| The Blues Foundation‘s 46th Annual Blues Music Awards were held at Renasant Convention Center on Thursday, May 8th, and once again a regional wunderkind, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram of Clarksdale (who appears in the cinematic vampiric smash Sinners), snagged the title of Best Instrumentalist on the guitar. Other big winners were Ronnie Baker Brooks (Contemporary Blues Album, Contemporary Blues Male, Song of the Year for “Blues In My DNA”); Sue Foley (Acoustic Blues Album, Traditional Blues Female); John Primer (Traditional Blues Male, Traditional Blues Album for Crawlin’ Kingsnake with Bob Corritore); and Curtis Salgado (Soul Blues Male, Soul Blues Album). The venerable Keb’ Mo’ was recognized as Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year. Complete list of the 2025 winners: Acoustic Blues Album: One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley Instrumentalist – Horn: Vanessa Collier Blues Rock Artist: Tommy Castro Instrumentalist – Harmonica: Billy Branch Soul Blues Female: Thornetta Davis Instrumentalist – Piano (Pinetop Perkins): Eden Brent Instrumentalist – Bass: Bob Stroger Instrumentalist – Drum: Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smit Blues Rock Album: Life is Hard, Mike Zito Contemporary Blues Male: Ronnie Baker Brooks Traditional Blues Album: Crawlin’ Kingsnake, John Primer & Bob Corritore Traditional Blues Male: John Primer Instrumentalist- Guitar: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Contemporary Blues Album: Blues In My DNA, Ronnie Baker Brooks Soul Blues Album: Fine By Me, Curtis Salgado Traditional Blues Female: Sue Foley Contemporary Blues Female: Ruthie Foster Soul Blues Male: Curtis Salgado Acoustic Blues Artist: Keb’ Mo’ Band of the Year: Rick Estrin and The Nightcats Best Emerging Artist: Revelation, Piper & The Hard Times Instrumentalist- Vocals: Ruthie Foster Album of the Year: Blame It On Eve, Shemekia Copeland Song of the Year: “Blues In My DNA,” Written by Ronnie Baker Brooks B.B. King Entertainer of the Year: Mr. Sipp (Castro Coleman) |
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The Blues Music Awards Have Spoken!
Once again a regional wunderkind, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram of Clarksdale (who appears in the cinematic vampiric smash Sinners), snagged the title of Best Instrumentalist on the guitar.
