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