6 мая 2010 года в Мемфисе (Теннеси), в the Cook Convention Center будут вручать Blues Music Awards – главные призы блюзового сообщества за прошедшлый сезон. Победитель будет определяться голосованием членов Blues Foundation, причем лауреаты будут названы уже в середине февраля, а потом начнется подготовка к чествованию.

Список претендентов уже известен:

ACOUSTIC ALBUM
• David Maxwell & Louisiana Red – You Got to Move
• Maria Muldaur & her Garden of Joy – Good Time Music for Hard Times
• Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women – Havin' The Last Word
• Samuel James – For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
• Various Artists – Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks

ACOUSTIC ARTIST
• Annie Raines & Paul Rishell
• Doug MacLeod
• Guy Davis
• Louisiana Red
• Samuel James

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
• Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue – Stomp! the Blues Tonight
• Eddie C. Campbell – Tear This World Up
• Joe Louis Walker – Between a Rock and the Blues
• Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint – Back to the Black Bayou
• Various Artists – Chicago Blues A Living History

B.B. KING ENTERTAINER
• Candye Kane
• Magic Slim
• Rick Estrin
• Super Chikan
• Taj Mahal
• Tommy Castro

BAND OF THE YEAR
• Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue
• Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
• Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
• The Mannish Boys
• Tommy Castro Band

BEST NEW ARTIST DEBUT
• Greg Nagy – Walk That Fine Thin Line
• Joanne Shaw Taylor – White Sugar
• Marquise Knox – Man Child
• Monkey Junk – Tiger in your Tank
• The California Honeydrops – Soul Tub!

CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
• Candye Kane – Superhero
• Joe Louis Walker – Between a Rock and the Blues
• Rick Estrin and the Nightcats – Twisted
• Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters – Living in the Light
• Tommy Castro – Hard Believer

CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST
• Bettye LaVette
• Candye Kane
• Janiva Magness
• Ruthie Foster
• Shemekia Copeland

CONTEMPORARY BLUES MALE ARTIST
• Derek Trucks
• Joe Louis Walker
• John Nemeth
• Michael Burks
• Tommy Castro

DVD
• Delmark Records, It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
• Eagle Eye Media, Live at Montreux 1993 (B.B. King)
• Jo Films& Roadside Productions, Hot Flash - The Documentary (Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women)
• Mojo Rodeo Records, A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines)
• Vincent Productions, Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw)
• Historical, Bear Family Records, Taking Care of Business (1956-1973) (Freddie King)
• Chess, Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
• Eagle Records, Essential Montreux (Gary Moore)
• Hip-O Select, The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter)
• Landslide Records, Sean's Blues (Sean Costello)

INSTRUMENTAL – BASS
• Bill Stuve
• Bob Stroger
• Larry Taylor
• Mookie Brill
• Patrick Rynn

INSTRUMENTAL – DRUMS
• Cedric Burnside
• Jimi Bott
• Kenny Smith
• Sam Carr
• Tony Braunagel

INSTRUMENTAL – GUITAR
• Derek Trucks
• Duke Robillard
• Joe Louis Walker
• Lurrie Bell
• Ronnie Earl

INSTRUMENTAL – HORN
• Big James Montgomery
• Deanna Bogart
• Eddie Shaw
• Keith Crossan
• Al Basile

INSTRUMENTAL – OTHER
• Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
• Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
• Johnny Sansone (accordion)
• Otis Taylor (banjo)
• Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)

PINETOP PLERKINS PIANO PLAYER
• Bruce Katz
• David Maxwell
• Eden Brent
• Henry Butler
• Henry Gray

ROCK BLUES ALBUM
• Derek Trucks Band –Already Free
• Jason Ricci & New Blood – Done with the Devil
• Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat – Tijuana Bible
• Mike Zito – Pearl River
• Tinsley Ellis – Speak No Evil

SONG
• Cyril Neville & Mike Zito, "Pearl River" (Pearl River--Mike Zito)
• James "Super Chikan" Johnson, "Fred's Dollar Store" (Chikadelic--Super Chikan)
• Joe Louis Walker "I'm Tide" (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker)
• John Hahn & Oliver Wood, "Never Going Back to Memphis" (Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland)
• Vyasa Dodson, "At Least I'm Not With You" (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs)

SOUL BLUES ALBUM
• Charles Wilson – Troubled Child
• Darrell Nulisch – Just for You
• Johnny Rawls – Ace of Spades
• Latimore – All About the Rhythm and the Blues
• Mighty Sam McClain – Betcha Didn't Know

SOUL BLUES FEMALE ARTIST
• Barbara Carr
• Denise LaSalle
• Irma Thomas
• Shirley Brown
• Sista Monica Parker

SOUL BLUES MALES ARTIST
• Curtis Salgado
• Darrell Nulisch
• Jackie Payne
• Johnny Rawls
• Latimore

TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
• John Primer – All Original
• Johnnie Bassett – The Gentleman is Back
• Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint – Back to the Black Bayou
• Super Chikan - Chikadelic
• Various Artists – Chicago Blues A Living History

TRADITIONAL BLUES FEAMLE ARTIST
• Ann Rabson
• Debbie Davies
• Fiona Boyes
• Shirley Johnson
• Zora Young

TRADITIONAL BLUES MALE ARTIST
• Duke Robillard
• John Primer
• Johnnie Bassett
• Louisiana Red
• Super Chikan

Один победитель уже определился - Joe Louis Walker получил больше всех номинаций пять.