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Just Plain Folks 2004 Music Award Nominations Announced! The Just Plain Folks Music Organization has officially announced the nominees for their 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards. After receiving over 10,000 albums and 140,000 songs from 85 countries, Nominations for Best Song in 48 Genres and Best Album in 57 categories have been posted. In addition, we have posted this year's Lyric and our first ever Video Nominees. For a definition of each genre and category which describes the music, click here: GENRES. The Music Awards Show will be held on November 7, 2004 in Santa Ana, CA at The Galaxy Concert Theatre. Congratulations to all the Album Nominees listed below. All nominees are listed in alphabetical order by album title. |
| African Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| African Citizen | Ze Manel |
Guinea-Bissau
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| Ismarwa | Gidi Gidi Maji Maji |
Kenya
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| Kaleta Jaa | Kaleta |
Benin Republic
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| Makossa Potomac | Henry Dool |
Cameroon
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| Mola Awe Nasi | Sam Gichuki |
Kenya
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| Aciaria Ningatho | J.P. Muiruri Ndungu |
Kenya
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| Music From Kenya Volume 1 | Various Kenyan Artists |
Kenya
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| Dounoukan | Yaya Diallo |
West Africa
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| Alternative Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| 22 Mountains | Danielle Lo Presti and The Masses |
CA
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| Burner | Jane Jensen |
IN
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| Don't Label Me | Amber Brooke |
GA
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| Green | SKAMP |
Lithuania
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| Oceans of Venus | Rachel Stamp |
TX
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| Peculiar Love | Wire Graffiti |
CA
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| Some Kind of Strange | Collide |
CA
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| 'the story of o-miz' | Liz Larin |
MI
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| Americana Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Don't Count Us Out | Keith Sykes |
TN
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| Everythings In Boxes | The Road Dog Divas |
OR
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| Fishing Music | Ben Winship and David Thompson |
TN
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| It's A Long and Lonely Time… | Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos |
MA
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| Sleeping Dogs | Martha's Trouble |
ON
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| The Trumpet Vine, a tribute to Kate Wolf | Laurie McClain |
TN
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| The Wheel | David Olney |
TN
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| You Don't Know Me | Kevin Russell |
CA
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| Bluegrass Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Bluegrass and Mountain Music | Bill Wells & The Blue Ridge Mountain Grass |
SC
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| Early Bluegrass | Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys |
OH
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| Freight Train Riders of America | Freight Train Riders of America |
CA
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| Let The Cocaine Be | Bluegrass Bastards |
CA
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| Southern Indiana Bluegrass | New Frontier |
IN
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| Ridin' Out The Storm | Iron Horse |
AL
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| The Howling Blue Winds | David Peterson & 1946 |
TN
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| Too Old to be Controlled | Big Medicine |
NC
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| Blues Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| From the Delta to the Piedmont (Double CD) | Mark "Muddyharp" Hodgson |
VA
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| Homeward | Michael Paul Miller |
CA
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| In This Life | Chicago Red |
CA
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| Nasty Packages | The Maynard Brothers Band |
NY
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| On Return | The Helmut Stein Experience |
CA
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| Solo | Dave MacKenzie |
TN
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| Swamp Rock Blues | Don Teschner |
CA
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| Take Your Pick | Jimmy "T99" Nelson |
TX
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| Cabaret Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| ...And Friends | Brett Ryback |
WI
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| Acid Cabaret | Ed Alstrom |
NJ
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| Biddi-luxe! | The Lascivious Biddies |
NY
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| Imperfect Rhymes | Bobby Belfry |
NY
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| It's Polka Time | Zen for Primates |
PA
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| Movies Til Dawn | Raymond De Felitta |
NY
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| Something That I Wanted You to Know | Tom Grounds |
TX
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| Wallowitch & Ross | John Wallowitch & Bertram Ross |
NY
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| Cajun/Zydeco Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Cajun Blood | Jo-EL Sonnier |
TN
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| Joie de Vivre | Gayla |
LA
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| Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés | Legendary Masters of Cajun and Creole Music |
France
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| Live! In the Wine Country | The Cajun Coyotes |
CA
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| Louisiana | LaTouché |
LA
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| Saute la Barrière | New Riverside Ramblers |
MN
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| Simply Cajun | Thibodeaux Cajun Band |
TX
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| Zydeco Shoes | Bayou Brothers |
CA
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| Celtic Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Celtic Crescent | Emerald Rose |
GA
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| Knickers Down, Bottoms Up | Na'Bodach |
NJ
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| Lager Than Life | The Poxy Boggards |
CA
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| Live at The Palace Theatre | Seven Nations |
FL
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| Together in the End | Shilelagh Law |
NH
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| Uninvited Guest | The Secret Commonwealth |
TN
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| Waitin' For A Ride | Darby O'Gill |
OR
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| Wander This World | Guarneri Underground |
WA
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| Celtic Instrumental Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Clare on the Moors | Tintangel |
CA
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| Free Time | Straight Furrow |
UK
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| Highlands and Islands vol one:Loch Shiel | Various Artists |
UK
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| Riding Towards Life | Evergreen |
CA
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| Roaming | Jeremy Kittel |
MI
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| Scottish Inheritance | Bonnie Rideout |
VA
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| Shame The Devil | Turlach Boylan |
TX
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| Shines Like Silver | Cady Finlayson |
NY
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| Children's Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| A Baker's Dozen | Laura Freeman |
TX
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| AESOP for all ages | Anne Nachtrieb Zesiger |
CA
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| Another Big Day | Ben Decter and Dave Nachmanoff |
CA
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| Big Kid! | Sara Hickman |
TX
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| COOEE | Paul Taylor & Don Spencer |
WY
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| GO! | Scotty & Lulu |
MS
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| Sing Along Symphonies | Beethoven's Wig |
CA
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| When Bull-Frogs Croak | Zak Morgan |
OH
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| Classical Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| 2002 New Year's Concert | Hobart Earle & the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra |
Ukraine
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| Drops of Light | Giorgio Koukl |
Switzerland
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| Haydn Cello Concertos, Nos. 1 & 2 | Kate Dillingham, The Moscow Chamber Orchestra |
NY
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| Introducing Chris Tedesco | Chris Tedesco |
CA
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| Jewish Cello Masterpieces | Richard Locker |
NY
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| Symphony #1 & Violin Concerto in C Major | Robert Vinson |
CA
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| The Lexingport Project | Momus Trombone Quartet |
KY
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| Works by Martinu & Dvorak | Garth Newel Piano Quartet |
VA
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| Classical Soloist Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Bach Suites For Cello Alone | Michael Rudiakov |
NM
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| Dancing Suite to Suite | Karen Bentley Pollick |
WA
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| Ever After | Nadina Mackie Jackson |
ON
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| Recuerdos de la Alhambra | Tomo Iwakura |
Germany
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| Tarantella (Spider Dance) | Julianne Markavitch |
AZ
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| The Nutcracker | Stas Venglevski |
WI
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| Twelve Fantasias for Solo Bassoon | Nadina Mackie Jackson |
ON
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| Yoon Ju Lee II | Yoon Ju Lee |
OR
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| College Rock Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| All The Time In The World | Lazlo Bane |
CA
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| Critical Mass | Boom Candle |
WI
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| From Here To Tupelo | 10 Heads High |
NY
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| Home By Now | The Animators |
NY
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| Life | Chad |
CA
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| Outshine | Outshine |
GA
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| We're All Driving the Train | Nick Dastardly |
DC
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| You Don't Know What You're In For | Worry Stones |
MD
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| Compilation Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Buddha Lounge 2 | Various Artists |
CA
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| Café de Luna | Various Artists |
CA
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| Dewey Beach Music Conference & Festival 2002 | Various Artists |
PA
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| Instant Gratification | A Compilation Of Various Artis |
CA
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| Jazz in Singapore | Various Artists |
WA
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| Life After Debt (The Save Mikey's Projec | Various Artists |
CA
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| Songs From An Unreal City | L.A. Song Alliance |
CA
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| Various Artist Vol.1 | Rawbeatz Productions |
CA
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| Contemporary Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Balloons And Champagne | Ephemera |
Norway
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| Everything | St. Paul |
MN
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| Music From The Planet | Planet 3 featuring Jay Graydon |
CA
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| Simple Life | Melissa Lewis |
TN
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| Still | Martha's Trouble |
ON
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| The Dreamsicles | The Dreamsicles |
TX
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| Think Twice | Eclipse |
UT
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| Waking Hour | Vienna Teng |
CA
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| Cont. Christian Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Come Back Home | Rachel Potter |
FL
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| drink from the fountain | shawn christopher |
IL
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| Give Me A Sign | Mikki Kornegay |
PA
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| Live for Heaven: The Worship Project | Danny Oertli |
CO
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| Promise | Stephanie Hill |
NY
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| Rhymz Suhreal | Rhymz Suhreal |
WI
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| Stirrin' Up The Water | Peter Mayer |
TN
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| Wonder | Faith Rivera |
CA
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| Country Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| DARKNESS AND LIGHT | John Bunzow |
TN
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| Do You Know Me | Eve Selis |
CA
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| Fields of Carolina | Tony Rackley |
SC
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| Memory Like Mine | Pistol River |
KS
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| Rookie Season | The Backstretch Boys |
MO
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| Signs Of Trouble | Melody Guy |
OR
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| Stones | Jon Michaels |
TN
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| The End Is Not In Sight | Russell Smith |
AL
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| The Secret of Life | Gretchen Peters |
TN
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| Dance Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Danceaholic Twelves | Danceaholic Twelves |
NJ
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| Highwave | DJ Mozy |
UK
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| Le Boom-Chick | SKAMP |
Lithuania
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| Live @ B007 | Knowledge |
CT
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| Q*Ball In Space | Q*Ball |
NY
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| The Beat | HITMATYZE |
CA
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| The Music Is So Beautiful | D1 Music |
NY
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| Uncloseted | Aaron-Carl |
MI
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| Electronica Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Alchemy | Cargo Cult |
Slovak Republic
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| Leap Before You Look | SOL-I |
NY
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| Truth | Mantra Girl |
CA
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| Revelation #9 | Jim Donovan |
PA
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| See The Sound | Etro Anime |
NY
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| Sensuality 2002 | Elu |
NM
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| SPEECHLESS | polarity/1 |
NY
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| The Metamorphosis | Vx |
IN
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| American Ethnic Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Desert Song | Yolanda Martinez |
NM
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| Elevate | Tabuya |
HI
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| En el Tiempo | Amauta-Music of the Andes |
WA
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| Sacred Journey | Charlie Wayne Watson |
GA
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| Surfers Drive Woodies | RAKE and the Surftones |
CA
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| Thru the Eyes...of My Brother | Mark Thunderwolf |
NY
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| Thunder in the Jungle | Rasheed Ali & Rain People |
CA
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| Voices of the People, Songs from Navajo | Lynn Lynton & Tódí Neesh Zhee |
AZ
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| Asian Ethnic/Language Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Beginnings | Taikoza |
Japan
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| Best of Both Worlds | Ragani |
India
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| IN XINJIANG TIME | Betty Anne Wong & Phoenix Spring Ensemble |
China
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| Legend Of The Sea | Solaris |
Japan
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| Oyasumi - Goodnight | Aiko Shimada and Elizabeth Falconer |
Japan
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| Rainbow - Seven colors of Seven Instruments | Allyn Miner, Kala Ramnath, Tarun Bhattacharya, et al |
India
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| Tropical Sufferings | Mother Of Soul |
Japan
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| Vraja | Bhakti |
India
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| European Ethnic/Language Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Caffe Liscio | The Hot Frittatas |
Italy
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| Crossing Paths | Alexander Fedoriouk Kalman |
Ukraine
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| Dances of Macedonia and the Balkans | Adam Good |
Macedonia
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| Drumovi | Zabe I Babe |
Croatia
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| Faux Realism | Les Sans Culottes |
France
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| It Takes People Like You | Rúnar Júlíusson |
Iceland
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| Life Is Not A Picnic | David Bursztein |
France
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| Passion of the Angel | Roman Klun |
Ukraine
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| Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors | Original Soundtrack |
Ukraine
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| Middle Eastern Ethnic/Lang. Alb. Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Armenian Folk Ensemble | Arev |
Armenia
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| Armenian Voices | Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia |
Armenia
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| Canaan | Guy Kark & Between Times |
Israel
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| Quake (2003 remastered) | Bambir |
Armenia
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| Seslenisler, Bekleyisler... | Munip Utandi |
Turkey
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| Until the Night | Aravod |
Armenia
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| Yarus | Mirage |
Armenia
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| Yiasemi mou | Nasia Trachonitou |
Cyprus
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| The Psalms of RA | Jim Berenholtz |
CA
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| Experimental Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Cult Of Nice | Third Option |
TX
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| Greens | Zelda and the Unibrows |
MI
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| Haunted World | hover |
CA
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| Les 13 Cicatrices | Trepp/Vigroux/Blanc |
France
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| Music From Two Millenniums | Gunther Tautenhahn |
CA
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| Street Testimony | Detroit Illharmonic Symphony |
CA
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| The Ham and its Lily | Arm of Roger |
CA
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| Twink | Twink |
MA
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| Female Singer-Songwriter Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| An Unauthorized Guide to the Human Anatomy | Kirsty Kruger |
CA
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| Antidote | Jenny Toomey |
DC
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| Chin Up | Susan Gibson |
TX
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| Get Closer | Molly Bancroft |
GA
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| Gypsy Train | Cary Cooper |
TX
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| Listen Hard | Melissa Ferrick |
MA
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| Motel Darlene | Darlene & Co. |
ON
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| rosebud - bullets | Myshkin's Ruby Warblers |
OR
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| Test-Drive Songs- Limited Edition | Charlotte Martin |
CA
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| The New Orleans Sessions | Erika Luckett |
CA
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| Water Falls | Sara K. |
NM
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| White Bird | Emily Kurn |
CA
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| Gospel Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Full Circle | Dr. Negleatha J. Johnson |
VA
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| Old Time Churchin, Let's Have Church | Pastor Keith C. Smith |
IL
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| Power & Purpose Immanu'el For Life | Tyrone Powell Presents |
VA
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| Rise and Sing Forever | Dr. Charles G. Hayes & The Cosmopolitan Warriors |
IL
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| Sound Doctrine | Original Formula |
NC
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| Springfield | Carole Fredericks |
NY
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| The Soul Stirrers In Concert/Live From Chicago, IL | The Soul Stirrers |
FL
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| Ancient Church Singing of Byzantine, Georgia & Rus | The Ensemble of Old Chuch Music "Sreteniye" |
Ukraine
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| Hard Rock Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| (stavz'a'ker) | Stavesacre |
CA
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| 21st CenturySouthBronxRockStar | Jimi Hazel |
NY
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| Device | Mnemonic |
NV
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| Gathering | 7Sharp9 |
GA
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| Indecision | Jr. Shab |
NJ
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| K-12 | Assisted Living |
WA
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| Made In America | Poker Face |
PA
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| The Secret Telling of the Cosmic Yelling Tribe | Simple Machine |
WI
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| Until The Stars Align... | Minds Eye |
IN
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| Holiday Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Christmas Comin' Down | Tom Kell & The Mission |
CA
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| Christmas Lights | Martha's Trouble |
ON
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| It's A Wonderful Life | Kerry Getz |
CA
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| Old Time Christmas | The Brothers Figaro Orchestra |
CA
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| The Christmas Wish | Sara Hickman |
TX
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| The Hot Rod Sleigh | Robert & Janita Baker |
CA
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| Thoughts Of Home | Hiltzik-Buscema-Porée |
CA
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| Three Kings | Eclipse |
UT
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| Industrial Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Biologic | Systemic |
NM
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| Celldweller | Celldweller |
MI
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| FREAX | FREAX |
FL
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| Painstainedface | FutureBLU |
CA
|
| plastic hole | speorg |
OH
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| The Engineer | Alex Machine |
PA
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| Trash-Eighty | Mannequin Depressives |
AB
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| Wolf Age | Asmodeus X |
TX
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| Instrumental Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Conundrum | GrooveCamp |
CA
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| Montana Skies | The Adams Duo |
NM
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| Mystic Journey | Suzanne Teng |
NM
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| Still Point | Jeanette Alexander |
WA
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| Tear | Del Sol String Quartet |
CA
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| The Raleigh Ringers | The Raleigh Ringers |
NC
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| The Seeker | Kate Moody |
OR
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| The Stone Sanctuary-Silhouettes of Zion | Rebecca Ramsey |
NV
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| When She Dreams | Lynn Patrick |
CO
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| Instrumental Jazz Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| A Lot Of Us | Walt Boenig Big Band |
NV
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| Hangin' with M | Gian Wiegner |
MA
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| Hornithology | Doug Horn Quartet |
MI
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| Legacy | Craig Larson Trio |
UT
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| Mosaic | Dave Osoff |
MA
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| New World Harmonica Jazz | Sandy Weltman with The Carolbeth Trio |
MO
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| Sweet Potato Eyebrows | Rick Gallagher |
PA
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| Vidacovich | Johnny Vidacovich |
NY
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| Whispered Words | Robert Silverman |
NY
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| Jewish/Hebrew/Klezmer Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Ay Lu Lu | Helene Engel |
QC
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| Elevation | Brigitte Kashtan |
Israel
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| FleytMuzik | Adrianne Greenbaum |
CT
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| HaMoedim/The Appointed Times | Steve Mcconnell |
CT
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| Love Songs in Hebrew | Jacob Balshan |
PA
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| Music of My Family, Music of My People | Gemini-Sandor Slomovits |
MI
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| Old Roots New World | Maxwell Street Klezmer Band |
IL
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| Turn It Around | Gershon Veroba |
NY
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| Latin Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Alessa & MC | Alessa |
CA
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| Luz del Alma | Laura Rey |
PR
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| Mexico | Cascada de Flores |
CA
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| Para Ti - Flamenco Nuevo | Tierra Negra |
Germany
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| Paradise | Raza:Humana |
FL
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| Salsa Pop | L.A. Carpool Featuring Gloria T |
CA
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| Sex In New York City | Afroditee |
NY
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| Solo es Vivir | Marta Gomez |
MA
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| Live Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| From The Private Bag | Mingo Fishtrap |
TX
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| LIVE | Billy Jonas |
NC
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| Live | Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald |
CA
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| Live | Vicki Genfan |
NJ
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| Malone Alone | Bob Malone |
CA
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| Stars & Promises Alive | Peter Mayer |
TN
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| Stones | Jon Michaels |
TN
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| Thank You goodnight.... | Jennie DeVoe |
IN
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| Tin Angel | Love Syndicate |
PA
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| Male Singer-Songwriter Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| A Brief Appearance | Ned Massey |
NY
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| All the Waters of this World | Aaron English |
WA
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| Blue Tattoo | Eric Hester |
WI
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| Company Of Strangers | Colin Hay |
CA
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| Free | Marc Von Em |
NY
|
| Intermission | Andrew Gold |
CA
|
| King of Echo Park | Brian Joseph |
CA
|
| Malone Alone | Bob Malone |
CA
|
| Millennium Of Peace | SpaceMonk |
CA
|
| Sleeper | Terence Martin |
NJ
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| The Lovely Lunatickle Musical Revue | Quazar and the Bamboozled |
CA
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| Vice Verses | Scottish McMillan |
IL
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| Metal Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| DOMINATE | LD-50 |
NE
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| Donkey Child Pt. 2 | Str8jackit |
BC
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| Fade | Jerkstore |
SD
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| High Volume Therapeutic | Wheeliebar |
WI
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| Renew | Otto's Daughter |
CA
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| Social Outcast u.b. | Social Outcast u.b. |
NC
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| Struggle | Dr. X |
OH
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| We've Come To Take What's Ours | Load Point Pull |
MO
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| Modern Rock Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Aliens | Malcolm Morley |
UK
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| Cloud | Dennis Harvey |
TX
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| Heavy & Light | Gold Box Kingdom |
CA
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| In My Room | Brother Luke |
NV
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| Looking for Landmarks | Two Loons for Tea |
WA
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| Masters of the Here and Now | Clevergirl |
CA
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| Open The Sky | Lazarus Heart |
CA
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| Spacecamp Luxury | Codebreaker |
WI
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| New Age Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Ethnic | Shiva In Exile |
Germany
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| Fairy Heart Magic | Gary Stadler with Stephannie |
CA
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| Goddess Gaia | Goddess Gaia |
CA
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| Native Tongues | Natural History |
VT
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| Ocean of Mercy | Jaya Lakshmi |
CA
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| Tranceformation | Didjworks |
NY
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| Emergence Music | EveryOne 432 |
WA
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| Chakra Healing Chants | Sophia |
CA
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| New Folk Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Beautiful Road | Kate Taylor |
MA
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| Finders, Keepers | Sonya Hunter |
CA
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| Fool For Every Season | Eugene Ruffolo |
NY
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| Fool's Paradise | Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald |
CA
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| One Night In The South | Dave Potts |
AL
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| Paintbrush | Diane Zeigler |
VT
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| Paper Walls | Swearingen/Beedle |
PA
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| Tree Tops | Bob Jahrig |
AB
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| Novelty/Comedy Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| (Sorta Live !) Volume One - Laughter is | Glick & Phillips |
VA
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| Get A Life | Bob Ricci |
MA
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| How To Be Happy All The Time | Rachel Arieff & The Smileytown |
CA
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| Last One For the Team | Brad Tassell |
IN
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| Let's Put a Folksinger in the Whitehouse | Therapy Sisters |
TX
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| Monkey Bismuth | Fig |
MA
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| Professional Smart Aleck | Carla Ulbrich |
SC
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| RAYDEO X | R.D. Foster |
TX
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| Opera/Classical Vocal Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| And What of Love? | Elin Carlson |
NM
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| As Long as a Tear | Isabella Cheevers |
UK
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| Ramillete | Coro Hispano de San Francisco |
CA
|
| Rose Of The Bay | Lauris Elms, Deborah de Graaff |
Australia
|
| The Man Outside | Brendon Cassidy |
CA
|
| Under Her Spell: The Viardot Effect | Duelin' Sopranos |
OR
|
| Vivaldi A Due Voce | Eileen Mager |
NM
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| Wagner's Heldentenor | Sasha Novak |
Australia
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| Pop Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Annica | Annica |
CA
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| SUN | Ephemera |
Norway
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| Crazy Place | Jag Star |
TN
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| Hi-Fi Virgin | Harry Francis |
PA
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| Midnight Rain | Tom Fox |
UK
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| Relentless | Robert Maynard |
NY
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| Smash | Cindy Alexander |
CA
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| The Journey songs by Jayne Olderman | Jayne Olderman |
GA
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| Uppers & Downers (2CD) | Fisher |
CA
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| Punk Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| 666 Ways To Save Your Soul | The Graveyard School |
NJ
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| Concrete Dreams | Off Track |
CA
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| Go ! | I DEFY |
WA
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| Poorsport | Poorsport |
WA
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| Seconds From Reality | Blinded |
BC
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| Ten Years From Now | Ten Years From Now |
VA
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| The Positionary Mission | 2Bucks Short |
OR
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| The Primetime Heroes | The Primetime Heroes |
KS
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| R&B Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Best Kept Secret | Power Play |
VA
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| East Of Rampart Street | Brian Stoltz |
LA
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| Feels So Good | Josephine Sincere |
NJ
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| I Don't Do That | Chuck Colbert |
LA
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| Just Us Records Compilation CD, Vol. 1 | DaFam, Rodney Walker, Shaunti |
VA
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| Nina Storey | Nina Storey |
CO
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| Soul Purpose | Bobby Harden |
NY
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| They Don't Know | Angela Johnson |
NY
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| Rap/Hip Hop Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Ghetto Bible | Ghetto Invaders |
CA
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| Skempinlige | Skamp |
Lithuania
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| Honky Mofo | Honky Mofo |
TX
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| The Hip-Hop Alternative (Community's Call) | Bobby Bishop |
MA
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| The Voice of the Future | Dr. Theopolis |
OR
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| Therapy Sessions | Some May Not Be |
WA
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| Urban Sprawl | Ordinary Peoples |
OH
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| When I Hit Tha! Bricks | C.O. Tha! Bad Black |
IL
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| Reggae Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Around the World | Fourth Dimension |
FL
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| Babylon Fall | Natty Remo |
Jamaica
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| In Exile | Rhodee |
Belize
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| Make Me Go Redda | Freedom Fighters |
France
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| Mr Progressive | Shakey Ranks |
Barbados
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| Reggae Attack Volume One | Carl Rogers, Roger Ranks, Leonard Conway, V Morgan |
Jamaica
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| Reggae Mix 1 | Various Artists |
Virgin Islands
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| Thank U "Jah" | Black Rebels |
Senegal
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| Rock Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Enjoy Your Life Poolside | Stereo 360 |
CA
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| FOLKLORE | THR3 |
CA
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| I Love You! Good Morning! | ROCKTOPUS |
ME
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| Pieces | Russ Bonagura |
NJ
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| Rhythm Central | GUTA |
NC
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| Sheila Marshall | Sheila Marshall |
TX
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| sixes and sevens | James Speer |
TX
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| Tin Angel | Love Syndicate |
PA
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| Rock Instrumental Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Beat.It | The Link Quartet |
OR
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| Dustbuster Demos | Fourth Estate |
CO
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| Eclectic Visions | Michael Mangaroo |
FL
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| King Friday | Adrian Galysh |
CA
|
| LandSpeedRecord | GasHead |
CO
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| Suspension | Travis Larson Band |
CA
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| Travis Larson Band | Travis Larson Band |
CA
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| Voodoo Violince | Mark Wood |
NY
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| Roots Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Cotton Diesel | Ponticello |
CA
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| Family Album | David Stephens |
AL
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| Ghost Train | The Hot Club of Cowtown |
TN
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| Here Comes The Rain | Jesse Jones & Isaac Callender |
OR
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| I Am What I Am | Tim Tolliver & Friends |
VA
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| Images of Women Vol 1 | Robin Greenstein |
NY
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| King Ludd | The Shots |
CA
|
| Last Winter in the Copper Country | Steppin' In It |
MI
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| Plow to the End of the Row | Adrienne Young |
TN
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| Solo Guitar Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Cemeteries, Missed Trains & Blue Skies | John Danley |
TN
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| Dreams of Argentina | Jose Luis Merlin |
CA
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| Force of Nature | Brian Henke |
OH
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| Laurel Mill | Doug Young |
CA
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| Live | Vicki Genfan |
NJ
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| Metal | Preston Reed |
Scotland
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| Nothing But Time | Doug Edgell |
PA
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| The High Road | Joe Euro |
WA
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| Solo Instrumental Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| A Prayer for the Missing | KiSuiAn Shakuhachi Dojo |
NY
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| Deep Pool | Elizabeth Falconer |
WA
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| Harmonicaland | Bruce Kurnow |
CA
|
| Main Squeeze | Lenny DeLuxe |
GA
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| Peaceful Planet | Kourosh Zolani |
CA
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| Pink Slimy Worm | Sweet Sue Terry |
NY
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| Rhythm Dust | Penner MacKay |
ON
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| Seasoning | Stas Venglevski and John Simku |
WI
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| Solo Piano Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Appassionato | Ron Di Salvio |
MI
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| Be Thou My Vision | Diane Hoenzsch |
NY
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| Circle of Influence | Michael Allen Harrison |
OR
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| Coming of Age | David A. Lewis |
CA
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| Imagine… | Matthew Busse |
TX
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| Palm Springs Jazz | Andy Fraga |
CA
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| Seven | Seth Osburn |
CA
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| Visions | Karl Moraski |
NC
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| Spoken Word Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Collect Calls | Iris Berry |
CA
|
| Express Yourself | JUBA |
NJ
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| Means At Large-Cookin' Around | Anna Means |
ID
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| Naked Voice | Tamara Madison Shaw |
NM
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| Word to the WHY?s | Rachel Kann |
CA
|
| Storm E Weather | Desmond Storm E Jones |
OH
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| This Dress | Minton Sparks |
TN
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| This Won't Hurt A Bit... | K.K. |
FL
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| Techno/Ambient Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| ...an ambient experience | ICECAKE |
NY
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| As Above So Below | Havoc Razor |
CA
|
| Collection V2.0 | Digital Explosion |
Finland
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| Headphone People | EOTRIBE |
FL
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| Momentum | Mindless Faith |
NY
|
| sugar | aalacho |
WA
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| Time Wants a Skeleton | Infinite Number of Sounds |
OH
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| Undaground Xxxcluesive | Marc Antonio |
CA
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| Theater/Stage Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Baritone on Broadway | Gregory Cross |
ON
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| Club Inferno | tucknrollplayers |
CA
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| Falling Star | Judith C. McAleer |
VA
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| Jesus Christ Surferstar | various artists |
Italy
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| Scenes From A Dream | Timmins Youth Singers |
ON
|
| The Birth | Michael Rheault |
MA
|
| The Off-Broadway Musical for Everyone | Songs from MAMALEH! |
NJ
|
| Too Old For The Chorus | Mark Winkler |
CA
|
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| Traditional Folk Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| Broken Hearts & Bitter Ends | Shandy Lawson |
CT
|
| Coyote's Dream | Tim Grimm |
IN
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| I Hear Your Voice | Joe Jencks |
WA
|
| In These Bones | Jackie Tice |
PA
|
| Legacy | Doc Watson and David Holt |
NC
|
| Lewis & Clark: West For America | David Walburn |
MT
|
| Time Has Made A Change in Me | Daisy Nell |
MA
|
| Tunnel Tigers | Donnybrook Fair |
NY
|
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| Vocal Jazz Album Nominees | Artist |
Location
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| A Moment More | Sharon Moore |
AL
|
| Bring Back the Moonlight | Harriet Goldberg |
MA
|
| Flamingo | Evans & Coppola |
NC
|
| I'll Remember Paris | Sony Holland |
CA
|
| Love's Never Been So Nice | Dustin White and the Jeff Jones Trio |
CA
|
| One Mouth Band | Sam Rogers |
CA
|
| Pure Joy | Gail Marten & The Clem Ehoff T |
MD
|
| Tempting | Jenny Toomey |
DC
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