| 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Album Winners |
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A Cappella Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Grateful Praise |
Eclipse |
UT |
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| Second |
Boston to Beijing |
Tonic Sol-fa |
MN |
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| Third |
Classicapella |
Cool & Jazzy |
Russia |
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| Fourth |
Collective |
Duwende |
NY |
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African Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Songs from the Village |
Baba Ken Okulolo & the Nigerian
Brothers |
Nigeria |
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| Second |
Bundung |
King Kora |
Gambia |
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| Third |
Country Of Guns |
Kaleta - Zozo Afrobeat |
Benin |
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| Fourth |
Savannah Breeze |
Atongo Zimba |
Ghana |
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Alternative Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Ladylike, Side One |
Storm Large |
OR |
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| Second |
One Way Kiss |
The Neutrinos |
UK |
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| Third |
Down At The Disco |
Jessy Moss |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Implanted Insanity |
Bullet Sage |
CA |
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Ambient Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Just Chill |
Stephen DiJoseph |
PA |
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| Second |
Ruinas del Bosque |
Álvaro Menéndez |
Spain |
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| Third |
Fluidities |
Jonathan Hughes |
NY |
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| Fouth |
12 Moons |
Building The Cathedral |
Finland |
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Americana Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Minnesota |
Wiggins Sisters |
NY |
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| Second |
A Long Day for the Weathervane |
The Gougers |
TX |
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| Third |
Gifts and Burdens |
Holly O'Reilly |
WA |
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| Fourth |
Holding Up the World |
Tim Grimm |
IN |
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Asian Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Pilgrimage |
Karjam Saeji |
Tibet |
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| Second |
KOU!! It's Coming Out!!! |
Kou Chou Ching |
Taiwan |
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| Third |
Plug-in |
Sooners |
Japan |
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| Fourth |
Chieu Tinh Lang |
Le Van Tu |
Vietnam |
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Bluegrass Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Gaining Wisdom |
Donna Hughes |
NC |
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| Second |
When I Look Back |
Donna Ulisse |
TN |
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| Third |
The Closer I Get |
John Cadley |
NY |
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| Fourth |
Stellar Jays |
John Reischman & the Jaybirds |
TN |
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Blues Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
A New Kind Of Blues |
Delaney Bramlett |
CA |
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| Second |
Mississippi Number One |
Eden Brent |
MS |
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| Third |
A Piece Of My Soul |
Phillip Rogers |
GA |
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| Fourth |
Delta Flyer |
Stevie DuPree |
TX |
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Cabaret Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Japanese Bathhouse |
Rebecca Zapen |
FL |
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| Second |
Tall Cool Drink |
Lisa Koch |
WA |
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| Third |
Tin Can Telephone |
Bryce Kulak |
ON |
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| Fourth |
Till I Get It Right |
Mark Winkler |
CA |
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Cajun Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Cedric Watson |
Cedric Watson |
LA |
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| Second |
Gumbo Zydeco |
Lafayette's Bayou Boys |
LA |
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| Third |
King Cake |
Lisa Haley |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Pied-a-terre |
Blou |
QC |
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Caribbean Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Salsa y Picante |
Elsa Valle |
Cuba |
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| Second |
Independence |
Kobo Town |
Trinidad |
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| Third |
Kid Afrika |
Kid Afrika |
Cuba |
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| Fourth |
Moforibale Esu |
Ella Andall |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Celtic Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Jimmy Keane & Pat Broaders |
Bohola |
IL |
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| Second |
St. Patrick's Day |
Katie McMahon |
MN |
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| Third |
Secret Garden |
Danny O'Flaherty |
TX |
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| Fourth |
"800 Voices" My Childhood in an Irish Orphanage |
Danny Ellis |
NC |
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Celtic Intrumental Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
FireWire |
Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman |
UK |
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| Second |
Comas |
Comas |
Belgium |
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| Third |
A Celtic Fair |
Maggie Sansone |
MD |
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| Fourth |
Live at Martyrs' |
Gan Bua |
IL |
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Children's Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Dan Dan Doodlebug |
Dan Dan Doodlebug |
CA |
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| Second |
Mommy Says No! |
Asylum Street Spankers |
TX |
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| Third |
Beethoven's Wig, Vol. 4- Dance Along Symphonies |
Beethoven's Wig |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Great Canadian Popcorn Band |
Bob King |
SK |
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Children's Storytelling Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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Yes to Running- Bill Harley Live |
Bill Harley |
MA |
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| Second |
Wickety Whack-Brer Rabbit is Back |
Diane Ferlatte with Erik Pearson |
CA |
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| Third |
Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic |
stories by Amy Friedman, music by
Laura Hall |
CA |
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| Fourth |
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT |
Don Sebesky, Gloria Nissenson and
Janina Serden |
NJ |
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Classical Orchestral Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Bacchanale |
Guy Few, Nadina Mackie Jackson Toronto
Chamber Orchestra |
ON |
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| Second |
Taking Flight |
Adam Frey (euphonium) and the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra |
GA |
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| Third |
"le
Seigneur Des Amin" Concerto For Harp And
Orchestra |
Bernard Andres |
Belgium |
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| Four |
Masterworks of the
New Era Vol. 12 |
Robert Ian Winstin |
VA |
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Classical Contemporary Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Horizons |
Christopher Tyler Nickel |
BC |
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| Second |
Alleluias for Orchestra |
Stephen Yarbrough |
SD |
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| Third |
From Darkness Into Light |
Gustav Hoyer |
VA |
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| Four |
amberwood |
Karen Bentley Pollick & Ivan Sokolov |
AL |
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Classical Chamber Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Látigo |
Quartet San Francisco |
CA |
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| Second |
Medieval Dances for flute and harp |
Laurel Zucker and Susan Jolles |
CA |
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| Third |
Brass Outings |
Gaudete Brass Quintet |
WI |
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| Four |
Circles of Sound |
L'Art du Bois |
Germany |
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Classical Solo Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Bach and his Circle |
Rebecca Pechefsky |
NY |
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| Second |
Music for Guitar: Bach |
Pete Downes |
UK |
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| Third |
The Sons Of Bach |
Ingrid Blatter |
TX |
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| Fourth |
J. S. Bach - Suites for Unaccompanied Cello |
Fernando Meza |
MN |
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Classical Voice/Opera Solo Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640 |
Mignarda |
NY |
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| Second |
Bright Seraphim |
Monica Hatch |
MA |
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| Third |
Renouncement |
Christian Forshaw |
UK |
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| Fourth |
Kenn Hicks Sings Avanti |
Kenn Hicks |
NY |
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Classical Voice/Opera Choral Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Nevermas |
University of Madrigirls |
UK |
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| Second |
Sing O Ye Heavens |
Bach Festival Society Of Winter
Park |
FL |
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| Third |
Octarium |
Octarium |
MO |
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| Fourth |
Canticle of the Sun |
Schola Cantorum Dublin |
Ireland |
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College Rock Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
The Score |
The Tender Box |
CA |
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| Second |
Both Sides of the Story |
State of Man |
GA |
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| Third |
Things I Failed To Mention |
Michael Logen |
TN |
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| Fourth |
Tall Buildings |
Gabriel Mann |
CA |
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Comedy Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Stories From The Suburbs |
Jim Colliton |
MA |
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| Second |
The Big Show Live! |
C Willi Myles |
MN |
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| Third |
Gay Comedy Without A Dress |
Jason Stuart |
CA |
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| Fourth |
I'm Better Than Them |
Chance Langton |
MA |
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Compilation Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Back Home |
Various Artists |
MO |
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| Second |
Trail Of Light / 15 Songs Reflecting The Journey From Alcoholism & Addiction To A New Life Recovery |
Gracie Vandiver & Friends |
TN |
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| Third |
Stranger than Fiction |
The Wrockers |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Glass Half Full / Songs of Comfort and Strength |
23 Women Musicians |
NY |
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Contemporary Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Why Can't I |
Melissa Lewis |
CA |
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| Second |
Simple as a Sunrise |
Daniel Ho |
CA |
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| Third |
Buttercup Bugle |
Lori Cullen |
ON |
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| Fourth |
American Garage |
Don Campbell |
ME |
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Contemporary Christian Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
In the Real World |
Brad Reynolds |
TN |
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| Second |
When Love Rules Your Heart |
Jim Vilandre |
MN |
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| Third |
Orthodoxy |
Eddie Kirkland |
GA |
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| Fourth |
Mighty Good God |
Thea Tippin |
TN |
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Country Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Burnt Toast & Offerings |
Gretchen Peters |
TN |
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| Second |
Loaded & Empty |
Jerry Kilgore |
TN |
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| Third |
Gravity |
Ray Stephenson |
TN |
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| Fourth |
Call Me Huck |
Rick Huckaby |
TN |
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Cover/Tribute Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Beneath The Covers: A Rediscovery |
Gypsy Soul |
OR |
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| Second |
Sympathy for Bluegrass: a tribute to the Rolling Stones |
Bryan Clark & Honeywagon |
TN |
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| Third |
Strictly Ozone |
Ozone Pete |
CT |
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| Fourth |
Living With The Beatles |
Pedro Guasti |
Mexico |
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Dance Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Body, Soul and Mind |
Body, Soul and Mind |
CA |
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| Second |
Love And Live |
Venus Project |
NY |
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| Third |
Disco Boudoir |
Loop Collective |
Italy |
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| Fourth |
The Missing Flowers |
Jeanne Mas |
CA |
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Death Metal Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Bedtime Prayers |
Blinded Colony |
Sweden |
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| Second |
When Midnight Strikes! |
Stigma |
Italy |
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| Third |
Left To Rust |
Falling To Pieces |
CA |
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| Fourth |
The Process of Indoctrination |
Gross Misconduct |
BC |
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Educational Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Bird Songs of the Scottish Highlands and Islands |
John Neville |
BC |
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| Second |
The Darling Conversations |
David Darling and Julie Weber |
CT |
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| Third |
Lincoln's Wisdom |
Gene Griessman |
GA |
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| Fourth |
Inspirational Words & Music |
Reflections of the Holy Land - Eldad
Lidor |
Israel |
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Electronica Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Mice to Meet You! |
Musetta |
Italy |
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| Second |
Antigravity |
Zircon |
PA |
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| Third |
This Is Serious Business |
Q*Ball |
NY |
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| Fourth |
Plastic Makes It Possible |
Techno Squirrels |
CA |
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European Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
La Porte Plume |
Amélie-les-crayons |
France |
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| Second |
Instrukcija |
Jurga |
Lithuania |
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| Third |
Peter Pan |
Stefano Fucili |
Italy |
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| Fourth |
Kazka |
Skamp |
Lithuania |
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Experimental Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Haunted Corridors |
Cinema Braille |
MI |
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| Second |
2004-2005 |
60x60 |
NY |
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| Third |
Domesticated Primates |
Brothers Ipp |
OR |
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| Fourth |
theme for travel |
umami |
WA |
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Female Singer-Songwriter Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Break The Spell |
Ellis |
MN |
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| Second |
Let Your Scars Dance |
Lena Anderssen |
Faroe Islands |
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| Third |
East of Electric |
Anne McCue |
TN |
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| Fourth |
Chandelier |
Rachael Sage |
NY |
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| Fifth |
Nothing Sweet Nothing |
Kym Tuvim |
WA |
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| Sixth |
Lobotomy Sessions |
Alu |
CA |
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Flamenco Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Buscando mi voz |
Nicolas Hernandez |
ON |
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| Second |
El Viento Flamenco In Concert |
El Viento Flamenco |
NS |
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| Third |
Verdades ocultas y medias mentiras |
Pedro Javier Gonzalez |
Spain |
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| Fourth |
Baila Me |
Trio Caliente |
MD |
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Funk Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Aquarama |
The Hammerheads |
ON |
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| Second |
Make It What You Want |
Heliphino |
CA |
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| Third |
Don't Spoil The Soup! |
Phat Fred |
OR |
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| Fourth |
Love & Other Social Issues |
Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Miles Long |
CA |
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Gospel Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Wash Away Your Troubles |
Valerie Smith |
TN |
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| Second |
Not Gonna Shut Up |
The Original 5 Blind Boys Of Mississippi |
MS |
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| Third |
Never Disappointed |
Diann McMillian/His Choir |
OH |
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| Fourth |
Our Journey; An Album Of Memories |
West Coast Christian Tabernacle |
CA |
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Hard Rock Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Reversals |
Somastate |
AB |
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| Second |
Warning |
Field Of Grey |
MO |
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| Third |
Blood Red Tape |
Portal |
AB |
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| Fourth |
Lux Prima |
A Fifth of Reason |
CA |
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Hawaiian Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Ikena |
Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho |
CA |
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| Second |
Kauai Kine |
Kirby Keough |
HI |
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| Third |
Na Mele Hula |
Island Artists |
HI |
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| Fourth |
Honehone i ka Poli |
Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett |
HI |
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Historical Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields |
Various Artists |
VA |
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| Second |
Been Here and Gone |
Woody Mann/Son House/JoAnn Kelly |
NY |
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| Third |
Somewhere |
Eva Cassidy |
MD |
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| Fourth |
The Day the Music Died |
Big Bopper (J.p. Richardson) |
CO |
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Holiday Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Northern Lights |
Gretchen Peters |
TN |
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| Second |
On Top Of The World |
Tonic Sol-fa |
MN |
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| Third |
A Music Box Christmas |
Michel Prezman |
France |
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| Fourth |
A Gaelic Christmas |
Mary Mc Laughlin |
CA |
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Indian Classical/Traditional Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Avishkar |
Shweta Jhaveri |
India |
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| Second |
Colors of the Night |
Vidyadhar Vyas |
NY |
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| Third |
Jai Gurudev! A Garland of Bhajans to H. H. Sri Swami Satchidananda |
Jai Gurudev/O. S. Arun |
India |
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| Fourth |
Food For The Soul |
K. Sridhar |
NC |
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Indian Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Godfather - Tamil Movie Soundrack |
AR Rahman |
India |
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| Second |
Antha Sai |
Sri Krishna |
India |
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| Third |
Ilaiyaraaja's Music Journey: Live in Italy |
Ilaiyaraaja |
India |
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| Fourth |
Heartsky |
Lehera |
India |
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Industrial Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
The One Within |
Ghost In The Machine |
WI |
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| Second |
Medication for the Misinformed |
Mindless Faith |
MD |
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| Third |
Ultrashiver |
The Secret Meeting |
CA |
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| Fourth |
RIVETHEAD |
Rivethead |
TX |
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Instrumental Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Debut |
AlmaNova |
CA |
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| Second |
Grateful |
Roberto Dalla Vecchia |
Italy |
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| Third |
On the Wind |
Lynn Patrick |
CO |
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| Fourth |
Land of the Sky |
Al Petteway & Amy White |
MD |
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Instrumental Rock Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Room 137 |
Curtis |
IL |
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| Second |
Andreas Kapsalis Trio |
Andreas Kapsalis Trio |
IL |
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| Third |
Reactivated |
Clark, Pauken, Ricketts |
OH |
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| Fourth |
There's Hope |
Marco Sfogli |
Finland |
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Instrumental Jazz Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
The Russ Freeman Project "Crossings" |
Nathan Tanouye and the Las Vegas
Jazz Connection |
NV |
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| Second |
Afterplay |
Brian Kelly |
CA |
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| Third |
A Question To All Your Answers |
Jaromir Honzák Quartet |
Czech Republic |
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| Fourth |
Cigarettes and Fishnets |
Sad Salamanders |
CA |
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Jam Band Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Wanted: Live at Turkey
Trot |
New Riders of the Purple Sage |
NY |
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| Second |
Trouble on the Levee |
Digney Fignus |
MA |
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| Third |
The New Folklore |
Teague Alexy with The Feelin Band |
MN |
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| Fourth |
Ballhog! |
Ballhog! |
TN |
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Jewish Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Bridging The Gap |
Todd Herzog |
AZ |
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| Second |
P'tach Libi - Open My Heart |
Rebecca |
PA |
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| Third |
Kaveh-Hope |
Rebecca Teplow |
NJ |
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| Fourth |
Voyage |
Trio Helene Engel |
QC |
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Klezmer Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Beyond The Tribes |
Klezmer Company Orchestra |
FL |
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| Second |
Who Stole the Kishka?! |
Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Klezmer
Band |
NJ |
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| Third |
Blue Suede Jews |
Klingon Klez |
PA |
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| Fourth |
Spice It Up! |
Red Hot Chachkas |
CA |
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Latin Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Distinto |
Lagarto Amarillo |
Spain |
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| Second |
Entiéndeme |
Lily Rubio |
FL |
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| Third |
El Ritmo Del Mundo |
Tiffany Joy |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Sentir |
Alexandra |
PR |
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Latin Jazz Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Creencia |
Mango Trio |
Mexico |
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| Second |
Two For The Road |
Estrada Brothers |
CA |
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| Third |
Mojito |
Robin Jones Latin Jazz Sextet |
UK |
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| Fourth |
Brazilian Wish |
Matt Finley |
NY |
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Live Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Trio |
Gretchen Peters |
TN |
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| Second |
Spin Around |
David Brake & That Damn Band |
TX |
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| Third |
Live- Working Without a
Net |
Janis Ian |
TN |
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| Fourth |
The Earth Wind & Fire Experience Live In Europe |
Al McKay Allstars |
CA |
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Male Singer-Songwriter Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
No Remedy |
Tim Gearan |
MA |
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| Second |
Ain't What You Know |
Bob Malone |
CA |
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| Third |
Mine |
Matt York |
ON |
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| Fourth |
Still In One Peace |
Peter Mayer |
TN |
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| Fifth |
Sides |
Justin Hines |
ON |
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| Sixth |
Moonlighting |
Josh Schicker |
MI |
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Metal Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Onwards |
Triosphere |
Norway |
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| Second |
Good Times...At The Gates Of Hell |
Zero Down |
WA |
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| Third |
A Gentleman's Hurricane |
Mind's Eye |
Sweden |
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| Fourth |
Explode |
DC4 |
CA |
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Middle Eastern Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
City of Angels |
Andy |
Iran |
|
| Second |
From Stone To Diamond |
Hossein Behroozinia |
Iran |
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| Third |
Hep Beraber/All Together |
Debu |
Indonesia |
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| Fourth |
'Eden Mi Qedem |
Eden Mi Qedem |
Israel |
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Modern Rock Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Tips & Tricks for the Modern Age |
Jonny du Bois & The Hoo-Hah Conspiracy |
UK |
|
| Second |
Alive in the Hot Spell |
Charmparticles |
OR |
|
| Third |
Waiting for Betsy |
Waiting for Betsy |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
OBEY YOUR SIGNAL |
LOOP!STATION |
CA |
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Native American Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Journey Of The Spirit |
Che oke' ten |
WA |
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| Second |
First Flight |
Blackraven |
AZ |
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| Third |
I Am Red |
Jj Kent |
TN |
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| Fourth |
Woodsounds |
Jan Michael Looking Wolf and Mark
Barger |
MO |
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New Age Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Ancient Shadows |
Priscilla Hernández |
Spain |
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| Second |
Origins |
Jillian Aversa |
PA |
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| Third |
Silhouette |
Ostgard & Allen |
WA |
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| Fourth |
Something You Dream Of |
Denise Young |
CA |
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New Folk Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Folk Is the New Black |
Janis Ian |
TN |
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| Second |
$12.99 |
Dave Potts |
AL |
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| Third |
Ascend |
Laurie McClain |
TN |
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| Fourth |
Creatures of
habit in a world of change |
Chuck McCabe |
CA |
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Novelty Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Redder Than Ever |
Eric Schwartz |
CA |
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| Second |
Mark of the Beast |
Schaffer the Darklord |
NY |
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| Third |
Songs About People |
Nice Peter |
IL |
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| Fourth |
Dork |
Throwing Toasters |
CA |
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Political Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Peace Queer |
Todd Snider |
NY |
|
| Second |
Life Here On Earth |
Ross Falzone |
TN |
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| Third |
Fools no More |
Tom Neilson |
MA |
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| Fourth |
As the World Burns |
Ken Waldman |
AK |
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Polka Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Studio to Stage |
Eric Noltkamper |
OH |
|
| Second |
Bulletproof Polkas |
John Gora & Gorale |
NY |
|
| Third |
America's Most Requested Polkas |
Jerry Darlak & The Touch |
NY |
|
| Fourth |
Batteries Not Included |
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones |
IL |
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Pop Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
In Your Wake |
Alissa Moreno |
CA |
|
| Second |
Breaking Even |
Andrea Stolpe |
CA |
|
| Third |
The Best Impression Of Sanity |
Jag Star |
TN |
|
| Fourth |
Wobble With the World with Exclusive Bonus Track |
Cindy Alexander |
CA |
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Prog Rock Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
The Prisoner |
Sonic Music |
CT |
|
| Second |
Combination Head |
Combination Head |
UK |
|
| Third |
Resplendent Locution |
Gaylord |
NY |
|
| Fourth |
Pank |
Zip Tang |
IL |
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Punk Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Good Machine |
The Radishes |
CA |
|
| Second |
Finding Mr. Perfect |
Legless |
Australia |
|
| Third |
One Step Ahead of Hell |
The Killigans |
NE |
|
| Fourth |
Pale Moon Gang |
Pale Moon Gang |
NY |
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R&B Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Jazz Handle |
Lene Riebau |
Denmark |
|
| Second |
The Way |
Karina Iglesias |
FL |
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| Third |
Al Dente |
Al McKay Allstars |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Memphisapolis |
Willie Walker & The Butanes |
MN |
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Rap Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Worn Soles |
Rhema Soul |
FL |
|
| Second |
A Radio With Guts |
Input |
CO |
|
| Third |
The Sound Protest |
Motion Plus |
CA |
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| Fourth |
Ride Wit Me |
Scrooge |
WA |
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Reggae Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Deidem |
Taj Weekes-Adowa |
Saint Lucia |
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| Second |
Frontline |
The Devastators |
CA |
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| Third |
Holding On To Life |
DEYANSA |
CT |
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| Fourth |
IandI ProJah |
Negus Nagast Yelijosh |
FL |
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Remix Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Le Boom Chick Vol. 2 |
Skamp |
Lithuania |
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| Second |
80's Hits Remixed, Vol 1 |
CAPP Records |
CA |
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| Third |
Fully Automated: The hEADaCHE re:mixes |
V/A |
IL |
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| Fourth |
The Legend Remixes |
V/A by Manmademan |
CA |
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Rock Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Locks & Keys |
Jasmine Cain |
TN |
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| Second |
Misadventure |
Absent Kid |
UK |
|
| Third |
Sugarfoot |
Michelle Malone |
AL |
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| Fourth |
Join Together |
Tony Stevens SLOW RiDE |
FL |
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Rockabilly Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
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| Winner |
Brass-A-Billy |
Pete Anderson |
Latvia |
|
| Second |
Fat Mamas Daughter |
Cherry Casino and the Gamblers |
Germany |
|
| Third |
High Country |
Jason Lee Wilson |
Germany |
|
| Fourth |
Thrill Of The Year |
The Buick 55's |
UK |
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Roots Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Catch That Yardbird |
The Woodshedders |
VA |
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| Second |
Hat Trick |
The Wiyos |
NY |
|
| Third |
Get Off Your Money |
The Stairwell Sisters |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Beyond the Down |
Barley Wik |
BC |
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Roots Instrumental Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
On Down the Road |
David E Smith |
MO |
|
| Second |
The Sound Of The Slide Guitar |
Andy Hall |
TN |
|
| Third |
Lost Tribe |
Mike Eisler |
OR |
|
| Fourth |
Elkins |
Notorious |
MA |
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Salsa Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Cafecito Cubano |
Jesús Alejandro "el Niño" |
CA |
|
| Second |
¡Gracias Joe Cuba! |
Nils Fischer & Timbazo |
Netherlands |
|
| Third |
Salsa sin Fronteras |
Orquesta Gali |
Switzerland |
|
| Fourth |
Salsa Que Pasa |
Victor Hugo |
UK |
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Self Help/Meditation Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Dr. Walton's Ultimate Weight Loss |
Dr. James E. Walton Ph.D. |
CA |
|
| Second |
Feel Forgiveness Now: Guided Visualizations with Music |
Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown and Shantha
Sri |
CA |
|
| Third |
A Journey 2: Forgiveness |
Jo-dan Featuring The Meditations Of
Dr. James E. Walton PhD |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Drifting Downstream: Guided Relaxation for Stress Reduction |
Kimeron Hardin |
CA |
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Ska Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Silver 1981 - 2006 Jubilee Edition |
Skaos |
Germany |
|
| Second |
55:22:00 |
Joe Ferry |
NY |
|
| Third |
The Misleading |
The Hoodska Explosive |
Israel |
|
| Fourth |
Clackson |
Agua Calientes |
Italy |
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Smooth Jazz Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Gravity 180 |
Gravity 180 |
CA |
|
| Second |
Across The Pond |
Terry Disley |
CA |
|
| Third |
Secret Passion |
Gene Burkert |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
New World Jazz Order |
Dharma Buds |
CA |
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Solo Guitar Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Reflections |
Stephen Bennett |
VA |
|
| Second |
Daniele Bazzani |
Daniele Bazzani |
Italy |
|
| Third |
Someday |
Arnaldo Lopez |
Netherlands |
|
| Fourth |
Amber Dispositions |
John Danley |
TN |
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Solo Instrumental Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Outre |
Jeff Schmidt |
CA |
|
| Second |
Closer |
Andy Salvanos |
Australia |
|
| Third |
Somewhere in Time |
Virginia Schweninger |
VA |
|
| Fourth |
Naked Concertina |
Jody Kruskal |
NY |
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Solo Piano Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
A Magical Time of Year |
Bettie Ross |
CA |
|
| Second |
Traveling Home |
Ginny Snowe |
WA |
|
| Third |
Secret World, Piano Solo |
Fabio Mancini |
Italy |
|
| Fourth |
When the Moon Cries |
Rhonda Mackert |
WA |
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Soundtrack Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Long Flat Balls II aka Lange Flate Baller II |
John R Graham |
CA |
|
| Second |
Bounty (Original Motion Picture Score) |
Jason & Nolan Livesay |
CA |
|
| Third |
Living Temples |
David Lanz and Gary Stroutsos |
WA |
|
| Fourth |
Copley - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Blake Althen, Human Factor |
VA |
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South & Central American Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
4321 |
Giana Viscardi |
Brazil |
|
| Second |
Outro Rio |
Ricardo Silveira |
Brazil |
|
| Third |
Surcari |
Surcari / Lorena Garay |
Chile |
|
| Fourth |
De Amanecida (At Dawn's Door) |
Cesar Paucar |
Peru |
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Spoken Word Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Poetic License |
Sekou tha Misfit |
CA |
|
| Second |
Fate By The Throat |
Carlos Andres Gomez |
NY |
|
| Third |
Domino Affect |
Queen Sheba |
GA |
|
| Fourth |
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS |
Andrea Gibson |
CO |
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Storytelling Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Bootsie in Season |
Andy Offutt Irwin |
GA |
|
| Second |
Women of Vision |
Susan Danoff |
NJ |
|
| Third |
Wee Cowrin' Timorous Beastie |
Karla K. Morton / music by Howard
Baer |
TX |
|
| Fourth |
Imagination Theatre |
Derek Turner |
WA |
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Surf Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Revenge of the Surf Guitar |
Martin Cilia |
Australia |
|
| Second |
Red Triangle |
Mister Neutron |
NJ |
|
| Third |
Arocknaphobia |
The Black Widows |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Trouble at the Speedway |
'63 Burnout |
WA |
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Techno Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Static Effect |
DJ Myth |
IL |
|
| Second |
8k |
Dorninger |
Austria |
|
| Third |
Ooze System |
Mr. Rogers |
CA |
|
| Fourth |
Universe87 Campaign Setting Soundtrack |
Bailey Records |
OH |
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Theater Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Women of a Certain Age® - The Songs of Kantor and Dorn |
Kantor and Dorn |
OR |
|
| Second |
The New Picasso - The Musical (Original Concept Album Cast Recording) |
Jonathan David Sloate |
NY |
|
| Third |
Chevalier on Broadway - an American tribute |
Don Sheppard |
AZ |
|
| Fourth |
Play It Cool |
Original Los Angeles Cast Recording |
CA |
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Traditional Folk Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Cross Over The River: A Confederate Collection |
Jed Marum |
TX |
|
| Second |
Retold |
Joel Mabus |
MI |
|
| Third |
Now and Then (USA 2008) |
Richard Berman |
MA |
|
| Fourth |
She Don't Mean No Evil |
Susan Latimer |
ON |
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Urban Gospel Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Endure |
Psalmist Janicka Newbill |
NJ |
|
| Second |
Your Love |
Favor |
DE |
|
| Third |
Thoughts of Virtue |
Heanon |
SC |
|
| Fourth |
Be Yourself |
Michael and Regina Winans |
TN |
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Vocal Jazz Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
They Oughta Write a Song |
Halie Loren |
OR |
|
| Second |
Picking Up The Pieces |
Aga Zaryan |
Poland |
|
| Third |
Brand New Same Old Obsessions |
Justin Thompson |
NY |
|
| Fourth |
Watsdis |
Sashird Lao |
France |
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World Album Winners |
Artist |
Location |
|
| Winner |
Orion |
Stelios Petrakis |
Greece |
|
| Second |
Forever And A Day |
The Acoustics |
ON |
|
| Third |
The Movements |
Animus |
PA |
|
| Fourth |
Aurora |
Gheorghe Trambitas |
Germany |
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