It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that this will be the last LA Music Critic Awards for the foreseeable future. Due to our current work schedule, and the lack of support from the committee, we find ourselves unable to continue with the awards. We will continue to support the indie music community with our reviews, but will be cutting back to just our current five review articles per week, plus our monthly Ten Great Singles and Ten Amazing Videos articles.
As far as this year’s Fan Favorite competition, for the first 10 days it looked like it was going to be a one-horse show with all votes being cast for Cherie Currie & Brie Darling. Out of nowhere came votes for four more artists: Susan Santos, Neverwonder, Dee Miller Band and Niecie, and when the dust cleared, we had a surprise winner, which will be revealed below. Unfortunately more than 100 votes could not be counted because fans did not follow the instructions and voted on Facebook, or tried to vote for music categories instead of Fan Favorite. Among the artists who lost votes was previous LA Music Award winner Brigitte Rios Purdy.
Without further adieu, here are the winners:
BEST EP (Male) – PAehNE (beautyandpain Part 1)
BEST EP (Female) – Kat Holland (Retrovision)
BEST EP (Group) – NIIGHTS (Hellebores Part One & Two)
BEST EP (International Artist) – Marcus Haran (A True Story: A Soundscape to In-Difference)
BEST EP (International Group) –The Fisherman & The Sea (The Hurt & the Humour)
BEST CD (Male) – Tony Campanella (Taking it to the Street)
BEST CD (Female) – Susan Santos (No U Turn)
BEST CD (Group) – The Empty Pockets (Tanglewoods)
BEST CD (International Artist) – Ronny Morris (Sweet Silence)
BEST CD (International Group) –Bahuki (Tell it to the Worms)
BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Male) – Jerad Finck (“Home”)
BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Female) – Kensington Moore (“I Don’t Like you Anymore”)
BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Group) – Taco Mouth (“The White House”)
BEST VIDEO (LYRIC) –Paige Peel (“The Crown”)
BEST VIDEO (COLLABORATION) – Americana Kitchen Band (“All Dressed Up”)
BEST VIDEO (COVER) – Cherié Currie & Brie Darling (“The Motivator”)
BEST VIDEO (INTERNATIONAL) – Girl Crush (“Blame Girls”)
BEST SINGLE (Male) – Keifer Sutherland (“Something to Love”)
BEST SINGLE (Female) – Brigitte Purdy (“Blue Collar Woman”)
BEST SINGLE (Group) – The Rembrandts (“Broken Toy”)
BEST SINGLE (INTERNATIONAL) – Belle and the Beats (“Qetesh”)
BEST SINGLE (COLLABORATION) – William Shatner, Jeff Cook & Neal McCoy (“Why Not Me”)
BEST BLUES ARTIST – Diana Rein
BEST BLUES BAND – Dee Miller Band
BEST BLUEGRASS ARTIST/BAND – Balsam Range
BEST COLLABORATION – Americana Kitchen Band
BEST COMEBACK ARTIST – The Rembrandts
BEST COMPILATION ALBUM – Born to Uke (Various Artists)
BEST COUNTRY ARTIST – Kamber Cain
BEST COUNTRY BAND – Lowdown Drifters
BEST EDM/DANCE ARTIST/BAND – Dree Patterson
BEST FOLK ARTIST – David Huckfelt
BEST FOLK BAND – Bettman & Halpin
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST –Ronny Morris
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND –Straw
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST/BAND – Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles
BEST JAZZ ARTIST/BAND – The Charlie Wooton Project
BEST LATIN ARTIST/BAND – Constanza Herrero
BEST POP ARTIST – Sarra
BEST POP BAND – We Three
BEST POP/ROCK ARTIST/BAND – Curtis Peoples
BEST PUNK ARTIST/BAND – Taco Mouth
BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST/BAND –Billy Price
BEST ALT ROCK ARTIST/BAND – Neverwonder
BEST ROCK ARTIST/BAND –Odds Lane
BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST – Ted Russell Kamp
BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA BAND – Jason Robert Band
BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER – Fred Hostetler
RISING STAR –Katile
FAN FAVORITE – Niecie
MOST SUPPORTIVE PUBLICISTS – Doug Deutsch Publicity Services, So Much Moore Media, KG Music Press, Effective Immediately PR, Blind Raccoon, MAD Ink PR
4 replies on “Announcement of winners for LA Music Critic Awards for the first half of 2019”
I’m sorry you have to cut back and would hope it is only temporary. And speaking of hope, LA Music Critic gives much a much needed platform that encourages emerging artists and music. We all thank you.
This is awesome, you made a lot of folks happy today, Bob Leggett! Thanks again for all you do for the music industry!
Bob Leggett, you sure made a lot of people happy today! big thanks for all you do in/for the Music Industry!
Bob, thanks for always shining a light on indie music. You are the #1 fan of the LA Music scene and have brought together a community of supportive and inspirational artists. Thanks for all
that you do to keep us creating!