20th Wammies (2005)
★ Indicates Award Recipient
* A CAPELLA
GROUP
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Emeritus Standing)
DaVinci's Notebook ★
In Process
Regency
Reverb
The Chromatics
* BIG BAND/SWING
VOCALIST
Christian Josi
Esther Haynes ★
Juanita Williams
Peaches O'Dell
Robin Cunningham
GROUP
Blue Sky 5
J Street Jumpers
James Bazen Big Band
Jokers Wild
King Teddy
Peaches O'Dell
Swing Shift
Taylor/Fidyk Big Band
Tom Cunningham Orchestra ★
* BLUEGRASS
VOCALIST
Bob Perilla
Dede Wyland ★
Dudley Connell
Hazel Dickens
Lynne Healey
Randy Barret
DUO/GROUP
Seldom Scene (Emeritus Standing)
Bob Perilla and Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Dead Men's Hollow ★
Good Deale Bluegrass
Patuxent Partners
INSTRUMENTALIST
Akira Otsuka
Banjer Dan Mazer
Dave Giegerich ★
Ira Gitlin
Jordan Tice
Mark Delaney
Ronnie Simpkins
RECORDING
Americana Crossroads/Gary Ferguson & Jordan Tice
Eponymous/Bob Perilla
Forever True/Dead Men's Hollow ★
No Place Better/Jordan Tice
The Last Train/Gordon Titcomb
* BLUES
FEMALE VOCALIST
Cathy Jean
Cathy Ponton King
Deanna Bogart ★
Mary Shaver
Melanie Mason
MALE VOCALIST
Big Daddy Stallings
Big Joe Maher ★
Bobby Parker
Jesse Yawn
John Cephas
Kelly Carmichael
Mark Wenner
Robert Lighthouse
Tom Principato
DUO/GROUP
Cephas and Wiggins ★
Deanna Bogart Group
Melanie Mason Band
Mike Wescott and Blues on Board
Terrence McArdle & Big Trouble
The Nighthawks
Tom Principato Band
INSTRUMENTALIST
TIE
Daryl Davis
Keith Grimes
Melanie Mason
Paul Bell
Phil Wiggins ★
Robert Lighthouse
Sam Goodall
Terrence McArdle
Tom Principato ★
BLUES RECORDING
Cold Wind/Free Rein
Guitar Gumbo/Tom Principato
In a Family Way/Ann Rabson
Little Sick Twist/Cathy Jean
Live at Blues Alley/Melanie Mason ★
Neo-Classical Blues/Gaye Adegbalola & Roddy Barnes
Old Stock/Kelly Carmichael
Prayin the Blues /Bobby Manriquez
* CHILDREN'S MUSIC
VOCALIST
Cathy Fink (Emeritus Standing)
Marcy Marxer (Emeritus Standing)
Don Bridges ★
Jake Flack
Mark Noone
Michelle Valeri
Rory
DUO/GROUP
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (Emeritus Standing)
Cantare
Dino Rock
Hot Soup ★
Milkshake
The RTTs
INSTRUMENTALIST
Marcy Marxer (Emeritus Standing)
Cathy Fink (Emeritus Standing)
Dave Chappell ★
Frank Cassel
Jake Flack
RECORDING
Al Aqua Pato!/Cantare
Scat like That: a Musical Word Odyssey / Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer ★
Far Away and Close To Home/Noa Eaum
* CHORAL
GROUP
Cantate Chamber Singers
Cathedral Choral Society
Choral Arts Society
Coral Cantigas
Gay Men's Chorus ★
Heritage Signature Chorale
Howard University Choir
Palestrina Choir
The Suspicious Cheese Lords
Washington Bach Consort
Washington Chorus
* CLASSICAL
INSTRUMENTALIST
Berta Rojas
Bruno Nasta
Carolyn Surrick
Giorgia Cavallaro
Lambert Orkis
Nurit Bar Josef
Phil Mathieu
Santiago Rodriguez
Scott Reiss ★
Tina Chancey
VOCAL SOLOIST
Barbara Hollinshead
Carl Tanner
Francis Loup
Placido Domingo
Rosa Lamoreaux ★
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
20th Century Consort
Ensemble Galilei
Folger Consort
Hesperus ★
Modern Musick
Phil Matheiu and Giorgia Cavallaro Duo
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE
National Symphony Orchestra (Emeritus Standing)
TIE
Alexandria Symphony
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ★
Fairfax Symphony
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Washington Bach Consort ★
CONDUCTOR
Emil de Cou
Heinz Fricke
J. Reilly Lewis
Kim Kluge
Leonard Slatkin ★
Robert Shafer
Stanley Thurston
Sylvia Alimena
RECORDING
Alta/Ensemble Galilei
American Music for Two Guitars / Mathieu and Cavallero ★
Misa L'homme arme: Sacred Music of Ludwig Senfl/Suspicious Cheese Lords
Orphee et Euridice/Opera Lafayette
Pope John Paul II: A Celebration of Life and Faith/Choire of the Basilica of the
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Seraphic Flames: Duets, Trios and Quartets of the Renaissance and Baroque / Countertop Quartet
Sing For Joy/Heritage Signature Chorale
Tristan und Isolde/Placido Domingo
* COUNTRY
VOCALIST
Diana Quinn
JP McDermott
Karen Collins
Mike Woods
Ruthie Logsdon ★
Ty Braddock
DUO/GROUP
Blue Moon Cowgirls
Dennis Jay & Lonesome Town
Heroes and Friends
Honky Tonk Confidential
JP McDermott and Western Bop
Oklahoma Twisters
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
Been There/Brooksie Wells
Last Fool Here/JP McDermott ★
That's Nats/Honky Tonk Confidential
* FOLK - CONTEMPORARY
FEMALE VOCALIST
Debi Smith
Dulcie Taylor
Laura Baron
Laura Tsaggaris
Lisa Moscatiello ★
Lori Kelley
Mary Sue Twohy
Verlette Simon
MALE VOCALIST
Andrew McKnight
Cletus Kennelly ★
Daniel Lee
DUO/GROUP
Bill Mulroney and Second Wind
Cletus Kenelly/Lori Kelly
Eddie From Ohio
Lisa Mosciatello & The Space Dots ★
The Ocean Orchestra
We're About Nine
INSTRUMENTALIST
Daniel Lee
Fred Lieder
Gina DeSimone
Jennifer Cutting
John Jennings ★
Jon Nazdin
Laura Cerulli
Mark Sylvester
Robbie Schaffer
RECORDING
Beyond Borders/Andrew McKnight
Cupid/Debi Smith
Dreamland/Rachel Cross
Genrecide/Daniel Lee
Lotus/Cletus Kennelly and Lori Kelley
Make A Choice/Water's Edge
Proof/Laura Tsaggarris
The Moons of Jupiter/Gina DeSimone
Trouble From the Start/Lisa Moscatiello ★
* FOLK - TRADITIONAL
VOCALIST
Barbara Ryan
Chenoa Jones
Chris Noyes
Grace Griffith ★
John McCutcheon
Zoe Mulford
DUO/GROUP
Bonnie Rideout and Scottish Trio ★
Iona
Irish Breakfast Band
Pyrates Royale
Squeeze Bayou
INSTRUMENTALIST
Avril Smith
Bonnie Rideout ★
Jody Marshall
John McCutcheon
Ken Kolodner
Zan McLeod
RECORDING
Cottage in the Glen/Jody Marshall
Hail To The Chief/John McCutcheon
Journey to the Heartland/Ken Kolodner
Live at the Barns/Bonnie Rideout ★
On High Cross Farm/Irish Breakfast Band
Tales of the Brigantine/Pyrates Royale
Tom Paxton Live in the UK/Tom Paxton
* GO GO
TALKER
Chuck Brown (Emeritus Standing)
Donnell Floyd
E (Salih)
Gingus
Polo
Scooby ★
DUO/GROUP
Chuck Brown Band (Emeritus Standing)
Backyard
Familiar Faces
Rare Essence ★
TCB Band
INSTRUMENTALIST
Chuck Brown (Emeritus Standing)
Bryan Mills
Daniel Baker
Go Go Mickey ★
Mark 'Godfava' Lawson
Roy Battle
RECORDING
Chain Reaction/E of OP Tribe
Evolution/Familiar Faces
Go Go 95/DJ Flexx
Rare Essence Live/Rare Essence ★
* GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
VOCALIST
TIE
Ayla West
Carey Creed ★
Holly Cross Vagley ★
Richard Smallwood
QUARTET/GROUP
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Emeritus Standing)
McGinley Family Gospel Singers
Mosaic Harmony
Reverb ★
Spirited Harmonizers
RECORDING
Dream and Dare/The Braeded Chord
Naked /Holly Vagley Cross ★
Your Special/Richard DeChris
* JAZZ
VOCALIST
Christina Crerar
Danielle Westphal
Esther Haynes ★
Michelle Walker
Nikki Gonzales
Ronnie Wells
DUO/GROUP
Bay Jazz Project
Brooks Tegler's Hot Jazz
Chuck Redd Quartet
Dan Reynolds Group
Ethel Ennis Trio
Keter Betts Trio
Michelle Walker Quartet
Ron Holloway Group ★
Swing Speak
INSTRUMENTALIST
Benjie Porecki
Buck Hill
Chuck Redd
Fred Yonnet
John Preveti
Rick Whitehead
Ron Holloway
Sean Lane
Seth Kibel ★
Steve Fidyk
RECORDING
At The Bouquet Chorale/Marty Nau Group
Ennis Anyone? / Ethel Ennis Trio ★
Front and Center/Fred Yonnet
Grey Matters/David Kane
Little Jazz Bird/Christine Crerar
When You Fall/Danielle Westphal / Lynne Revo-Cohen
* LATINO
VOCALIST
Alfredo Mojica
Ana Mercedes Castrello
Brenda Lee
Didier Prossard
Gary Sosias
Patrick DeSantos ★
Steven Falcon
Verny Varela
Vivian Maldonado
DUO/GROUP
La Firma
Latin Jazz All Stars
Mambo Combo
Orquesta La Romana
Orquesta La Sensual
Rumba Club ★
Sin Miedo
Son de Aqui
Zeniza All Stars
INSTRUMENTALIST
Alejandro Lucini
Alfredo Mojica ★
Antonio Orta
Didier Prossard
Gary Sosias
Leonardo Lucini
Marlysse Simmons
Ralph Eskenazi
Scott Geaheart
Steve Bloom
Verny Varela
Wayne Wilentz
* RAP/HIP HOP
RAPPER/DUO/GROUP
Boobe & the Young Farmers
Citizen Cope
D en' D Productions
Priest Da Nomad
Storm The Unpredictable ★
DJ
Dirty Hands
DJ Oso Fresh
DJ Stylus ★
* REGGAE
VOCALIST
Carver Julien
David Kango Worrell
Desi Hyson
I Jah Menelick
Ichelle Cole
Julani Horton
Lenny Kurlu
Miguel Auberton
Monsoon
Peter Humphies
Yusef ★
Zakkie Jawad
Ziah
DUO/GROUP
DKGB
Jah Works ★
JohnStone
Oasis Band
Proverb
S.T.O.R.M.
Soldiers of Jah Army
Strykers Posse
T.H.C. (The Higher Creation)
Tru Believers
RECORDING
One Day/Bambú Station
Talkin Roots II/Bambú Station ★
Utopia/I Jah Menelick
ROCK
ROCK FEMALE VOCALIST
Diana Quinn
Esmirelda
Laura Burhenn
Mary Ann Redmond ★
Patty Reese
ROCK MALE VOCALIST
Alfonso Velez
Andy Zipf
Ed Moreland
Jon Kaplan
Mark Noone ★
Martin Royale
Mike Holden
Nate Ihara
Shane Hines
Vince Scheuerman
DUO/GROUP
Army of Me
Bicycle Thieves
Esmirelda & the Tidbits
Fabulettes
French Toast
Monopoli
Month of Sundays
Patty Reese Group
Rhodes Tavern Troubadours ★
The Speaks
Washington Social Club
Welbilt
INSTRUMENTALIST
Andy Hamburger
Bob Mould
Brad Brooks
Dave Chappell ★
Mike Woods
Shane Hines
RECORDING
Big Yella/Esmirelda and the Tidbits/ Dick Bangham ★
Body of Song/Bob Mould
Level/Mike Holden
Life's a Joke/The Speaks
* ROOTS ROCK
VOCALIST
Andrew Grimm
Beth Rinaldo
Billy Coulter
Billy Hancock ★
Dave Kitchen
Janine Wilson
Justin Jones
Luke Brindley
Michelle Volpe
Tim Bracken
DUO/GROUP
Billy Coulter Band
Brindley Brothers
Daryl Davis Band ★
Janine Wilson Band
Junkyard Saints
Old Line Skiffle Combo
The Big Sky
The Dullards
The Grandsons
The Hickories
Thrillbillys
Tommy Lepson Band
INSTRUMENTALIST
Andy Rutherford
Arch Alcantara
Brian Simms
Chris Watling
Dan Hovey
Daryl Davis
Dave Chappell ★
Dave Kitchen
Helen Hausmann
Max Evans
Mike Woods
Phil Mathieu
Robbie Magruder
Trevor Sprecht
RECORDING
Bound Away / Last Train Home ★
Diamond Cuts Centerfield/Various
Live at the Half Moon/The Big Sky
Lost In Pensylvania/The Hickories
Passions/Billy Hancock
The Dullards/The Dullards
Water Works/Dream Kitchen
Woman in a Man's Suit / Georgie Jessup
* ELECTRONICA
VOCALIST
Anousheh Khalili
Jen Lasher
LouLou
Rachel Panay ★
ARTIST/PRODUCER
Arthur Loves Plastic ★
Deep Dish
Fort Knox Five
Holmes Ives
Human Factor
Thievery Corporation
DJ
Bev Stanton ★
Bobby Jae
Charles Feelgood
Jen Lasher
Kidgusto
Rob Harris
Scott Henry
Simon
Yiannis
RECORDING
George Is On/Deep Dish
Movin' On/Kidgusto
Radio Free DC/Fort Knox Five
The Cosmic Game / Thievery Corporation ★
Untie Me/Holmes Ives
* URBAN CONTEMPORARY
VOCALIST
Adjua
Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Green Tea
John Butler
Kev Brown
Melvin Grice
Raheem Devaughn
Sol Edler
Temika Moore
W Ellington Felton
DUO/GROUP
Fertile Ground
Koko Boom
Oktbrwrld ★
Zwei
* WORLD MUSIC
VOCALIST
Abel Mekonnen
Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Carol Takafugi
Eme Awa
Moe Nelson
Robin Helzner
Timmy Hamm
DUO GROUP
Alexandria Kleztet
Aloha Boys
Chopteeth
ilyAIMY
Image Band
Nile Band
Quintango
Slaveya
The Hula Monsters ★
INSTRUMENTALIST
Broto Roy
Dave Giegerich
Isaac Ho'opi'i
Jaqui MacMillan
Luis Garay
Seth Kibel ★
RECORDING
A Chanakah Feast/Various
Calabash / Ikwunga
Close Enough for Klezmer / The Alexandria Kleztet ★
Esperanza/Young & Rollins
Quintango Live / Quintango
* GENERAL AWARDS
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Daniel Lee
Dave Chappell ★
John Cocuzzi
Marcy Marxer
Phil Mathieu
Robbie Magruder
Seth Kibel
Steve Fidyk
SONG OF THE YEAR
Dangling/Daniel Lee/Daniel Lee
Frankie/Billy Hancock/Billy Hancock
Honky Tonk Hannakah / Honky Tonk Confidential Diana Quinn, Roxanne Russell, Josh Cooper
Last Fool Here / JP McDermott and Western Bop / JP McDermott
Ripped Up Valentine/Esmirelda & the Tidbits / Esmirelda Greco
Scat like That: a Musical Word Odyssey / Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer ★
That's Nats / Honky Tonk Confidential / Honky Tonk Confidential
When You Fall/Danielle Westphal / L. Cohen & D. Westphal
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Say Hello/Deep Dish/ Dir: Brett Simon
Time We Lost Our Way / Thievery Corporation/Dir: Jolyon Hoff ★
Warning Shots / Thievery Corporation / Dir: Rob Myers
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Solo/Duo/Group)
Army of Me
Carl Tanner
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer ★
Chuck Brown
Thievery Corporation
Washington Social Club
NEW ARTIST (Solo/Duo/Group)
Ben Hulan
Cedars
Daniel Lee
Dead Men's Hollow
Dullards
Fools & Horses
Holly Cross Vagley
Jody Marshall
Laura Tsaggaris
Monopoli
Nethers
Suspicious Cheese Lords ★
The Big Sky
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Big Yella/Esmirelda
Body of Song/Bob Mould
Cosmic Game/Thievery Corporation
Cottage in the Glen/Jody Marshall
Diamond Cuts Centerfield/Various
Forever True/Dead Men's Hollow
Genrecide/Daniel Lee
Live at the Barns/Bonnie Rideout
Raise the Roof/Various
Raise Your Voice/Sweet Honey in the Rock
Scat Like That/Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Tom Paxton Live in the UK/ Tom Paxton
Trouble From the Start / Lisa Moscatiello ★
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Daniel Lee ★
Esmirelda
Geff King
Jennifer Ferguson/Scott Smith
Tom Paxton
Zoe Mulford
DEBUT RECORDING
Cottage in the Glen/Jody Marshall
Forever True/Dead Men's Hollow ★
Killer On The Road/Brandon Butler
Naked/Holly Cross Vagley
No Place Better/Jordan Tice
Raise the Roof/Various
Volume I/Meredith Bragg and the Terminals
RECORD DESIGN
American Music for Two Guitars / Phil Mathieu and Giorgia Cavallaro / Ruth Logsdon
Beyond Borders/Andrew McKnight / Ruth Logsdon
Big Yella/ Esmirelda and the Tidbits/ Dick Bangham
Forever True/ Dead Men's Hollow/ Mary Cochran
Scat like That: a Musical Word Odyssey/Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer / Rip Bang Pictures
That's Nats/Honky Tonk Confidential / Diana Quinn ★
Trouble From the Start/ Lisa Moscatiello
Washington Area Music Timeline at Strathmore/ Various/Lawrence Marie
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Ann Marie Coggins
Desiree Raywood
Maggie Coulter ★
Ted Smouse
Tom Carrico
WASHINGTON AREA RECORD COMPANY
Azalea City ★
BOS Music
Dischord
ESL
Hungry for Music
Maggie's Music
Powerhouse Records
Smithsonian Folkways
Yoshitoshi
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Billy Kemp
Blake Althen
Bob Dawson
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Heidi Gerber
Jim Robeson
John Jennings
Marco Delmar ★
LIVE SOUND ENGINEER
Andrew Roberts
Art Isaacs
Bob Grimes
Caldwell Gray
Chris Murphy
David Eisner ★
Dave Gevanthor
Jim Barnett
Tracey Foust
Vander Lockett
STUDIO ENGINEER
Antonio Pacheco
Bill Wolf ★
Bob Dawson
Chris Murphy
Don Zientara
Jim Robeson
Marco Delmar
Matt Nordstrom
Mike Harvey
Steve Carr
RECORDING STUDIO
Airshow Mastering
Art of Music
Bias ★
Cue
Dragonfly East
Hit and Run
Inner Ear
Recording Arts
LIGHTING ENGINEER
Bob Grimes ★
John Foster
Ken Briley
Tim Pace
ARTIST WEBSITE
bilcarpenter.com
cathymarcy.com /Linda Bangham
eddiefromohio.com /Lawrence Marie ★
fatskeys.com /Gadget White
fredyonnet.com /afroglyphics
grandsons.com /Jeremy First
gregorylygon.com/Fyre Star Web Design
hesperus.org /Chris Sampson
liannaonline.com /Arch Alcantara
lionizemusic.com /Creativerge
rachelcross.com /Brad Rudich
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Daryl Freidman/Govt. Affairs/NARAS
David Eisner/Pres./ Institute of Musical Traditions ★
Gloria Dawson/Studio Manager/ Bias Studios
Jenny Toomey/Exec. Dir./ Future of Music
Mike Jaworek/The Birchmere
Paula Bellenoit/Business Manager/ Human Factor
Shannon Emamali/Exec. Dir./ NARAS
Shelley Brown/VP/Strathmore
MOST SUPPORTIVE OF WASHINGTON MUSIC
David Eisner
Mary Cliff ★
Mike Dove
Mike Holden
Richard Harrington
Ron Goad
Shelley Brown
Stephen Negrey
Susie Mudd
Wayne Kahn
* SPECIAL AWARDS
HALL OF FAME
Ola Belle Reed
Tommy Lepson
SPECIAL APPRECIATION
Garth Ross
Susie Mudd
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
Paul Reed Smith