2013 New Mexico Music Award Winners
The 26th Annual New Mexico Music Awards banquet and show took place on on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque and featured performances by hONEeyhoUSe, Randy Granger, Jazz Brasileiro, CW Ayon, Rushingwind & Mucklow, Transit and the Country Blues Revue. We also presented a scholarship to Sean Trauth, a local producer and engineer attending UNM. that evening. Thanks to our sponsors Grandma’s Music & Sound, Quickbeam Systems and Hi Fidelity Mastering.
The 2013 program fielded 471 entries in 41 categories from across New Mexico.
Eric Larson Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient-Arlen Asher
Legendary New Mexico reed and woodwind instrumentalist Arlen Asher was honored at the awards show. Asher contributed mightily to the New Mexico jazz music scene, performing with many of the top names in music and with nearly every jazz musician in New Mexico at one time or another.
Asher opened his woodwind studio in 1965 in Albuquerque after retiring from broadcasting, long before the jazz scene in New Mexico took off. Many of the state’s top reed players studied with him and he inspired countless others.
Asher passed away at the age of 91 in October of 2020. His jazz and music education legacy is incalculable.
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
Listed in order by title, artist, producers and studio unless otherwise indicated.
Adult Contemporary
Steady
Denise Marsa
Denise Marsa, Andy Gabrys
Kitchen Sink Studio
Americana
Townes
E. Christina Herr & Wild Frontier
E. Christina Herr & Martin Rowell
Western Gothic Productions
Blues
End Of My Rope
CW Ayon
Cooper Ayon
Image Recording Studios
Bluegrass/Folk
Family Secrets
The Hard Road Trio
James McLaughlin & the Hard Road Trio
The Cave
Country
I Ain’t Got You
The Country Blues Revue
Bill Palmer, Michael Handler, Marc Malin
Frogville Studios
Hip-Hop
Aint Nothing Better Than That
Matthew Lowe, Michael Jaramillo, & Hakim Bellamy
Matthew Lowe & Michael Jaramillo
TuMan Productions
Indie Rock
Young Man
Like Anyone Else
M. Gifford, R. Farley, K. Pascoe & B. Sloan
Eagle Rock
Jazz
Miracle
Transit
Transit
Casa Blanca Productions
Latin
Bella Isabel
Nacha Mendez
Margarita Cordero (Nacha Mendez)
Nacha Music
Mainstream Rock
Set Me Free
Frank Hannon Band
Ysidro Garcia
Sight 16 Studios
Metal
Too Late
Reverence
Ysidro Garcia
Sight 16 Studios
Native American
Protected (Beauty All Around)
Saving Damsels
Saving Damsels
Frogville
New Age Contemporary
The Light of Integration
Jim Oliver
Jim Oliver
Oliver Music Studios
Novelty
Cowboy Politics
Richard Martin
Glenn Martin and Richard Martin
Eagle Rock Studios
Pop
Comfort
The Bus Tapes
Case Tanner, Heather Tanner, and DJ-darth
King’s Court
Punk
Oh Me, Oh My
Domestic Violence
John Wall
Wall of Sound
R&B
Makin’ Love in Outerspace
Peter Williams
Jeff Nelson
Audio for Visual Studios
Rap
Exhausted
Zen Tempest
Likwd and Jacy Oliver
Warehouse 21
Religious
Great Physician
Jeff Kidwell
Chuck Lucero
Shepherds Studio
Singer/Songwriter
Something About
Lisa Carman
Lisa Carman
Kabby Sound
Western
Many A Mile
Richard Martin
Glenn Martin and Richard Martin
Eagle Rock Studio
World Beat
Return (To Your Glory)
Rushingwind & Mucklow
Michael Mucklow
Mucklow Productions
Best Arrangement/Original
Daybreak
Dan Dowling
Dan Dowling
Rick Hale Productions
Best Cover
Mas Que Nada
Jazz Brasileiro
Tony Cesarano. Debo Orlofsky
Electric Company Studio
Best Instrumental Performance
3 A.M.
Wayne Reynolds
Wayne Reynolds, Logan Nix
Eagle Rock Studios
Best Mastering Engineer
Blane Sloan
Richard Martin-Tattoo On My Heart
Best Recording Engineer
David Cragin
Kito Peters-Can I Tell You
Best Song
Fire on the Hill
hONEyhoUSe
Hillary Smith, Mandy Buchannon & Yvonne Perea-Composers
Best Vocal Performance
Ou es-tu? (Where are you?)
Faith Amour
John Rangel
Turtle Creek Media
Best Music Video
Little White Lies
Jeez LaWeez
Nancy Harvin
Best Packaging Design
The Hard Road Trio-Monticello
James McLaughlin & the Hard Road Trio
Best Country CD
Lights of Santa Fe
Cathy Faber’s Swingin’ Country Band
Jono Manson & Cathy Faber
Kitchen Sink Studio
Best Jazz CD
Tribute Trio Dedications Volume II
John Rangel, Michael Glynn, Cal Haines
John Rangel
Free 2 Earth Music Studio
Best Pop CD
Self-Medicate
Liv Lombardi
Liv Lombardi, Daniel Siuba, David Badstubner
CMP Studios
Best Rock CD
Just ASK
Alien Space Kitchen
John Wall
Wall of Sound
Norman Petty Producer’s Award
John Wall & hONEyhoUSe
Medicine Lodge
hONEyhoUSe
Wall Of Sound
Best of the Year
Capital Dreams
Kito Peters, Simon Snaize, David Cragin
Simon Snaize, Kito Peters
Santa Fe Soundworks