16th Wammies (2001)

★ Indicates Award Recipient

BIG BAND/SWING

GROUP:

Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms

J Street Jumpers ★

James Bazen Big Band

Peaches O'Dell

Tom Cunningham Orchestra

BLUEGRASS

FEMALE VOCALIST

Dede Wyland

Dulcie Taylor

Hazel Dickens ★

Lynn Morris

Sally Love

MALE VOCALIST

Bill Harrell

Dudley Connell ★

John Starling

Moondi Klein

Randy Barrett

DUO/GROUP

Auldridge, Bennett and Gaudreau

Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass

Chesapeake

Patent Pending

Patuxent Partners

Seldom Scene ★

INSTRUMENTALIST

Akira Otsuka

Dan Mazer

Dave Geigerich ★

Ira Gitlin

Mike Auldridge

Mike Mumford

BLUES

FEMALE VOCALIST

Deanna Bogart

Janine Wilson

Julie Edgeworth

Mary Ann Redmond ★

Mary Shaver

MALE VOCALIST

Big Joe Maher

Jesse Yawn

John Jackson ★

Robert Lighthouse

Tommy Lepson

DUO/GROUP

Big Joe & The Dynaflows

Cephas & Wiggins ★

Deanna Bogart Band

Janine Wilson Band

Nighthawks

INSTRUMENTALIST

Brian MacGregor

Linwood Taylor

Paul Bell

Pete Kanaras

Rusty Bogart

Tom Principato ★

RECORDING

Tie

Bendin The Blues/Melanie Mason ★

Ghost of the Blues/Ray Kaminsky ★

If I Could Be With You/ The Big Jim Price Band

Linwood Taylor

Maid In America/The Deacons

Ain't Gonna Hush /Saffire

Tastes Like Chicken/Bad Influence ★

CHILDREN'S MUSIC

FEMALE VOCALIST

Carsie Bean Blue

Cathy Fink

Diane Bardwell

Marcy Marxer ★

Sue Trainor

MALE VOCALIST

Frank Cassel

Rafael Lorenzo

Tom Paxton ★

DUO/GROUP

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer ★

Dino Rock

Hot Soup

The Kid Pan Alley Band

INSTRUMENTALIST

Marcy Marxer ★

Cathy Fink

Paul Reisler

Steve Van Dam

RECORDING

All Wound Up / Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer & Brave Combo ★

Little Folk Songs For Little Country/Lorraine Duisit People

Reggae for Kids: Movie Classics/RAS Records

Sing Down The Moon/Mary Hall Surface & David Maddox

Still The Same Me/Sweet Honey

Story Seeds/ Marcy Marxer

Tupendane/Nada Brahma

CHORAL

GROUP

Choral Arts Society of Washington

Gay Men's Chorus

Howard University Choir ★

Washington Chorus

CLASSICAL

INSTRUMENTALIST

Bruno Nasta

Larry Snitzler

Nicki Lehrer

Phil Mathieu ★

Santiago Rodriguez

Scott Reiss

VOCAL SOLOIST

Denyce Graves ★

Laura Mann

Placido Domingo

Rosa Lamoreaux

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Ensemble Galilei

Folger Consort

Hesperus

Quintango ★

ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE

Arlington Symphony

Fairfax Symphony

National Symphony Orchestra ★

Opera House Orchestra of the Kennedy Center

Washington Chamber Symphony

RECORDING

Chopin Waltzes/James Jelasic

Daydream/Washington Sax Quartet

Food of Love/Hesperus

Ich Liebe Dich/Lackey and Jelasic

My Thing is My Own/Hesperus ★

COUNTRY

FEMALE VOCALIST

Diana Quinn

Dulcie Taylor

Marge Calhoun

Ruth Logsdon ★

Terri Allard

MALE VOCALIST

Bill Kirchen ★

Dennis Jay

Geff King

J.P. McDermott

Mark Noone

Mike Woods

DUO/GROUP

Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun ★

Blue Moon Cowgirls

Honky Tonk Confidential

JP McDermott & Western Bop

Ruthie and the Wranglers

INSTRUMENTALIST

Bill Kirchen ★

Bobby Martin

Dave Geigerich

John Jennings

Mike Woods

Phil Mathieu

FOLK - Contemporary

FEMALE VOCALIST

Carey Colvin

Lea

Lisa Moscatiello ★

Mary Sue Twohy

Maura Kennedy

Rachel Ann Cross

MALE VOCALIST

Bill Parsons

Cletus Kennelly ★

Garth Ross

Steve Key

Tom Prasado-Rao

DUO/GROUP

Carey Colvin & On The Air

Eddie From Ohio ★

Hot Soup

The Kennedys

We're About Nine

INSTRUMENTALIST

Al Petteway

Amy White

Pete Kennedy ★

Shawn Persinger

Tom Prasado Rao

RECORDING

Gratitude Al Petteway and Amy White

Monsters, Angels, Aliens & Freaks/Rachel Cross

Open Hands/Pam Steinfeld

Quick/Eddie From Ohio ★

The Risk Involved/Mary Sue Twohy

FOLK - Traditional

FEMALE VOCALIST

Cathy Fink

Grace Griffith

Hazel Dickens ★

Judy Cook

Karen Collins

Terry Leonino

MALE VOCALIST

Tom Paxton ★

Franklin Taggert

Greg Artzner

Bruce Hutton

DUO/GROUP

Magpie Cabaret Sauvignon ★

Coyote Run

Mill Run Dulcimer Band

Pyrates Royale

Savoir Faire

Ships Company Shantymen

INSTRUMENTALIST

Franklin Taggart ★

Andrea Hoag

Bruce Molsky

RECORDING

Cornbread & Rum, Lea Coryell

Falling All The Way/Franklin Taggert

Scatter Seeds/Steve Key

Under American Skies/Tom Paxton and Anne Hills ★

FOLK - IRISH/CELTIC

FEMALE VOCALIST

Elise Kress

Barbara Ryan

Brooke McLoughlin ★

Connie McKenna

MALE VOCALIST

Rowan Corbett

Seamus Kennedy ★

Danny Doyle

John McLoughlin

DUO/GROUP

Moonfire

Tinsmith

Iona

Celtic Thunder ★

Karen Ashbrook &Paul Oorts

INSTRUMENTALIST

Al Petteway ★

Jody Marshall

Zan Mcleod

Bonnie Rideout

Brooke McLoughlin

Karen Ashbrook

Rowan Corbett

RECORDING

Present, Past, and Future/Moonfire ★

Celtic Cafe/Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts

Birken Tree/Iona

Scottish Rant/City of Washington Pipe Band

GO GO

VOCALIST

Cherie Mitchell

Chuck Brown ★

Little Benny

Buggs

Dave/32

James Funk

DUO/GROUP

Junkyard Band

Rare Essence

911 Band

Backyard

Chuck Brown Group ★

INSTRUMENTALIST

Andre Johnson

Chuck Brown ★

Brian Mills

Cherie Mitchell

RECORDING

Doin It Old School Style/Rare Essence

Your Game/Chuck Brown ★

Live at the Cafe/Lil Benny

The Blueprint/911

GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL

VOCALIST

Bernice Johnson Reagon ★

Jane Tatum

Lea Gilmore

Ysaye Barnwell

DUO/GROUP

Sweet Honey in the Rock ★

Reverb

DC Talk

In Process

JAZZ - Contemporary

VOCALIST

Nicki Gonzalez

Pam Bricker ★

Debby Kirkland

Dawn Robinson

Imani

DUO/GROUP

Marcus Johnson Project

WPG Trio

Duke Ellington HS Jazz Band

Scott Harlan Group

Dan Reynolds' Never Alone

Nicki Gonzalez Band ★

INSTRUMENTALIST

Chuck Underwood

Wayne Wilentz

Gary Grainger ★

Rick Whitehead

RECORDING

A Different Stage/Scott Harlan Group

Utopia/Pam Bricker ★

Right Here Right Now/Nathan Heathman

The Rest of My Life/Benji Porecki

JAZZ - Traditional

FEMALE VOCALIST

Esther Haynes

Gretchen Richie

Sharon Clark

Marianna Preveti

Shirley Horn ★

MALE VOCALIST

Tom Mitchell

Jim Stephanson

Chuck Brown ★

Nick Smiley

Tim Ford

DUO/GROUP

Ron Holloway Group ★

Swing Speak

Dixie Power Trio

Hokum Jazz

INSTRUMENTALIST

Ron Holloway ★

John Previti

Tom Mitchell

Brooks Tegler

Joe Kaplowitz

Susan Jones

RECORDING

Esther Haynes/Esther Haynes

Close Your Eyes/Gretchen Richie

Aint My Fault/Dixie Power Trio ★

LATINO

VOCALIST

Alicia Deeny

Edwin Ortiz

Lilo Gonzalez

Michael Wheaton

Patrick de Santos ★

DUO/GROUP

Rumba Club ★

Mambo Combo

Origem

Sin Miedo

Young & Rollins

NEW AGE

DUO/GROUP

Al Petteway and Amy White ★

Kiva

Nash, Garner, Romano

Mama Muti

INSTRUMENTALIST

Al Petteway ★

Amy White

Paul Reisler

Richard Nash

RECORDING

Gratitude/Al Petteway and Amy White ★

Celtic Meditations/Maggie Sansone

Asleep in a Field of Poppies/Nash Garner Romano

RAP/HIP HOP

RAPPER

Toni Blackman ★

Her Rawness

Ms. Olene

Storm the Unpredictable

Asheru

naturalaw-dp

DJ Kool

Hev-e-wae

DUO/GROUP

Citizen Cope ★

Team Demolition

Defined Print

Poem-Cees

The Unspoken Heard

RECORDING

Belly of the Beast II/Various Artists

We Ruff Off/Hev-e-wae

Let's Get Dirty/Redman featuring DJ Kool ★

REGGAE

VOCALIST

Ichelle Cole

Anita Malcom

Willy Paul ★

Ras D

DUO/GROUP

DKGB ★

Soldier of Jah Army

Strykers Posse

Jah Works

Meleket

Johnstone

Oasis

Carl Malcolm & Positive Vibration

INSTRUMENTALIST

Swan Richardson

Frank Javois ★

Pierre Stone

RECORDING

Bassimentality/Jah Works ★

Soldiers of Jah Army/Soldiers of Jah Army

Loving Eyes/Ras D

Live On/JohnStone

ROCK - Alternative Rock

VOCALIST

Erika Bardot

Jenny Toomey

Alice Despard

Jon Kaplan ★

Blake Althen

DUO/GROUP

Honey Pole

Bicycle Thieves ★

Smart Bomb

Good Charlotte

Human Factor

Sev

Ebo

RECORDING

The Lakadaisies/The Lakadaisies

Good Charlotte/Good Charlotte ★

People Are Moving/Everything

POS Life/Cherrysmash

Rotoglow/Rotoglow

View from the Floor/Cherrysmash

ROCK - Metal/Hard Rock

DUO/GROUP

Adam West ★

555

Maven

Clutch

Spirit Caravan

ROCK - Rock/Pop

FEMALE VOCALIST

Maura Kennedy

Patty Reese ★

Megan Lane

Diana Quinn

Lisa Mathews

MALE VOCALIST

Granger Helvey

Jake Flack

Mike Woods

Michael Sheppard ★

Pat McGee

DUO/GROUP

The Kennedys

Fabulettes

Rhodes Tavern Troubadors ★

Everything

Virginia Coalition

Pat McGee Band

INSTRUMENTALIST

Pete Kennedy ★

Paul Bell

Tony Grasso

Granger Helvey

Jon Carroll

Doug Derryberry

RECORDING

People Are Moving/Everything

Positively Live/The Kennedys ★

Love And Tonic/Blame It On Jane

ROCK - Roots Rock/Traditional R&B

FEMALE VOCALIST

Ruth Logsdon ★

Georgie Jessup

Wendy LeBeau

Colleen Shanley

Mary Battiata

MALE VOCALIST

Eric Brace ★

David Kitchen

Jr Cline

Alan McEwen

Royce Burton

DUO/GROUP

Last Train Home

American Song

The Grandsons

Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun ★

Flea Bops

Little Pink

INSTRUMENTALIST

Bill Kirchen ★

Chris Watling

Dave Chapell

Daryl Davis

Phil Mathieu

RECORDING

Tied To The Wheel/Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun ★

Americana Motel/Compilation

Cul-de-Sac Cowgirl/Little Pink

Here I Am/Mary Ann Redmond

Shakin That Rockabilly/Billy Hancock & TheFever Tenn Rockets

ROCK - Ska

DUO/GROUP

Pietasters ★

Checkered Cabs

Eastern Standard Time

33 West

Ratchet Boys

ROCK - Techno/Ambient/Electronic/Industrial

VOCALIST

Lisa Moscatiello ★

Pam Bricker

Arlin Godwin

CHO

DUO/GROUP

Arthur Loves Plastic ★

Dark Angeles

Thievery Corporation

BT

Deep Dish

INSTRUMENTALIST/ PROGRAMMER

Bev Stanton ★

Arlin Godwin

BT

Kit Watkins

Rob Garza

ROCK - Underground/Hardcore/Punk

FEMALE VOCALIST

Esmirelda ★

Mary Prankster

Petra

Lisa Walker

MALE VOCALIST

Noah Waggoner

Gavin Elder ★

Guy Picciotto

Ian Svenonius

DUO/GROUP

Fugazi ★

Esmirelda

Daycare Swindlers

Jane Doe Dismemberment Plan

INSTRUMENTALIST

Esmirelda ★

Jim Driggers

Megan Lane

Ian McKaye

Travis Morrison

URBAN CONTEMPORARY

FEMALE VOCALIST

Mya

Amikaeyla Gaston

Julia NIxon

Me'Shelle Ndegocello ★

MALE VOCALIST

Kenny Latimore ★

K'Alyn

Tank

Rahiem DeVaughn

Ginuwine

W. Ellington Felton

DUO/GROUP

WPG Trio ★

Bottomland

Congregation

Grainger

Spur of the Moment

INSTRUMENTALIST

Benjie Porecki ★

Matt Jones

Salim Wayne Waters

Gregory Grainger

RECORDING

Case of the Ex /Mya ★

I Deserve/Tank

Weekend/Kenny Lattimore

WORLD MUSIC

FEMALE VOCALIST

Amikaeyla Gaston

Carol Takafuji

Jaqui MacMillan ★

Namu Lwanga

Robyn Helzner

MALE VOCALIST

Moe Nelson ★

Isaac Hoopi

Wesley Days

Djimo Kouyate

DUO/GROUP

Hula Monsters ★

Gypsy Strings

The Alexandria Kleztet

Image Band

Quintango

INSTRUMENTALIST

Jaqui McMillan ★

Dave Giegerich

Bruno Nasta

Seth Kibel

Zoltan Raacz

Broto Roy

RECORDING

Tupendane/Nada Brahma

Total Immersion/Broto Roy

Ole Guapa/Gypsy Strings ★

GENERAL AWARDS

* MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

Chris Watling

Bill Kirchen ★

Paul Reisler

Frank Javois

Swan Richardson

Al Petteway

Dave Giegerich

David Kitchen

Mike Woods

Dave Chappell

John Previti

* SONG OF THE YEAR

Don't Take Advice/Karl Straub

Truck Stop At End of the World/Bill Kirchen ★

Looking Up/Cletus Kennelly

Swimming in the Nile/Diane Bardwell

Birthday/Joanne Juskus

The Risk Involved/Mary Sue Twohy

* VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Nickeltown/The Kennedys ★

Case of the Ex/Mya

I Deserve/Tank

* ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Solo/Duo/Group)

The Kennedys

DKGB Band

Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun ★

Mya

* NEW ARTIST (Solo/Duo/Group)

Rhodes Tavern Troubadors ★

Kid Pan Alley Band

Little Pink

We're About Nine

Joanne Juskus

911 Band

Franklin Taggart

Kevin Kline

Jepetto

* ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Americana Motel/Various

Tied To The Wheel/Bill Kirchen ★

Positively Live/The Kennedys

Cul de Sac Cowgirl/Little Pink

* SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Scott McKnight

Paul Reisler

Lea

Willy Paul

Karl Straub

Bernadette Garner

Cletus Kennelly ★

Franklin Taggert

Bernice Johnson Reagon

* DEBUT RECORDING

Falling All The Way/Franklin Taggert

Creation/Lea

Open Hands/Pam Steinfeld

Angels, Aliens, Monsters, & Freaks/Rachel Cross

Cornbread & Rum/Lea Coryell

Cul de Sac Cowgirl/Little Pink ★

Joanne Juskus/Joanne Juskus

Present, Past and Future/Moonfire

* RECORD DESIGN

Falling All The Way/Franklin Taggert/Sue Ellen Lawton

Tied To The Wheel/Bill Kirchen/Johnny Bartlett ★

Celtic Cafe/Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts/Charlie Glendening

Joanne Juskus/Joanne Juskus/Joanne Juskus

*MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Tom Carrico

Kathleen Cloutier

Chris Keith

Christy Halverson-Ross

Louise Kirchen ★

Randy Reed

Roger Bullock

Ted Smouse

CD Enterprises

* WASHINGTON AREA RECORD COMPANY

Maggie's Music, Inc.

Azalea City

Dischord

Adult Swim

Hungry For Music ★

Severn

18th St. Lounge Music

Liaison Records

RAS

* PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Marco Delmar ★

Peter Fox

Paul Reisler

Steve Van Dam

Swan Richardson

Heidi Gerber

Doug Derryberry

Philip Stevenson

* LIVE SOUND ENGINEER

Jimmy Barnett ★

Art Isaacs

Phil Brack

Bob Grimes

Joe Nay

Tim Kidwell

* STUDIO ENGINEER

Marco Delmar ★

Heidi Gerber

Jim Robeson

Steve Carr

Bob Dawson

Robert "Smiggy" Smith

* RECORDING STUDIO

Bias Recording Studio ★

Recording Arts

Cue

Hit n Run

Omega

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

John Simson/Sound Exchange

Jeff Campbell/HFM

Darryl Friedman/NARAS

Neeta Ragoowansi/Lawyer/Kennedy Center

Phyllis Barney/Exec. Dir. Folk Alliance

Micah Solomon/Oasis CD Duplicating ★

Hilary Rosen/Exec. Dir./NARAS

Janet Braun/Folk Alliance

Jenny Toomey/FMC

* MOST SUPPORTIVE OF WASHINGTON MUSIC

Tie

Maria Villafana ★

Mary Cliff

David Eisner

Eric Brace ★

Damian

Dera Tompkins

Jeff Campbell

Wayne Kahn

HALL OF FAME

Bill Kirchen

John Philip Sousa

Dave Grohl

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

Cathy Hughes

Jenny Toomey

Charles C Stephenson, Jr

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

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