21st Wammies (2006)
★ Indicates Award Recipient
* A CAPELLA
GROUP
Sweet Honey in the Rock
(Emeritus Standing)
Reverb ★
Chromatics
In Process
Not What You Think
* BIG BAND/SWING
VOCALIST
Esther Haynes ★
Peaches O'Dell
Jeremy Ragsdale
Mike Sottong
Juanita Williams
Tom Mitchell
GROUP
King Teddy
Ryan Haines Big Band
James Bazen Big Band
Peaches O'Dell
Swing Speak ★
Taylor/Fidyk Big Band
RECORDING
New Horizons/ Ryan Haines Big Band
Live at Blues Alley/Taylor/Fidyk ★
Kind of Red/Nick Levinovsky Orch.
* BLUEGRASS
VOCALIST
Dede Wyland ★
Randy Waller
Bob Perilla
Randy Barrett
Frank Solivan II
DUO/GROUP
Seldom Scene (Emeritus Standing)
Bob Perilla and Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Dead Man's Hollow
Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen ★
Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Patuxent Partners
Good Deale Bluegrass
INSTRUMENTALIST
Mark Delaney ★
Akira Otsuka
Rickie Simpkins
Frank Solivan II
Marshall Wilborn
Tom Mindte
RECORDING
Keeper of the Flame/Randy Waller & Country Gentlemen ★
Two-Timin'/Dead Mens Hollow
I Love You to the Moon & Back/Darren Beachley
Selfish Tears/Frank Solivan II
* BLUES
FEMALE VOCALIST
Deanna Bogart ★
Mary Shaver
Melanie Mason
Nadine Rae
Cathy Ponton King
MALE VOCALIST
Tom Principato ★
Big Joe Maher
Tommy Lepson
John Cephas
Mark Wenner
Robert Lighthouse
DUO/GROUP
The Nighthawks ★
Deanna Bogart Band
Cephas & Wiggins
The Eddie Becker Band
Melanie Mason Band
Tom Principato Band
INSTRUMENTALIST
Robert Lighthouse
Tom Principato
Eddie Becker
Paul Bell
Daryl Davis ★
Deanna Bogart
BLUES RECORDING
The Blues Down in the Delta/ The Eddie Becker Band
Ain't No Cuttin' A Loose/ The Rich Chorn Allstars featuring Nadine Rae
Real Time/Deanna Bogart
Shoulder to Shoulder/ Cephus & Wiggins
Guitar Gumbo/Tom Principato ★
I Think I Made It/Acme Blues Company
* CHILDREN'S MUSIC
ARTIST (Solo/Duo/Group)
Cathy Fink (Emeritus Standing)
Marcy Marxer (Emeritus Standing)
Don Bridges ★
Tracey Eldridge
The RTTs
Rocknoceros
Oh Susannah
RECORDING
Never Mind the Rain/ Tracey Eldridge
Rocknoceros/Rocknoceros ★
The Cat Lady Sings/Oh Susannah
Arrorró mi niño, Latino Lullabies/ Cantaré & Lulu Delacre
* CLASSICAL
INSTRUMENTALIST
Phil Mathieu ★
Bruno Nasta
Berta Rojas
Carolyn Surrick
Jessica Krash
Lina Bahn
Nurit Bar Josef
VOCAL SOLOIST
Ana Castrello
Rosa Lamoreaux ★
Elizabeth Bishop
Robert Baker
Gordon Hawkins
CHORAL GROUP
Suspicious Cheese Lords ★
Coral Cantigas
Gay Men's Chorus
Washington Men's Camerata
Cantate Chamber Singers
Woodley Ensemble
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Ensemble Galilei
Folger Consort ★
20th Century Consort
Capital Woodwind Quintet
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE
National Symphony Orchestra
(Emeritus Standing)
Fairfax Symphony
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ★
Alexandria Symphony
Washington National Opera Orchestra
National Philharmonic
Washington Balalaika Orchestra
CONDUCTOR
Brian Wilbur Grundstrom
Emil de Cou
Kim Kluge ★
Sylvia Alimena
Loras Schissel
Marin Alsop
RECORDING
Obstructed View/Jessica Krash
The Best of Coral Cantigas/ Coral Cantigas
Celebrating Sacred Rhythms/ Choral Arts ★
* COUNTRY
FEMALE VOCALIST
Ruthie Logsdon ★
Karen Collins
Diana Quinn
Ann Blair
Marti Brom
MALE VOCALIST
J.P. McDermott ★
Mike Woods
Ty Braddock
Jay Britton
Chris Patterson
DUO/GROUP
Ruthie & the Wranglers ★
Honky Tonk Confidential
J.P. McDermott & Western Bop
Oklahoma Twisters
Ty Braddock & the Branded Men
Heroes and Friends
INSTRUMENTALIST
Ira Gitlin
Mike Woods
Chick Hall, Jr. ★
Dave Giegerich
Phil Mathieu
Louie Newmyer
RECORDING
Who Gets the Fruitcake This Year/ Honky Tonk Confidential/Geff King ★
Dawn Will Deliver/ One Horse Town
Hiding in the Shadows/Jay Britton
Dark Bar & A Jukebox/JB Beverly & the Wayward Drifters
100 Miles to Sunday/Leaving Texas
* FOLK - CONTEMPORARY
VOCALIST
Lisa Moscatiello ★
Grace Griffith
Cletus Kennelly
Laura Baron
Mary Sue Twohy
Lori Kelley
Laura Tsaggaris
DUO/GROUP
Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelley ★
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orch.
Eddie From Ohio
Bill Mulroney & the Second Wind Bandits
Lisa Moscatiello & the Spacedots
Murray, Crump & Hatley
We're About 9
INSTRUMENTALIST
Fred Lieder
Mark Sylvester
Daniel Lee
Les Hatley
John Jennings ★
Jon Nazdin
RECORDING
Songs to Hang on Stars/ Mary Sue Twohy
Roadside Saints/Zoe Mulford
Last Lights On in Town/ Hannah Spiro
Collection of Songs/ Michelle Murray
My Life/Grace Griffith ★
Stay With Me/Laura Baron
* FOLK - TRADITIONAL
VOCALIST
Barbara Ryan
Jesse Palidofsky
John McCutcheon
Siobhan Quinn ★
Linda Rice Johnson
DUO/GROUP
IONA
Squeeze Bayou
Terpsichore
Bonnie Rideout & the Scottish Trio ★
Pyrates Royal
Tinsmith
Scythian
INSTRUMENTALIST
Bonnie Rideout ★
Andrew Dodds
Andrea Hoag
John McCutcheon
Banjer Dan Mazer
RECORDING
A Celebration of 20/IONA ★
Almost Home/Fynesound
Caledonian Muse/Terpsichore
Keltish/Keltish
Spring Will Come/Karen Ashbrook
* GO GO
TALKER
Chuck Brown (Emeritus Standing)
Donnell Floyd
Gingus
Polo
Lil Benny
Scooby ★
DUO/GROUP
Chuck Brown Band (Emeritus Standing)
Familiar Faces
EU
Rare Essence ★
Backyard
TCB
Lissen
INSTRUMENTALIST
Chuck Brown (Emeritus Standing)
Go Go Mickey
Sweet Cherie Mitchell
Ju Ju House ★
Roy Battle
* GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
VOCALIST
Richard Smallwood ★
Trey Howard
Stephen Hurd
Ernest Pugh
Maurette Brown-Clark
Izzy (Israel Bell)
Michael White
QUARTET/GROUP
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Emeritus Standing)
New Day
Braeded Chord ★
Seneca
Spirited Harmonizers
Seven Sons of Soul
Quest
Brian Spriggs & Nu Worship
MASS CHOIR
TIE
Leesburg Baptist Community Church ★
Mike McCoy & the Voices United
Patrick Lundy & the Ministers of Music
Combined Choir of First Baptist Church of Glenarden ★
Mass Choir of the New Samaritan Baptist Church
Reid Temple AME Church Choir
* JAZZ
VOCALIST
Ronnie Wells ★
Danielle Westphal
Christina (Chris) Crerar
Michelle Walker
Cheryl Jones
Janine Gilbert-Carter
Justine Miller
Paige Wroble
Esther Williams
DUO/GROUP
Ron Holloway (Emeritus Standing)
Larry Brown Quintet ★
Bay Jazz Project
Rick Whitehead Trio
Swing Speak
Wolfe & Powell
Young Lions
INSTRUMENTALIST
Ron Holloway (Emeritus Standing)
Benjie Porecki
Sean Lane
Larry Brown
Steve Fidyk
Chuck Redd
Rick Whitehead ★
Davey Yarborough
Dick Morgan
Seth Kibel
RECORDING
Hard Bop Café / Larry Brown Quintet ★
So There We Were/ Rick Whitehead Trio
A Song for You/ Janine Gilbert-Carter
Mugshots/Tedd Baker
Cappucino Music/Wolfe & Powell
Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All The Time/ Chuck Redd
Big Brass Bed Blues/ Steve Abshire
Live At Blues Alley Taylor Fidyk Big Band/Taylor Fidyk Big Band
* LATINO
VOCALIST
Lilo Gonzalez ★
Merixtell
Verny Varela
Clecia Quiroz
Claudia Gargiulo
DUO/GROUP
Afro Bop Alliance
Mambo Combo
Rumba Club ★
Sin Miedo
Bossalingo
Cantaré
Latin Jazz All Stars
Young and Rollins
INSTRUMENTALIST
Felix Contreras
Didier Prossard
Pepe Gonzalaz ★
Alejandro Lucini
Don Junker
Luis Hernandez
Marlysse Simmons
Patricia Vergara
Richard Miller
RECORDING
Camino Nuevo/Afro Bop Alliance ★
Evaluna/Cantare & Friends
Gracias/Verny Varela
* RAP/HIP HOP
RAPPER
Storm the Unpredictable ★
DJ Enjay
Tabi Bonney
Head Roc
Kev Brown
Priest da Nomad
Flex Mathews
Noyeek The Grizzly Bear
DUO/GROUP
Asheru & the Els
Poemcees ★
Panacea
Dirty Water
Team Demolition
Hueman Prophets
RECORDING
Dollars and Sense pt.2/ DJ Kash Monee
A 2:What Should Have Been/ Storm the Unpredictable ★
Conspiracy/Brother Maniac
Ink In My drink/Panacea
* REGGAE
VOCALIST
Jah Works
Jalani Horton
Lenny Kerlu
Yousef ★
Jacob Hemphill
Timmy Hamm
Andre White
Ziah
DUO/GROUP
Jah Works ★
SOJA
Bambu Station
Image Band
S.T.O.R.M. Reggae Band
DKGB
Proverbs
Johnstone
INSTRUMENTALIST
Shango
Kurt Kratch
Tuff Lion ★
Frank Javios
Darryl Burke
RECORDING
Get Wiser/SOJA
Mummies Wrapped In Money/ Lionize ★
Break the Soil/Bambu Station
MODERN ROCK
VOCALIST
Esmirelda ★
Laura Burhenn
Michael Reidy
Benjy Ferree
Travis Morrison
Meredith Bragg
Sarah Azzara
DUO/GROUP
Esmirelda & The Tidbits ★
The Howling Mad
Stella Mira
French Toast
Nethers
Washington Social Club
Alphabetical Order
INSTRUMENTALIST
Abaad Behram
Bob Mould ★
Olivia Mancini
John Davis
Nick Hughes
RECORDING
These Are My Iron Teeth/ Run Silent Run Deep ★
In Fields We Will Lie/Nethers
Plane in Flames/ Middle Distance Runner
Read Walk Take Talk/Bellflur
* POP ROCK
VOCALIST
Dave Greksouk
Patty Reese ★
Cal Everett
Ed Moreland
Alfonso Velez
Shane Hines
Omar
Vince Scheuerman
Mary Ann Redmond
DUO/GROUP
A Month of Sundays ★
Hand Painted Swinger
Monopoli
Crash Boom Bang
Army of Me
Fools & Horses
INSTRUMENTALIST
Buddy Speir
Brad Brooks
Jon Carroll ★
Eric Wenberg
Shane Hines
RECORDING
zoe/Shane Hines
Where Have All the Dreamers Gone/The Reserves
Speed Hump/Hand Painted Swinger
Easier Said Than Done/A Month of Sundays ★
Filled With Fire/Brindley Brothers
Pop Filter/Fools & Horses
* ROOTS ROCK
VOCALIST
Janine Wilson ★
Billy Hancock
Billy Coulter
David Kitchen
Diana Quinn
Mark Noone
Alan McEwan
DUO/GROUP
Billy Coulter Band
Junkyard Saints ★
The Grandsons
The Hickories
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors
Fabulettes
The Big Sky
The Thrillbillys
Janine Wilson Band
Hula Monsters
INSTRUMENTALIST
Mike Woods
Chris Watling
Dave Chappell ★
Brian Simms
Andy Rutherford
Billy Hancock
Helen Hausmann
Max Evans
RECORDING
Save Me From Myself/ Janine Wilson ★
Live at the Sunset Grille/Thrillbillys
Birth of a Billy, Anthology/ Billy Hancock
Keep Lookin' Up/ The Crawdaddies
100 Miles to Sunday/Leaving TX
* ELECTRONICA
VOCALIST
Jen Lasher
Jette Kelly
Bob Mould ★
Anousheh Khalili
Richard Morel
Rachel Panay
PERFORMING ARTIST (Live)
Arthur Loves Plastic (Emeritus Standing)
Thievery Corporation ★
Blowoff
Fort Knox Five
Thunderball
Deep Dish
DJ
Bev Stanton (Emeritus Standing)
Bob Mould & Richard Morel ★
Bobby Jae
Simon
Jen Lasher
Headhunterz Inc
Scott Henry
ARTIST/PRODUCER (Studio)
BT
Holmes Ives
Yoko K
Thunderball
Fort Knox Five
Mike Surratt ★
RECORDING
Pursuit of Happiness/ Arthur Loves Plastic ★
Calm Creativity/Mike Surratt
In Love and Light/Holmes Ives
Party All The Time/Deep Dish
Thirteen Ghosts/Headhunterz Inc
The New Gold Standard/ Fort Knox Five
This Binary Universe/BT
No More Tears/Jen Lasher
* URBAN CONTEMPORARY
VOCALIST
Amikaeyla Gaston ★
Bryan Fox
Annie Sidley
Raheem Devaughn
The Minister, John Butler
DUO/GROUP
Fertile Ground
K'Alyn
W Ellington Felton
WPG Trio
Basehead
OKTBRWRLD ★
Michael Aaron & Funk Glove
INSTRUMENTALIST
Benjie Porecki ★
Cherie Mitchell
Sean Geason
Gary Grainger
* WORLD MUSIC
VOCALIST
Flory Jagoda ★
Carol Takafuji
Eme Awu
Isaac Ho'opi'i
Robyn Helzner
Karma Gyeltsen
DUO GROUP
Balkanics
The Alexandria Kleztet ★
Chopteeth
Hoag, Kelley, Pilzer
Aloha Boys
QuinTango
Slaveya
Washington Toho Koto Society
The Sama Ensemble
Siya Jika
INSTRUMENTALIST
Seth Kibel ★
Jaqui MacMillan
Tom Teasley
Kyoko Okamoto
Broto Roy
Andrea Hoag
Suman Sharma
RECORDING
Hambo in the Snow/ Hoag, Kelley, Pilzer ★
The Polka Element/Mike Surratt
The Soul Dances/Word Beat
My Sitar/Suman Sharma
Dancing the Full Moon/ Ron Warren & Taiowe
* GENERAL AWARDS
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Robbie Magruder
Paul Bell
Steve Fidyk
Barry Hart
Dave Chappell ★
Seth Kibel
Benjie Porecki
Randy Waller
SONG OF THE YEAR
TIE
Who Gets the Fruitcake This Year/Honky Tonk Confidential/Geff King ★
Don't Even Start/Janine Wilson/ Janine Wilson & Max Evans
Elegy/Zoe Mulford/Zoe Mulford
They Don't Know About Us/ Billy Hancock/Billy Hancock
Grandma Was a Crop Duster/ Dead Man's Hollow/Bob Peirce
My Hope Is/Shane Hines & the Trance/Shane Hines
If Love Is Blind/The Thrillbillys/Tom Principato/Writer: Dave Kitchen ★
Undertow/Cletus Kennelly/Cletus Kennelly
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Pancake Mountain/Various
Fly Me to the Moon/ Fools & Horses ★
State of Mental Health/ Leaving TX
Good Karma/Antidote
Di Bombs/Ikwunga
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Solo/Duo/Group)
TIE
Billy Coulter
Grace Griffith ★
IONA
Junkyard Saints ★
Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen
BT
Shane Hines
Fools & Horses
Fort Knox Five
NEW ARTIST (Solo/Duo/Group)
Georgie James
One Horse Town ★
Young Lions
Ris Paul Ric
Benjy Ferree
Trey Howard
Great Noise Ensemble
The Howling Mad
Jette-Ives
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Save Me From Myself/ Janine Wilson
Who Gets the Fruitcake This Year/Honky Tonk Confidential/Geff King
A Celebration of 20/IONA
Keeper of the Flame/Randy Waller & the Country Gentleman
Roadside Saints/Zoe Mulford
The Birth of A Billy, Anthology/ Billy Hancock
My Life/Grace Griffith ★
My DestinyStephen Hurd
In Good Company/ Jimmy Gaudreau
In Love and Light/Holmes Ives
zoe/Shane Hines
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Zoe Mulford
Billy Coulter
Chris Patterson
Billy Hancock
Cletus Kennelly
Esmirelda
Jake Flack
Janine Wilson/Max Evans
David Kitchen ★
DEBUT RECORDING
Live at the Sunset Grille/ The Thrillbillys ★
Rocknoceros/Rocknoceros
Hiding In The Shadows/ Jay Britton
Keeper of the Flame/Randy Waller & the Country Gentleman
RECORD DESIGN
Live at The Sunset Grill/ The Thrillbillys/Ruthie Logsdon & Jan Keskinen
Who Gets the Fruitcake This Year/Honky Tonk Confidential/ Dick & Linda Baugham ★
Hambo in the Snow/ Hoag,Kelley,Pilzer/Ruth Logsdon
Save Me From Myself/ Janine Wilson/Ruth Logsdon & Pat Redding-Scanlon
A Celebration of 20/IONA/ Steve Parke
Auditiontracs Vol. 2/ Human Factor/Dan Schuman & Lawrence Marie
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Tom Carrico
Maggie Coulter ★
Barbara Ryan
Ted Smouse
Tom Goldfogle
WASHINGTON AREA RECORD COMPANY
Azalea City Recordings ★
Hungry for Music
Dischord
Maggie's Music
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Wolf Trap Recordings
ESL
Yoshitoshi
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Marco Delmar ★
Blake Althen
John Alagia
John Jennings
J Robbins
Scottie Beats
Brendan Canty
LIVE SOUND ENGINEER
Art Isaacs
Andrew Roberts
Bob Grimes
Jim Barnett
Caldwell Gray
David Eisner ★
Frank Marchand
STUDIO ENGINEER
Antonio Pacheco
Marco Delmar
Bill Wolf
Mike Fisher
Steve Carr
Jim Robeson
Charlie Pilzer ★
Matt Nordstrom
RECORDING STUDIO
Recording Arts
Hit And Run
Bias ★
Cue Recording
Blue House Productions
Wally Cleavers Recording
Inner Ear
Shuman Recording
LIGHTING ENGINEER
Tim Pace
Bob Grimes ★
Lyle Jaeger
ARTIST WEBSITE
grandsons.com /Jeremy First ★
billycoulter.com/Billy Coulter
cathymarcy.com/Linda Bangham
deadmenshollow.com/ Michael Clayberg
djsimon.us
leavingtx.com/Steady Systems
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
David Eisner/Pres./ Institute of Musical Traditions ★
Jenny Toomey/Exec. Dir./ Future of Music Coalition
Gloria Dawson/Manager/ Bias Studios
Daryl Friedman/Gov't Affairs/ NARAS
Shelly Brown/VP/Strathmore
Deb Lee/Founder/ Rock-n-Romp
MOST SUPPORTIVE OF WASHINGTON MUSIC
David Eisner
Mary Cliff ★
Wayne Kahn
Ron Goad
Lorraine Campbell
Mike Holden
Richard Harrington
David Furst
Steve Negry/Jane Inge
Loralyn Coles
Chris Slattery
* SPECIAL AWARDS
FAN'S FAVORITE AWARD
Top Five
- Scythian
- Fools & Horses
- Junkfood
- Shane Hines
- Rocknosarous
HALL OF FAME
Ahmet Ertegun
Sophocles Papas
The Country Gentlemen
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
O.A.R.
SPECIAL APPRECIATION
IOTA Club & Café
Scottie Beats (Raymond Brown)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
Jeff Sarli
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Charlie Pilzer
Grace Griffith