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Sean Roe, Buggy Jive, Girl Blue, and Joseline and Chris were the big winners at the 4th Annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards Sunday night at Proctor’s. Each received two awards; A total of 42 plaques were awarded.
Other big winners included WEXT’s Andy Gregory winning DJ of the Year, while WEXT Radio, which broadcasts its weekly local 518 program, won Radio Station of the Year. Nippertown won its fourth Eddies Award for Publication of the Year and their publisher Jim Gilbert also won Photographer of the Year. Carolyn Shapiro won Folk/Traditional Artist of the Year and Best Small Venue for Cafe Lena’s Marketing Manager. And finally, Madeleine Derby won Electronica Artist of the Year and also shared the award for Presenter of the Year with the incredible team at Super Dark Collective.
Rowe won Eddie’s Music Award for Record of the Year for “Squid Tattoo” and Album of the Year for “The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights”. Girl Blue won Solo or Duo Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. Buggy Jive won RnB/Soul/Funk Artist of the Year and tied for Music Video of the Year for his “Tiptos” with Joseline & Chris’ “Sugar & Spice.” Joseline and Chris also received a Merit Award for their Marathon Couch Concert Series during the pandemic, which featured over 400 virtual shows presented free to their fans.
Eddie’s founder/producer Jim Murphy admitted during the show that it’s been a long two years for everyone in the music community, both professionally and personally. “I feel so good now. Our goal tonight – and over time – is to shine as much light into you as possible… and have fun in the process. Let’s celebrate each other.”
The awards show returned to the main stage at Proctors during the pandemic, which included a virtual awards show and a live event at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga.
Special Merit Awards were given to John Griffiths and DJ Holly8D. Griffith’s Facebook page, Bar People, has supported local musicians and venues since 2016 with a daily regional live music calendar. Mario Johnson – aka DJ Hollyw8d – launched a series of live music shows, More Music Less Violence, to help communities suffering from street violence. health
Award recipient
Solo or Duo Artist of the Year – The girl is blue
Solo or Duo Performer of the Year (Cover) – Tie – Steve Candlen and Rich Ortiz
Party of the Year Cover Band – off the record
DJ of the Year – Intel Haysfield
Country/Bluegrass Artist of the Year – Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys
Country Cover Band of the Year – Skeeter Creek
Americana Artist of the Year- Sara Milnovich and the Daisycutter
Rock/Pop Artist of the Year – Super 400
Alt/Indie Artist of the Year – The sea is the sea
Folk/Traditional Artiste of the Year – Carolyn Shapiro
Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the Year – JB!! AKA Dirty Moses
Jazz Artist of the Year- Saratoga’s Hot Club
Punk/Hardcore Artist of the Year – Candy Ambulance
Metal/Hard Rock Artist of the Year – bad mothers
Jam Band of the Year – Let’s be Leonard
Blues Artist of the Year – Mark Tolstrup and Jill Burnham
RnB/Soul/Funk Artist of the Year – Buggy creature
Ye electronica artistr – Madeleine Derby
Classical Artist/Group of the Year – Albany Symphony Orchestra
World Music Artist of the Year- Alex Torres and his Latin Orchestra
Best Venue Small (up to 299 people) – Cafe Lena
Best Venue Medium (300-999 pax) – the egg
Best venues are large (1,000 people or more) – Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Presenter of the Year- Super Dark Collective
Radio Station of the Year – WEXT
Radio DJ of the Year (Terrestrial or Streaming) – Andy Gregory
Record label of the year – Upstate Records
Live Production Crew of the Year – High Peaks Sound Inc.
Music Recording Studio of the Year – NRS recording
Arts Publication of the Year (Print, TV or New Media) – Nippertown
Music Journalist of the Year – Tie – Indiana Nash (Daily Gazette) and Liam Sweeney (Experience Monthly)
Music Photographer of the Year- Jim Gilbert
Songwriter of the Year – The girl is blue
Music Video of the Year – Tie – Boggy Jive – “Tiptoos” and Jocelyn & Chris – “Sugar and Spice”
Record of the year – Sean Roe – “Squid Tattoo”
Album of the Year- Sean Roe – “Darkness Embellished with Colored Lights”
Merit Award
John Griffith – Bar People
DJ Hollyw8d – More music, less violence
Jocelyn & Chris – Pandemic Couch Concert Series
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