Boston Music Awards Announces 2016 Nominees Music Features by Brian Carroll - September 24, 2016September 24, 20160 Yesterday morning the Boston Music Awards rolled out their 2016 nominees. It was great to see such a proper light shone on the roots and folk community around town and friends Dan Blakeslee, Honeysuckle, The Ballroom Thieves, Ruby Rose Fox, Nate Leavitt, Session Americana, Randi Millman, Seanny Mac, Dietrich Strause, Will Dailey…man the list goes on and on. Last year was my first year attending the Boston Music Awards in about 7 years. Typically the announcements come with a backlash of “I should be nominated” or “this is a conspiracy”…read my last year’s recap before all of that and if you still feel that way, well then I won’t stop you. But at the heart of what the folks at the BMAs are doing is celebrating music in the area and the phenomenal, talented people making it. That is what is important. Hit the link, vote and if you haven’t heard of an artist then check out their music. Vote The big celebration is slated for December 8th at the House of Blues with a cluster of nominees performing as in years past. Tickets are available Full List of Noms: Artist of the Year Cousin Stizz Marissa Nadler Michael Christmas Palehound PVRIS The Ballroom Thieves Album/EP of the Year Bearstronaut, “Telecoast” Cousin Stizz, “Monda” Julie Rhodes, “Bound to Meet the Devil” Reks, “The Greatest X” The Hotelier, “Goodness” Worshipper, “Shadow Hymns” Song of the Year Air Traffic Controller, “On the Wire” Contact, “Never Stop” Cousin Stizz, “Where I Came From” Marissa Nadler, “Janie in Love” PVRIS, “You And I” Speedy Ortiz, “Death Note” New Artist of the Year Animal Flag Julie Rhodes Lady Pills Salem Wolves Token Weakened Friends Live Artist of the Year Cousin Stizz The Ballroom Thieves The Devil’s Twins Tigerman WOAH Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys Worshipper Rock/Indie Artist of the Year Black Beach Palehound Pile Speedy Ortiz The Devil’s Twins Vundabar Hip-Hop Artist of the Year Cousin Stizz Dutch ReBelle Michael Christmas REKS Slaine STL GLD Pop Artist of the Year Clinton Sparks Contact JoJo Meghan Trainor PVRIS Rachel Platten R&B Artist of the Year Bad Rabbits Barrence Whitfield & The Savages Jesse Dee Marcela Cruz Nancia Shea Rose Americana Artist of the Year Honeysuckle Julie Rhodes Session Americana The Ballroom Thieves These Wild Plains Tigerman WOAH Blues Artist of the Year Barrence Whitfield & The Savages Matthew Stubbs & the Antiguas Peter Parcek Shor’ty Billups The Silks Willie J. Laws Band DJ/Producer of the Year DJ Knife DJ Slipwax Frank White Joe Bermudez Kon Leah V Electronic Artist of the Year Bearstronaut CMB Contact Freezepop Party Bois Radclyffe Hall Folk Artist of the Year Dan Blakeslee Darlingside Honeysuckle Tall Heights The Ballroom Thieves The Novel Ideas International Artist of the Year Debo Band Dub Apocalypse Rebecca Zama Roberto Morbioli Shun Ng Ubuntu Band Jazz Artist of the Year Alison Keslow Amanda Carr Esperanza Spalding Grace Kelly La Vie en Rose Yoko Miwa Metal Artist of the Year Converge GOZU I Am Become Death Protean Collective Revocation Worshipper Punk/Hardcore Artist of the Year Actor|Observer Ascend/Descend Choke Up Rebuilder Somos The Hotelier Singer-Songwriter of the Year Abbie Barrett Lori McKenna Marissa Nadler Nate Leavitt Ruby Rose Fox Will Dailey Female Vocalist of the Year Abbie Barrett Casey Sullivan (Air Traffic Controller) Julie Rhodes Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (PVRIS) Ruby Rose Fox Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz) Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Cote Dietrich Strause Evan Kenney Louie Bello Walter Sickert Will Dailey Studio Producer of the Year Benny Grotto Brian Charles Dave Brophy Ed Valauskas Sean McLaughlin The Arcitype (Janos Fulop) Live Production Engineer of the Year (New Category) Benjamin Stoppelman Brendon Downey Chris Johnson Dan Gonzales David Hughes Reid Calkin Video of the Year Air Traffic Controller, “The House” Kyle Bent, “Supplier” Palehound, “Molly” PVRIS, “You and I” Ruby Rose Fox, “Dance of Frankenstein” Slaine, “Pusher” Best Music Night Corrosion at Brighton Music Hall Emo Night at The Sinclair Fresh Produce at Good Life Heroes at Middle East Soulelujah at ZuZu The Workout KBX at Laugh Boston Best Live Music Venue Brighton Music Hall House of Blues Paradise Rock Club Royale The Middle East Downstairs The Sinclair Best Live Intimate Music Venue (new category) Club Passim Great Scott Lizard Lounge O’Brien’s Pub ONCE Ballroom TOAD Best Live Ongoing Residency Baker Thomas Band at TOAD Dennis Brennan at the Lizard Lounge OldJack’s Last Saturdays at the Lizard Lounge The Blue Ribbons at TOAD The White Owls at TOAD Tim Gearan at Atwood’s Session Musician of the Year (New Category) Dave Brophy Duke Levine Jonathan Ulman Lyle Brewer Matthew Girard Paul Ahlstrand Best Music Blog Allston Pudding Boston Hassle Guestlisted with Jed Gottlieb Killer Boom Box Red Line Roots Vanyaland Best Promoter Aaron Gray, Grayskull Booking Alyssa Spector, Lysten Boston Jason Trefts, Illegally Blind Lisa Finelli, Xperience Creative Randi Millman, Atwood’s Tavern Ryan Agate, RTT Presents Best Live Music Photographer Ben Stas Coleman Rogers Eddy Leiva Johnny Anguish Joshua Pickering Rich Gastwirt Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share