17 September 2015
Andy Snipper
The prestigious British Blues awards for 2015 were announced last night.
These are voted for by the public from a list of nominees supplied by the British Blues Awards team.
The format and the categories remain the same since 2014 and the awards are as follows:
Male Vocals
1 Alan Nimmo (Winner in 2014)
2 Aynsley Lister
3 Marcus Bonfanti
Female Vocals
1 Dani Wilde
2 Katie Bradley
3 Zoe Schwarz
Band
1 The Nimmo Brothers (featuring Alan Nimmo – lead vocals and guitar with King King, last year’s winners)
2 The Hoax
3 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
Acoustic
1 Ian Siegal
2 Marcus Bonfanti (Winner in 2014)
3= Joel Fisk and Jon Amor
3= Matt Woosey
Guitar
1 Aynsley Lister
2 Alan Nimmo
3 Chantel McGregor (Winner in 2014)
Harmonica
1 Paul Lamb (Winner in 2014)
2 Will Wilde
3 Trevor Steger
Keyboards
1 Paddy Milner (Winner in 2014)
2 Steve Watts
3 Lee Spreadbury
Bass
1 Norman Watt Roy
2 Lindsay Coulson
3 Roger Inniss
Drums
1 Wayne Proctor (Winner in 2013 & 2014 – will now join the Hall of Fame
2 Sam Kelly
3 Mark Barrett
Instrumentalist
1 Becky Tate
2 Sarah Skinner (Winner in 2014)
3 Kyla Brox
Young Artist
1 Laurence Jones (Winner in 2014)
2 Alex Butler
3 Lucy Zirins
Festival
1 Upton Blues Festival
2 Blues on the Farm
3 Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival Colne
Overseas Artist
1 Walter Trout (Winner in 2014 and now a three time winner)
2 Kenny Wayne Shepherd
3 The Billy Walton Band
Independent Blues Broadcaster
1 Dave Raven
2 Gary Grainger
3 Kevin Beale
Album
1 Going Back Home - Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey
2 Man and Guitar - Ian Siegal
3 Temperature Rising - Danny Bryant
Song
1 Mud Honey - Joanne Shaw Taylor
2 Bitter Moon - Malaya Blue
3 Long Way To Heaven - Wily Bo Walker and Karena K
Barry Middleton Memorial Award for Emerging Artist
1 Kaz Hawkins
2 Red Butler
3 Catfish
Kevin Thorpe Memorial Award for Songwriter
1 Katie Bradley and Dudley Ross
2 Matt Woosey
3 Trevor Sewell
Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Paul Dean New Crawdaddy Club
British Blues Great awards were given to veterans John Mayall and Chris Barber
Co-Founder of the British Blues awards Barry Middleton passed away this year in April
