18th Wammies (2003)

★ Indicates Award Recipient

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 Men's 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

TALKER

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


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 ★


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


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


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