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26th Annual Living Blues Awards (2019)

LB 2019 award winners

Critics’ Poll

Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
Lurrie Bell

Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Shemekia Copeland

Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Shemekia Copeland

Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Lurrie Bell

Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Billy Branch

Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Marcia Ball

Most Outstanding Musician (Bass)
Benny Turner

Most Outstanding Musician (Drums)
Cedric Burnside

Most Outstanding Musician (Horns)
James “Boogaloo” Bolden

Most Outstanding Musician (Other)
Rhiannon Giddens – Banjo

Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush

Comeback Artist of the Year
Don Bryant

Artist Deserving More Attention
Marquise Knox

Best Blues Albums of 2018

Album of the Year
Shemekia Copeland – America’s Child – Alligator

New Recordings / Contemporary Blues
Walter Wolfman Washington – My Future Is My Past – Anti-

New Recordings / Southern Soul
Johnny Rawls – I’m Still Around – Third Street Cigar Records

New Recordings / Best Debut
Keeshea Pratt – Believe – No Label

New Recordings / Traditional &

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Living Blues #261 Top 10 Reviews

JONTAVIOUS WILLIS
Spectacular Class
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With Spectacular Class, guitarist and singer Jontavious Willis extends the blues lineage that runs from Taj Mahal to Keb’ Mo’,

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Living Blues #260 Top 10 Reviews

capitalist-bluesLEYLA McCALLA
The Capitalist Blues
Jazz Village (PIAS) – JV570154

With The Capitalist Blues, Leyla McCalla has vastly expanded her soundscape and taken her music to a whole new level.

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