Readers’ Poll
Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
Lurrie Bell
Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Koko Taylor
Best Blues Album of 2007 (New Release)
Koko Taylor – Old School – Alligator
Best Blues Album of 2007 (Historical Recording)
Andrew Brown – Big Brown’s Blues – Black Magic
Best Blues DVD of 2007
Otis Redding – Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding – Stax
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
B.B. King
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Marcia Ball
Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Solomon Burke
2008 LB Critics Awards
Critics’ Poll
Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
Lurrie Bell
Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Koko Taylor
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Nappy Brown
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Lurrie Bell
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
James Cotton
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Pinetop Perkins
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass)
Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums)
(Tie) Willie “Big Eyes” Smith & Kenny Smith
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns)
Big James Montgomery
Most Outstanding Musician (Other)
Aubrey Ghent (Lap steel)
Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush
Comeback Artist of the Year
Nappy Brown
Artist Deserving More Attention
Catherine Russell
Best Blues Albums of 2007
Album of the Year
Nappy Brown – Long Time Coming – Blind Pig
New Recordings/ Southern Soul
Denise LaSalle – Pay Before You Pump – Ecko Records
New Recordings/ Best debut
Albert White – Soul Of The Blues – Music Maker
New Recordings/ Contemporary blues
Phillip Walker – Going Back Home – Delta Groove
New Recordings/ Traditional & acoustic
Bobby Rush – Raw – Deep Rush Records
Historical Reissue/ Pre-war
Various Artists – Desperate Man Blues (Soundtrack) – Dust To Digital
Historical Reissue/ Post-war
Robert Lockwood, Jr. – Steady Rolling Man – Delmark
DVD
Various Artists – The American Folk-Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-’66 – Hip-O DVD
Producer of the Year – New recording
Randy Chortkoff – Delta Groove Productions
Producer of the Year – Historical/ Reissue
Lance Ledbetter – Dust To Digital
