2014 New Mexico Music Awards Winners Announced
The New Mexico Music Awards celebrated its 27th year of recognizing excellence in recorded music in New Mexico. The awards ceremony was held at Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque and featured performances from Jose & Kathy Ponce, Mikey Junchaya, Rebecca Annah Arscott, Bambi Wolfe, The First Take Trio, Lisa Carman and Syd Masters.
Each year, songwriters, artists, engineers and producers submit their best work from the previous calendar year. In 2014, there were 640 entries in 43 categories covering most genres and technical aspects of music. Entries came from all across the state and spanned nearly forty genres of music.
Thanks to our sponsors Grandma’s Music & Sound, Quickbeam Systems, High Fidelity Mastering, listen!ABQ, Ernie Ball Company and Moonlight Talent management.
The 2014 program fielded 640 entries in 41 categories from across New Mexico.
Eric Larson Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient-Michael Anthony
Photo by Jon Carr
You’ve heard Michael Anthony’s guitar and maybe didn’t even know it. He was a member of the infamous Wrecking Crew, a group of studio musicians in Los Angeles that played on nearly every record, TV and movie soundtrack between 1965 and 1980. He has recorded with Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones and Tony Bennett. He was featured in films like Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, The Blue Knight and was the orchestra guitarist for the Carol Burnett Show, where he met his wife, Kathy, a dancer on the show.
Once he moved to New Mexico, he quickly began teaching and performing regularly with some great local players and is an instructor at the New Mexico Jazz Workshop. Michael is never afraid to show a young guitarist the tricks of the trade or to remind her or him that the key to becoming a great guitarist is practice.
The Eric Larson Endowment at UNM provides unrestricted funds for juniors or seniors who have chosen music or the recording arts as their major and have maintained a 3.0 GPA. Eric Larson was co-founder of the New Mexico Music awards and passed away in 2005. The New Mexico Music Awards contributes annually to the scholarship fund. To donate, go to ericlarsonendowment.com
Listing in the following order: (except where indicated)
Artist Name
Song Title
Producer Name(s)
Studio Name
Adult Contemporary
Bambi Wolf
Freedom
Bambi Wolf
Crystalline Clear Studios
Americana
Dave Tutin
In Broken Sleep
Dave Tutin, Peter Farrell
openDmusic Studio
Best Arrangement of an Original Composition
Man Full of Holes
Alchemy’s Secret Fire
Man Full of holes
Zena’s Lab
Blues
Tiho Dimitrov
Messed Up World f/ Sean Healan
Tiho Dimitrov, Brant Leeper
Brant Leeper Studio/Frogville Studio
Bluegrass
Paul Kelly
The Moon Plays Mandolin
Paul Kelly
Santa Fe Soundworks
Children’s Music
Heidi Swedberg
Owl and the Pussycat
Daniel Ward
Third Eye Studios
Best Cover
Heidi Swedberg
Istanbul
Daniel Ward
Third Eye Studios
Country
Andrew MacLauchlin
Just a Man
Ben Wright
Frogville Studios
Best Country CD
Syd Masters
Always A Cowboy In My Dreams
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studios
Electronica
Buddha Bass & Desert Dwellers
Enigmatica (Desert Dwellers re-mix)
Buddha Bass, Souldfood, Jadoo
Soulfood/Stepbridge
Folk
Martha Reich
I’d Rather Be Surprised
Martha Reich & Bill Palmer
Frogville Studios
Hip-Hop
E Soulja, DF Effect
Help Me Find a Way f/ DF Effect
Agapist
Personal Studio
Best Hip Hop/Rap CD
TMB
Daredevil
John Wall
Wall of Sound
Indie Rock
Kid Dinosaur
Bones
John Wall
Wall of Sound
Best Instrumental Performance
First Take Trio-Michael Anthony
It’s Alright with Me
Lone Guitar Publishing
Mountain Road Recording
Jazz
John Cousins
The Ideas
John Cousins
John Cousins Studio
Best Jazz CD
Faith Amour & John Rangel
Bright Eyes
John Rangel
Turtle Creek Media
Latin
Son Como Son
Modesto y Original
Cesar Bauvallet, Chuck Coulter
Old Town Studios
Best Mastering Engineer
Will Dyar
for
C. Daniel Boling
Summer Sweetcorn
Metal
Shit Happens Inc.
Black Widow
David McRae
Third Eye Studios
Modern Rock
Man Full of Holes
Spiral Staircase
Man Full of Holes
Zena’s Lab
Native American
Red Bear-The Jemez Boys
Intro to Pow Wow Songs 2013-Red Bear
Bryan Tellez
Brytell Studios LLC
New Age Contemporary
Èlu
Embrace
Jeffery Mettling, Don Shearer
The Bat Cave
Novelty-Humorous
Nancy Harvin & Jeez La Weez
No Mo
John Wall and Jeez La Weez
Wall of Sound
Best Packaging Design
Dave Tutin
for
Dave Tutin with Peter Farrell-January Rising
Pop
Èlu
Easy
Jeffery Mettling, Don Shearer
The Bat Cave
Best Pop CD
Red Light Cameras
For Those Who Favor Fire
Red Light Cameras
RLC Studios
Punk
Repetitardz
Single 5 45
Brian Widger
In My Own Filth Studios
R & B
Bob Barron & Combo Special
Whatchacallit
Ed Shultz
Zuzaz Trax
Rap
Video Games
Catfish
Manny Archuletta
Take This Name Studio
Best Recording Engineer
David Cragin
for
Kito Peters-Black Birds
Reggae
Anthony Umi and Iyah
Overcome
Anthony Umi
Wall of Sound
Religious/Gospel
Zenobia
One More Night
Zenobia
Frogville Studios
Best Rock CD
Man No Sober
Gravitas
Bill Palmer
Frogville Studios
Singer/Songwriter
Kevin Herig
Pity Party
Kevin Herig &John Wall
Wall of Sound
Best Song
Jamie Michaels & Annie Wnz
Dirty Wine
Best Video
Cassovita-Jacy Oliver & Ben Durfee
Remnants of a Universal Veil
Produced by Jacy Oliver
Best Vocal Performance
Illustrious Q
Madly
Jeffery Mettling, Don Shearer
The Bat Cave
Western
Syd Masters
Always Cowboy In My Dreams
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studios
World Beat
James Fax
Ebesa
James Fax
FW Studios
Norman Petty Producer Award
Jono Manson
for
Jaime Michaels-Unknown Blessings
and
Jono Manson-Angels on the Other Side
Kitchen Sink Studios
Best of the Year
Jamie Michaels
Unknown Blessings
Jono Manson
Kitchen Sink Studios