BLUES TOP 2014

Readers of TWOJ BLUES Magazine (the 2011 recipient of the Blues Foundation’s Keeping the Blues Alive Award in the Print Media category) have again chosen their favorites! 

Similar to previous years, the Polish winners will again perform in Chorzów, Poland, at the GALA BLUES TOP show (on April 25th, 2015).

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners!

For more information go to www.twojblues.com

BLUES TOP 2014 – POLAND

BLUES PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1. KRZYSZTOF RYBARCZYK
2. Benedykt Kunicki
3. Jan Chojnacki

BAND OF THE YEAR 

1. JAN GAŁACH BAND
2. Śląska Grupa Bluesowa
3. Kraków Street Band

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

1. KAROLINA CYGONEK
2. Magda Piskorczyk
3. Natalia Kwiatkowska

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

1. ADAM KULISZ
2. Bartek Przytuła
3. Łukasz Wiśniewski

GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

1. GRZEGORZ KAPOŁKA
2. Leszek Winder
3. Jacek Jaguś

PIANO PLAYER OF THE YEAR

1. KRZYSZTOF GŁUCH
2. Bartek Szopiński
3. Jacek Prokopowicz

HARP PLAYER OF THE YEAR

1. MICHAŁ KIELAK
2. Bartek Łęczycki
3. Łukasz Wiśniewski

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR

1. JAN GAŁACH (VIOLING)
2. Maciej Kudła (DRUMS)
3. Joanna Dudkowska (BASS GUITAR)

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR

1. KRAKÓW STREET BAND
2. Drunk Lamb
3. Two Timer

RECORD OF THE YEAR

1. KASA CHORYCH “ORLA”
2. Śląska Grupa Bluesowa “Kolory Bluesa”
3. Kraków Street Band “Kraków Street Band”

MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OF THE YEAR

1. OLSZTYŃSKIE NOCE BLUESOWE
2. Jimiway Blues Festival (Ostrów Wlkp.)
3. Rawa Blues Festival (Katowice)

BEST ARTICLE IN TWOJ BLUES MAGAZINE 

1. JOHN MAYALL – RYSZARD GLOGER, TB56
2. 30 Jesieni z Bluesem – Robert Trusiak, TB59
3. Nikki Hill – Ewa Matysik, TB57

BEST PICTURE IN TWOJ BLUES MAGAZINE

1. JOHN LEE HOOKER – PAUL NATKIN, TB57/41
2. Nikki Hill – Alan Grossman, TB57 okładka
3. Layla Zoe – Krzysztof Antończak, TB56/34

 BLUES TOP 2014 – INTERNATIONAL

 PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

1. JOHN MAYALL
2. Eric Clapton
3. BB King

BAND OF THE YEAR

1. MORELAND & ARBUCKLE
2. Trucks/Tedeschi Band
3. Gov’t Mule

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

1. BETH HART
2. Nikki Hill
3. Shemekia Copeland

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

1. EARL THOMAS
2. Mud Morganfield
3. Eric Clapton

GUITARIST OF THE YEAR

1. JOE BONAMASSA
2. Eric Clapton
3. Buddy Guy

PIANO PLAYER OF THE YEAR

1. DR. JOHN
2. John Mayall
3. Lucky Peterson

HARP PLAYER OF THE YEAR

1. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
2. Paul Lamb
3. James Cotton

INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR / VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS

1. ROBERT RANDOLPH (PEDAL STEEL)
2. Aaron Moreland (CIGAR BOX GUITAR)
3. Ginger Baker (DRUMS)

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR

1. NIKKI HILL
2. Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornados
3. Niki Buzz

BEST RECORD OF THE YEAR 

1. JOHN MAYALL “A SPECIAL LIFE”
2. Joe Bonamassa “Different Shades Of Blue”
3. Eric Clapton “The Breeze Of JJ Cale”

MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OF THE YEAR 

1. BLUES ALIVE (ŚUMPERK)
2. Chicago Blues Festival
3. International Blues Challenge (Memphis)