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THE 2023 BLUES AWARDS RESULTS

FAVOURITE BLUES BAND

Frank Sultana Blues Band

Django Blackheart

The Shane Pacey Trio

The Specialities

The Ray Beadle Band - WINNER

19-Twenty

 

FAVOURITE FEMALE BLUES VOCALIST 

Karen Lee Andrews

Fran Liddle - WINNER

Shannon Carswell

Lisa Ohlback

Milena Barret

 

FAVOURITE MALE BLUES VOCALIST 

Shane Pacey

Ray Beadle

Pat Powell - WINNER

Jesse Redwing

Frank Sultana

 

FAVOURITE BLUES GUITARIST

Taj Farrant

Lil' G

Ray Beadle - WINNER

Jesse Redwing

Adam Pringle

Simon Kinny-Lewis

Shane Pacey

 

FAVOURITE BLUES BASS PLAYER 

Harry Brus - WINNER

Mike Rix

Al Britton

Mick Malouf

Paul Blasi

 

FAVOURITE BLUES DRUMMER

Dave Fester

Rosscoe Clarke

William van Ekert

Ed Rodrigues - WINNER

George Brugmans

 

FAVOURITE BLUES KEYBOARD PLAYER

Lachy Doley

Clayton Doley - WINNER

Ali Penney

Danny Tsun

Carolyn Packer

 

FAVOURITE BLUES HARMONICA PLAYER

Robert Susz - WINNER

Dan Sullivan

Jesse Redwing

Sean Costello

Ron King

 

FAVOURITE BLUES BRASS/WOODWIND PLAYER

Dave Weir - WINNER

Wayne Rigby

Bootsie Booth

 

FAVOURITE BLUES SONG WRITER

Frank Sultana - WINNER

Shane Pacey

Simon Kinny-Lewis

Liza Ohlback

Jesse Redwing

 

FAVOURITE BLUES YOUTH MUSICIAN

Ewan Lund - WINNER

Lil' G

Taj Farrant

 

FAVOURITE EMERGING ACT 

Lil' G

Chloe Kay and The Crusade - WINNER

Taj Farrant

The Specialities

 

FAVOURITE BLUES VENUE

Miss Celie's - WINNER

Butchers Brew Bar

Mangrove Mountain Hall

Lazybones

The Vanguard

 

FAVOURITE SONG OF THE YEAR

Run D.B - Jesse Redwing

Crossroads - Taj Farrant

Now Might Be The Time To Go - Django Blackheart

Cash - PJ O'Brien - WINNER

Headlights - Genevieve Chadwick

 

FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

High Cost - PJ O'Brien

Blues, Roots and Other Fruits - Django Blackheart

The Ghosts of Sun - Frank Sultana

Stax of Blues - Ray Beadle - WINNER

 

BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Frank Sultana - WINNER

Ray Beadle

Liza Ohlback

Jesse Redwing

Taj Farrant

Lil' G

 

FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHER

Gary Dark - WINNER

Greg Foster

Murray Foote

Melanie Macleod

Anthony Moulay

 

BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BLUES COMMUNITY

Paul Blasi - WINNER

Ryan Howard

Hugo Pfandler

 

FAVOURITE PERFORMER OF TRADITIONAL BLUES

Frank Sultana - WINNER

Dom Turner

Mark 'N The Blues

Foreday Riders

Ray Beadle

THE 2023 BLUES AWARDS


The fifth blues awards curated by the Sydney Blues Society.  This year we are making a number of changes to enhance and grow the awards. A key change is the collaboration with the Cronulla Jazz and Blues Festival to stage an Awards night where the headline awards are announced and the winners honoured.

Summary of the Awards:

 

  • They will be called “The Blues Awards”, presented by the SBS and CJBF

  • They will focus will be Sydney & NSW

  • The key awards will be announced at a live event on 1st June at the Brass Monkey in Cronulla on the eve of the CJBF

  • The Award shortlist will be formed based on voting within the SBS Facebook community of > 4,200

  • The winners will be voted on by SBS members, based on the shortlist

  • A hall of Fame to honour luminaries of the community

  • A Musicians Musicians award, voted for by their peers.

  • The most popular Musician, voted for by the whole community

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