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2003 Wammies
Nominees and Winners
The 18th Annual Washington (DC) Area Music Awards
indicates winner
| Category Index | ||
|---|---|---|
| A Cappella | Big Band/Swing | Bluegrass |
| Blues | Children's Music | Choral |
| Classical | Country |
Folk
Contemporary |
|
Folk
Traditional |
Go Go |
Gospel/
Inspirational |
| Jazz | Latino | Rap/Hip Hop |
| Reggae | Rock |
Roots Rock/
Traditional R&B |
| Electronica |
Urban
Contemporary |
World Music |
| GENERAL AWARDS | ||
A CAPPELLA
GROUP
Academical Village People
Chromatics
DaVinci's Notebook
Reverb
Sweet Honey in the Rock
BIG BAND/SWING
VOCALIST
Carmen Velarde
Esther Haynes
Peaches O'Dell
Tom Mitchell
GROUP
Capitol Bones Big Band
Corner Pocket
Doc Scantlin & His Imperial Palms Orch.
J Street Jumpers
James Bazen Big Band
Swing Shift
Tom Cunningham Orchestra
RECORDING
A Stan Kenton Christmas/Capitol Bones Big Band
Monday Morning Blues/Blue Rhythm Boys
Taylor/Fidyk Big Band/Perfect Match
The Wednesday Night Pizza Band/James Bazen Big Band
BLUEGRASS
VOCALIST
Bob Perilla
Dede Wyland
Dudley Connell
Gary Ferguson
Lou Reid
Lynn Healey
Lynn Morris
Randy Barrett
Sally Love
DUO/GROUP
Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Blue Daze
Dixie Cannonballs
Gary Ferguson & Sally Love
Lynn Morris Band
Orange Line Special
Patuxent Partners
Seldom Scene
INSTRUMENTALIST
Akira Otsuka
Ben Eldridge
Ira Gitlin
Mike Auldridge
Mike Munford
Paul Gregory
Ronnie Simpkins
Vern Santemeyer
RECORDING
Another Good Deale/Good Deale Bluegrass Band
Bringing It Back/Orchard Boys
Foolish Pleasure/Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition
Patuxant Partners- I've Been Known To Cry
Resocasters/Mike Auldridge
Shape of a Tear/Lynn Morris Band
BLUES
VOCALIST
Big Joe Maher
Bobby Parker
Deanna Bogart
Janine Wilson
Jesse Yawn
John Cephas
Mary Shaver
Melanie Mason
Roger Edsall
DUO/GROUP
Bad Influence
Big Joe & the Dynaflows
Cephas and Wiggins
Janine Wilson Group
Linwood Taylor Band
Nighthawks
INSTRUMENTALIST
Daryl Davis
Deanna Bogart
Linwood Taylor
Michael Tash
Pete Kanaras
Phil Wiggins
Terrence McArdle
RECORDING
House on Fire/Tom Principato
Live at Bangkok Blues/The Deacons
Roadhouse Blues/Ray Kaminsky
Ruby's Blues/Ruby Hayes
You Better Believe It/Terrence Mc Ardle
CHILDREN'S MUSIC
VOCALIST
Cathy Fink
Don Bridges
Frank Cassell
Marcy Marxer
Michelle Valeri
Sue Trainor
DUO/GROUP
Cantare
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Dino Rock
Hot Soup
Nada Brahma
Rick and Audrey
RECORDING
Alive and Kickin/Don Bridges
Baila Para Gozar/Cantare
Bon Appetit/Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
CHORAL
GROUP
Choral Arts Society
Gay Mens Chorus
Howard University Choir
Masterworks Chorale
Mosaic Harmony
Washington Chorus
CLASSICAL
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bruce Steeg
Bruno Nasta
Myrna Sislen
Nurit Bar Josef
Santiago Rodriguez
Scott Reiss
Tina Chancey
VOCAL SOLOIST
Denyce Graves
Linda Teasley
Nancy Scimone
Placido Domingo
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Ensemble Galilei
Folger Consort
Hesperus
Quintango
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE
Alexandria Symphony
Arlington Symphony
Eclipse Orchestra
National Gallery Orchestra
National Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR
Kim Kluge
Leonard Slatkin
Ruben Vartanyan
Sylvia Alameda
COUNTRY
VOCALIST
Diana Quinn
Geff King
JP McDermott
Katy Benko
Mike Woods
Ruth Logsdon
Ty Braddock
DUO/GROUP
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Honky Tonk Confidential
JP McDermott and Western Bop
Ruthie and the Wranglers
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bill Kirchen
Chick Hall Jr.
Dave Giegerich
Ira Gitlin
Mike Woods
Phil Mathieu
RECORDING
Float/Katy Benko
Like Sea Glass/Lori Kelley
Someday/Ruthie and the Wranglers
FOLK - Contemporary
VOCALIST
Cletus Kennelly
Lisa Moscatiello
Lori Kelley
Mike Holden
Nikki Rouse
Tom Paxton
DUO/GROUP
Cletus Kennelly and Lori Kelley
Eddie From Ohio
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Rick and Audrey
We're About Nine
INSTRUMENTALIST
Avril Smith
Franklin Taggart
Fred Leider
Gregory Lygon
Jennifer Cutting
RECORDING
Capital Acoustics Vol 3/Various
Chocolate Morophine/Nikki Rouse
Engine/We're About Nine
I'll Know You/Carey Creed
Three Rooms/Eddie From Ohio
FOLK - Traditional
VOCALIST
Brooke Parkhurst
Cathy Fink
Connie McKenna
Franklin Taggart
Grace Griffith
Marcy Marxer
Seamus Kennedy
DUO/GROUP
Bonnie Rideout Trio
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
City of Washington Pipe Band
Dogs Among the Bushes
Magpie
Tinsmith
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bonnie Rideout
Brooke Parkhurst
Franklin Taggart
Maggie Sansone
Marcy Marxer
Myron Bretholz
Zan McLeod
RECORDING
Ae Fond Kiss/Katrine Anderson
Bonnie Rideout/Scottish Inheritance
On the Brink/Peat and Barley
Sands of Time/Grace Griffith
The House/Dennis Botzer
GO GO
Big G
Donnel Floyd
James Funk
Lil Benny
Sugar Bear
DUO/GROUP
911
Backyard
Chuck Brown & Bits & Pieces
Junkyard Band
Rare Essence
Suttle Thoughts
INSTRUMENTALIST
Brian Mills
Cherrie Mitchell
Chuck Brown
Roy Battle
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GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
VOCALIST
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Carey Creed
John Butler
Orrin Hatch
Ysaye Barnswell
QUARTET/GROUP
Burning Bush
Gospel Pearls
Mosaic Harmony
Reverb
Sweet Honey in the Rock
JAZZ
VOCALIST Billy Hancock
Esther Haynes
Julia Nixon
Michelle Walker
Nicki Gonzales
Pam Bricker
Susan Allen
DUO/GROUP
Al Williams and Friends
Bay Jazz Project
Dan Reynolds Group
Duke Ellington Jazz Ensemble
Michelle Walker Quartet
Nicki Gonzales Band
Ron Holloway Group
INSTRUMENTALIST
Chuck Underwood
Jim Stephanson
John Cocuzzi
John Previti
Ron Holloway
Seth Kibel
RECORDING
From The Heart/Susan Allen
On the Jazz/Billy Hancock
See for Yourself/Al Williams
Swinging Lullabyes for my Rosetta/John Previti
Taking a Turn/Steve Greenbaum
LATINO
DUO/GROUP
Mambo Combo
Oregem
Peligro
Rumba Club
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RAP/HIP HOP
RAPPER
Asheru (Unspoken Heard)
Darryl (Poemcees)
Head-Roc
Kokayi (Opus Akoben)
Patrick (Poemcees)
Seez Mics
Storm the Unpredictable
DUO/GROUP
Critically Acclaimed
Opus Akoben
Poemcees
DJ
Dirty Handz
DJ Alize
DJ Celo
Enferno
Stylus
RECORDING
Amalgamation/Storm the Unpredictable
Mood Swings/Asheru
Paranoia/Poem-Cees
School of Emceeing Volume 1/OUO
Wallflower Flashbacks/Critically Acclaimed
REGGAE
DUO/GROUP
DKGB
Jah Works
Johnstone
Mama Jama
Moja Nya
See-I
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ROCK - Rock
VOCALIST
Ed Moreland
Esmirelda
Joel Madden
Jon Kaplan
Maryann Redmond
Patty Reese
Steve Dawson
DUO/GROUP
Bicycle Thieves
Good Charlotte
Month of Sundays
Nils Lofgren Band
O.A.R.
Patty Reese Band
Virginia Coalition
Zeala
INSTRUMENTALIST
Chris Stewart
Dave Chappell
Jimmy DeSanto
Mark Lewis
Mike Woods
Nils Lofgren
Paul Bell
Steuart Smith
RECORDING
Bad Girls/Sirens
Live/Nils Lofgren
Rock N Roll Party/Virginia Coalition
Songs of Death and Happiness/The Pharmacy Prophets
The Second Place Confession/Bicycle Thieves
The Young and the Hopeless/Good Charlotte
ROCK - Roots Rock/Traditional R&B
VOCALIST
Bill Kirchen
Caldwell Gray
David Kitchen
Diana Quinn
Eric Brace
Mark Noone
Ruth Logsdon
Tommy Lepson
DUO/GROUP
American Song
Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun
Cravin Dogs
Fabulettes
Hula Monsters
Last Train Home
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
Ruthie and the Wranglers
The Grandsons
INSTRUMENTALIST
Andy Rutherford
Bill Kirchen
Chris Watling
Dave Chappell
Dave Giegerich
Helen Hausmann
Mike Woods
RECORDING
Dieselbilly Road Trip/Bill Kirchen
On the Red Line/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
Road Trip/Cravin Dogs
Someday/Ruthie and the Wranglers
Time Water/Last Train Home
True to Life/American Song
Wanted True Rock N Roll/Billy Hancock
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Electronica
DUO/GROUP
Arthur Loves Plastic
Boboroshi and Kynz
Deep Dish
Human Factor
Thievery Corporation
DJ
Bev Stanton
Eric Hilton
Rob Garza
Scott Henry
RECORDING
Higher Fruit/Arthur Loves Plastic
Magic/Human Factor
Tre/The Dining Rooms
URBAN CONTEMPORARY
VOCALIST
Amikaeyla Gaston
Annie Sidley
Debbie Kirkland
K'Alyn
Michael Fore
Mya
Verlette Simon
W Ellington Felton
DUO/GROUP
Fertile Ground
Michael Fore Group
No Illusion
Oktbrworld
Spur of the Moment
INSTRUMENTALIST
Benjie Porecki
David Ylvsaker
Gary Grainger
Greg Grainger
RECORDING
2'sday/Zwei
Elements/Verlette Simon and Mike Willis
It's All About The Band/Oktbrwrld
Moodring/Mya
Your Kind of Fool/Michael Fore
WORLD MUSIC
DUO/GROUP
Alexandria Kleztet
Aloha Boys
Gypsy Strings
Kiva
Quintango
Tom Teasley
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bill Jenkins
Broto Roy
Bruce Steeg
Bruno Nasta
Jaqui MacMillan
Seth Kibel
Tom Teasley
RECORDING
A Call To Beauty/Kiva
Global Groovilization/Tom Teasley
To Buenos Aires With Love/Quintango
Tupendane/Nada Brahma
GENERAL AWARDS
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Bill Kirchen
Bonnie Rideout
Connie McKenna
Dave Chappell
David Kitchen
Deanna Bogart
Jon Kaplan
Phil Mathieu
SONG OF THE YEAR
I Say Tomato/Ruthie and the WranglersGreg Hardin
It Was A Great Day/Lori Kelley/Lori Kelley
Loser of the Year/Bicycle Thieves/Jon Kaplan
Red Line Train/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors/Jake Flack
Someday/Ruth Logsdon/Ruth Logsdon
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(Solo/Duo/Group)
Bonnie Rideout Trio
Canyon
Da Vincis Notebook
Eddie From Ohio
Good Charlotte
Grace Griffith
Last Train Home
OAR
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
Ruthie and the Wranglers
Virginia Coalition
NEW ARTIST
(Solo/Duo/Group)
Billy Coulter Band
Blue Rhythm Boys
Katy Benko
Lianna
Phil Rossi
The Sirens
Zeala
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dieselbilly Road Trip/Bill Kirchen
Engine/We're About Nine
Like Sea Glass/Lori Kelley
On the Red Line/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
Road Trip/Cravin Dogs
Sands of Time/Grace Griffith
Scottish Inheritance/Bonnie Rideout
Second Place Confession/Bicycle Thieves
Someday/Ruthie and the Wranglers
True to Life/American Song
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Caldwell Gray
Esmirelda
Geff King
Greg Hardin
Jake Flack
Jon Kaplan
Lea
Lori Kelley
Mike Holden
Ruth Logsdon
DEBUT RECORDING
Bad Girls/The Sirens
Elements/Verlette Simon & Michael Willis
Float/Katy Benko
On the Red Line/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
True to Life/American Song
West of Wise/Zeala
Your Kind of Fool/Michael Fore
RECORD DESIGN
Someday/Ruthie and the Wranglers/Ruth Logsdon
Bon Appetit/Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer/Dick Bangham
Chocolate and Morophine/Nikki Rouse/Nikki Rouse and B. Marcolong
Like Sea Glass/Lori Kelley/Richard Dahl
On the Red Line/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors/Segrid Pearson
Ruby's Blues/Ruby Hayes/Dick Bangham
Scottish Inheritance/Bonnie Rideout/Jack Pardue
The Second Place Confession/Bicycle Thieves/Meticulous
Three Rooms/Eddie From Ohio/Dan Schuman
True to Life/American Song/Ruth Logsdon
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Anne Harrison
Anne Marie Coggins
Louise Kirchen
Ted Smouse
Tom Carrico
WASHINGTON AREA RECORD COMPANY
18th Street Lounge
Bos Music
Dischord
Hungry for Music
Maggies Music
Mapleshade
Powerhouse Records
RAS Records
Severn Records
Tulloch Music/ Ltd.
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Doug Derryberry
Heidi Gerber
John Alagia
Marco Delmar
Marcy Marxer
LIVE SOUND ENGINEER
Art Isaacs
Bob Grimes
Caldwell Gray
Dave Gevanthor
Jeff Wagner
Jimmy Barnett
Scott Twiford
Tim Kidwell
STUDIO ENGINEER
Antonio Pacheco
Bill Wolf
Bob Dawson
Eamon Loftus
Gannt Kushner
Jeff Covert
Jim Robeson
Marco Delmar
Steve Carr
RECORDING STUDIO
Bias
Cue Recording
EOP Studio
Gizmo
Hit and Run
Inner Ear
Recording Arts
ARTIST WEBSITE
bonnierideout.com Dan Kunz
Careycreed.com Lawrence Marie Inc.
Grandsons.com Jeremy Furst
hesperus.org Chris Sampson
honkytonkconfidential.com Diana Quinn
JanineWilsonBand.com Kristin Griffin
joannejuskusmusic.com joanne juskus
juniperlane.com Bryan Ledbetter
michellewalker.net michelle gerding
rotoscope.com meticulous
ruthieandthewranglers.com Ruth Logsdon
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Brian Goldstein/Entertainment Atty/Fettman, Tolchin & Majors, PC
Daryl Friedamn/Exec. Dir/NARAS
Jay Rosenthal/Lawyer/BC&R
Jeff Campbell/Exec. Director/Hungry for Music
Jenny Toomey/Future of Music
Joe Wilson/Honcho/NCTA
John Simson/Esq./Sound Exchange
Phyllis Barney/Executive Director/Folk Alliance
Shelley Brown/Strathmore Hall
MOST SUPPORTIVE OF WASHINGTON MUSIC
Damian Einstein
David Eisner
Jeff Campbell
Joel Pomerantz
Marc Gretschel
Mary Cliff
Mike Holden
Steve Key
Steve Negrey
Ted Smouse
Wayne Kahn
Special Awards Presented by WAMA Board
HALL OF FAME
Link Wray
Herb Fame
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
Steuart Smith
Chris Biondo & Lenny Williams
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Tom Cole
Milt Grant
SPECIAL APPRECIATION
Bernice Reagon
Bruce Steeg
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Good Charlotte
Copyright © 2003 by Washington Area Music Association.