Making a Scene Presents the 2021 Independent Blues Awards!

Congratulations to all the Winners and Nominees!

The 2021 Independent Blues Awards  We do things a bit different than other awards in that we encourage you to not only explore and experience winning artists, but all the nominated artists as well. Under each winning Artist is a bar that will expand out to revel all the nominated artists in that category complete with links to their websites, Spotify playlists and links to buy their CD on Amazon!

It would help them even more if you create your own playlist in your spotify account and add all your favorite songs and artists. Share this playlist on facebook, twitter and with your friends! Being added to spotify user playlists elevates an artists status on Spotify!

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Cathy Lemons of the Lucky Losers - ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Larkin Poe - Self Made Man - RELEASE OF THE YEAR!

The Lucky Losers - Godless Land - Song of the Year

Independent Blues Awards Artist Awards

Bernard Allison - Male Artist of the Year

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  Male Artist

  Big Harp George Listen

  Walter Trout Listen

  Kenny Blues Boss Wayne Listen

  John Nemeth Listen

  Johnny Iguana Listen

  Kim Wilson Listen

  Bob Margolin Listen

  Kirk Fletcher Listen

  Bobby Rush Listen

  Albert Castiglia Listen

  Mike Zito Listen

  Bernard Allison Listen

Cathy Lemons - Best Female Artist

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  Female Artist

  Gina Siclia Listen

  Rory Block Listen

  Ghalia Volt Listen

  Crystal Shawanda  Listen

  Whitney Shay Listen

  Katarina Pejak Listen

  Shaun Murphy  Listen

  Kat Riggins Listen

  Hurricane Ruth Listen

  Kirsten Thien Listen

  Vanessa Collier Listen

  Eliza Neals  Listen

  Cathy Lemons Listen

Frank Bey - Best Traditional Blues Band

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  Traditional Blues Band

  Bob Margolin Listen

  Big Harp George Listen

  Frank Bey Listen

  Kenny Blues Boss Wayne Listen

  Duffy Bishop Listen

  Mary Jo Curry Listen

  Kim Wilson Listen

  The Nighthawks Listen

  John Blues Boyd Listen

  Johnny Burgin Listen

  Eric Hughes Band Listen

  Anthony Geraci Listen

Kat Riggings - Best Contemporary Blues Band

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  Comtemporary Blues

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band Listen

  John Nemeth Listen

  CD Woodbury Listen

  The Jimmys Listen

  Jeff Fetterman Listen

  Victor Wainwright and Train Listen

  David Rotundo Band Listen

  Ronnie Earl Listen

  Broke Fuse Listen

  JD Taylor Listen

  Kat Riggins Listen

  Eric Johanson Listen

  Duke Robillard Listen

  Kirsten Thien Listen

Mindi Abair - Best Blues Soul Artist

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  Blues Soul Artist

  Whitney Shay Listen

  The Lucky Losers Listen

  Kirt Fletcher Listen

  Gerald McClendon Listen

  Sass Jordan Listen

  Mick Hayes Listen

  Vanessa Collier Listen

  Kevin Burt Listen

  Devin B Thompson Listen

  JW Jones Listen

  Chris Thomas King Listen

  Mindi Abair Listen

AJ Crawdaddy - Best Blues Rock Band

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  Blues Rock Band

  Albert Castiglia  Listen

  Dennis Jones Listen

  Kurt Allen Listen

  David Rotundo Band Listen

  Catfish Listen

  Too Slim and the Tail Draggers Listen

  Trevor Sewell Listen

  Peter Parcek Band Listen

  Mike Zito Listen

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band Listen

  Dave Fields Listen

  AJ Crawdaddy Listen

  Tinsley Ellis Listen

Grainne Duffy - Best Modern Roots Band

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  Modern Roots

  Rev Freakchild Listen

  Skylar Rogers Listen

  The Proven Ones Listen

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band Listen

  The Claudettes Listen

  Rev Shawn Amos Listen

  Lousiana Leroux Listen

  Randal Bramblett Listen

  Cary Morin Listen

  Harper and the Midwest Kind Listen

  Brianna Harness Listen</span

  >   John Fusco Listen

  Grannie Duffy Listen

Nora Jean Wallace - Best New Artist

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  New Artists

  Mary Jo Curry Listen

  Johnny and the Mongrels Listen

  Avey Grouws Band Listen

  Gravel and Grace Listen

  Jose Ramirez Listen

  Nora Jean Wallace Listen

  Mandalyn Listen

  Sayed Sabrina Listen

  Bywater Call Listen

  Dione Taylor Listen

  John Tesky and Dash Grunwald Listen

Samantha Fish - Gateway Artist

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  Gateway Artist

  Johnny and the Mongrels Listen

  Kirt Fletcher Listen

  Mick Hayes Listen

  Kevin Burt Listen

  Whitney Shay Listen

  Ghalia Volt Listen

  Mindi Abair Listen

  Larkin Poe  Listen

  Samantha Fish Listen

  Vanessa Collier Listen

  Mike Zito Listen

  Albert Castiglia  Listen

Kenny Neal - Producer of The Year

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  Engineer Producer

  Tom Hambridge  Listen All Music Credits

  Jim Gaines  Listen All Music Credits

  Eric Corne  Listen All Music Credits

  Kid Andersen  Listen All Music Credits

  Kenny Neal Listen All Music Credits

  Mike Zito  Listen All Music Credits

  Tad Benoit Listen All Music Credits

  Tony Braunagel  Listen All Music Credits

  Luther Dickinson Listen All Music Credits

Joe Bonamassa - Content Creator

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  Content Creators

  Larkin Poe  Listen

  Mindi Abair Listen

  Jackie Venson Listen

  Rory Block Listen

  Danny Brooks and Lil Deb Listen

  Samantha Fish Listen

  Ronnie Baker Brooks Listen

  Joe Bonamassa  Listen

  Ally Venable Listen

  Avey Grouws Band Listen

  Damon Fowler Listen

  John Primer Listen

  Mike Zito Listen

Independent Blues Awards Best Releases

Bobby Rush - Rawer Than Raw - Best Acoustic Blues Release

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  Acoustic CD

  Catfish Keith – Blues at Midnight – Buy

  Rory Block – Prove it on me – Buy

  Erin Harpe – Meet me in the Middle – Buy

  Mark Telesca – Higher Vibrations – Buy

  Watermelon Slim – Traveling Man – Buy

  Steve Howell, Dan Summer, Jason Weinheimer – Long Ago – Buy

  Broke Fuse – Why Should I Be Blue – Buy

  Bobby Rush – Rawer Than Raw – Buy

  John Tesky and Ash Grunwald – Push the Blues Away – Buy

  Seasick Steve – Blues in Mono – Buy

Kat Riggins - Cry Out - Best Contemporary Blues Release

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  Contemporary Blues CD

  Ronnie Earl – Rise Up – Buy

  Duke Robillard – Blues Bash – Buy

  Crystal Shawanda – Church House Blues – Buy

  Jeff Fetterman – Souther Son – Buy

  John Nemeth – Stronger than Strong – Buy

  The Jimmys – Gotta Have it – Buy

  Tomislav Goluban – Memphis Light – Buy

  David Rotundo Band – So Much Trouble – Buy

  Misty Blues – Weed em and Reap – Buy

  Victor Wainwright and Train – Memphis Loud – Buy

  Kirsten Thien – Two Sides – Buy

  Kat Riggins – Cry Out – Buy

The NightHawks - Tryin to Get To You - Best Traditional Blues Release

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  Traditional Blues

  Big Harp George – Living in the City – Buy

  New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers – Vol 1 – Buy

  Frank Bey – All My Dues Are Paid – Buy

  Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne – Go Just Do it – Buy

  Duffy Bishop – I’m Gonna Do What I Want – Buy

  JD Taylor – The Coldwater Sessions – Buy

  Kim Wilson – Take me Back – Buy

  John Blues Boyd – Through my Eyes – Buy

  Johnny Burgin – No Border Blues – Buy

  Eric Hughes Band – Postcard from Beale Street – Buy

  Anthony Geraci – Daydreams in Blue – Buy

  The Nighthawks – Trying to Get to You – Buy

The Lucky Losers - Godless Land - Best R&B Soul Release

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  R&B Soul CD

  Chris Bevington Organization – Sand and Stone – Buy

  Whitney Shay – Stand up – Buy

  The Lucky Losers – Godless Land – Buy

  Kirk Fletcher – My Blues Pathway – Buy

  Sass Jordan – Rebel Moon Blues – Buy

  Gerald McClendon – You Can’t Stop me Now – Buy

  Mick Hayes – My Claim to Fame – Buy

  A Band Called Sam – Legacy – Buy

  JW Jones – Sonic Departures – Buy

  Vanessa Collier – Heart on the Line – Buy

  Kevin Burt – Stone Crazy – Buy

  Dave Keller – You Get what You Give – Buy

  Devin B Thompson – Tales of the Soul – Buy

Walter Trout - Ordinary Madness - Best Blues Rock Release

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  Blues Rock CD

  Wily Bo Walker – Ain’t no man a Good Man – Buy

  Dave Fields – Force of Will – Buy

  Dennis Jones – Soft Hard and Loud – Buy

  Peter Parcek – Mississippi Suitcase – Buy

  Tinsley Ellis – Ice Cream in Hell – Buy

  Alastair Greene – The New World Blues – Buy

  Hurricane Ruth – Good Life – Buy

  Aj Crawdaddy – Steppin out – Buy

  Too Slim and the Taildraggers – The Remedy – Buy

  Eric Johanson – Below Sea Level – Buy

  Eliza Neals – Black Crow Moan – Buy

  Mike Zito – Quarentine Blues – Buy

  Walter Trout – Ordinary Madness – Buy

Larkin Poe - Self Made Man - Best Modern Roots Release

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  Modern Roots CD

  Harper and the Midwest Kind – Rise Up – Buy

  Larkin Poe – Self Made Man – Buy

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band – The Ballad of Albert Johnson – Buy

  The Proven ones – You ain’t Done – Buy

  Gina Sicilia – Love me Madly – Buy

  Kurt Allen – Wiskey Womand and Trouble – Buy

  Katarina Pejak – Outside Looking in – Buy

  Lloyd Jones – Tennesse Run – Buy

  Rev Shawn Amos – Blue Sky – Buy

  Lousiana Leroux – One of those days – Buy

  John Fusco – John the Revalator – Buy

  Randall Bramblett – Pine Needle Fire – Buy

  Cary Morin – Dockside Saints – Buy

  Grainne Duffy – Voodoo Blues – Buy

Bernard Allison - Songs from the Road - Best LIVE Release

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  LIVE CD

  Michael Kaeshammer – Live In Concert – Buy

  Rowland Jones – Rowland Jones LIVE – Buy

  Trevor Sewell – Live in Portugal – Buy

  Paul Reddick – Alive In Italia – Buy

  Catfish – Exhile Live in Lockdown – Buy

  Laura Tate – Live From El Paso

  Blues Caravan – LIVE 2020 – Buy

  Bernard Allison – Songs From the Road – Buy

  Dave Keller – LIVE at the Guitar Thriller – Buy

  Albert Castiglia – Wild and Free – Buy

  Sari Schorr – Live in Europe – Buy

Nora Jean Wallace - Blueswoman - Best New Artist Release

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  New Artist CD

  Avey Grouws Band – Devil May Care – Buy

  Johnny and the Mongrels – Creole – Buy

  Jose Ramirez – Here I Come – Buy

  Gravel and Grace – Bringing the Blues – Buy

  Mary Jo Curry Band – Front Porch – Buy

  Nora Jean Wallace – BluesWoman – Buy

  Brianna Harness – Welcome to my Nightmare – Buy

  Mandalyn – Wrecked – Buy

  Danny Brooks and Lil Miss Deb – Are you Ready? The Mississippi Sessions – Buy

  Dione Taylor – Spirits in the Water – Buy

  John Tesky and Dash Grunwald – Push the Blues Away – Buy

Independent Blues Awards Song Awards

Frank Bey - All My Dues are Paid - Best Traditional Blues Song

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  Frank Bey – All my Dues are paid

  Kim Wilson – Strollin

  Kenny Blues Boss Wayne – Just go Do it

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band Matapedia River Blues – Cory Luek and Mike Stubbs

  Duffy Bishop – I’m Gonna Do what I want – Chris Carlson

  The Jimmys – Hotel Stebbins – Jimmy Voegeli

  Catfish Keith – Jumpin Jack Rabbit

  JD Taylor – You Got me where You want me

  John Tesky/Ash Grunwald – Low Down Dog

  The Nighthawks – Shame Shame – Gabe Stillman

  Johnny Burgin – Old School Player

  Eric Hughes – I Ain’t Whipped Yet

The Lucky Losers - Godless Land - Best R&B Soul Song

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  Whitney Shay – Stand Up

  The Lucky Losers – Godless Land

  Mick Hayes – Political Funk

  Kevin Burt – Stone Crazy

  JW Jones – Blue Jean Jacket – JW Jones, Tom Hambridge, Rich Fleming

  Laura Tate – I need a Man – Rick Deitrick

  Kirk Flecher – Ain’t no Cure for the Downhearted

  Gerald McClendon – Can’t Stop me now – Steven Patterson

  A Band Called Sam – Good To Ya – Sam “Bluzman” Taylor

  Vanessa Collier – Heart on the Line

  Devon B Thompson -Read you mind –

  Crystal Shawanda – When it comes to Love – Crystal Shawanda, Dewayne Strobel

The Jimmy's, Marcia Ball and Tony Braunagel - Write a Hit - Best Contemporary Blues Song

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  Kirsten Thien -Better or You’re Gonna Get Burned – By Erik Boyd, Kirsten Thien

  Kat Riggins – Truth

  Crystal Shawanda – New Orleans is Sinking – By Gord Downie, John Fay, Paul LangLois, Robert Baker, Robert Sinclair

  Skylar Rogers – Like Father Like Daughter – Skylar Rogers and Paul Niehaus IV

  The Jimmys and Marcia Ball – Write a Hit – By Jimmy Voegeli, Marcia Ball, Tony Braunangel

  David Rotundo Band – She’s Dynamite

  Misty Blues – Swing my blues – Gina Coleman

  Victor Wainwright – Memphis Loud

  Elle Bailey – Medicine Man – By Elles Bailey, Will Edmunds

  John Nemeth – Work for Love

  Gina Sicilia – Like the world have Never Seen – By Cory Dickinson, Gina Sicilia

  Lloyd Jones – Chicken Bone

Walter Trout - Ordinary Madness - Best Blues Rock Song

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  Kurt Allen – Graveyard Blues

  Chris Bevington – Deep River – By Scott Ralph & Jim Kirkpatrick

  Peter Parcek – Mississippi Suitcase

  Alastair Greene – The New World Blues – Alastair Greene, Tab Benoit,

  Tinsley Ellis – Foolin Yourself

  Albert Castiglia – Big Dog

  Larkin Poe – Holy Ghost Fire

  Eric Johanson – Down to the Bottom

  Dave Fields – Force of Will

  Hurricane Ruth – Good Life – Ruth Lamaster, Tom Hambridge

  AJ Crawdaddy – Big Hurt

  Walter Trout – Ordinary Madness

Smokewagon Blues Band - Song for Cheryl - Best Modern Roots Song

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  Katarina Pejak – Weeping wind

  Johnny and the Mongrels – Lousiana Girl

  Eric Johanson – River of Oblivion

  Randall Bramblett – My Lucky Day

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band – Song for Cheryl – Cory Luek, Mike Stubbs, Carm D’Auria

  Red Red – Long Black Train – Beardslee, Ceulemanns, Forget, Scheffer

  The Proven ones – Gone to Stay – By Jimi Bott

  Leroux – Don’t Rescue Me – By Jim Odom, Tony Haselden

  Danny Brooks – The Battle

  Brianna Harness – Warrior – By Brianna and William Harness, Jennifer Eddy Jennings

  John Fusco – The Hottest Part of the Flame

  Mark May – My Last Ride

Mike Zito - What it use to Be - Song for the Common Good

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  Dennis Jones – Like Sheep

  Avey Grouws Band – Rise Up

  Davi Rotundo Band – So Much Trouble

  John Pagano Band – Rise Up

  Kenny Blues Boss Wayne – Don’t Shoot me Down – Ken Spruell

  Brianna Harness – Quarentine – Brianna And William Harness

  Victor Wainwright – America

  Gravel and Grace – Bottles – Ava Grace

  Ronnie Earl – Black Lives Matter – Diane Blue, Ronnie Earl

  Mike Zito – What it use to Be

  David Keller – Land of the Lonely

  Chris Thomas King – Black Lives Matter

Kirk Fletcher - Ain't No Cure for the Downhearted - Best Music Video

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  Best Music Video

  Crystal Shawanda

  Smoke Wagon Blues Band

  Johnny and the Mongrels

  The Proven ones

  Tim Woods

  Benny Turner

  The Jimmys and Marcia Ball

  Kirt Fletcher

  Whitney Shay

  Juliet Hawkins

  Katarina Pejak

  John Pagano Band