WAMI AWARD WINNERS
Artist of the Year: Vinyl Theatre
Album of the Year: “Cartoon Moon,” Dead Horses
Song of the Year: “Fire,” Devil Met Contention
New Artist of the Year: J-Council
Male Vocalist of the Year: (tie) Travis Schinke and Erik Kjelland
Female Vocalist of the Year: Sarah Vos
Singer/Songwriter of the Year: Brett Newski
Rising Star of the Year: Eminence
Alternative Rock/Rock Artist: Kyle Megna & the Monsoons
Bluegrass/Americana Artist: Dead Horses Christian/Gospel Artist: Night Divine Blues Artist: Big N’ Tasty Blues Country Artist: Driveway Thriftdwellers Cover Artist: Almighty Vinyl Folk/Celtic: Sugar Ransom Hard Rock: Imperial Fall Metal: Conniption Punk: The Pukes Jazz Artist: The Jazz Orgy Polka: The Squeezettes Pop Rock Artist: GGOOLLDD Hip-Hop/Rap Artist: IshDARR R&B/Soul Artist: Tweed Funk World/Reggae/Ska/Latin: King Solomon Club DJ/Dance/Electronic: Melvv
Horn/Big Band: Cold Sweat & the Brew City Horns
Tribute: The Prince Experience Bass Player: Jeff Hammes Drummer: Mike Underwood Guitar Player: Bill Heck Keyboard Player: Aaron Zinsmeister Reeds/Brass Player: Michelle Jerabek Strings Player: Thea Morton Voraass Studio Engineer/Producer: Geoff Wilbourn Recording Studio: Rock Garden Live Club/Venue: The Saloon on Calhoun
Live Engineer Sound/Lights: Jeremy Boerson
President’s Award: Marc Solheim
People’s Choice, Northeast: Hyde (Artist); Chris and Anita Holloman (Fans); Rocky & Tara’s Nut Haus (Venue); WAPL-FM 105.7 (Radio Station); Mark Budwit (Music Teacher)
People’s Choice, Northwest: Spicy Tie Band (Artist); Penny Perot (Fan); Live on Main (Venue); WIEC-LP 102.7 FM (Radio Station); Brad Burrell (Music Teacher)
People’s Choice, Southeast: The Playlist (Artist); Cindee May (Fan); The Saloon on Calhoun (Venue); WHQG-FM 102.9 (Radio Station)
People’s Choice, Southwest: Pat Watters Band (Artist); Mark Breunig (Fan); Fawn Creek Winery (Venue); WCOW-FM 97.1 (Radio Station); Kathy Wacker (Music Teacher)