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Readers’ Awards:

Blues Artist of the Year (Male)
Lurrie Bell

Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Koko Taylor

Best Blues Album of 2007 (New Release)
Koko Taylor – Old School – Alligator

Best Blues Album of 2007 (Historical Recording)
Andrew Brown – Big Brown’s Blues – Black Magic

Best Blues DVD of 2007
Otis Redding – Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding - Stax

Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
B.B. King

Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica)
Charlie Musselwhite

Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)
Marcia Ball

Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush

Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Solomon Burke

Critics’ Awards:

Blues Artist of the Year (Male) 
Lurrie Bell

Blues Artist of the Year (Female)
Koko Taylor

Most Outstanding Blues Singer
Nappy Brown

Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar)
Lurrie Bell

Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) 
James Cotton

Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) 
Pinetop Perkins

Most Outstanding Musician (Bass) 
Bob Stroger

Most Outstanding Musician (Drums) 
(Tie) Willie “Big Eyes” Smith & Kenny Smith

Most Outstanding Musician (Horns) 
Big James Montgomery

Most Outstanding Musician (Other) 
Aubrey Ghent (Lap steel)

Best Live Performer
Bobby Rush

Comeback Artist of the Year
Nappy Brown

Artist Deserving More Attention
Catherine Russell

Best Blues Albums of 2007

Album of the Year
Nappy Brown – Long Time Coming – Blind Pig

New Recordings/ Southern Soul
Denise LaSalle – Pay Before You Pump – Ecko Records

New Recordings/ Best debut
Albert White – Soul Of The Blues – Music Maker

New Recordings/ Contemporary blues
Phillip Walker – Going Back Home – Delta Groove

New Recordings/ Traditional & acoustic
Bobby Rush – Raw – Deep Rush Records

Historical Reissue/ Pre-war
Various Artists – Desperate Man Blues (Soundtrack) – Dust To Digital

Historical Reissue/ Post-war 
Robert Lockwood, Jr. – Steady Rolling Man - Delmark

DVD
Various Artists
The American Folk-Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963-’66
Hip-O DVD

Producer of the Year - New recording
Randy Chortkoff – Delta Groove Productions

Producer of the Year - Historical/ Reissue
Lance Ledbetter – Dust To Digital