The People Have Spoken, Your 2017 Big Reds…

I feel like this portion of the year and this post in particular is always somewhat tough. First of all, it marks the end of a sh*t ton of traffic to the website because of this whole voting thing…selfishly speaking of course.

But, I suppose under a more philanthropically guided lens, we have to go and announce “winners” of a voting process when I truly feel that all the folks who were a part of this process are ‘winners’ – be it those who nominated a favorite musician, those who were a part of the pool for each category, or the artists who didn’t get a mention on this list but played their asses off in 2017, released something beautiful and wholehearted or just spent half their lives on the road playing for anyone who would bend an ear to listen. You are all winners in my book and I hope, that in 2018, we can continue to do all the folks we want to talk about here on red line justice and get even just a handful more people to tune into what you are creating. Its important and we appreciate it.

So, I will stop the droning on and on and getting all sappy with you all. Without further adieu, your 2017 Big Red Recognitions. Congrats to all of you, you certainly deserve it…

Songwriter of the Year: Rachel Sumner