19th Wammies (2004)
★ Indicates Award Recipient
A CAPPELLA
GROUP
Almost Recess
Chromatics
Davinci's Notebook
Reverb
Sweet Honey in the Rock ★
Tone Rangers
RECORDING
Full Speed Ahead/Almost Recess
Mixed Messages/Chromatics
The Women Gather/Sweet Honey In The Rock ★
BIG BAND/SWING
VOCALIST
Christian Josi
Esther Haynes ★
Peaches O'Dell
Robin Cunningham
Tom Mitchell
GROUP
Blue Sky Five
Doc Scantlin & His Imperial Palms Orch.
J Street Jumpers ★
James Brazen Big Band
King Teddy
Peaches O'Dell & Her Orchestra
Radio King Orchestra
Swing Shift
Tom Cunningham Orchestra
RECORDING
It's Been So Long/Brooks Tegler's Capital Combinations ★
Tin Goose Jump/Blue Sky 5
Two Seconds To Midnight/Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra
BLUEGRASS
VOCALIST
Bob Perilla
Darren Beachley
Dede Wyland ★
Dudley Connell
Hazel Dickens
Lynn Healey
Randy Barrett
Sally Love
DUO/GROUP
Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Darren Beachley and Maryland Line
Good Deale Bluegrass
Orange Line Special
Patuxent Partners
Seldom Scene ★
INSTRUMENTALIST
Akira Otsuka
Bobby Spates
Dan Mazer
Dave Giegerich
Ira Gitlin ★
Mike Auldridge
Mike Munford
Rickie Simpkins
RECORDING
Randy Waller/Randy Waller
Rememberances/Darren Beachley
Songs of the American Spirit/Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen ★
BLUES
VOCALIST
Big Joe Maher
Bobby Parker
Deanna Bogart ★
Gaye Adegbalola
Janine Wilson
Jesse Yawn
John Cephas
Mary Shaver
Melanie Mason
Robert Lighthouse
DUO/GROUP
Bad Influence
Cephas and Wiggins
Deanna Bogart Group ★
Janine Wilson Band
Little Bit Of Blues (Warner Williams & Jay Summerour)
Melanie Mason Band
Nighthawks
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bobby Parker
Daryl Davis
Deanna Bogart ★
Joe Stanley
John Cephas
Linwood Taylor
Melanie Mason
Paul Bell
Pete Kanaras
Phil Wiggins
Sam Goodall
Tom Principato
RECORDING
13 Shades of Blue/Various
Cello Blues/Fred Lieder
Lonesome Is I/Melanie Mason ★
Neo-Classic Blues/Gaye Adegbalola with Roddy Barnes
Blues Highway/Warner Williams with Jay Summerour
CHILDREN'S MUSIC
VOCALIST
Cathy Fink
Don Bridges ★
Jake Flack
Marcy Marxer
Mark Noone
Michelle Valeri
Sue Trainor
DUO/GROUP
Cantaré
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer ★
Dino Rock
Hot Soup
RTT's
INSTRUMENTALIST
Cathy Fink
Dave Chappell ★
Frank Cassel
Jake Flack
Marcy Marxer
CHORAL
GROUP
Choral Arts Society ★
Gay Men's Chorus
Howard University Choir
Washington Chorus
CLASSICAL
INSTRUMENTALIST
Brian Ganz
Bruno Nasta
Giorgia Cavallaro
Joan Singer Spicknall
Leon Fleisher
Myrna Sislen
Nurit Bar Josef
Phil Mathieu ★
Santiago Rodriguez
Scott Reiss
Tina Chancey
VOCAL SOLOIST
Denyce Graves ★
Placido Domingo
Rosa Lamoreaux
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Ensemble Galelei
Folger Consort
Hesperus ★
Peabody Trio
Violins of Lafayette
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE
Alexandria Symphony
Arlington Symphony
Fairfax Symphony
National Philharmonic
National Symphony Orchestra ★
Silent Orchestra
Violins of Lafayette
CONDUCTOR
Hajime Teri Murai
Kim Kluge
Leonard Slatkin ★
Ruben Vartanyan
Sylvia Alimena
RECORDING
TIE
Christmas with The Washington Chorus/The Washington Chorus
Dances with Brass/Washington Symphonic Brass ★
Only Yesterday/Julie Keim
The Piano Music of Aaron Copland/Joan Singer Spicknall
Two Hands/Leon Fleisher ★
Welcome All Wonders/Cathedral Choral Society
COUNTRY
VOCALIST
Diana Quinn
J.P. McDermott ★
Karen Collins
Katy Benko
Mike Woods
Ruth Logsdon
Ty Braddock
DUO/GROUP
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Heroes and Friends
Honky Tonk Confidential ★
J.P. McDermott and Western Bop
Ruthie and the Wranglers
Ty Braddock and the Branded Men
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bobby Martin
Chick Hall Jr.
Dave Giegerich
Ira Gitlin ★
Mike Woods
Phil Mathieu
RECORDING
Backroads and Bayous/Karen Collins
Bases On Balls/Honky Tonk Confidential ★
No Regrets/Ann Boyter
FOLK - Contemporary
VOCALIST
TIE
Cletus Kennelly ★
David Wilcox
Debi Smith
Dulcie Taylor
Lori Kelley
Mary Sue Twohy ★
Verlette Simon
DUO/GROUP
Cletus Kennelly and Lori Kelley ★
Eddie From Ohio
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
We're About Nine
INSTRUMENTALIST
Avril Smith ★
Cletus Kennelly
Fred Lieder
Jennifer Cutting
John Jennings
Robbie Schaffer
RECORDING
An Ardmore Afternoon/Don Bridges
Dreamland/Rachel Cross
Songs For The Night Sea Journey/Ocean Orchestra ★
What I Got/Michelle Swan
Wrestling With Angels/David A Alberding
FOLK - Traditional
VOCALIST
Brooke Parkhurst
Chenoa Jones
Connie McKenna
Grace Griffith
Lisa Mosciatello ★
Seamus Kennedy
Zoe Mulford
DUO/GROUP
Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio
City of Washington Pipe Band
Iona
Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley ★
Tinsmith
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bonnie Rideout ★
Avril Smith
Bonnie Rideout
Maggie Sansone
Rosie Shipley
Zan McLeod
RECORDING
From Earth to Heaven/Jones Family
Merrily Greet The Time/Sue Richards and Maggie Sansone
Mystic Dance/Maggie Sansone
The Celebration/Bonnie Rideout
Traveling Moon/Zoe Mulford
Well Kept Secrets/Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley ★
GO GO
TALKER
Chuck Brown ★
Donnel Floyd
Gingus
James Funk
Lil Benny
Sugar Bear
DUO/GROUP
Backyard
Chuck Brown ★
EU
Junkyard Band
Lissen Band
Maiesha & the Hiphuggers
Rare Essence
Suttle Thoughts
INSTRUMENTALIST
Andre Johnson
Cherie Mitchell
Chuck Brown ★
Roy Battle
GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
VOCALIST
Bernice Johnson Reagon ★
Carey Creed
John Stoddart
Margot MacDonald
Richard Smallwood
Ysaye Barnwell
DUO/GROUP
Brenda and Dave Gillinson
Darren Beachley and Maryland Line
Mosaic Harmony
Sweet Heaven Kings
Sweet Honey in the Rock ★
Unity Church of Capitol Hill
Voices Supreme
JAZZ
VOCALIST
TIE
Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Esther Haynes ★
Julia Nixon
Michelle Walker
Nikki Gonzales
Pam Bricker
Ronnie Wells
Sharon Clark
Shirley Horn
Sunny Sumter
DUO/GROUP
Bay Jazz Project
Brooks Tegler's Hot Jazz
Chuck Redd Quartet
Dan Reynolds Group
Jaared Arosemena
Keter Betts Trio
Michelle Walker Quartet
Rick Whitehead Trio
Ron Holloway Group ★
Saxman and Friends
Swing Speak
INSTRUMENTALIST
Benjie Porecki
Chuck Redd
Chuck Underwood
John Previti
John Nazdin
John Cocuzzi
Jon Ozment
Keter Betts
Ron Holloway ★
Seth Kibel
Wayne Sulc
RECORDING
Dream with Howard Alden, Chuck Redd and Tommy Newsom/Joe Byrd
Mosaic/Amikayela Gaston ★
Nuts and Bolts/Susan Jones and Seth Kibel
Panorama/Vaughn Nark
Voodoo/Saxman and Friends
LATINO
VOCALIST
Alicia Denny
Anabel Sherezada
Brenda Lee
Cecilia Esquivel ★
Vivian Mojica
DUO/GROUP
Cantaré
Esencia Tropical
La Sensual
Latin Soul
Mambo Combo
Mariachi Los Amigos
Mystic Warriors
Pablo Antonio y La Firma
Rumba Club ★
Sin Miedo
Son de Aqui
Young and Rollins
INSTRUMENTALIST
Alfredo Mojica
Nelson Alvarez
Omar Vasquez, Jr
Pepe Gonzolez ★
Wayne Sulc
RAP/HIP HOP
RAPPER
Blyss
Flex Matthews
Head-Roc
Priest da Nomad
Storm the unpredictable ★
DUO/GROUP
O.U.O
Opus Akoben
Poem-cees ★
Team Demolition
DJ
DJ Eurok
DJ Geometrix
DJ Dirty Hands
DJ Stylus ★
RECORDING
Everyday/Pro-Shoppe
Party Time/Bloodshot
The Return of Black Broadway/ Head-Roc ★
Unsolved/LK
REGGAE
VOCALIST
Englishman ★
Ichelle Cole
Scott Paynter
Willy Paul
Yvonne Deane-Hibbert
DUO/GROUP
DKGB
Jah Works ★
Mojo Nya
Qleen Kut
Soldiers of Jah Army
STORM
INSTRUMENTALIST
George Koukou
Leslie James, Jr ★
Robin Armstrong
ROCK - Rock
VOCALIST
Andy Zipf
Diana Quinn
Esmirelda
Jon Kaplan
Laura Burhenn
Mark Roberge
Mary Ann Redmond ★
Mike Holden
Nate Ihara
Nikki Gonzales
Pat McGee
Patty Reese
Shane Hines
Viki Nova
DUO/GROUP
Assrockers
Bicycle Thieves
Carlsonics
Cerulean Groove
Esmirelda and The Tidbits
Fabulettes
Nils Lofgren Band
Pat McGee Band
Patty Reese Group
Q and Not U
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors ★
Washington Social Club
Welbilt
INSTRUMENTALIST
Andy Hamburger
Mark Lewis
Mike Woods ★
Nefrit El-Or
Pete Kanaras
Shane Hines
Timm Biery
Wade Matthews
RECORDING
34th & 8th/OAR
A Beautiful Mess/Welbilt
God's Gift To Women/Adam West
Here and Now/Patty Reese ★
I Stole The Morning Sun/Andy Zipf
Maya Blue/Nefrit El-Or
Over Crooked Tables/Cerulean Groove
Playing With The Light/Brindley Brothers
Save Me/Pat McGee Band
Sirens From A Mile Back/Juniper Lane
Wanderlust/Laura Burhenn
ROCK - Roots Rock/Traditional R&B
VOCALIST
Billy Kemp
Billy Coulter
Billy Hancock
Brandon Butler
Dave Kitchen
Diana Quinn
Eric Brace ★
J.P. McDermott
Janine Wilson
Justin Jones
Mark Noone
Ruth Logsdon
Timothy Bracken
Tommy Lepson
DUO/GROUP
TIE
Billy Coulter Band
Dagmar and the Seductones
Daryl Davis Band
Honky Tonk Confidential ★
Janine Wilson Band
Last Train Home ★
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
Ruthie and the Wranglers
The Grandsons
Willbilly
INSTRUMENTALIST
Andy Rutherford
Bob Newscaster
Chris Watling
Dan Hovey
Daryl Davis
Dave Elliott
Dave Chappell ★
David Kitchen
Max Evans
Mike Woods
Phil Mathieu
Robbie Magruder
RECORDING
7th Inning Stretch/Various
Billy Coulter/Billy Coulter
Disrepair/Tim Bracken
Little Bit a Love/Dagmar and Seductones
Party With The Rich/Grandsons ★
Turn It Up Mommy/RTTs
Electronica
ARTIST
Arthur Loves Plastic ★
Aubergine 3
Deep Dish
Dining Rooms
Fort Knox Five
Human Factor
Morel
Rachel Panay
T-Kolai
Thievery Corporation
Thunderball
DJ
Bev Stanton ★
Christine Moritz
DJ Tittsworth
DJ Eurok
Eric Hilton
Holmes Ives
Kevin Yost
Rob Garza
Sam the Man Burns
Scott Henry
RECORDING
Babylon Rewound/Thievery Corporation
Lucky Strike/Morel
Savage Bliss/Arthur Loves Plastic ★
The Outernational Sound/Thievery Corporation
URBAN CONTEMPORARY
VOCALIST
Adwoa Spencer
Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Deborah Bond
K'Alyn
Nina Lane
Raheem Devaughn
W Ellington Felton
DUO/GROUP
Crossrhodes
Deborah Bond
Fertile Ground
No Illusion
Oktbrwrld ★
Spur
Yamama 'Nym
INSTRUMENTALIST
Benjie Porecki
David Ylvisaker
Gary Grainger
Marcus Johnson ★
Robbie McDonald
Wayne Bruce
Will Rast
RECORDING
2:00 AM/Yamama 'Nym
Got To Let It Go/Taleen
Guess Who Loves You More/Raheem Devaughn
Just Doing What I Do/Marcus Johnson
Raw and Natural/Oktbrwrld ★
The Invitation/Crossrhodes
To Whom It May Concern/Philip Jaymes Flowers
WORLD MUSIC
VOCALIST
TIE
Ariana Lighteningstorm
Carol Takafuji
Flory Jagoda
Isaac Ho'opi'I ★
Jinny Marsh
Okyerema Isaac Asante
Robyn Helzner
Tatiana Sarbinska ★
DUO/GROUP
Alexandria Kleztet ★
Aloha Boys
Chopteeth
Gypsy Strings
Hula Monsters
Klezcentricity
Luis Garay Percussion World
Quintango
Slaveya
Stream & the Blue Dragons
INSTRUMENTALIST
Broto Roy
Bruno Nasta
Isaac Ho'opi'i
Jaqui MacMillan
Luis Garay
Manny Bobenrieth
Seth Kibel ★
RECORDING
East Coast Jammin/Aloha Boys
Mosaic/Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Sacumba/Luis Garay Percussion Group
GENERAL AWARDS
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Benjie Porecki
Bonnie Rideout
Brooks Tegler
Dave Chappell
Dave Giegerich
Deanna Bogart
Ira Gitlin
Jennifer Cutting ★
Raheem Devaughn
Robbie Magruder
Ron Holloway
Shirley Horn
Steve Wolf
Wade Matthews
SONG OF THE YEAR
America/Head-Roc
Babe Ruth's Piano/Ruthie and the Wranglers/Greg Hardin ★
Beautiful Ways/Pat McGee Band/Pat McGee
Call of the Siren/Polly Bolton/Jennifer Cutting
Daddy's Old Guitar/Randy Waller
Fly Away/Margot MacDonald/Margot MacDonald
I Want To Take You With Me/Patty Reese/Patty Reese
No Bomb Is Smart/SONiA
Party With The Rich/Alan Mac Ewen
Passion/Oktbrwrld/Adwoa Spencer
Stay/Andy Zipf
Thank You Mommy/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors/Jake Flack
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(Solo/Duo/Group)
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bonnie Rideout and the Scottish Trio
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Eddie From Ohio
Grandsons
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Mya
Oktbrwrld
Pat McGee Band
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors ★
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Thievery Corporation
NEW ARTIST
(Solo/Duo/Group)
Andy Zipf
Billy Coulter
Chopteeth
Cinged Blues
Exit Clov
Hillbilly Jazz
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra ★
Johnny Castle's Thrillbillies
Justin Jones
Laura Burhenn
Timothy Bracken
Zoe Mulford
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
34th & 8th/OAR
7th Inning Stretch/Various
Back Roads and Bayous/Karen Collins
cELLAbration/Various
Here and Now/Patty Reese
Lonesome Is I/Melanie Mason
Party With The Rich/Grandsons
Raw and Natural/Oktbrwrld
Save Me/Pat McGee Band
Songs For The Night Sea Journey/Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra ★
Songs of the American Spirit/Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen
The Celebration/Bonnie Rideout
The Outernational Sound/Thievery Corporation
Turn It Up Mommy/RTTs
Well Kept Secrets/Mosciatello and Shipley
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Alan McEwan
David A Alberding
Esmirelda
Geff King
Greg Hardin
Jake Flack
Jennifer Cutting ★
Jon Kaplan
Pat McGee
Tom Paxton
DEBUT RECORDING
Backroads and Bayous/Karen Collins
Billy Coulter/Billy Coulter
Cello Blues/Fred Lieder
Disrepair/Timothy Bracken
East Coast Jammin/Aloha Boys
Fall/No Second Troy
I Stole The Morning Sun/Andy Zipf
Maya Blue/Nefrit El-Or
Mosaic/Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Ocean /Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Over Crooked Tables/Cerulean Groove
Playing With The Light/Brindley Brothers
Rememberances/Darren Beachley and Maryland Line
Traveling Moon/Zoe Mulford
Well Kept Secrets/Lisa Moscatiello and Rosie Shipley
RECORD DESIGN
7th Inning Stretch/Hungry for Music/Ruth Logsdon
Backroads and Bayous/Karen Collins/Sue Ellen
Beyond Borders/Andrew McKnight/Ruthie Logsdon
cELLAbration/Various/Dick and Linda Bangham
Dreamland/Rachel Cross ★
Here and Now/Patty Reese/Dick and Linda Bangham
Ocean/Ocean Orchestra/Lawrence Marie
Party With The Rich/Grandsons/Chris Watling and Alan McEwan
Raw and Natural/Oktbrwrld/Andraise Scott
The Celebration/Bonnie Rideout/Charlie Glendinning
Turn It Up Mommy/Rhodes Tavern Troubadors/Guthrie Design
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Andraise Scott
Ann Marie Coggins
Maggie Coulter
Ted Smouse
Tom Carrico ★
WASHINGTON AREA RECORD COMPANY
18th St. Lounge
Azalea City
BOS Music
Dischord
Falling Mountain Music
Hungry For Music ★
Liaison
Maggie's Music, Inc.
Powerhouse
RAS
Red Stapler
Severn
Smithsonian Folkways
Three Keys
Tulloch Music, Ltd.
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Billy Kemp
Blake Althen
Bob Dawson
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Doug Derryberry
Heidi Gerber
Jim Robeson
John Jennings
John Alagia
Marco Delmar ★
Ted Comerford
LIVE SOUND ENGINEER
Andy Roberts
Art Isaacs
Bob Grimes
Caldwell Gray ★
Dave Gevanthor
David Eisner
Jeff Wagner
Jimmy Barnett
John Burgess
Tim Kidwell
STUDIO ENGINEER
Antonio Pacheo
Bill Wolf
Bob Dawson
Charlie Pilzer
Chris Biondo
Gant Kushner
Heidi Gerber
Jim Robeson
Marco Delmar ★
Marcy Marxer
Pete Reiniger
Steve Carr
RECORDING STUDIO
All Access Audio
Bias Recording
Blue House
Cue Recording
Dragonfly
Gizmo
Hit and Run
Inner Ear
Jammin Java
Lion and Fox
Omega Studios
Recording Arts ★
Scary Clown
ARTIST WEBSITE
bonnierideout.com Designer: Don Kunz
carlsonics.com Designer: Ed Donahue
patmcgeeband.com Designer: Lawrence Marie
pattyreese.com Designer: Linda Bangham ★
peoplechasingpeople.com Designer: dmac
thegrandsons.com Designer: Jeremy First
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Busy Graham/Exec. Dir./Class Acts Arts
Chris Patterson/COO/Austin Grill
Daryl Friedman/Exec. Dir./NARAS
David Eisner/Exec. Dir./Institute of Musical Traditions
Jay Rosenthal, Esq./Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe
Jeff Campbell/Exec. Dir./Hungry For Music
Jenny Toomey/Exec. Dir./Future of Music
Phyliss Barney/Exec. Dir./Folk Alliance
Shelley Brown/VDir. of Progrsamming/ Strathmore ★
MOST SUPPORTIVE OF WASHINGTON MUSIC
Billy Zero
Damian Einstein
David Eisner
James & Jennifer Currie
Jane Inge & Steve Negrey
Joel Pomerantz
Laura Cerulli
Mary Cliff ★
Mike Holden
Roche
Shelley Brown
Wayne Kahn
Special Awards Presented by WAMA Board
HALL OF FAME
EU
Mama Cass Elliot
Root Boy Slim
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
Shelley Brown
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
SPECIAL APPRECIATION
Lorraine Campbell /JV's Restaurant
David Eisner
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Jeff Campbell
2004 SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Billy Hancock