All nominees are listed in alphabetical order by Album title.  The winners will be announced in early 2003 at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards Show!
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Just Plain Folks Awards 2002 Album Nominees
Alternative Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Always Open	Picnic	CA
Blink	Lazarus Heart	CA
Catfight	Leigh Silver & Bitter Things	CA
dirty little secrets	ali handal	CA
Dusk	a girl named jaen	CA
Madame Static	All The Queens Men	MA
shift	jennifer tefft	MA
The Dirty Side Up	Neycha	NY
Amercana Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Bare Bones	John Beland	Australia
Blue Souvenirs	Amelia White	TN
Delectric	Delectric	CA
Fly Straight Home	Jim Photoglo	TN
Mobius	Jerree Small	CT
Row	The Believers	WA
We Built A Fire	Donal Hinely	TN
Your Own Backyard	Tom Dean	NH
Blues Album Nominees	Artist	Location
57 Miles From Mexico	Steve White	CA
Finger Lickin' Blues	Forrest McDonald	GA
Handy Andy The Plummer	Viki "G"	CA
Lost in Mississippi	Funky Blues Messiahs	FL
Slender Man Blues	Dave Mackenzie	TN
The Best of Calvin Owens	Calvin Owens & TCOBO	TX
The Promise Highway	Mark Cook	GA
Trouble	E.G. Kight	TN
Cabaret Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Blessed are the Sheepherders	Zen for Primates	PA
Both of Me	Lisa Koch	WA
Christines Refrigerator	John Margolis	NY
First Steps	Kathryn Gauthier	IL
Fishbone, Wishbone, Funnybone	Zoe Lewis	MA
Gonna Lay My Heart On The Line	Anne Phillips	NY
Love Me Like Candy	Rebecca Kyler Downs	CA
Tea Pot Lady	Marilyn Rucker	TX
why do all the country girls leave?	Myshkin	OR
Celtic Album Nominees	Artist	Location
at the Parting Glass	Hair of the Dog	NY
Contented Minds	Cucanandy	NC
Gra	Morning Star	NY
Lassie Wi' the Lint-white Locks	Christina Harrison	Canada
Mortal Daze	Shenanigan	Canada
Superstition Highway	Gypsy Soul	WA
The Raven Project	Anna Schaad	WA
Whoze Counting	Tintangel	CA
Childrens Album Nominees	Artist	Location
18 Family Favorites	Bob King	Canada
Fun Time for Kids	Artie Kaplan	FL
Kidtunes	Various	CA
Little Animals	Mark Weakland	PA
Lullabies for all ages	Dream With Me Tonight	TN
Maxwell The Dancing Dog	Jeff Moyer	OH
Peek-A-Boo	Hap Palmer	CA
The Land of Nod	Ellen & Brian Godula	OR
Classical Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Bach Complete Lute Suites I	Tomo Iwakura	Germany
Canyonlands Suite	Kristen Larsen	UT
Classax 3: Rolling Over the Classics	The Rhythm and Bluefield Band	CO
Moonlight	Julianne Markavitch	AZ
Romeo and Juliet	Emilian Sichkin	NY
Svenson Plays Bach	Magnus Svensson	WA
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5	Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra	Ukraine
The Art of the Fugue	Peter ElyakimTaussig	MA
The Piano Artistry of …	Polusmiak, Shelest, Sysun	KY
College Rock Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Blue	Mike Farley	OH
Designer Fetish	Rich Cox	PA
humblecreatures	Einstein's Sister	IL
My Element	Front Line	ID
notwithstanding	Seth Horan	CA
Sugareen	19 Wheels	IL
The Circus Is In Town	Nick Dastardly & The Escape Artists	DC
the inbetween time	Common Children	TN
The Trouble With Being Nice	Household Names	TX
Cont. Christian Album Noms	Artist	Location
All Eyes On Him	Superphat	GA
Christian Country V.1	Various	TN
Desert Rain	Desert Rain	TX
Do You Know Who I Am?	Olive Carpet	FL
Lucky Like Me	Chuck Oliver	KS
The Ultimate Distraction	Tom Kell and the Mission	CA
Widows Mite	Tammy Edwards	IA
Wildflower	Traysee	CA
Contemporary Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Corrinne May	Corrinne May	CA
Eclipse	Eclipse	UT
Flowerchild With The Blues	Don Campbell	ME
Green Eyed Radio	Peter Mayer	TN
Heart Made Of Wind	Cherie Call	UT
How Could Life Be Better Than This	Greg Tamblyn	MO
I talk to the Stars	Kellee Bradley	WA
Liz Pappademas	Liz Pappademas	TX
Power of Positive Music V.1	Gravity, Clydene Jackson Edwards, Harold Payne (compilation)	CA
Country Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Beautiful World	Sheri Porter	MO
Eddie Cunningham	Eddie Cunningham	CA
For All It's Worth	Michael Mason	TN
If You Have A Dream	Tom Fisch	TN
Living In Your World	Troy Olsen	AZ
Shoulda' Loved Me	Melody Guy	OR
Steve Fox	Steve Fox	TN
Witness	Cindy Kalmenson	TN
Dance Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Euromantique	Ganymede	MD
Highwave	DJ Mozy	UK
I Wish You	ArX	Italy
Noise Tank	Noise Tank	NJ
Paloma	Paloma	Canada
Perfect Tears	Color Theory	CA
Prince Dred	Prince Dred	PA
Electronica Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Close Your Eyes	dial M	NJ
David Z's Beatbank	David Z's Beatbank	MD
Fuse	Soundhole	CA
In Porn We Trust	Weird Uncle Betty	NY
Mystic Maah	Seroya	DC
Out of the Anonymous	Out of the Anonymous	FL
Remember the Future	NASA	MD
Sequentiagite	John Lakveet	Spain
Ethnic-World Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Be Right	Balla Tounkara	MA
Daylight	Rika Shinohara	Japan
Deep In Didge	Tribal Trance	Australia
Flight of the Surf Guitar	The Atlantics	Australia
La robe de Rosalie	The Cajun Company	the Netherlands
Maron di mar	Ze Manel	CA
Light From Heaven	Rak-smey Khemera	MN
the blessing	Rivertribe	Australia
Waiting for the Sky	Lisa Haley & The Zydekats	CA
Yeraz	Gor Mkhitarian	Armenia
Female S/S Album Nominees	Artist	Location
amazing ordinary things	Anne McCue	CA
becoming	April McLean	TN
Fable	Amy Speace	NJ
Five Stories	Kris Delmhorst	MA
hello out there	Michelle Malone	GA
little victory	Kerry Getz	CA
Not Quite So Low	lisa richards	TX
painting of a painting	Rachael Sage	NY
pieces of me	Lori McKenna	MA
soul on fire	jenny bruce	NY
sound travels up	atoosa	NY
Three Miles From Odessa	Colleen McFarland	NJ
Gospel Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Confession	Elder RC Washington & EVG	Germany
Constantly	Rev. Clay Evans & AARCMC	IL
Enter the Synagogue	Tommy T	CA
Heaven At The Hope	Mount Hope Church	MI
He'll Lift You Up	Minister Isaac L. Mullins Jr.	GA
Infectious Organisms	Infectious Organisms	PA
Miracles	Eva Diaz	CA
The Freedom Music Project	Peri Smilow	NY
Hard Rock Album Nominees	Artist	Location
6 Pack of Shame	Battery Apple	MD
All This Rock & Roll	Cola	MA
Bloodroot	Bloodroot	NY
Cannibal	Shoeless Joe	NH
Dropped	Consolidated	OR
Energy Pimps (ep)	Pope Syndicate	NY
Head	Gregg Burns	CA
Sleep	Downside	CA
Holiday Album Nominees	Artist	Location
A Bluegrass Christmas	Timothy P. Irvin & TRMSS	CO
A Little Christmas Gift	Muriel Anderson & Jean Felix Lalanne	TN
Have A Bootyful Christmas	Scambooty	CA
Holiday	Cityscape	PA
Merry & Bright - Harp for the Holidays	Jennifer Pratt-Walter and Vale	WA
Stars and Promises	Peter Mayer	TN
The Spirit of Christmas	Tracy Zeliadt	TN
Tis The Season V.3	Jamie deRoy & Friends	NY
Industrial Album Nominees	Artist	Location
D{elEcTROnIc]T	Various Artists: Detroid Electronica Coalition	MI
Digital Wings 1	The CyberDen Compilation	CA
Hexometa	Speorg	OH
Ideology	W!CK	MI
Lot 49	Vertigo Productions	MI
Tales of Agony	KX	NY
Technophiliacs	The Diamond Galaxy	CA
You and Me	Kusser	TX
Instrumental Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Ahmad Jamal with Assai Quartet	Ahmad Jamal	CT
Clive Manor	Michael Hedstrom	IL
Conversations	Susquehanna Ensemble	PA
Moving Spaces	John Sprague	MA
No Words	Jimmy Jackson & Pull String Angel	CA
Open Sky	Jeanette Alexander	WA
Scenes	Oakwood Chamber Players	WI
Twilight	Zenaida	LA
Jazz Inst. Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Chris Dundas	Chris Dundas	CA
Out of the Way	Roy Dunlap Group	NY
Quantegy	Dan Weiner	MA
Swinging Big Band	Megan West	CA
Tumid	The Duggs Trio	NY
The Exchange	Antonio Parker & Sounds of the City	MD
The Golem Shuffle	Dan Gottshall	Germany
The Ties That Blind	Stan Harrison	NY
Jazz Vocal Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Born to Be Blue	Anne Phillips	NY
Smitty: It's About Time	Smitty	Canada
Here I Am	Ronnie Wells & Ron Elliston	SC
Here's To You	Beverley Staunton	Canada
Jump Yer Bones	Mondo Heptet	GA
Let's Misbehave	Sharon Montgomery	TX
Slow Down	Michelle Walker	MD
My Little Crime	Erika Luckett	CA
Live Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Bayne Gibby	Bayne Gibby	NY
By George!	The Amber deLaurentis Band	NJ
Felt Like Making A Live Record	Josh Clayton	MA
Live	Maria Butterly	CA
Live	David M. Bailey	VA
Live at Midnight	Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys	WV
Live at the Belcourt Theater	Quinn Loggins And The Inbetwee	TN
Live at the Velvet Lounge	The Velvet Janes	CA
Male S/S Album Noms	Artist	Location
big senorita	Steve Tannen	NY
Coney Island	greg tannen	NY
Felt Like Making A Live Record	Josh Clayton	MA
Fidelity Is The Enemy	Jim Boggia	PA
kissing rock stars	breck alan	CO
Like It Or Not	Bob Malone	CA
Mobilize	Grant-Lee Phillips	CA
Rockwells and Picassos	Joe Rathburn	CA
shine	Dave Pahanish	PA
teeter	gregory douglas	VT
This Twisted Road	Severin Browne	CA
Wishing Well Motel	Rob Lamothe	Canada
Metal Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Circus Therapy	Jerkstore	SD
Double Live/Studio	Lofofora	France
drunk with power	drunk with power	CA
et le monde serameilleur	enhancer	France
Find Yourself	CORE	FL
Insomniacs Awake	Angry Hill	MA
Katty Wompus	KattyWompus	CA
Solidified	Simple Machine	WI
Modern Rock Album Nominees	Artist	Location
bird york	bird york	CA
Colin	Velvet Jones	UK
Digital Killed The Analog Star	Love Star Delux	CA
Giddyup	Craig Northey	Canada
I can see your house from here	The Scooters	UK
small fires	adrienne pierce	Canada
The Electric Chair	Pfilbryte	CA
The Second Coming	Picnic	CA
New Folk Album Nominees	Artist	Location
1000 Steps	Sean Wiggins	CA
air mail blue	Craig Carothers	TN
Dream In Red	Holly Figueroa	WA
Paper Wings & Halo	Lori McKenna	MA
Selected Words of Friction	Butch Ross	PA
these are the roots	diane zeigler	VT
trading snakeoil for wolftickets	Gary Jules	CA
Traveler	Johnsmith	WI
Novelty Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Bayne Gibby	Bayne Gibby	NY
burnt	Throwing Toasters	CA
Chrome	Throwing Toasters	CA
Classy Trash	Faust & Lewis	OR
Mike the Headless Chicken	Timothy P. Irvin	CO
Please No Dancing	Scambooty	CA
Salesman	David Kleiner and Liz Pagan	NJ
The Funny Side Of…	Cahal Dunne	PA
Opera/Theater Album Noms	Artist	Location
A.B.C.	Adler, Bock & Coleman	CA
Angels Wine: Songs of John Dowland	Zoe Vandermeer	CA
Georgetta Psaros	Georgetta Psaros	CA
How Can I Keep From Singing?	The Bellefield Singers	PA
Kings: A New Musical	Esta Cassway, Elliot Weiss	PA
Lemons Descending	Clark, Haimovitz	MA
Loves Greatest Gift	The Cache Valley Easter Choir & Orchestra	UT
Surprise! The Musical	Karen S. Javitch	NE
Pop Album Nominees	Artist	Location
What I Wouldn't Give	Todd Herzog	CA
appearances	nikkole	CA
Be	Brooke Ramel	CA
Big Muff	Lava Baby	NY
Day Dreaming	Chin	Canada
Dirty Dishes	Kelly Brock	Canada
hereandnow	Nefertiti Jones	CA
We're in a small flight	Little Viking	Japan
R&B Album Nominees	Artist	Location
David	David Jones	DC
Goatskinwishes	Glenys Rogers	LA
Here It Comes Again	Little Sister	CA
Martha Redbone	Martha Redbone	NY
Ritual Dance	The Gurus	CA
The Songs of Cynthia Biggs	Cynthia Biggs	PA
Velvet Underground	Hugo	FL
Welcome to Satisfaction	Leonard Moss Jr.	CA
Rap Album Nominees	Artist	Location
When Poets Shout	Jamil Mustafa	KS
5 Minutes of Fame	NWT Entertainment	CA
Break Yourself	Poopan Hooligan	CA
Never Forget	Ta-Ta	NJ
Out of Control	Ordinary Peoples	OH
Slave to the Groove	Cobalt Party Revolution	MI
Strictly 'A' Class	MOSS	Canada
The Funk Squad Compilation	Various Artists	CA
Reggae Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Elsewhere	Marlon Cherry	NY
Gimedemusic	Stream Reggae	ME
It Is Original	Arawak Jah	FL
Music and Me	Tony Chin	CA
One World, One Light	Nelson Gill	IL
Reggae Rock	MoBay	Jamaica
This is Acid Reggae	Matt Jenson	MA
Unconditional Love	LA CAT	CA
Rock Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Gertrude	Gertrude	IL
Grift	Grift	KY
Five	Hollowbody	CO
Jimmy 2 Times	Jimmy 2 Times	CA
Marshmallow Pie	Spookie Daly Pride	MA
Please. Quiet. Recording	Paging Raymond	IN
Slang Melody	Sons of Servants	CA
The Juleps	The Juleps	IL
Roots Album Nominees	Artist	Location
1968-1973	Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys	WV
Above the Misery Line	Bailey Jester	GA
Appalachian Blues	Stella	TN
Compass & Companion	Mark Erelli	MA
drum hat buddha	Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer	MA
Grandpa's Advice	Adie Grey	TN
Old Stuff	BanjerDan	DC
Waiting for the Fall	Clay County	CA
Solo Inst. Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Blue Wheels…	Jim Volk	OH
Crystal Spirit	Yatri	MA
Egypticat	Patrick Hadley	NV
Reaching In	Todd Haygood	GA
Riverdawn	Catherine Marie Charlton	DE
Tempest	Julianne Markavitch	AZ
The Big Stretch	Jim Self	CA
The Dance of the Black Panther	Raj Rathor	NV
The Long Ride Home	Becky Archibald	IN
Spoken Word Album Nominees	Artist	Location
2NU2	2NU2	WA
Afrodeezyackz/Mumblings of a Madman	Sekou (tha Misfit)	CA
Live on Frenchmen Street	Poet Lee Meitzen Grue	LA
Mood Swings	Hot Tea	CA
Moonology	Moonroom	CA
Steady Rollin' Man	John Sinclair	MA
The Mack Man	Mack Dennis	CA
Welcome to Willieworld	Maggie Dubris & Andy Teirstein	NY
Traditional Folk Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Fair Breeze	Christie Cook	TX
Gravity…	Byron Hill	TN
Hellbound	Shandy Lawson	CT
Love, Work and Play	Richard Berman	MA
Reclining With Age	Greg Jacobs	OK
Sweeter Than Sugar Too	Michael Schwarte	IN
Twisting Sophia	John Downing	MN
Walkin' Around Lucky	Robert and Janita Baker	CA
Compilation Album Nominees	Artist	Location
Freight Train Boogie	Various	CA
Hollywood Goes Wild	Various	MA
Songbook (Songs of Matthew Lee)	Various	CA
Wildfire	Various	CA
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