★ Indicates Award Recipient
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Emeritus Standing)
Reverb
In Process
Tone Rangers ★
The Chromatics
Almost Recess
The Arlingtones
Committed/The Chromatics
Number 2/Almost Recess
We Think You Love Us/Tone Rangers ★
Tom Mitchell
Esther Haynes
Mike Sottong
Peaches O'Dell ★
Craig Gildner
Blue Sky Five
Brooks Tegler Orchestra
King Teddy
Steve Wolf & Swing Speak
The United States Army Blues & Jazz Ensemble ★
Blues at Thirty Five/US Army Blues Jazz Ensemble ★
People & Places/Ryan Haines Big Band
Words Cannot Express/Norman,McCarthy Big Band
Bob Perilla
Dede Wyland ★
Dudley Connell
Randy Barrett
Randy Waller
Seldom Scene (Emeritus Standing)
Bob Perilla & Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Dead Men's Hollow
Dede Wyland, Randy Barrett & Mama Tried
Good Deale Bluegrass
Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen ★
Akira Otsuka
Andrew Acosta
Frank Solivan II
Fred Travers
Ira Gitlin ★
Mark Delaney
Scenecronized/The Seldom Scene ★
Slidin' Home/John Starling & Carolina Star
Sooner or Later/Barb Diederich
Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band/Bill Emerson
The Country Gentlemen Tribute/Bill Yates
Eleanor Ellis
Mariana Previti
Mary Shaver
Melanie Mason ★
Nadine Rae
Joe Maher
Kelly Bell
Robert Lighthouse
Tommy Lepson ★
Waverly Milor
ACME Blues Company
Deanna Bogart Group ★
Melanie Mason Band
Mike Westcott's Blues On Board Nighthawks
Daryl Davis
Mike Westcott
Paul Bell
Robert Lighthouse ★
Tom Principato
Blues Evolution/Charles "Big Daddy" Stallings
Comin' A Time/Eleanor Ellis
Deep Down in the Mud/Robert Lighthouse
Down and Dirty/Williams & Summerour
Searching for Frank/Franklin & Baytop
The Great Pretender/Seth Kibel ★
Undertow/Cathy Ponton King
British Players
Gross National Product
Hexagon
Sally Martin
The Capital Steps ★
Wendy Lane Bailey
Cathy Fink (Emeritus Standing)
Marcy Marxer (Emeritus Standing)
DinoRock
Don Bridges (Mr. Don)
Rick and Audrey
Rocknoceros ★
RTTs
Tracey Eldridge
Dark Side of the Moon Bounce/Rocknoceros ★
Imagine That!/Rick and Audrey
Soundzania/Scott Flory
Capitol Hill Chorale ★
Chantry
Choral Arts Society
Gay Men's Chorus
Suspicious Cheese Lords
Washington Bach Consort
Audrey Andrist
Berta Rojas
Bruno Nasta
Carol Bean
Jessica Krash
Michael Kolmstetter
Phil Mathieu ★
Tina Chancey
Adria McCulloch
Anamer Castrello
Denyce Graves
Elizabeth Bishop
Denyce Graves ★
Rosa Lamoreaux
Francois Loup
Gordon Hawkins
Jason Stearns ★
Robert Baker
21st Century Consort
Capital Woodwind Ensemble
Contemporary Music Forum
Ensemble Galilei
Fessenden Ensemble
Folger Consort
Great Noise Ensemble ★
Hesperus
Inscape Chamer Music Project
Left Bank Concert Society
Post-Classical Ensemble
National Symphony Orchestra (Emeritus Standing)
Alexandria Symphony
Arlington Philharmonic
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ★
Capitol City Symphony
Fairfax Symphony
Great Noise Ensemble
National Philharmonic
Dawn Kyser
Emil de Cou
Kim Kluge
Lorin Maazel
Marin Alsop
Ryan Brown
Sylvia Alimena ★
Alma y Corazon/Carlos Barbosa Lima & Berta Rojas
Handel, Alexander's Feast/Bach,Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn'ihn/Bach Sinfonia
Holiday Impressions/Phil Mathieu ★
Rose Window/Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton
Virgil Thompson:The Plow that Broke the Plains/The River/Post-Classical Ensemble
Diana Quinn
J P McDermott ★
Justin Jones
Karen Collins
Ruthie Logsdon
Ty Braddock
Chick Hall's Heroes & Friends ★
Honky Tonk Confidential
Idle Time Band
J P McDermott & Western Bop
Justin Jones & the Driving Rain
Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
One Horse Town
Ruthie & the Wranglers
Chick Hall Jr. ★
Dave Geigerich
Ira Gitlin
Mike Woods
Phil Mathieu
All This Time/Amy Sullivan
Dark Bar & a Jukebox/J B Beverly & the Wayward Drifters
Little House/Larry Rice
Road Kill Stew/Honky Tonk Confidential ★
Tail Light Blues/Karen Collins & The Backroads Band
Carey Creed
Cletus Kennelly
Lisa Ann Wright
Lisa Moscatiello ★
Lori Kelley
Siobhan Quinn
Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelley ★
Eddie From Ohio
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Paul and Storm
Scythian
Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers
Avril Smith
Fred Lieder
Gina DeSimone
John Jennings ★
Mark Sylvester
Dreamers, Lovers & Outlaws/Siobhan Quinn & Michael Bowers
Great Big World/Lea
Immigrant Roadshow/Scythian
Letterbox/Drew Gibson
Luke Brindley/Luke Brindley ★
Sweet Bye & Bye/Lisa Ann Wright
Barbara Ryan
Debi Smith
Grace Griffith ★
Judy Cook
Linda Rice Johnson
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer ★
Fynesound
Hoag, Kelly & Pilzer
IONA
Pyrates Royale
Squeeze Bayou
Tinsmith
Andrea Hoag
Andrew Dodds
Bonnie Rideout
Brendan Mulvihill
Cathy Fink ★
Maggie Sansone
Zan McLeod
A Celtic Fair/Maggie Sansone
An American Wake/Tinsmith
Banjo Talkin'/Cathy Fink ★
The Soprano/Debi Smith
Chuck Brown (Emeritus Standing)
Andre Johnson
Gingus
James Funk
Lil Benny ★
Polo
Scooby
Chuck Brown Band (Emeritus Standing)
Backyard Band
CCB
Familiar Faces
Lissen Da Grewp
Mambo Sauce
Rare Essence ★
Chuck Brown (Emeritus Standing)
Go Go Mickey
Ju Ju House ★
Roy Battle
Stan the Man Cooper
Sweet Cherie Mitchell
Byron Cage
Ernest Pugh
Maurette Brown Clark
Nancy Rondeau
Richard Smallwood ★
Stephen Hurd
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Emeritus Standing)
TIE
All4Hym Band
Isaiah Thomas & The Elements of Praise
John Tillery & Living Sacrifice
Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of Music
Richard Smallwood & Vision ★
Seneca
Seven Sons of Soul ★
The Braeded Chord
Leesburg Baptist Community Church
Mosaic Harmony
Professor Wilbur Belton & The LADWEC Choir
The Maryland Mass Choir ★
Every Day is a Gift/Nancy Rondeau
Journey: Live in New York/Richard Smallwood & Vision
Lord You Are My Everything/Derek Pearson
Radio Lane/The Braeded Chord ★
Witness/7 Sons of Soul
Cristina Crerar
Danielle Westphal
Esther Haynes
Esther Williams ★
Janine Gilbert-Carter
Mariana Previti
Sharon Clark
Ron Holloway (Emeritus Standing)
Allyn Johnson Trio
Bay Jazz Project
Larry Brown Quintet
Nasar Abadey & Supernova
Origem
Rick Whitehead Trio ★
Yamomanem
Ron Holloway (Emeritus Standing)
Benjie Porecki
Buck Hill
Davey Yarborough
Dick Morgan
John Previti
Kenny Rittenhouse
Rick Whitehead
Seth Kibel ★
Will Smith
Another Time, Another Place/Sally Martin
Crying Sky Blue/Sean Lane & Bay Jazz Project
Freedom Jazz Dance/US Army Blues Jazz Ensemble
How Does It Feel/Benjie Porecki ★
No Hassle Miles/Miles Stiebel
Phoenix/Marcus Johnson
The Francis Suite/Kenny Rittenhouse
Cecilia Esquivel ★
Lilo Gonzalez
Patric de Santos
Patrick Alban
Verny Varela
Afro Bop Alliance
Mambo Combo ★
Mystic Warriors
Patrick Alban Band
Rumba Club
Sin Miedo
Alfredo Mojica ★
Didier Prossard
Mark Morales
Pepe Gonzalez
Richard Miller
Expressions/Danny Cortaza
Live in Concert/Mystic Warriors ★
Mi Princesa/Pablo Antonio y La Firma
Rough Guide to Salsa/Bio Ritmo
DJ Enjay
Head Roc
Mohoganise
Noyeek the Grizzly Bear
Priest da Nomad
Storm the Unpredictable ★
TIE
Brother Maniac
Dirty Water ★
Poemcess
S.T.O.R.M.
Zimbabwe Legit ★
Bambu Station
DKGB
Englishman
Jah Works ★
JohnStone
Lionize
SOJA
Jeff Wharen
Jon Carroll ★
Matt Hutchison
Shane Hines
Diana Quinn ★
Esmirelda
Laura Burhenn
Margot MacDonald
Andy Hamburger
Christopher Bell-Boudreaux
J. Tom Hnatow
Jon Carroll ★
Olivia Mancini
Shane Hines
Love Returns/Jon Carroll ★
Places/Georgie James
Pop Filter/Fools & Horses
Snapshots of the Universe/Michael Jantz
The Throne of the Third Heaven/Le Loup
Torn/Margot MacDonald
bob
Esmirelda & The Tidbits
The Evens
The Points
The Speaks
Wicked Jezabel ★
Army of Me
Cinder Road
Fools & Horses ★
These United States
Washington Social Club
Welbilt
Georgie James
Middle Distance Runner
No Second Troy
Shane Hines & the Trance ★
The Ambitions
The Fabulettes
TIE
Janine Wilson
Mary Ann Redmond ★
Mary Battiata
Patty Reese ★
Alan MacEwen
Bill Williams
Billy Coulter ★
Billy Hancock
Brian Simms
David Kitchen
Jake Flack
Billy Coulter Band
Billy Hancock Trio
Janine Wilson Band
Little Pink
The Grandsons
The Hula Monsters
The Junkyard Saints ★
The Thrillbillys
Brian Simms
Chris Watling
Dave Chappell ★
Dave Elliot
Helen Hausmann
Max Evans
Come Back To Me/Dagmar & The Seductones
Gladly Would We Anchor/Little Pink
Handful/Bill Williams
How to Build a Life with a Lemonade Stand/Justin Trawick
Live at the Barns, Vol. 11/The Grandsons ★
Blowoff
Deep Dish
Fort Knox 5
Thievery Corporation ★
Bev Stanton (Emeritus Standing)
Bob Mould & Richard Morel ★
Bobby Jae
DJ Nitekrawler
Scott Henry
Bob Mould
Dirty Scarab
Richard Morel
Thievery Corporation ★
XCross
Beneath the Watchful Eyes/Arthur Loves Plastic ★
Kadath - The Dream Quest/XCross
Paint the Evening Sky/Brent Roberts
Pop Filter (Rethoughts)/Ben Youngs
Reminted/Fort Knox 5
Annie Sidley
Eric Scott ★
Julia Nixon
Raheem DeVaughn
Basehead
Julia & Company ★
W. Ellington Felton
WPG Trio
Benjie Porecki ★
David Ylvisaker
Eric Scott
Gary Grainger
Born Capricorn/FResTiLe
How Does It Feel/Benjie Porecki ★
Red/Eric Scott
Unexpected/Jessica Johnson
Carol Takafuji
Eme Awa
Flory Jagoda
Ikwunga
Issac Ho'opi'i ★
Michael Shereikis
Aloha Boys
Chopteeth ★
Elikeh
Hoag, Kelley, & Pilzer
The Alexandria Kleztet
Charlie Pilzer
Cheick Hamala Diabate
Glen Hirabayashi
Issac Ho'opi'i
Moe Nelson
Seth Kibel ★
Arcana /Lisa Reagan
Deep Sleep /Ikwunga & Mr. Something Something
From Mali to America/Cheick Hamala Diabate & Bob Carlin ★
Immigrant Road Show/Scythian
Not Accordion 2 The Rulez/Mike Surratt
Signs & Wonders/Robyn Helzner Trio
Brian Simms
Chris Watling
Dave Chappell
Dave Giegerich
Jon Carroll ★
Marcy Marxer
Mike Woods
Robbie Magruder
Seth Kibel
Shane Hines
Breaking Your Family's/The Grandsons/Alan MacEwen
Chuck Baby/Chuck Brown feat. Kay Kay/Uno & Chucky Thompson
I Think I Love You/Tone Rangers/T Romeo
Paint That Dollar Red/Jon Carroll/Jon Carroll ★
Redwings/Fools & Horses/Fools & Horses
TV Anchorman/Honky Tonk Confidential/Schieffer & HTC
Changes/Army of Me ★
Into Your Sun/No Second Troy
Liberty/Op-Critical
Need Your Needs/Georgie James
Victory Will Break Your Heart /Dance Party
TIE
Chopteeth
Chuck Brown ★
Fools & Horses
Georgie James
Honky Tonk Confidential
The Grandsons ★
The Junkyard Saints
The Tone Rangers
Bill Williams
Drew Gibson
GHZ
I Like Dinner
Lisa Ann Wright
Margot MacDonald ★
Matt Wigler
Stacy Brooks
The Freddie Long Band
The Hall Monitors
TIE
Gladly Would We Anchor/Little Pink
Live at the Barns, Vol. 11/The Grandsons
Love Returns/Jon Carroll ★
Road Kill Stew/Honky Tonk Confidential
The Soprano/Debi Smith
We're About the Business/Chuck Brown ★
Billy Coulter
Cletus Kennelly
Debi Smith
Jon Carroll ★
Karen Collins
Karl Straub
Lori Kelley
Luke Brindley
Mary Battiata
Handful/Bill Williams
Latin American Mezzo/Anamer Castrello
Open the Gate/Sense of Wonder
Places/Georgie James
Strangers & Friends/The Freddie Long Band
Sweet Bye & Bye/Lisa Ann Wright ★
Gladly Would We Anchor/Little Pink/Rob Myers
Live at the Barns, Vol. 11/The Grandsons/Chris Watling, Alan MacEwen
Open the Gate/Sense of Wonder/Rick Engdahl or Michael Simpson
Pop Filter (Rethoughts)/Fools & Horses/Ben Young
Road Kill Stew/Honky Tonk Confidential/Dick & Linda Bangham ★
Tail Light Blues/Karen Collins & Backroads Band/Ruthie Logsdon
Barbara Ryan
Diana Stagnato
Maggie Coulter ★
Tom Carrico
Tom Goldfogle
Azalea City Recordings ★
Dischord
ESL Records
Hungry for Music
Maggie's Music
Severn Records
Blake Althen
Chris Biondo
Jim Ebert
John Alagia
John Jennings
Marco Delmar ★
Scott Spelbring
Andrew Roberts
Art Isaacs
Jim Barnett ★
Tim Kidwell
Trevor Higgins
Antonio Pacheco
Bill Wolf ★
Bob Dawson
Charlie Pilzer
Chris Murphy
Frank Marchand
Gantt Kushner
Jim Robeson
Steve Carr
Bias Recording ★
Blue House Productions
Cue Recording
Dragonfly Studios
Golden Sound Studio
Hit and Run
Recording Arts
TIE
CarolGaylor.com /Carol Gaylor ★
eddiefromohio.com /Eddie From Ohio
foolsandhorses.net/ Ben Youngs ★
grandsons.com /Jeremy First
hotspurmusic.com /Joe Mach
MargotMacDonald.com /Illumina Design
secondwindbandits.com /pixidesign
Daryl Friedman/VP/NARAS
David Eisner/Pres/ Institute of Musical Traditions ★
Fred Cannon/ SVP,Government Relations /BMI
Jenny Tooney/Ex Dir/ Future of Music Coalition
Shelly Brown/VP/Strathmore
Damian Einstein
David Eisner
Loralyn Coles
Mary Cliff
Richard Harrington
Ron Goad ★
Ronnie Newmeyer
Wayne Kahn
(Voted by the fans)
Top Five
Francis Scott Key
Tori Amos
Bob Schieffer
Raheem DeVaughn
Damian Einstein
Pam Bricker
The Orioles
Hilton Felton
Art Isaacs
Carl Nelson
Community Service
Guitars Not Guns
The Art and Drama Therapy Institute