Below is the list of winners of the 2004 W.C. Handy Blues Awards, presented April 29 at the Cannon Center Ballroom in Memphis.

Contemporary blues male artist of the year: Buddy Guy

Blues album of the year: "Blues Singer," Buddy Guy

Acoustic blues album of the year: "Blues Singer," Buddy Guy

Soul blues female artist of the year: Etta James

Soul blues album of the year: "Let's Roll," Etta James

Blues band of the year: Roomful Of Blues

Blues entertainer of the year: B.B. King

Best new artist: Nick Curran

Traditional blues male artist of the year: Pinetop Perkins

Traditional blues female artist of the year: Koko Taylor

Contemporary blues female artist of the year: Marcia Ball

Soul blues male artist of the year: Solomon Burke

Acoustic blues artist of the year: John Hammond

Blues instrumentalist, guitar: Duke Robillard

Blues instrumentalist, keyboards: Dr. John

Blues instrumentalist, harmonica: Charlie Musselwhite

Blues instrumentalist, bass: Willie Kent

Blues instrumentalist, horns: Roomful Of Blues

Blues instrumentalist, drums: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Blues instrumentalist, other (fiddle): Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Contemporary blues album of the year: "So Many Rivers," Marcia Ball

Comeback blues album of the year: "A Woman Like Me," Bettye LaVette

Traditional blues album of the year: "Which Way Is Texas?," Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets

Historical blues album of the year: "Muddy 'Mississippi' Waters Live," Muddy Waters

Blues song of the year: "Looking For Trouble," Kim Wilson and Amanda Taylor