2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Album Nominees
         
  A Cappella Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Bridges SoVoSo CA  
  Everybody Sing Hampton Avenue ON  
  for show Eclipse UT  
  Groove Society Groove Society CO  
  In the Key of She Key of She NJ  
  Standing Room Only Vocal Point UT  
  Tesseract Clockwork CA  
  Watch Me Fly Talisman A Cappella CA  
         
  African Album Nominees Artist Location  
  African Bohemian Kaysha Congo  
  Allez! Zuba Liberia  
  BataMbira Michael Spiro/Michael Williams Zimbabwe  
  Realidade D'Amor Belinda Cape Verde  
  World CitiZen YESHE Ghana  
  Wunda, Wunda! Dinka Malual Sudan  
  Yaye Digalma Jimi M'baye Senegal  
  Zebra Crossing Zebra Crossing South Africa  
         
  Alternative Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Destructive Behavior Amber Brooke Band GA  
  Distanza phoenix/NEBULIN FL  
  DREMANA DREMANA IL  
  Fast & Cheap Jessy Moss CA  
  Freakshow Muffy Nixon NY  
  Screwtiny Jaclyn Whittal ON  
  Shrine Of Counterfeits Matahari ME  
  These Things We Say Ms. Led WA  
         
  Ambient Album Nominees Artist Location  
  activate m-seven QC  
  Blank Screen Cinema Braille MI  
  Exergonic Sonic Adventure Project Austria  
  Fragments of a Nightmare Accurst NJ  
  perspection the NOISETTES WA  
  Planes, Trance and Life's Karma Wheels Cybermonkey ON  
  Red Room Diner Resonator Germany  
  underCURRENTs Current Spain  
         
  Americana Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Happy Face Kim McLean TN  
  Melic Hayseed FL  
  Moments of Wonder Kathy Hussey TN  
  One Drop of Poison Circe Link CA  
  Sing Me Out Kate Campbell TX  
  Sparks In The Radio Jim Photoglo TN  
  The Back Fields Tim Grimm IN  
  The Town's Old Fair Josh Lederman y Los Diablos MA  
         
  Asian Album Nominees Artist Location  
  A Compilation of Tibetan Folk and Freedo Techung Tibet  
  Black Asia Vol 1 r-H Singapore  
  Dhyana Aman: Meditation of No Mind Manose Nepal  
  Feel Yourself Russian! Moscow Nights Russia  
  Heart of the Wind Masayuki Koga Japan  
  Middle Kingdom 2 Noel Quinlan China  
  Tales (nhung chu yenke) Quoc-Bao Vietnam  
  TIBOK NG PUSO BEVERLY Philippines  
         
  Bluegrass Album Nominees Artist Location  
  America's Favorite Hymns America's Bluegrass Band KY  
  Covered Bridge The Gordons IL  
  Frontyard Junkyard The DeWayn Brothers KS  
  In The Mountaintops to Roam David Peterson & 1946 TN  
  Liquid Mule 23 North NC  
  Sing Me Back Home Jerry Sartain TX  
  The Badly Bent The Badly Bent CO  
  Travelin' On Hickory Project PA  
         
  Blues Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Beggars, Rogues & Thieves Jeff Scheetz band MO  
  Blue Voodoo Mark Cook GA  
  Brand New World Steve White CA  
  Colorblind Forrest McDonald GA  
  Long Gone Lonesome Blues Thomas Fraser Scotland  
  Old Soul Jimmy Bowskill ON  
  Timeless Clarence Gatemouth Brown CA  
  Voice of the Blues Sam Taylor NY  
         
  Cabaret Album Nominees Artist Location  
  A Different View Barbara Martin VA  
  As Advertised Justin Hines and the Headphone NY  
  Coffee, Chocolate & Men Jen Rathbun TX  
  Kiki & Herb Will Die For You  at Carnegi Kiki & Herb NY  
  Nize Baby Buck Evans AK  
  Sail Away Doctor Sparkles VA  
  STORY SONGS Denise Whittier VT  
  The Bicycle Men The Bicycle Men CA  
         
  Cajun Album Nominees Artist Location  
  All The Way Live Lisa Haley CA  
  Buffalo Jambalaya 2004 LIVE Savoy Family Band,Carrier Fami MD  
  Five BuckFiddle Five Buck Fiddle AK  
  Have No Fear Robin Lacy OH  
  Mon Coeur Est Avec Toi Cleoma's Ghost NY  
  repeat offender chris belleau and the zydeco h LA  
  Smokin' Zydeco Bonne Musique Zydeco CA  
  Spice it Up The Crawdaddies MD  
         
  Caribbean Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Buleya Long John Oliva AC Timba Jazz Cuba  
  Cachete y los Majaderos Cachete Maldonado Puerto Rico  
  Hot Caribbean Miziks Hot Caribbean Miziks (Artist is Alan Cave) France  
  Live Groov' La Haiti  
  Love Songs For You Yanick Etienne Haiti  
  Out Di Fire Teddy Greaves Bermuda  
  Presqu'ile Angus Martin Haiti  
  Si Guy Robert Jean Haiti  
         
  Celtic Album Nominees Artist Location  
  An Intelagent Design Na'Bodach PA  
  Beachland Bootleg Prodigals NY  
  Better Already BEN SANDS N. Ireland  
  Indoor Driving Raven OR  
  Live in Galway The Saw Doctors Ireland  
  Liver Let Die The Poxy Boggards CA  
  Ready for the Storm The Browne Sisters and George  CA  
  The Gettin's Good Darby O'Gill OR  
         
  Celtic Intrumental Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Bruscar Bán Culchies IN  
  Dragonfly Redux An Dochas WA  
  LIVE at the Barns At Wolf Trap Bonnie Rideout Scotish Trio VA  
  Once Upon a Time:  Music of Innocence an CANTIGA TX  
  Scotland's Lighthouses Cal Scott OR  
  Shades of Green Jamie Laval OR  
  The Celtic Collection 1992-2001 Bill Thurman AR  
  Trip Bad Haggis CA  
         
  Children's Album Nominees Artist Location  
  A Pocket of Tunes Dr. Mac and friends CA  
  Hyperactive Talking Cows Uncle Eye CA  
  MishMashMusic Sampler Michael Mish OR  
  My Best Friend is a Salamander Peter Himmelman CA  
  No! They Might Be Giants NY  
  Return To Andyland Andy Z CA  
  Sticky Situations Chris Hamilton BC  
  The Tomten and the Fox - New Classical M Mark Petering WI  
         
  Children's Storytelling Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Aesop's Fables Michael Mish OR  
  Cool in School Bill Harley MA  
  Father And Son Stories Kym Lardner Australia  
  Irish Tales Celia Farran WI  
  Mr. Quizmee Asks About Animals Quizzenkids Productions CA  
  Play It Again, Mom! ADRtists CA  
  The Complete Season One Dr. Floyd's Radio Adventures CA  
  The Toy Box Francie Dillon CA  
         
  Classical Orchestral Album Nominees Artist Location  
  David. F. Golightly Symphony no 1 City of Prague Philharmonic Or UK  
  Horizons Jon Ward Bauman MD  
  In Norway Aaron Rosand CA  
  Masterworks of the New Era - VOLUME TWO Philharmonia Bulgarica / Robert Winstin Ukraine  
  Mozart Flute Concertos and Quartet Laurel Zucker CA  
  Musically Speaking Beethoven / Gerard Schwarz, Co CA  
  Rachmaninov Piano Concerto Manchester Music Festival Symp CA  
  Symphonic Jobim Antonio Carlos Jobim NY  
         
  Classical Chamber Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Beethoven-2 Quartets Borromeo String Quartet CT  
  Flute Music by French Composers Ransom Wilson CT  
  Haydn London Trios & Divertimentos Laurel Zucker, Renee Siebert,  CA  
  Julie Ann Giacobassi, English Horn & Obo Julie Ann Giacobassi CA  
  Live in Belgrade Violin piano duo of Volodja Ba Slovenia  
  Old New Worlds Pedro de Alcantara NY  
  Out of the Woods, Twentieth-Century Fren TreVent  Wind Trio NC  
  Twentieth Century Music for Flute & Pian Laurel Zucker and Marc Shapiro CA  
         
  Classical Solo Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Bach Goldberg Variations Chloe Christian Pang CA  
  Brahms Piano Works, Op. 76 and Handel Va Vera Breheda CA  
  Inflorescence 2-Music for Solo Flute Laurel Zucker CA  
  Plays Beethoven and Berg Andreas Klein CA  
  Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana Sergio Gallo CA  
  Russian and Trepak Friedrich Lips WI  
  Soundscapes for Solo Viola, Scott Slapin Scott Slapin CA  
  Svensson Plays Mozart Magnus Svensson WA  
         
  Classical Voice/Opera Solo Nominees Artist Location  
  A Mother's Love Helene Zindarsian CA  
  Chansons d'Amour Mark DuBois ON  
  Donnie Ray Albert - In Recital Donnie Ray Albert TX  
  Kurt Weill: Marie Galante Suite, Songs f Joy Bogen NY  
  Per l'Amore Nancy Yuen - Somtow Sucharitku CA  
  Terra Incognita Christel Veraart CA  
  The Dramatic A. Paul Johnson FL  
  The Music Within Vol. 1 Mark DuBois ON  
         
  Classical Voice/Opera Choral Nominees Artist Location  
  An Angel's Christmas Sara Botkin PA  
  Chants Sacres d'Armenie Lucineh Hovanissian Armenia  
  How Can  I Keep From Singing? Busan Elders Choir VA  
  Latin Choral Tradition Church Of The Holy Ghost Choir CO  
  Mairneas Navan WI  
  Requiem The Brian Conn New Music Ensem IL  
  Requiem Raymond Torres-Santos PR  
  SIX FABLES- based on the writings of var Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia MA  
         
  College Rock Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Digital Self SPIN 66 TX  
  Gabriel Mann Gabriel Mann CA  
  Get it  Wrong, It's Alright Solly TX  
  Go Vertical Horizon CA  
  Grief Can Kill An Elephant Deejer TX  
  Hoochie Coochie Bowman AZ  
  Recess Serenade the Argument WV  
  Waves Saul Zonana NY  
         
  Comedy Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Best Of  Volume 5   Nelson & Terry OR  
  Dog Years Mike Birbiglia NY  
  I'm Still Thinking... Bill Scott PA  
  John Vorhees Just Doesn't Give A ... John Vorhees IL  
  More Moo Moos Jim Gaffigan NY  
  Speak When Spoken To Dan Smith CA  
  Stand-up for men Kevin  Hughes NC  
  That's Not Right! Kevin Meaney NY  
         
  Compilation Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Anti-Theft Device Vote in November - Election 20 PA  
  Connecti Cuts Various Artists CT  
  HOME A Compilation of Women Singer-Songw Various Artists MO  
  More Ways Than Three Various Artist IL  
  SONGWRITERS ON BEALE ST VARIOUS ARTISTS TN  
  Sounds of New England, Vol. 1 17 Folk Artists of New England MA  
  The Awakening Sleeping Giant Music CA  
  The World is a Narrow Bridge Craig Taubman- Various Artists CA  
         
  Contemporary Album Nominees Artist Location  
  All The Time In The World Lowen & Navarro CA  
  I Dreamed of Rain Jan Garrett & J.D. Martin CO  
  In Angel's Arms Corinne Chase MA  
  In Memory Of Tanya Leah FL  
  Musicbox Peter Mayer TN  
  Simple Life Michael Monroe MN  
  The Wonderground BoyMeetsGirl Music CA  
  You Set My Dreams To Music Steve Dorff CA  
         
  Contemporary Christian Album Nominees Artist Location  
  After the Chase After the Chase CA  
  Grain Of Sand Jerry Wise TN  
  I Will The Brown Band TX  
  In Awe of You Scott Reed CA  
  Lost Highway Ryan Horne GA  
  Return Bradley Vail Band CA  
  Watershed Watershed MD  
  Where You Remain Ali Matthews ON  
         
  Country Album Nominees Artist Location  
  A Life Less Ordinary Chelsee Oaks MI  
  Backyard Holiday Don Campbell ME  
  Dead Man Walkin' Scott Hisey OH  
  Harmony Man Billy Yates TN  
  Here Cheley Tackett TN  
  Makes Perfect Sense sheila marshall TX  
  The Lost Nashville Chronicles John Foster TN  
  The Mamasitas The Mamasitas TN  
         
  Cover/Tribute Album Nominees Artist Location  
  A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Led Zepagain CA  
  all wood and stones John Batdorf & James Lee Stanl CA  
  All You Need Is Live 1964...The Tribute OH  
  beatlegras beatlegras TX  
  Homemade Spaceship The Music of ELO Perf P. Hux MD  
  Interpretations Dale Turner CA  
  Magical Moods of the Theremin Project: Pimento CA  
  now the day is over the innocence mission CA  
         
  Dance Album Nominees Artist Location  
  A Tribute To The King King Jr. CA  
  BASS CITY VOL1 Andromeda UK  
  BASS CITY VOL2 Andromeda UK  
  Dust Off And Dance Tiffany CA  
  Eclectic JC UK  
  Putty In Their Hands - Thrills & Chills Triprocket TX  
  Vallesca Vallesca PR  
  Velvet SHANI CA  
         
  Educational Album Nominees Artist Location  
  99 Ways To Get More Out Of Every Day Gene Griessman, Ph.D. GA  
  Down the Dirt Road Blues Spencer Bohren LA  
  Lessons From Legends Gene Griessman GA  
  Literature Of The Harlem Renaissance Sheila Evans NY  
  The Greatest Cartoon Voice Tricks Ever S Patrick Fraley CA  
  The Star Children Daniel Jacob WA  
  To Our Little Sisters With Love Karen Jenkins & Tracy Wise DE  
  What Every Musician Should Know About Se Bob Baker MO  
         
  Electronic Album Nominees Artist Location  
  2 Days or Die Atlas Plug CT  
  A Sip of Sunshine redCola: Paul & Price CA  
  Break Out Of Prism Solovox OR  
  digital confessions duke b NY  
  Fortune Favors The Bald Q*Ball NJ  
  Helmutvision pH10 CO  
  Position Music Solamingus CA  
  Progression Munkie UK  
  Supertweeker Supertweeker CA  
         
  European Album Nominees Artist Location  
  bla kongo Bla Kongo Sweden  
  In Love Again Soumia France  
  Maksimale Sikkness Mad Maks & Sikk Germany  
  Mi ACCORDO Daniele Groff Italy  
  Premier Regard Dana Kern France  
  Real Epic Demetrios Katis Greece  
  Revolution Bryo Switzerland  
  Sun Behind the Stern(Russian) Spasenie Belarus  
  What Is Gone Doesn't Necessarily Disappe Alalie Lilt Austria  
         
  Experimental Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Billy X: Solo Set Billy X. Curmano MN  
  Bullheaded The art of who did CA  
  COMBINES 2 perry botkin CA  
  COMBINES 3 perry botkin CA  
  Hates Mike Macharyas Erin Smogor NY  
  Lullaby And Other Music RobSound Brazil  
  Vecindario Global Andres Argil/alejandro Saqui Mexico  
  words and voices aesthetic evidence MA  
         
  Female Singer-Songwriter Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Ballads & Burlesque Rachael Sage NY  
  Billie's Bones Janis Ian TN  
  Bittertown Lori McKenna MA  
  Breathe The Same Air Brooke Fox NY  
  elusive Adrina Thorpe CA  
  Give In Anne Heaton NY  
  Love the Mess Rachel Loy TX  
  The Color Of Silence Tiffany CA  
  The Simply Said Session Jo Davidson NY  
  Under the Gypsy Sky Jenn Adams TN  
  Unexpected Erika Luckett CA  
  Yellow Cary Cooper TX  
         
  Gospel Album Nominees Artist Location  
  811 Masque IL  
  Break Thru The Spiritual Sonz GA  
  He Knows How West Tennessee Mass Choir TN  
  Heart of a Worshipper John Murray & Worship PA  
  Imagine East Bay Anointed Voices CA  
  It's In The Praise Dr. Pat Mckinstry, Chris Byrd  OH  
  Praise & Worship Volume 1 Elisha Parris and Heart's Desi FL  
  The Decade Pastor Gary L. Wyatt & SureHou WA  
         
  Hard Rock Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Deep Bloodroot NY  
  Dischord Smeer ON  
  Her Majesty Sophia Ramos NY  
  Infinite Infect Vegas In Space CA  
  Murder on My Mind Lovehammers IL  
  Personal Space Jet Motor Crash CA  
  Sovereign Mind Colporter CA  
  The Absence Point One WA  
         
  Hawaiian Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Hoaloha Maua Wendell Peters & Fernando Pere HI  
  Hoomalie Ray Sowders HI  
  How-lee The Hoppin' Haole Brothers NJ  
  In This Enchanted Place Manny K Fernandez OR  
  Ma'alahi Nawai HI  
  Slack Key West Jim "Kimo" West CA  
  Sweet and Sacred: A Fragrant Offering Bill Neubauer NY  
  White Sandy Beach Manea NV  
         
  Holiday Album Nominees Artist Location  
  All I Want For Christmas Hampton Avenue ON  
  December In Vermont Diane Zeigler VT  
  Django Bells The Gypsy Hombres TN  
  Irish Christmas Rollick Darby O'Gill OR  
  Midwinter--Songs of Christmas Misty River OR  
  On Angels' Wings Ali Matthews ON  
  Santa's Clones Hal Willis TN  
  This Christmas Morning Leslie Ritter & Scott Petito NY  
         
  Indian Classical/Traditional Nominees Artist Location  
  Desert Charm Gypsies of Rajasthan India  
  Rasayana Purbayan Chatterjee & Shashank India  
  Pure Kaushiki Chakrabarty India  
  In Union Ajoy Chakrabarty India  
  Kala Kala Ramnath India  
  Bhajans Shakti Vilas Italy  
  Shehnai Daya Shankar India  
  Radiant N. Rajam India  
       
  Indian Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Bandish Fusion Subhen Chatterjee India  
  Bas Hun Aman CA  
  Dasi: Prayers by Women Karnamrita CA  
  Gypsyindia Babukishan India  
  My Love Is You Rupam Sarmah CA  
  Sattva Manish Vyas CO  
  The Udhav Shinde Trio The Udhav Shinde Trio Belgium  
  Yours for the Taking Signia BC  
         
  Industrial Album Nominees Artist Location  
  1989-1999: "Hasten The Burning With The  Out Out MA  
  Atomic Erotic V.S.B. Germany  
  Cold and naked A New January IL  
  CONVENIENCE Die Warzau IL  
  Devil At The Wheel CRUD MI  
  Something To Cry About Db9d9 CA  
  The Repo Session Ghost in the Machine WI  
  Vortex Collide CA  
         
  Instrumental Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Ariel View: Tone Poems for Violin and Pi Karen Bentley & Bruce Hanifan AL  
  Cruisin' the Creek Gary Sredzienski & The Serfs ME  
  Glass Stories Donal Hinely TN  
  Jordan and the Dog Woman Beth Denisch MA  
  Musica Incantata Quartetto Amoroso CA  
  Perpetual motion Angelo DiPippo NY  
  Quartet San Francisco Jeremy Cohen CA  
  Visions for Flute and Harp Laurie Conrad NY  
         
  Instrumental Jazz Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Blue After Hours Dan Jacobs MI  
  Critical Brass Hungry March Band NY  
  New Groove Blues Steve Yeager MN  
  NOUVEAU The Gypsy Hombres TN  
  Pacific Coast Highway Nils Jiptner CA  
  Stick Figures Terry Bowness TX  
  Tevet Sela Tevet Sela Israel  
  Violin Jazz Jeremy Cohen CA  
         
  Jewish Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Ahavah Rabah Rebecca   PA  
  Beyond Tomorrow Julie Silver CA  
  Friday Night Live Craig Taubman CA  
  Gan Shirim, A Garden Of Songs Carol Boyd Leon VA  
  Journey Neshama Carlebach NY  
  Pieces of Light Pizmon NY  
  Prayers/Tefilot Rebecca Teplow NJ  
  Slice Of Light Uzca CA  
         
  Klezmer Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Actions Speak Louder Than Words Klezmer Juice CA  
  Amulet Nikitov MN  
  Close Enough for Klezmer The Alexandria Kleztet MD  
  Freylach Time! The Klezmer Dance Band Freylach Time! NC  
  Live from KlezKamp! The Staff Concerts 1 Various Artists NY  
  Nakhes Fun Klezmer Dobe Ressler And Di Bostoner K MA  
  New Jersey Freylekhs The Klez Dispensers NY  
  Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge Andy Statman NY  
         
  Latin Album Nominees Artist Location  
  Aqui Vengo Debbie Spain  
  BIOS Gandhi FL  
  BONGOLAND Cecilia Noël & the Wild Clams CA  
  Cuentame Jose Val FL  
  Gozalo El Rubio Loco PC  
  Live At The Blue Note Big 3 Palladium Orchestra FL  
  Money Money Orquesta D'Soul CA  
  Selections from Tres Oraciones Lourdes Perez TX  
         
  Live Album Nominees Artist Location  
  24 Off The Board Nina Storey CO  
  A Night  At The Puppet House Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovia NY  
  Amy Fairchild Live Amy Fairchild MA