THE 2023 BLUES AWARDS
This will be 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:
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They will be called “The Blues Awards”, presented by the SBS and CJBF
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They will focus will be Sydney & NSW
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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
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The Award shortlist will be formed based on voting within the SBS Facebook community of > 4,200
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The winners will be voted on by SBS members, based on the shortlist
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A hall of Fame to honour luminaries of the community
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A Musicians Musicians award, voted for by their peers.
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The most popular Musician, voted for by the whole community
THE 2023 BLUES AWARDS NOMINATIONS
FAVOURITE BLUES BAND
Frank Sultana Blues Band
Django Blackheart
The Shane Pacey Trio
The Specialities
The Ray Beadle Band
19-Twenty
FAVOURITE FEMALE BLUES VOCALIST
Karen Lee Andrews
Fran Liddle
Shannon Carswell
Lisa Ohlback
Milena Barret
FAVOURITE MALE BLUES VOCALIST
Shane Pacey
Ray Beadle
Pat Powell
Jesse Redwing
Frank Sultana
FAVOURITE BLUES GUITARIST
Taj Farrant
Lil' G
Ray Beadle
Jesse Redwing
Adam Pringle
Simon Kinny-Lewis
Shane Pacey
FAVOURITE BLUES BASS PLAYER
Harry Brus
Mike Rix
Al Britton
Mick Malouf
Paul Blasi
FAVOURITE BLUES DRUMMER
Dave Fester
Rosscoe Clarke
William van Ekert
Ed Rodrigues
George Brugmans
FAVOURITE BLUES KEYBOARD PLAYER
Lachy Doley
Clayton Doley
Ali Penney
Danny Tsun
Carolyn Packer
FAVOURITE BLUES HARMONICA PLAYER
Robert Susz
Dan Sullivan
Jesse Redwing
Sean Costello
Ron King
FAVOURITE BLUES BRASS/WOODWIND PLAYER
Dave Weir
Wayne Rigby
Bootsie Booth
FAVOURITE BLUES SONG WRITER
Frank Sultana
Shane Pacey
Simon Kinny-Lewis
Liza Ohlback
Jesse Redwing
FAVOURITE BLUES YOUTH MUSICIAN
Ewan Lund
Lil' G
Taj Farrant
FAVOURITE EMERGING ACT
Lil' G
Chloe Kay and The Crusade
Taj Farrant
The Specialities
FAVOURITE BLUES VENUE
Miss Celie's
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
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
BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Frank Sultana
Ray Beadle
Liza Ohlback
Jesse Redwing
Taj Farrant
Lil' G
FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHER
Gary Dark
Greg Foster
Murray Foote
Melanie Macleod
Anthony Moulay
BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BLUES COMMUNITY
Paul Blasi
Ryan Howard
Hugo Pfandler
FAVOURITE PERFORMER OF TRADITIONAL BLUES
Frank Sultana
Dom Turner
Mark 'N The Blues
Foreday Riders
Ray Beadle