LA MUSIC CRITIC AWARD WINNERS (COMPLETE LIST)

      FIRST HALF OF 2016

Best EP Female:  Heartbreak is Contagious (Kris Angelis)

Best EP Male:  LA 14 (Rod Melancon)

Best EP Band:  29:11 (One From Many)

Best CD Female: Long Road (Diana Rein)

Best CD Male: Sugarland (Brian Whelan)

Best CD Band: II (Lovers & Poets)

Best Single: “Crave” (Gabe Dixon)

Best Video (cover): “Cruel Summer” (The Daybreaks)

Best Video (live): “Beautiful Forever” (Marina V)

Best Video (comedy): “Honest Singing Telegrams” (Un5gettable)

Best Video (lyrical): “Diamonds (Vip mix)” (Kaylee Keller x VinylJackers)

Best Video (official) Female: “I Just Don’t Care Anymore” (Alice Wallace)

Best Video (official) Male: “Perry” (Rod Melancon)

Best Video (official) Band: “You + Me in the Summer” (Lovers & Poets)

Best Video (series): “Los Angeles:  The Abduction” (The Spider Accomplice)

Best Rock Band:  The Spider Accomplice

Best Pop Band:  Freddy & Francine

Best Country/Americana Band:  Riddle & the Stars

Best Pop/Rock Male Artist: Gabe Dixon

Best Pop/Rock Female Artist:  Allison Iraheta

Best Blues Artist:  Diana Rein

Best Country/Americana Artist:  Alice Wallace

Icon Award:  Ronnie Mack

Best Live Residency Series:  Dave Yaden & Mike Rossi – Super Tuesdays Live at Butter’d Up

Fan Favorite Diana Rein 

      SECOND HALF OF 2016

Best EP Female: Katie Costello (From the Vault)

Best EP Male:  Year of Suns (Songs for Silence)

Best EP Band:  The Spider Accomplice (LA:  The Abduction)

Best CD Female:  Janey Street (Janey Street)

Best CD Male:  Sharif (Tangled Dreams and Empty Bottles)

Best CD Band: Daddy Issues (Handle It)

Best Christmas Single:  Cindy Alexander (“Christmas Song”)

Best Video (Holiday):  Frank Shiner (“Please Come Home for Christmas”)

Best Video (cover):  No Small Children (“Ghostbusters”)

Best Video (live):  Patrick Joseph (“Piece of Your Love”)

Best Video (lyric):  War and Pierce (“On and On”)

Best Video (official) Female:   Alyssa Jacey (“I Want it to Rain”)

Best Video (official) Male:   Jon Mullane (“Born Beautiful”)

Best Video (official) Band:   Sleep Machine (“Animal High”)

Best Video (Collaboration):  Earwig and Lydia Loveless (“Wasted on You”)

Best Rock Band:  The Spider Accomplice

Best Pop Band:  Lovers and Poets

Best Country/Americana Band:  Elouise Deep Water

Best Pop/Rock Male Artist: Patrick Joseph

Best Pop/Rock Female Artist:  Cindy Alexander

Best Blues Artist:  Papermoon Gypsys

Best Country/Americana Artist:  Katie Garibaldi

Best Jazz Artist:  Lucy Woodward

Best Reggae Band:  Spiritual Rez

Rising Star:  Kaylee Keller

Fan Favorite:  Papermoon Gypsys

Icon Award:  Laura Goldfarb

Most Supportive PR Firm:  Doug Deutsch Publicity Services

Most Supportive Indie Label:  Blue Elan Records

Most Impressive Crowdfunding Campaign:  Clare Means

Best Use of Patreon Platform:  Marina V

Most Likely to go Mainstream:  Jerad Finck

Most Deserving of Indie Music Hall of Fame:  Janey Street

      FIRST HALF OF 2017

BEST EP (Male) – Ian Mahan (Rockford)

BEST EP (Female) – Kris Angeles (Heartbreak is Contagious)

BEST EP (Group) – Echo Underground (Vows)

BEST CD (Male) – Rod Melancon (Southern Gothic)

BEST CD (Female) – Janey Street (In my Own Skin)

BEST CD (Group) – Breaking Grass (Warning Signs)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Male) – Rod Melancon (“Different Man”)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Female)Marina V (“Born to the Stars”)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Group)Halo Circus (“Band Aid”)

BEST VIDEO (LIVE)The Spider Accomplice (“User”)

BEST VIDEO (LYRIC)The Spider Accomplice (“Atmosphere”)

BEST VIDEO (COVER)Alexis Keegan (“When Doves Cry”/”Purple Rain”)

BEST VIDEO (COMEDY)Scout Durwood (“All the Pretty Bottles”)

BEST VIDEO (COLLABORATION)DJ Polique (ft. Snoop Dog, Follow Your Instinct and Jacob Luttrell) (“Dimes Only”)

BEST SINGLE (Male)Jerad Finck (“New Kids”)

BEST SINGLE (Female)Susan Calloway (“No Time for This”)

BEST SINGLE (Group)FlecHaus (“What We’ve Got”)

BEST COUNTRY ARTISTAlice Wallace

BEST COUNTRY BANDCalico the Band

BEST BLUES ARTISTGina Sicilia

BEST BLUES BANDPolly O’Keary & the Rhythm Method

BEST FUSION ARTIST/BANDSan Miguel

BEST POP ARTISTDavid Ryan Harris

BEST POP BANDLovers and Poets

BEST ROCK ARTISTJaney Street

BEST ROCK BANDThe Spider Accomplice

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTISTDerek Davis

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTISTAmilia K. Spicer

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA BANDThe Show Ponies

BEST BLUEGRASS BANDBreaking Grass

BEST JAZZ ARTISTIrene Diaz

BEST REGGAE BANDRoots of Creation

BEST COMEDYScout Durwood

RISING STARRay Goren

MOST SUPPORTIVE LABEL – Blue Elan Records

MEGHAN TRAINOR AWARD (Indie Artist Most Likely to Become Household Name) – Jerad Finck

FAN FAVORITEFlecHaus

2017 ICON AWARD – Janey Street

      SECOND HALF OF 2017

BEST EP (Male) – Ryan Sims, My Side of the Story

BEST EP (Female) – Katie Costello, New World

BEST EP (Group) – Surf Rock is Dead, We Have No Friends?

BEST EP (International) – Wolf & Moon, Frames

BEST CD (Male) – Bryan Stephens, Village of Dreams

BEST CD (Female) – Marina V, Born to the Stars

BEST CD (Group) – Chris Daniels and the Kings, Blues with Horns

BEST HOLIDAY ALBUM – Jennifer Hanson, Under the Tree

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Male) – Matt Hawkins, Steel Ya Blues

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Female) – Katie Costello, Hearts on Fire

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Group) – Elizabeth and the Catapult, Ambrosia

BEST VIDEO (LIVE) – CALICO the Band, The Leaving Kind

BEST VIDEO (LYRIC) – Jared Finck, New Kids

BEST VIDEO (HOLIDAY) – Pam Taylor, Let’s Get it on for Christmas

BEST VIDEO (INTERNATIONAL) – Straw, Bang Bang

BEST VIDEO (COLLABORATION) – Blue Elan Artists, Shine Down on Us

BEST SINGLE (Male) – Mikey Wax, “Spaceman”

BEST SINGLE (Female) – Liz Kennedy (ft. Taj Mahal), “Everyone Knows how it Goes”

BEST SINGLE (Group) – The Sound of Ghosts, “Train to Nowhere”

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/BAND – Wolf & Moon

BEST COUNTRY ARTIST – Case Garrett

BEST COUNTRY BAND – CALICO the Band

BEST BLUES ARTIST – Pam Taylor

BEST BLUES BAND – Chris Daniels and the Kings

BEST POP ARTIST (FEMALE) – Katie Costello

BEST POP ARTIST (MALE) – Curtis Peoples

BEST POP BAND – Laini and the Wildfire

BEST ROCK ARTIST – Robert Francis

BEST ROCK BAND – The Khourys

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST – Ray Goren

BEST R&B/SOUL/RETRO BAND – The Marias

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST (FEMALE) – Amilia K. Spicer

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST (MALE) – Jason Hawk Harris

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA BAND – Great Willow

BEST BLUEGRASS ARTIST/BAND – Tommy Emmanuel and David Grisman

BEST JAZZ/INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST/BAND – John McLaughlin

BEST DANCE ARTIST/BAND – Cara Frew

BEST REGGAE ARTIST/BAND – Never Ending Fall

BEST PUNK BAND – Hang Tight

BEST HARD ROCK/METAL BAND – Aviator

BEST FOLK ARTIST – Garrison Starr

BEST FOLK BAND – Tony Lovato and MEST

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK BAND – Storywrens

BEST PROG ROCK ARTIST/BAND – Orissa

RISING STAR – Chelsea Williams

FAN FAVORITE:    RACHEL ARIANNA

LA MUSIC CRITIC PUBLICISTS “SEAL OF APPROVAL”ABIK Promotions and Frank Roszak Promotions

BEST SELF-PROMOTION –The Khourys

      FIRST HALF OF 2018

BEST EP (Male) – Larry Lacerte (Dreaming of the Ways)

BEST EP (Male International) – Saux (Right)

BEST EP (Female) – Alezzandra (The Black Rose)

BEST EP (Female International) – Violetta Zironi (Half Moon Lane)

BEST EP (Group) – Tribal Seeds (Roots Party)

BEST EP (Group International) – The Dreggs (Seas Embrace)

BEST CD (Male) – Keith Harkin (In the Round)

BEST CD (Male International) – Mr. Pong (Echoes Between a Rock and a Hard Place)

BEST CD (Female) – Leilani Wolfgramm (Live Wire)

BEST CD (Female International) – Lucy Wise (Winter Sun)

BEST CD (Group) – Southern Halo (Just Like in the Movies)

BEST CD (Group International) – Dany Franchi Band (Problem Child)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Male) – Rob Drabkin (“It’s a Beautiful Day”)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Female) – Dree Mon (“Rebel Soul”)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Group) – Halo Circus (“Narcissist”)

BEST VIDEO (FOR A CAUSE) – Alice Wallace (“Elephant”)

BEST VIDEO (LYRIC) – Janiva Magness (“Home”)

BEST VIDEO (COVER) – Frank Hannon (“Blue Sky”)

BEST VIDEO (COLLABORATION) – Chelsea Williams and Poco (“Rose of Cimarron”)

BEST VIDEO (INTERNATIONAL) – DJ Moh Green (“Por Favor”)

BEST SINGLE (Male) – Keaton Simons (“1 2 3 Go”)

BEST SINGLE (Female) – Kris Angelis (“A Billion Hearts”)

BEST SINGLE (Group) – Crimson Calamity (“Fool’s Gold”)

BEST SINGLE (INTERNATIONAL) – Belle and the Beats (“Soldiers of the Night”)

BEST BLUES ARTIST – Victoria Ginty

BEST BLUES BAND – Lee Ainley’s Blues Storm

BEST BLUES (TRADITIONAL) ARTIST/BAND – Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps

BEST BLUEGRASS ARTIST/BAND – Becky Buller

BEST CELTIC ARTIST/BAND – Vickers Vimy

BEST COMEBACK ARTIST – Fanny Walks the Earth

BEST COMPILATION ALBUM – Transference

BEST COUNTRY ARTIST – Ruby Boots

BEST COUNTRY BAND – Southern Halo

BEST COVER ALBUM – Frank Hannon (From One Place . . . to Another, Vols 1 & 2)

BEST EDM/DANCE ARTIST/BAND – Amanda Mair

BEST FOLK ARTIST – Martha Reich

BEST FOLK BAND – The Raven & the Fox

BEST HARD ROCK/METAL ARTIST/BAND – Ascending Dawn

BEST HIP-HOP/RAP ARTIST/BAND – Mollys Reech

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST/BAND – Fernando Perdomo

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST – Dom Fricot

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND – The Dreggs

BEST JAZZ ARTIST – Patrick Yandall

BEST JAZZ BAND – Roberta Donnay & the Prohibition Mob Band

BEST LATIN ARTIST/BAND – Adan Jodorowskys

BEST POP ARTIST – Cindy Alexander

BEST POP BAND – Only Bricks

BEST PUNK ARTIST/BAND – Johnny & the Bootlegs

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST – Jon Allen

BEST R&B/SOUL BAND – The Nightowls

BEST REGGAE ARTIST/BAND – Leilani Wolfgramm

BEST RETRO ARTIST/BAND – The Evening Attraction

BEST ROCK ARTIST – Alezzandra

BEST ROCK BAND – Halo Circus

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST – Caitlin Canty

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA BAND – Bay Station

BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER – Mike Vitale

BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION – Christiane Kinney with additional music by Seán Kinney

BEST SOUTHERN ROCK ARTIST/BAND – Allman Goldflies Band

RISING STAR – KEITH HARKIN

2018 ICON AWARD – RUSTY YOUNG

      SECOND HALF OF 2018

BEST EP (Male) – Zach Callison (A Picture Perfect Hollywood Heartbreak)

BEST EP (Female) – Lauren Jaimes (Here to Stay)

BEST EP (Group) – Shelby Texas (We are Shelby, Texas)

BEST EP (International Artist) – Paolo Preite (An Eye on the World)

BEST EP (International Group) – The Fisherman & The Sea (I Can’t Alone)

BEST CD (Male) – Hadden Sayers (Dopamine Machine)

BEST CD (Female) – Brigitte Rios Purdy (Still I Rise)

BEST CD (Group) – Birds and Arrows (Arbitrary Magic)

BEST CD (International Artist) – Kate Reid (The Heart Already Knows)

BEST CD (International Group) – Crack of Dawn (self-titled)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Male) – Everlast (“Don’t Complain”)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Female) – Dree Mon (“Dance Like I Want To”)

BEST VIDEO (OFFICIAL) (Group) – Fanny Walked the Earth (“When we Need Her”)

BEST VIDEO (FOR A CAUSE) – Kim Kline (“Stand Tall”)

BEST VIDEO (LYRIC) – The Spider Accomplice (“Epilogue”)

BEST VIDEO (COVER) – CALICO the Band (“California Dreaming”)

BEST VIDEO (COLLABORATION) – Seawaves & Jerad Finck (New Kids)

BEST VIDEO (INTERNATIONAL) – Ziggy Alberts (“Stronger”)

BEST SINGLE (Male) – Curtis Peoples (“Castaways”)

BEST SINGLE (Female) – Kris Angeles (“Stained Glass”)

BEST SINGLE (Group) – Honey River (“Peace, Love”)

BEST SINGLE (INTERNATIONAL) – Vanessa Zamora (“Malas Amistades”)

BEST SINGLE (HOLIDAY) – Mustangs of the West (“Everybody Wants Peace on Earth”)

BEST BLUES ARTIST – Brigitte Rios Purdy

BEST BLUES BAND – Michelle D’Amour and the Love Dealers

BEST BLUES (TRADITIONAL) ARTIST – Lawrence Lebo

BEST BLUES (TRADITIONAL) BAND – Julianne Q and the Howl

BEST BLUEGRASS ARTIST/BAND – Tellico

BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM – Ruth and Emilia (The Spaceship That Fell in my Backyard)

BEST COMEBACK ARTIST – The Textones

BEST COMEDY ALBUM – Brad Wenzel (Sweet Nothings)

BEST COMPILATION ALBUM – A Blue Élan Christmas (various Blue Élan Records artists)

BEST COUNTRY ARTIST – Hilary Scott

BEST COUNTRY BAND – Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis

BEST EDM/DANCE ARTIST/BAND – TNEO

BEST FOLK ARTIST – Lauren Balthrop

BEST FOLK BAND –   The Skiffle Players

BEST HARD ROCK/METAL ARTIST/BAND – Rebel Rampage

BEST HIP-HOP/RAP ARTIST/BAND – Everlast

BEST HOLIDAY ALBUM – Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers (All I Got for Christmas is the Blues)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST – Abby Zotz

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND – Norway Reloaded

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARTIST/BAND – Andrew Abaria

BEST JAZZ ARTIST – Slim Gambill

BEST JAZZ BAND – CeCe Teneal and Soul Kamotion

BEST LATIN ARTIST/BAND – Constanza Herrero

BEST LIVE ALBUM – Shari Puorto (Live at Bogie’s)

BEST POP ARTIST – Jordan Siwek

BEST POP BAND – My Brothers and I

BEST POP/ROCK ARTIST/BAND – KT Tunstall

BEST PUNK ARTIST/BAND – Taco Mouth

BEST R&B/SOUL ARTIST – Candace Devine

BEST R&B/SOUL BAND – Diane Durrett & Soul Suga

BEST ALT ROCK ARTIST – Trevor James

BEST ALT ROCK BAND – The Upstart Crows

BEST ROCK ARTIST – K. Michelle DuBois

BEST ROCK BAND – The Guess Who

BEST REGGAE ARTIST/BAND – Sean Paul

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA ARTIST – Jeffrey Foucault

BEST ROOTS/AMERICANA BAND – No Dry County

BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER – Gaelynn Lea

BEST SOUTHERN ROCK ARTIST/BAND – Moonshine Saints

MOST UNIQUE ARTIST/BAND – Grave Danger

RISING STAR – Sofia Evangelina

FAN FAVORITE –LAUREN JAIMES

      FIRST HALF OF 2019

2019 ICON AWARD – FANNY WALKED THE EARTH

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