LARRY TAYLOR AND THE TAYLOR FAMILY
Generations of Blues: West Side Legacy
Nola Blue – NBR/024
This set is a celebration of the living legacy of Eddie Taylor,
I must object strenuously to a statement in Mark Humphrey’s review of Gayle Dean Wardlow, Stephen Calt, and Edward Komara’s King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton (Knoxville,
Alligator Records – AL5012
Selwyn Birchwood cuts loose on his new record, Exorcist. The singer-songwriter-guitarist extraordinaire offers up 13 choice cuts that highlight his soulful vocals and incendiary lead guitarwork.
Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
John Primer
Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Shemekia Copeland
Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Irma Thomas
Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Charlie Musselwhite
Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Most Outstanding Musician (Bass)
Bob Stroger
Most Outstanding Musician (Drums)
Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
Most Outstanding Musician (Horns)
The Texas Horns
Most Outstanding Musician (Other)
Shardé Thomas (Fife)
Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush
Comeback Artist of the Year
Jimi “Prime Time” Smith
Artist Deserving More Attention
Dylan Triplett
Best Blues Albums of 2022
Album of the Year
Diunna Greenleaf
I Ain’t Playin’
Little Village Foundation
Best New Recording / Contemporary Blues
Shemekia Copeland
Done Come Too Far
Alligator
Best New Recording / Traditional or Acoustic Blues
Taj Mahal &