| 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Album Winners |
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A Cappella Album Nominees |
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Groove Society |
Groove Society |
CO |
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for show |
Eclipse |
UT |
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Standing Room Only |
Vocal Point |
UT |
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Tesseract |
Clockwork |
CA |
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African Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Allez! |
Zuba |
Liberia |
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| Second |
World CitiZen |
YESHE |
Ghana |
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| Third |
BataMbira |
Michael Spiro/Michael Williams |
Zimbabwe |
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Yaye Digalma |
Jimi M'baye |
Senegal |
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Alternative Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Screwtiny |
Jaclyn Whittal |
ON |
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| Second |
Destructive Behavior |
Amber Brooke Band |
GA |
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Fast & Cheap |
Jessy Moss |
CA |
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Freakshow |
Muffy Nixon |
NY |
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Ambient Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
activate |
m-seven |
QC |
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| Second |
Exergonic |
Sonic Adventure Project |
Austria |
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Fragments of a Nightmare |
Accurst |
NJ |
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| Fouth |
underCURRENTs |
Current |
Spain |
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Americana Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
The Back Fields |
Tim Grimm |
IN |
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| Second |
Sparks In The Radio |
Jim Photoglo |
TN |
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| Third |
Happy Face |
Kim McLean |
TN |
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| Fourth |
Melic |
Hayseed |
FL |
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Asian Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
A Compilation of Tibetan Folk and Freedom Songs |
Techung |
Tibet |
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| Second |
Black Asia Vol 1 |
r-H |
Singapore |
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| Third |
Tales (nhung chu yenke) |
Quoc-Bao |
Vietnam |
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| Fourth |
Middle Kingdom 2 |
Noel Quinlan |
China |
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Bluegrass Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
In The Mountaintops to Roam |
David Peterson & 1946 |
TN |
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| Second |
America's Favorite Hymns |
America's Bluegrass Band |
KY |
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| Third |
Liquid Mule |
23 North |
NC |
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| Fourth |
The Badly Bent |
The Badly Bent |
CO |
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Blues Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Blue Voodoo |
Mark Cook |
GA |
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| Second |
Colorblind |
Forrest McDonald |
GA |
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Old Soul |
Jimmy Bowskill |
ON |
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Timeless |
Clarence Gatemouth Brown |
CA |
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Cabaret Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Kiki & Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Halle
Hall |
Kiki & Herb |
NY |
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| Second |
Coffee, Chocolate & Men |
Jen Rathbun |
TX |
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| Third |
Sail Away |
Doctor Sparkles |
VA |
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Nize Baby |
Buck Evans |
AK |
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Cajun Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
All The Way Live |
Lisa Haley |
CA |
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| Second |
Five BuckFiddle |
Five Buck Fiddle |
AK |
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Spice it Up |
The Crawdaddies |
MD |
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| Fourth |
Buffalo Jambalaya 2004 LIVE |
Savoy Family Band,Carrier Family
Band, T Broussard Band |
MD |
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Caribbean Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Cachete y los Majaderos |
Cachete Maldonado |
Puerto Rico |
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| Second |
Love Songs For You |
Yanick Etienne |
Haiti |
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Si |
Guy Robert Jean |
Haiti |
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| Fourth |
Buleya |
Long John Oliva AC Timba Jazz |
Cuba |
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Celtic Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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Liver Let Die |
The Poxy Boggards |
CA |
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| Second |
Better Already |
BEN SANDS |
N. Ireland |
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| Third |
An Intelagent Design |
Na'Bodach |
PA |
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Beachland Bootleg |
Prodigals |
NY |
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Celtic Intrumental Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Dragonfly Redux |
An Dochas |
WA |
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| Second |
Trip |
Bad Haggis |
CA |
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| Third |
Shades of Green |
Jamie Laval |
OR |
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Scotland's Lighthouses |
Cal Scott |
OR |
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Children's Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
No! |
They Might Be Giants |
NY |
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| Second |
My Best Friend is a Salamander |
Peter Himmelman |
CA |
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| Third |
Sticky Situations |
Chris Hamilton |
BC |
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Return To Andyland |
Andy Z |
CA |
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Children's Storytelling Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Mr. Quizmee Asks About Animals |
Quizzenkids Productions |
CA |
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| Second |
Play It Again, Mom! |
ADRtists |
CA |
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| Third |
The Complete Season One |
Dr. Floyd's Radio Adventures |
CA |
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The Toy Box |
Francie Dillon |
CA |
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Classical Orchestral Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Masterworks of the New Era - VOLUME TWO |
Philharmonia Bulgarica / Robert Ian
Winstin |
Ukraine |
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David. F. Golightly Symphony no 1 |
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra |
UK |
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Classical Concerto Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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In Norway |
Aaron Rosand |
CA |
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Mozart Flute Concertos and Quartet |
Laurel Zucker |
CA |
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Classical Chamber Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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Flute Music by French Composers |
Ransom Wilson |
CT |
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| Second |
Twentieth Century Music for Flute & Piano |
Laurel Zucker and Marc Shapiro |
CA |
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| Third |
Julie Ann Giacobassi, English Horn & Oboe d'amore |
Julie Ann Giacobassi |
CA |
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Beethoven-2 Quartets |
Borromeo String Quartet |
CT |
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Classical Solo Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Inflorescence 2-Music for Solo Flute |
Laurel Zucker |
CA |
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| Second |
Svensson Plays Mozart |
Magnus Svensson |
WA |
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| Third |
Russian and Trepak |
Friedrich Lips |
WI |
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Brahms Piano Works, Op. 76 and Handel Variations, op. 24 |
Vera Breheda |
CA |
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Classical Voice/Opera Solo Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
A Mother's Love |
Helene Zindarsian |
CA |
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| Second |
Per l'Amore |
Nancy Yuen - Somtow Sucharitku |
CA |
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| Third |
The Music Within Vol. 1 |
Mark DuBois |
ON |
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Donnie Ray Albert - In Recital |
Donnie Ray Albert |
TX |
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Classical Voice/Opera Choral Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
SIX FABLES- based on the writings of Vardan Aigektsi |
Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia |
MA |
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| Second |
How Can I Keep From
Singing? |
Busan Elders Choir |
VA |
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Requiem |
The Brian Conn New Music Ensem |
IL |
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Latin Choral Tradition |
Church Of The Holy Ghost Choir |
CO |
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College Rock Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Go |
Vertical Horizon |
CA |
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| Second |
Gabriel Mann |
Gabriel Mann |
CA |
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Hoochie Coochie |
Bowman |
AZ |
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Digital Self |
SPIN 66 |
TX |
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Comedy Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Dog Years |
Mike Birbiglia |
NY |
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| Second |
That's Not Right! |
Kevin Meaney |
NY |
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Stand-up for men |
Kevin Hughes |
NC |
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More Moo Moos |
Jim Gaffigan |
NY |
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Compilation Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
HOME A Compilation of Women Singer-Songwriters |
Various Artists |
MO |
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| Second |
The Awakening |
Sleeping Giant Music |
CA |
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The World is a Narrow Bridge |
Craig Taubman- Various Artists |
CA |
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Anti-Theft Device |
Vote in November - Election 20 |
PA |
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Contemporary Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Musicbox |
Peter Mayer |
TN |
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| Second |
All The Time In The World |
Lowen & Navarro |
CA |
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I Dreamed of Rain |
Jan Garrett & J.D. Martin |
CO |
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You Set My Dreams To Music |
Steve Dorff |
CA |
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Contemporary Christian Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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Where You Remain |
Ali Matthews |
ON |
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Grain Of Sand |
Jerry Wise |
TN |
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Watershed |
Watershed |
MD |
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After the Chase |
After the Chase |
CA |
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Country Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Here |
Cheley Tackett |
TN |
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| Second |
The Mamasitas |
The Mamasitas |
TN |
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Harmony Man |
Billy Yates |
TN |
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The Lost Nashville Chronicles |
John Foster |
TN |
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Cover/Tribute Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Homemade
Spaceship The Music of ELO |
P. Hux |
MD |
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| Second |
now the day is over |
the innocence mission |
CA |
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Interpretations |
Dale Turner |
CA |
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all wood and stones |
John Batdorf & James Lee Stanl |
CA |
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Dance Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Dust Off And Dance |
Tiffany |
CA |
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| Second |
Putty In Their Hands - Thrills & Chills |
Triprocket |
TX |
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Velvet |
SHANI |
CA |
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A Tribute To The King |
King Jr. |
CA |
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Educational Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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Lessons From Legends |
Gene Griessman |
GA |
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| Second |
Down the Dirt Road Blues |
Spencer Bohren |
LA |
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The Greatest Cartoon Voice Tricks Ever Smuggled out of Hollywood |
Patrick Fraley |
CA |
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What Every Musician Should Know About Self-Promotion |
Bob Baker |
MO |
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Electronica Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Supertweeker |
Supertweeker |
CA |
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| Second |
2 Days or Die |
Atlas Plug |
CT |
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| Third |
Fortune Favors The Bald |
Q*Ball |
NJ |
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Helmutvision |
pH10 |
CO |
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European Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Premier Regard |
Dana Kern |
France |
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| Second |
Mi ACCORDO |
Daniele Groff |
Italy |
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Revolution |
Bryo |
Switzerland |
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bla kongo |
Bla Kongo |
Sweden |
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Experimental Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
COMBINES 2 |
perry botkin |
CA |
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| Second |
Vecindario Global |
Andres Argil/alejandro Saqui |
Mexico |
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words and voices |
aesthetic evidence |
MA |
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| Fourth |
Billy X: Solo Set |
Billy X. Curmano |
MN |
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Female Singer-Songwriter Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Unexpected |
Erika Luckett |
CA |
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| Second |
Billie's Bones |
Janis Ian |
TN |
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| Third |
Breathe The Same Air |
Brooke Fox |
NY |
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Yellow |
Cary Cooper |
TX |
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The Color Of Silence |
Tiffany |
CA |
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Bittertown |
Lori McKenna |
MA |
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Gospel Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Heart of a Worshipper |
John Murray & Worship |
PA |
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| Second |
Praise & Worship Volume 1 |
Elisha Parris and Heart's Desire |
FL |
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It's In The Praise |
Dr. Pat Mckinstry,
Chris Byrd |
OH |
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| Fourth |
811 |
Masque |
IL |
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Hard Rock Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
The Absence |
Point One |
WA |
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| Second |
Infinite Infect |
Vegas In Space |
CA |
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| Third |
Sovereign Mind |
Colporter |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Murder on My Mind |
Lovehammers |
IL |
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Hawaiian Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Ho'omālie |
Ray Sowders |
HI |
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| Second |
White Sandy Beach |
Manea |
NV |
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| Third |
How-lee |
The Hoppin' Haole Brothers |
NJ |
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| Fourth |
Slack Key West |
Jim "Kimo" West |
CA |
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Holiday Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
December In Vermont |
Diane Zeigler |
VT |
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| Second |
This Christmas Morning |
Leslie Ritter & Scott Petito |
NY |
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| Third |
All I Want For Christmas |
Hampton Avenue |
ON |
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Django Bells |
The Gypsy Hombres |
TN |
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Indian Classical/Traditional Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Bhajans |
Shakti Vilas |
Italy |
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| Second |
Pure |
Kaushiki Chakrabarty |
India |
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| Third |
Desert Charm |
Gypsies of Rajasthan |
India |
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| Fourth |
In Union |
Ajoy Chakrabarty |
India |
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Indian Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Dasi: Prayers by Women |
Karnamrita |
CA |
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| Second |
Sattva |
Manish Vyas |
CO |
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| Third |
My Love Is You |
Rupam Sarmah |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Bas Hun |
Aman |
CA |
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Industrial Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
CONVENIENCE |
Die Warzau |
IL |
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| Second |
Vortex |
Collide |
CA |
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| Third |
1989-1999: "Hasten The Burning With The Breath of Fools |
Out Out |
MA |
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| Fourth |
Devil At The Wheel |
CRUD |
MI |
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Instrumental Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Ariel View: Tone Poems for Violin and Pianoano |
Karen Bentley & Bruce Hanifan |
AL |
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| Second |
Quartet San Francisco |
Jeremy Cohen |
CA |
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| Third |
Perpetual motion |
Angelo DiPippo |
NY |
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| Fourth |
Musica Incantata |
Quartetto Amoroso |
CA |
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Instrumental Jazz Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Pacific Coast Highway |
Nils |
CA |
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| Second |
Stick Figures |
Terry Bowness |
TX |
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| Third |
Blue After Hours |
Dan Jacobs |
MI |
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| Fourth |
NOUVEAU |
The Gypsy Hombres |
TN |
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Jewish Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Friday Night Live |
Craig Taubman |
CA |
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| Second |
Beyond Tomorrow |
Julie Silver |
CA |
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| Third |
Journey |
Neshama Carlebach |
NY |
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| Fourth |
Gan Shirim, A Garden Of Songs |
Carol Boyd Leon |
VA |
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Klezmer Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
New Jersey Freylekhs |
The Klez Dispensers |
NY |
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| Second |
Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge |
Andy Statman |
NY |
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| Third |
Close Enough for Klezmer |
The Alexandria Kleztet |
MD |
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| Fourth |
Freylach Time! The Klezmer Dance Band |
Freylach Time! |
NC |
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Latin Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Gozalo |
El Rubio Loco |
PC |
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| Second |
Money Money |
Orquesta D'Soul |
CA |
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| Third |
Selections from Tres Oraciones |
Lourdes Perez |
TX |
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| Fourth |
Cuentame |
Jose Val |
FL |
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Live Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
for show |
Eclipse |
UT |
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| Second |
Live |
Steve Seskin |
CA |
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| Third |
24 Off The Board |
Nina Storey |
CO |
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| Fourth |
Would You Please Welcome... Joe Rathburn |
Joe Rathburn |
CA |
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Male Singer-Songwriter Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Born Too Late |
Bob Malone |
CA |
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| Second |
Before The Separation |
Freebo |
CA |
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| Third |
Revelation Land |
John William Davis |
CO |
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| Fourth |
Theatre of the Unheard |
Darrell Scott |
TN |
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| Fifth |
Bob Gentry |
Bob Gentry |
CA |
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| Sixth |
Give It All Away |
Billie Burke Estate |
WA |
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Metal Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Puttin' the ass in class |
Str8jackit |
BC |
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| Second |
Johnstons Theory |
Wheeliebar |
WI |
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| Third |
Psalms |
KriticKill |
TX |
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| Fourth |
The Plastic Parade |
Absent Society |
CA |
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Middle Eastern Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Platinum |
ANDY |
Iran |
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| Second |
Visions |
Mirage |
Armenia |
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| Third |
Beginnings |
Khatchig |
Armenia |
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| Fourth |
One |
Yitzhak & Sigalit Sadehu |
Israel |
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Modern Rock Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Telling Tales |
The Hoo-Hah Conspiracy |
UK |
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| Second |
Music For Life |
Brother Luke |
NV |
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| Third |
The Feeling of Far |
Fritz Doddy |
NJ |
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| Fourth |
Pigeonholes |
Neal Fox |
CA |
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Native American Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Voice From Within |
Michael Searching Bear |
OH |
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| Second |
Kairos |
Terrylee Whetstone |
KS |
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| Third |
Land of Our Birth |
Eagle Spirit |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Waking Spirit |
Charlie Wayne Watson |
GA |
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New Age Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Suncatcher |
Faith Rivera |
CA |
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| Second |
The Open Path |
Keary |
BC |
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| Third |
The Undershore |
Catherine Marie Charlton |
DE |
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| Fourth |
Presence |
Sita |
NM |
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New Folk Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Underdog |
Wishing Chair |
KY |
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| Second |
Out of Time |
Open Book |
NY |
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| Third |
Luv Songs For Grownups |
Dreamsicles |
TX |
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| Fourth |
Lucky If Easy |
Alfred James Band |
PA |
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Novelty Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Live From Our Pants |
Fast & Dirty |
ON |
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| Second |
Self-Bootleg |
Eric Schwartz |
NY |
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| Third |
Every Man I Love is EIther Married, Gay, |
Kacey Jones |
TN |
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| Fourth |
The World's Favorite Cluckoratura Arias |
Orriel Smith |
CA |
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|
Polka Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
3 Sessions in 1 |
Gary Kuchenbecker |
WI |
|
| Second |
A Taste of Switzerland |
FRITZ'S POLKA BAND |
NY |
|
| Third |
Polka Music Oooh Boy! |
Frank Moravcik |
OH |
|
| Fourth |
Polka Can't Die |
The Polkaholics |
IL |
|
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Pop Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Twelve |
Danielle McKee |
CA |
|
| Second |
How We Fight |
The Animators |
NY |
|
| Third |
REACH |
SKAMP |
Lithuania |
|
| Fourth |
Cinematic |
Jag Star |
TN |
|
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Punk Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Parade of Sinners |
Ken |
PA |
|
| Second |
Blue Skies Forever |
Mary Prankster |
NY |
|
| Third |
50 Foot Wave |
50 Foot Wave |
VA |
|
| Fourth |
Eat the Night |
The Ettes |
CA |
|
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R&B Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
At the Casbah |
SHANI |
CA |
|
| Second |
Got To Let It Go |
Angela Johnson |
NY |
|
| Third |
Shades |
Nina Storey |
CO |
|
| Fourth |
Simply |
Ace |
TN |
|
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Rap Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
One Woman Army |
Ta-Ta |
NJ |
|
| Second |
Adversity |
Butterfly Toungz |
IN |
|
| Third |
Urban Mind Expansion |
Most Chill SLACKMOB |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
The Initiative |
Soz |
CA |
|
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|
|
Reggae Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Where Is The Love |
Biggie Irie |
Barbados |
|
| Second |
The Realist |
Rashani |
Caribbean |
|
| Third |
Papa Africa |
Haile Maskel |
Jamaica |
|
| Fourth |
Akila Barrett featuring the Wailers Band |
Akila Barrett |
Jamaica |
|
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|
|
Rock Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
The Inside |
Jasmine Cain |
TN |
|
| Second |
River To The Sea |
Simon Apple |
PA |
|
| Third |
This Magnificent Nonsence |
Square |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Signs and Wonders |
King Street Healers |
SK |
|
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|
|
Rock Instrumental Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Burn Season |
Travis Larson Band |
CA |
|
| Second |
blue electric cool |
Curtis Fornadley |
CA |
|
| Third |
Electric Cartoon Music From Hell |
Electrocution 250 |
UK |
|
| Fourth |
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things |
Mark Wood |
NY |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Rockabilly Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Radio Friendly Hits For Your DJ To Play |
The Dempseys |
TN |
|
| Second |
Roostina |
Rumblejetts |
KS |
|
| Third |
The Sun Also Rises, Vol. 1 |
Jamie Aaron Kelley & The Dempseys |
IA |
|
| Fourth |
catch me if you can |
pete worden and the hardtimers |
NY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roots Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Blue Eyed Darlin' |
Susie Glaze |
CA |
|
| Second |
Dear Mama |
The Merritts |
GA |
|
| Third |
Whose Heart Is This? |
Candace Randolph |
TN |
|
| Fourth |
Up From The Ground Below |
M Shanghai String Band |
NY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roots Instrumental Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Redwing |
Andy Hall |
TN |
|
| Second |
Candlewyck |
Candlewyck |
NC |
|
| Third |
Some Melodious Sonnet |
Hanneke Cassel |
MA |
|
| Fourth |
Shufflin' |
Richard Greene |
CA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salsa Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Salsa Pa'America |
Victor Hugo |
UK |
|
| Second |
Nino Torrente & Son de Hoy |
Nino Torrente & Son de Hoy |
CT |
|
| Third |
Breakthrough |
Orquesta La Palabra |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Willie Sotelo Presenta Orquesta La Mundial |
Willie Sotelo |
PR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Self Help/Meditation Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Grounding & Centering, from the Ancient Stardust Tools for Change Series |
Laura Scott |
CT |
|
| Second |
Are You Stuck? A
Self-Guided Process to Create a Vision for Your
Day |
Tricia Stewart Shiu |
CA |
|
| Third |
Stopping Smoking |
Dr. James E. Walton, Ph.D. |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Java Jems: 5 Minute Inspirations for Busy People |
Cindi R. Maciolek |
NV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solo Guitar Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Ladies Night |
Preston Reed |
Scotland |
|
| Second |
Italian Fingerstyle Guitar |
Franco Morone |
Italy |
|
| Third |
Consistent Variation |
Rob Eberhard Young |
FL |
|
| Fourth |
Drifting Into Oblivion |
John Danley |
TN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solo Instrumental Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Soliloquy |
Michael Manring |
CA |
|
| Second |
Inflorescence -Music for Solo Flute |
Laurel Zucker |
CA |
|
| Third |
Bow and Cello |
Gretchen Yanover |
WA |
|
| Fourth |
Qadim |
Tim Rayborn |
CA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solo Piano Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Touch the Sky |
Mike Strickland |
WA |
|
| Second |
Tootsie Tunes |
Richard Freitas |
CT |
|
| Third |
Ultreya |
Markus Burger |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Cold-Hearted Orb |
Roger MacNaughton |
MI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soundtrack Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
THE PATSY - Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Vivek Maddala |
CA |
|
| Second |
The Greatest Good |
Lance Bendiksen |
CO |
|
| Third |
Jesus, again? |
Bjarne O. |
Denmark |
|
| Fourth |
The Basket Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Don Caron |
WA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South & Central American Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Inverse/universe |
Claudia Villela & Ricardo Peixoto |
Brazil |
|
| Second |
Deslizando Sobre
Ondas de Tensão |
Zabomba |
Brazil |
|
| Third |
Cosecha |
Chaskinakuy |
Andes |
|
| Fourth |
InkAmerica |
InkAmerica |
Peru |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spoken Word Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Get Familiar - CD 2 Live @ The Oakland Box |
Queen Sheba |
CA |
|
| Second |
Love Costs |
Renea L. Moss |
FL |
|
| Third |
Hostile Intentions |
Chamber 7 |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
F*cking Poetry |
Rachel Kann |
CA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Storytelling Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Christmas at Southern White Old Lady Hospital |
Andy Offutt Irwin |
GA |
|
| Second |
Son-Of-A-Gun Stew: A Texas Cowboy's Gather |
Dennis Gaines |
TX |
|
| Third |
HOLD ME FAST |
Dan Domench |
ME |
|
| Fourth |
The ODASea: A Night Sea Journey |
Jean-Vi Lenthe |
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surf Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Thrills & Chills |
The Moon-Rays |
IL |
|
| Second |
POINT ZERO |
The Atlantics |
Australia |
|
| Third |
Somewhere in California |
The Torquays |
DE |
|
| Fourth |
Rides Again! |
Longboard Ranch |
CA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Techno Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Impulse Prime |
zircon |
NY |
|
| Second |
We Are SwitchFocus |
SwitchFocus |
WI |
|
| Third |
Underground Industry |
Digital Beat |
Finland |
|
| Fourth |
The World of Sound |
soundhole |
CA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Theater Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
The Hunchback
of Notre Dame...A musical |
Dennis DeYoung |
IL |
|
| Second |
Everything the Traffic Will Allow |
Klea Blackhurst |
NY |
|
| Third |
Open Heart The Musical |
Robby Benson |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Naked Boys Singing! |
Original Cast Recording |
CA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Traditional Folk Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Love, Money & Revenge |
Shandy Lawson |
CT |
|
| Second |
Flea Circus |
Steve Quelet |
PA |
|
| Third |
Journal On A Shelf |
Bill Sheffield |
GA |
|
| Fourth |
Living on Maximum Wage |
Tom Neilson |
MA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Urban Gospel Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Fire In My Bones |
Lawrence Smith |
MO |
|
| Second |
He Loves Me |
Belinda |
FL |
|
| Third |
Heaven and Earth |
Acappella |
TN |
|
| Fourth |
Sacrifice |
Patrice Wilson |
GA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vocal Jazz Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
On A San Francisco High |
Sony Holland |
CA |
|
| Second |
I'm Just The Singer In The Band |
Artie Kaplan |
FL |
|
| Third |
Club Bordeaux |
Jeff DeHerdt |
IN |
|
| Fourth |
Is It Love? |
Gail Marten & The Clem Ehoff Trio |
MD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
World Album Nominees |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Wine Dark Sea |
Bad Haggis |
CA |
|
| Second |
lovedeathbeauty |
Green Man |
CA |
|
| Third |
Four Higher |
autorickshaw |
ON |
|
| Fourth |
Progressive World |
Autumn's Child featuring Mark Holland |
MO |
|
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