My DNA;’; Sue Foley (Acoustic Blues Album, Traditional Blues Female); John Primer (Traditional Blues Male, Traditional Blues Album for ‘Crawlin’ Kingsnake’ with Bob Corritore);and Curtis Salgado (Soul Blues Male, Soul Blues Album. Complete list of the 2025 winners, below.
AND THE 46TH ANNUAL BLUES MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS ARE….
Acoustic Blues Album: One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley
Instrumentalist – Horn: Vanessa Collier
Blues Rock Artist: Tommy Castro
Instrumentalist – Harmonica: Billy Branch
Soul Blues Female: Thornetta Davis
Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkinss): Eden Brent
Instrumentalist – Bass: Bob Stroger
Instrumentalist – Drum: Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smit
Blues Rock Album: Life is Hard, Mike Zito
Contemporary Blues Male: Ronnie Baker Brooks
Traditional Blues Album: Crawlin’ ‘Kingsnake, John Primer and Bob Corritore
Traditional Blues Male: John Primer
Instrumentalist- Guitar: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Contemporary Blues Album: Blues In My DNA, Ronnie Baker Brooks
Soul Blues Album Winner: Fine By Me, Curtis Salgado
Traditional Blues Female: Sue Foley
Contemporary Blues Female: Ruthie Foste
Ronnie Baker Brooks, who won Contemporary Blues Album,
Contemporary Blues Male, and Song of the Year for “Blues In My DNA,” at the 46th Annual Blues Music Awards, Thursday, May 8 in Memphis, Tenn
Soul Blues Male: Curtis Salgado
Acoustic Blues Artist: Keb’ Mo’
Band of the Year: Rick Estrin and The Nightcats
Best Emerging Artist: Revelation, Piper & The Hard Times
Instrumentalist- Vocals: Ruthie Foster
Album of the Year: Blame It On Eve, Shemekia Copeland
Song of the Year: “Blues In My DNA,” Written by Ronnie Baker Brooks
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year: Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman)
ABOUT THE BLUES FOUNDATION
The Blues Foundation is a world-renowned Memphis-based organization whose mission is to preserve blues heritage, celebrate blues recording and performance, expand worldwide awareness of the blues, and ensure the future of this uniquely American art form. Founded in 1980, the Foundation has approximately 4,000 individual members and 180 affiliated blues societies representing another 50,000 fans and professionals worldwide.
The Blues Foundation’s signature honors and events — the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame Inductions, International Blues Challenge, and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards — make it the international hub of blues music. Its HART Fund provides the blues community with medical assistance for musicians in need, while Blues in the Schools programs and Generation Blues Scholarships expose new generations to blues music. The Blues Hall of Fame Museum, located in Downtown Memphis, adds the opportunity for blues lovers of all ages to interact with blues music and history. www.blues.org
(Memphis TN, May 9, 2025) – dougdeutschPR