Сегодня официально оглашен список номинантов на Blues Music Awards - 2013, главную премию блюзового сообщества, вручаемую The Blues Foundation (Блюзовым фондом). Церемония голосования будет довольно продолжительной. Принимают в ней участие все члены фонда на равных.

Премия будет вручаться в 34-й раз. Церемония объявления победителей пройдет в Мемфисе 9 мая следующего года.

В личном зачете по набору номинаций лидируют певица Janiva Magness и харпер-вокалист John Nemeth - у обоих по пять номинаций. В командном зачете вне конкуренции лейбл Alligator: 6 его артистов собрали 23 номинации.

Blues Music Awards Nominees

Album
• And Still I Rise - Heritage Blues Orchestra
• Double Dynamite - The Mannish Boys
• Show of Strength - Michael Burks
• Son of the Seventh Son - Mud Morganfield
• Stronger For It - Janiva Magness

Acoustic Album
• Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy - Billy Boy Arnold
• Blues on Solid Ground - John Primer
• Deeper In The Well - Eric Bibb
• Not Alone - Ann Rabson w/ Bob Margolin
• Talking Guitar - Paul Rishell

Contemporary Blues Album
• Blak & Blu - Gary Clark, Jr.
• Blues Live - John Nemeth
• Candy Store Kid - Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods
• Hellfire - Joe Louis Walker
• Show of Strength - Michael Burks
• Stronger For It - Janiva Magness

Traditional Blues Album
• And Still I Rise - Heritage Blues Orchestra
• Double Dynamite - The Mannish Boys
• Milton Hopkins with Jewel Brown - Milton Hopkins with Jewel Brown
• Son of the Seventh Son - Mud Morganfield
• Spider Eating Preacher - Eddie C. Campbell

Best New Artist Debut
• 24 Hour Blues - Charles "CD" Davis
• They Call Me Big Llou - Big LLou Johnson
• Turning On the Naughty - Paula Harris
• Uphill From Anywhere - Brad Hatfield
• Wanna Feel Somethin' - Mary Bridget Davies

Rock Blues Album
• Blues For The Modern Daze - Walter Trout
• Driving Towards The Daylight - Joe Bonamassa
• Everybody's Talkin' - Tedeschi Trucks Band
• Here I Am - Nick Moss
• Royal Southern Brotherhood - Royal Southern Brotherhood

Soul Blues Album
• Blues Heart - Dorothy Moore
• Soul Live - John Nemeth
• Soul Shot - Curtis Salgado
• Soul Survivor - Johnny Rawls
• Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) - Mighty Sam McClain

DVD
• Blackbird Music/55 Arts Club - The Lucky Peterson Band feat.Tamara Peterson Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin
• Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art/Broke & Hungrey Records - We Juke Up in Here: Mississippi's Juke Joint Culture at the Crossroads
• Delta Groove Records - That's My Thing: Elvin Bishop Live In Concert
• Eagle Rock Entertainment - Muddy Waters & Rolling Stones, Live at Checkerboard Lounge
• J & R Adventures - Beacon Theatre - Joe Bonamassa Live From New York

Song
• "I Wont Cry" written by Janiva Magness & Dave Darling - Stronger For It (Janiva Magness)
• "Lemon Pie" written by John Hahn & Oliver Wood - 33 1/3 (Shemekia Copeland)
• "She Didn't Cut Me Loose" written by Curtis Salgado, Marlon McClain & Dave Duncan - Soul Shot (Curtis Salgado)
• "The Devil Ain't Got No Music" written by Matthew Skoller - The Devil Ain't Got No Music (Lurrie Bell)
• "Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey" written by Sam McClain & Pat Herlehy - Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) (Mighty Sam McClain)

B.B King Entertainer
• Curtis Salgado
• Janiva Magness
• Joe Louis Walker
• John Nemeth
• Rick Estrin

Band
• Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
• Phantom Blues Band
• Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
• Tedeschi Trucks Band
• The Mannish Boys

Acoustic Artist
• Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Doug MacLeod
• Eric Bibb
• Harrison Kennedy
• Paul Rishell

Contemporary Blues Female Artist
• Bettye LaVette
• Janiva Magness
• Shakura S'Aida
• Shemekia Copeland
• Susan Tedeschi

Contemporary Blues Male Artist
• Gary Clark, Jr.
• Joe Louis Walker
• Michael Burks
• Robert Cray
• Tab Benoit

Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
• Diunna Greenleaf
• Jewel Brown
• Maria Muldaur
• Ruthie Foster
• Tracy Nelson

Traditional Blues Male Artist
• Bob Margolin
• John Primer
• Lil' Ed
• Magic Slim
• Mud Morganfield

Soul Blues Female Artist
• Barbara Carr
• Denise LaSalle
• Dorothy Moore
• Irma Thomas
• Sista' Monica

Soul Blues Male Artist
• Bobby Rush
• Curtis Salgado
• John Nemeth
• Johnny Rawls
• Mighty Sam McClain

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
• Barrelhouse Chuck
• Chuck Leavell
• David Maxwell
• Deanna Bogart
• Mike Finnegan
• Victor Wainwright

Gibson Guitar
• Derek Trucks
• Joe Bonamassa
• Joe Louis Walker
• Kid Andersen
• Michael Burks

Instrumentalist-Harmonica
• Billy Boy Arnold
• Bob Corritore
• John Nemeth
• Kim Wilson
• Mark Hummel
• Rick Estrin

Instrumentalist-Bass
• Bill Stuve
• Bob Stroger
• Patrick Rynn
• Richard Cousins
• Scot Sutherland
• Willie J. Campbell

Instrumentalist-Drums
• Cedric Burnside
• Cody Dickinson
• Jimi Bott
• Kenny Smith
• Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Horn
• Al Basile
• Big James Montgomery
• Eddie Shaw
• Sax Gordon
• Terry Hanck