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2006 Blues Music Awards Announced

From Reverend Keith A. Gordon,
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The Best In The Blues

The best in the Blues have been awarded in Memphis with the announcement of the winners of the Blues Music Awards. In it's inaugural year in name only, The BMA's were formerly known as the W.C Handy Awards.

Here are this years Blues Music Award recipients.

Acoustic Album of the Year

  • Down In The Delta - Paul Oscher
Acoustic Artist of the Year
  • Paul Oscher
Album of the Year
  • Think of Me - Little Milton
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
  • Buddy Guy
Band of the Year
  • Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers
Best New Artist Debut
  • Zac Harmon - The Blues According to Zacariah
Comeback Album of the Year
  • Black Coffee - Al Kooper
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
  • Fever For The Bayou - Tab Benoit
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
  • Janiva Magness
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
  • Kim Wilson
Historical Album of the Year
  • Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Recordings, Volume 2, 1952-1958 - Muddy Waters, (Chess/Hip-O Select)
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