The winners of the 2012 British Blues Awards were announced at Newark Blues Festival on Sunday September 9th. All artists and bands were nominated, and voted for, by blues fans.
The ever popular Ian Siegal took home the Male Vocal Award following his success in last year’s poll, whilst Chantel McGregor edged out last year’s winner Joanne Shaw Taylor for the Female Vocal gong. All the runners and riders are here:
Male Vocal – Ian Siegal
Runners up: Marcus Bonfanti, Alan Nimmo
Female Vocal – Chantel McGregor
Runners up: Joanne Shaw Taylor, Connie Lush
Band – King King
Runners up: Ian Siegal Band, 24 Pesos
Guitar – Matt Schofield
Runners up: Oli Brown, Alan Nimmo
Harmonica – Paul Jones
Runners up: Paul Lamb, Giles King
Keyboard – Paddy Milner
Runners up: Jonny Henderson, Bennett Holland
Bass – Andy Graham
Runners up: Lindsay Coulson, Fergie Fulton
Drums – Steve Cutmore
Runners up: Wayne Proctor, Simon Small
Acoustic Act – Ian Siegal
Runners up: Marcus Bonfanti, Babajack
Instrumentalist – Becky Tate
Runners up: Kyla Brox, Patsy Gamble
Young Artist – Oli Brown
Runners up: Lucy Zirins, Virgil McMahon
Blues Festival – Hebden Bridge
Runners up: Colne, Newark
Overseas Artist – Joe Bonamassa
Runners up: Walter Trout, Buddy Whittington
Broadcaster – Gary Grainger
Runners up: Tim Aves, Dave Raven
Album – Take My Hand – King King
Runners up:
Anything But Time – Matt Schofield
The Skinny – Ian Siegal and the Youngest Sons
Kevin Thorpe Memorial Award – The Bittersweet – Marcus Bonfanti
Runners up:
Hate Me For A Reason – Trevor Sewell
The Wrong Name – Larry Miller
Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Blues in Britain – Paul Oliver
There will be an appreciation of the work of Paul Oliver in October’s issue.
Congratulations to all! See photos of the artists on the British Blues Awards web site.
