Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album explained

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
Awarded For:quality traditional blues albums
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Year:1983
Holder:Bobby Rush – All My Love for You (2024)
Website:Grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.

The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with the Best Contemporary Blues Album category to form the new Best Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.[1]

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. B.B. King holds the record of most wins in the category with ten.

Recipients

YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
1983Clarence "Gatemouth" BrownAlright Again
1984B.B. KingBlues 'N' Jazz
1985John P. Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & J.B. Hutto & the New HawksBlues Explosion
1986B.B. King"My Guitar Sings the Blues"
1987Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny CopelandShowdown!
1988Professor LonghairHouseparty New Orleans Style
1989Willie DixonHidden Charms
1990John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt"I'm in the Mood"
1991B.B. KingLive at San Quentin
1992B.B. KingLive at the Apollo
1993Dr. JohnGoin' Back to New Orleans
1994B.B. KingBlues Summit
1995Eric ClaptonFrom the Cradle
1996John Lee HookerChill Out
1997James CottonDeep in the Blues
1998John Lee HookerDon't Look Back
1999Otis RushAny Place I'm Going
2000B.B. KingBlues on the Bayou
2001B.B. King & Eric ClaptonRiding with the King
2002Jimmie VaughanDo You Get the Blues?
2003B.B. KingA Christmas Celebration of Hope
2004Buddy GuyBlues Singer
2005Etta JamesBlues to the Bone
2006B.B. King & Friends
2007Ike TurnerRisin' with the Blues
2008Henry James Townsend, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards
2009B.B. KingOne Kind Favor
Ramblin' Jack ElliottA Stranger Here[2]
2011Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" SmithJoined at the Hip[3]
2017Bobby RushPorcupine Meat[4]
2018Blue & Lonesome[5]
2019Buddy GuyThe Blues Is Alive and Well[6]
2020Delbert McClinton & the Self-Made Men + DanaTall, Dark and Handsome[7]
2021Bobby RushRawer than Raw[8] [9]
2022Cedric BurnsideI Be Trying[10]
2023Taj Mahal & Ry CooderGet On Board[11]
2024Bobby RushAll My Love for You [12]
2025Winner TBA on 2 February 2025 [13]

Sources

As noted in this article: search years are offset by one year.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE RECORDING ACADEMY® ANNOUNCES RULE AMENDMENTS AND DATES F. 16 June 2016. Grammy.org. 1 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Complete List of Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards . December 2, 2009 . . December 30, 2017.
  3. News: Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards. Los Angeles Times. December 30, 2017.
  4. News: Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees . February 12, 2017 . . December 30, 2017 .
  5. Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees . Lynch . Joe . November 28, 2017 . . December 30, 2017.
  6. Web site: 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. December 6, 2018. GRAMMY.com.
  7. Web site: 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list. Grammy.com. 25 March 2023.
  8. Web site: 2021 Nominations List. Grammy.com. 25 March 2023.
  9. Web site: 2020-08-19. Looking Ahead To The 2021 GRAMMYs. 2021-03-14. GRAMMY.com. en.
  10. Web site: 2021-11-23. 2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List. 2021-11-27. Grammy.com. en.
  11. Web site: Madison . Bloom . February 5, 2023 . Grammys 2023 Winners: See the Full List Here . Pitchfork . February 6, 2023.
  12. Web site: 2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List GRAMMY.com . 2023-11-12 . www.grammy.com.
  13. Web site: 2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List GRAMMY.com . 2024-12-23 . grammy.com.

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