Blues Matters Writer’s Poll 2014
The results are in! We can announce the results of the Blues Matters Writer’s Poll 2014.
THE 2014 RESULTS FOR THE BEST IN BLUES ACROSS THE GLOBE!
UK Results
STUDIO ALBUM
- HOLE IN THE WALL – PAUL LAMB & THE KING SNAKES
- A Special Life – John Mayall
- Get Ready – Kaz Hawkins
In with a shout: Dirty Truth – Joanne Shaw Taylor | Wildest Dreams – Matt Woosey | Animal & Man – David Migden & The Twisted Roots | Gods & Highways & Old Guitars – Roadhouse | Shake The Walls – Marcus Bonfanti
LIVE ALBUM
- MAN & GUITAR – IAN SIEGAL
- Songs From The Road – Joanne Shaw Taylor
- = Live At Bush Hall – Gary Moore / Live In London – The Spikedrivers
SOLO ARTIST
- = GRAINNE DUFFY / MATT WOOSEY
- Sean Taylor
- Dana Gillespie
In with a shout: Dave Ferra, Big Joe, Kaz Hawkins
BAND
- PAUL LAMB & THE KINGSNAKES
- Grainne Duffy Band
- Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion
In with a shout: Red Butler, Rosco Levee And The Southern Slide, David Migden & The Twisted Roots
RECORD LABEL
- ACE
- Manhaton
- = Nugene, JSP
VOCALIST
- GRAINNE DUFFY
- = Zoe Schwarz / Kaz Hawkins / Jo Harman
- Sean Taylor
In with a shout: Miller Anderson, Earl Green, Lorna Fothergill
DRUMMER
- SAM KELLY
- Wayne Proctor
- = Mike Hellier / David Peter / John Tetemar
GUITARIST
- OTIS GRAND
- = Alan Nimmo / Ronnie Greer /
- Dave Ferra
In with a shout: Jon Amor, Jules Fothergill, Tom Doughty, Ramon Goose
BASSIST
- ROGER INNISS
- Jack Bruce
- = Ronnie O’Flynn / Stuart Uren
KEYBOARDS
- PADDY MILNER
- Bob Hall
- Tom Canning
HARMONICA
- PAUL LAMB
- Alan Glen
- Paul Jones
In with a shout: Eddie Armer, Giles King, John O’Leary, Steve ‘Wes’ Watson
BEST NEWCOMER
- RED BUTLER
- Malaya Blue
- Kaz Hawkins
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT (SCROLL OF HONOUR)
- WILKO JOHNSON
- Don Crane
- = Phil May / Miller Anderson
Non musician – Dave Raven (radio presenter)
BEST BLUES RADIO SHOW/STATION
- PAUL JONES BLUES SHOW – BBC RADIO 2
- Rave’n’Blues
- Digital Blues
In with a shout: Blues In The Marsh, Blues Is The Truth, Crossroads Cafe
INTERNATIONAL RESULTS
STUDIO ALBUM
- ANTHOLOGY – TOO SLIM AND THE TAIL DRAGGERS
- Going Home – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- = The Sky Is Crying – Erja Lyytinen / Tattooed Lady & Alligator Man – Marcia Ball
In with a shout: Blues Pills – Blues Pills / A Day In Nashville – Robben Ford / Too Many Roads – Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado / A New Day – EG Kight / Made Up Mind – Tedeschi Trucks, Step Back – Johnny Winter / Going to The Delta – Savoy Brown / See The Sky About To Rain – Colleen Rennison
LIVE ALBUM
- ALL MY FRIENDS: CELEBRATING THE SONGS AND VOICE OF GREGG ALLMAN – VARIOUS ARTISTS
- Live At Montreux 2013 – George Thorogood And The Destroyers
- Songs From The Road – Coco Montoya
SOLO ARTIST
- ERIC BIBB
- Erja Lyytinen
- = Doug Macleod, Sofie Reed
In with a shout: Otis Taylor, Corey Harris, Hans Theessink, Larry McCray
BAND
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Vintage Trouble
- Allman Brothers Band
In with a shout: Monkeyjunk, BB & The Blues Shacks, Selwyn Birchwood Band, Savoy Brown, North Mississippi Allstars, Royal Southern Brotherhood
RECORD LABEL
- ALLIGATOR
- = Mascot / Provogue
- = Delta Groove / Dixie Frog
In with a shout: Stony Plain, Ruf, Crosscut, Blind Pig
VOCALIST
- SUSAN TEDESCHI
- Curtis Salgado
- Elin Larsson
In with a shout: Maria Muldaur, Lisa Biales, Beth Hart, Matt Andersen, Frank Bey, EG Kight
DRUMMER
- BUTCH TRUCKS
- Chris Layton
- Cody Dickinson
In with a shout: Kevin Hayes, Steve Jordan
GUITARIST
- LARRY MCCRAY
- Joe Bonamassa
- = Derek Trucks, Poppa Chubby
In with a shout: Hans Theesink, Selwyn Birchwood, Kim Simmonds, Bill Blue, Luther Dickinson, Eric Bibb
BASSIST
- PHIL LESH
- Ron Eoff
- Oteil Burbridge
KEYBOARDS
- DAVID MAXWELL
- Chuck Leavell
- Gregg Allman
In with a shout: Dr. John, Jim Pugh
HARMONICA
- RICK ESTRIN
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Kim Wilson
In with a shout: Matyas Pribojszki
BEST NEWCOMER
- SELWYN BIRCHWOOD BAND
- Missy Andersen
- Blues Pills
In with a shout; Raoul & The Big Time
BEST BLUES RADIO SHOW/STATION (no outright winner)
Confessing The Blues, National Blues Museum Radio, Live From The Midnight Circus – Richard L’Hommedieu
BEST BLUES DVD
- ROBBEN FORD – LIVE AT ROCKPALAST
- Live At Montreux – ZZ Top
- = Life Of Riley – BB King / Live In Cork – Rory Gallagher
BLUES BOOKS
Bathed In Lightning – John McLaughlin / The Sixties and the Emerald Beyond – Colin Harper / Beginning To Beginning – Bob Pearce / The British Beat Explosion – re. Eel Pie Island / A Sense Of Wonder; Van Morrison’s Ireland – David Burke
