Memphis Photo Archive
Rory Block with her Acoustic Artists award at the 40th Blues Music Awards. View Photo
Nick Moss poses with his award for Traditional Blues Male Artist at the 40th Blues Music Awards. View Photo
Monster Mike Welch at the 40th Blues Music Awards. Welch won the Instrumentalist-Guitar award. View Photo
Kenny Neal displays his award for Contemporary Blues Male Artist at the 40th Blues Music Awards. View Photo
Johnny Rawls poses with his award for Soul Blues Album at the 40th Blues Music Awards. View Photo
Blues Rock Artist award-winner Eric Gales performs at the 40th Blues Music Awards View Photo
Shemekia Copeland performs at the 40th Blues Music Awards. View Photo
Pictured are BMI’s Jeff Syracuse and President and CEO of The Blues Foundation, Barbara Newman, with blues broadcaster Sonny Payne of KFFA 1360. BMI presented the Citation in honor of the station and Payne hosting the longest running radio show in the world since 1941. View Photo
Pictured (L-R) on stage in Helena, Arkansas at the 32nd King Biscuit Blues Festival are BMI affiliates Warren Haynes and Bob Margolin. View Photo
2016 Blues Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Johnson with Cedric Burnside (L) and Blues Hall of Fame member Dick Sherman (R). View Photo