May 13 2009
Syracuse Area Music Award nominees announced
The Syracuse Area Music Awards nominees were announced Wednesday. The awards will be given out on June 5 during Taste of Syracuse on the main stage (Franklin and Washington Streets).
This year’s inductees into the SAMMY Hall of Fame include Donna Colton, The Dean Brothers, Otis Smith, Mike Greenstein and Carrie Pardee. Inductees will be honored at a reception at Upstairs at the Dinosaur on June 4. Tickets for that event are $20 for the public.
In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the SAMMYs will award Jazz DJ Leo Rayhill with the Syracuse New Times Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Here are the nominees in the various categories:
Best CD
- Hip-hop/Rap: Wood Fellas, Sam Gotti, RayWellz, andThe Kid Fresh
- Country: The Fulton Chain Gang, and Loren Barrigar
- Jazz: Evan Knight, Julie Falatico, and Jane Murlin
- R&B: The J Project featuring Angela Lynn
- Alternative/New rock/Metal: The Action!, Wishpool, From Ruins, Control Escape, and Titanium Black
- Other: Kevin Dorsey, Fritz’s Polka Band, Jamie Notarthomas Band, Kh’Mi, and Bob Piorun
- Blues: Jimmy Wolf, The Jam Bones, Double Barrel Blues Band, and Carolyn Kelly and the Roosevelt Dean Band
- Rock: Dead Rose, Never Seen, Jon Ellis Stevens and the N.Y. All-Stars, Michael P. Ryan, and Silent Fury
- Americana (formerly Folk/Bluegrass): Fabulous Ripcords, Joanne Shenandoah and Michael Bucher, Mark Zane, Kim Simmonds, and Folkstrings
- Pop: Big Mike’s Christmastime in Syracuse Vol. 14, Jackson’s Kid Summer, Willowmakers, Christopher Ames, and Jason Bean
