The Swiss Blues Award has been presented since 2003. There have been 17 winners so far:
2003 | Guido «Mojo» Schmidt; Fritz «Big Daddy» Jakober | Lucerne Blues Festival |
2004 | Cla Nett | Musician, Founder of the Lazy Poker Blues Band |
2005 | Philipp Fankhauser | Musician |
2006 | Wale Liniger | Musician, Professor of Blues |
2007 | Martin Schäfer | Radio editor DRS |
2008 | Sam Burckhardt | Musician |
2009 | Louis van der Haegen | Founder and President Bluesfestival Basel |
2010 | Andy Egert | Musician |
2011 | Jazz'n'More | Jazz and Blues Magazine |
2012 | Bluesfestival Baden | Festival |
2013 | Richard Koechli | Musician and Author |
2014 | Rolf Winter | music journalist bluesnews.ch |
2015 | Martin «Kari» Bründler | President Lucerne Blues Festival |
2016 | Walter Baumgartner | Musician |
2017 | Vallemaggia Magic Blues | Festival |
2018 | Marco Jencarelli | Musician, Producer |
2019 | Dinu Logoz | Musician and Author |
2020 | Lilly Martin | Singer |
2022 | Marco Marchi | Musician |
2023 | No award ceremony due to Corona | -- |
2024 | Justina Lee Brown | Singer |