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Finalists are listed as follows unless otherwise indicated:
Artist
Title
Producer(s)
Studio/City
Adult Contemporary/Adult Pop
NEPTHISIS
We Will Hold
Ana Saucedo, Christopher Sanchez
Dark Iris Music-Albuquerque
SOL Fire
Live Your Life
Amado Abeyta
Torreón Studio-Santa Fe
GG Saturn
I Found Myself in You
Ron Sanborn
ARS Studio-Los Ranchos
Robert J Kelly
Flyin’
Robert J Kelly, JK Harrison
RJK Originals-Santa Fe
Eb & Anna
I Gotchu
Eb Lottimer, Anna Darrah, Dave McRae
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
Ambient
Celloquacious
Angels
Keely Mackey
Infaze Mastering-Albuquerque
DKW Project
Using Your Hands
Dare N Wade
Pebble Beach Studios-Albuquerque
Lloyd Stout
Stowaway
Lloyd Stout
Flying Woodie Productions-Albuquerque
Carrie & Chris Ishee
Presence
Chris Ishee, Lisa Carman, Jon Gagan
The Electric Company-Santa Fe
Lyra Barron
Contemplation
Lyra Barron
Overlook Studio-Santa Fe
Americana
Sage Gentlewing
James Dean’s Crash Site
Sage Gentlewing
Kevin Langford Productions-Mayhill
Ivory Wing Records-Las Cruces
Winston Montgomery
The Taos Song
Peter Oviatt, Winston Montgomery
Moonflower Sounds-Taos
The Jir Project
Who’s Your Favorite Indian?
Kenny Riley
Rio Grande Studios-Albuquerque
SongDogs
Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Jeff Dunn
Kivasongs-La Cienega
Kipp Bentley
Chasing a Train
Nathan Dunton
Kabby Sound Studios-Santa Fe
Blues
Levi Platero
Sunrise Blues
Ryan McGarvey
Rio Grande Studios-Albuquerque
John Popper and Jono Manson
Same Old Blues
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Albuquerque
Chi-town Sher
Whadda You Think About That?
Sher Katz and Paul Goad
Montrose Records-Ruidoso
Anna Rudolph
Chasing the Blues
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Wishes into Gold
Danny Talache
Ken Riley
Rio Grande Studios-Albuquerque
Bluegrass
C. Daniel Boling
My Hick Pickup
Jono Manson & Daniel Boling
The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio
Santa Fe
Higher Ground Bluegrass
No. 9 Coal
Duke Weddington & Higher Ground Bluegrass
The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio
Santa Fe
Paul Kelly
Quad Cities Bound
Ronnie Rael/David Cragin
Santa Fe Soundworks
Santa Fe
C. Daniel Boling
This Town Has No Cafe’
Jono Manson & Daniel Boling
The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio
Santa Fe
Higher Ground Bluegrass
Back To You
Duke Weddington, Higher Ground Bluegrass
The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio
Santa Fe
Childrens
Susie Tallman
Garden of Sounds
Susie Tallman & Greg O’Connor
Mountain Road Recording
Albuquerque
Linda Castañeda
Come Aleesha
David McRae
Third Eye Studios
Tijeras
Susie Tallman
Pizza Pasta Opera
Susie Tallman & Greg O’Connor
Mountain Road Recording
Albuquerque
Jordan Wax
Who Would That Leave to Be Me?
Jordan Wax/Jeremy Barnes
Del Norte Studios
Albuquerque
Susie Tallman
Life Cycle
Susie Tallman
Mountain Road Recording
Albuquerque
Country
Jeanette Clark
A Mess in Love
Jeanette Clark
JC Studio Southwest-Albuquerque
JD Cox
Drink Around the Truth
JD Cox
Bear Trax Studio-Roswell
Rich Rajacich
The One That Got Away
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Jude R Tachias
Wrecking Ball
Donn Halliburton
On Fire Productions-Albuquerque
Louis Sheridan
Cowboys Need Lovin’ Too
Louis Tafoya
Third Eye Studios-Tijeras
Electronica
DWK Project
You & I
Dare N Wade
Pebble Beach Studios-Albuquerque
Be the Peacock
Second-Hand Store for the Wealthy
John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
DWK Project
Using Your Hands
Dar N Wade
Pebble Beach Studios-Albuquerque
David Kuncicky
I Am an Algorithm
David Kuncicky
La Barberia Studio-Santa Fe
DWK Project f/ Max Rae
Baila Conmigo
Dar N Wade
Pebble Beach Studios-Albuquerque
Folk
C Daniel Boling
Old Friends
Jono Manson & Daniel Boling
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Matthew Hecht
Fire Down in the Valley
Jon Gagan and Matthew Hecht
The Electric Company-Santa Fe
Roger Jameson
House Out in The Sand
Roger Jameson and John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
Tom Frost
Say Goodbye
Jono Manson, Tom Frost
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Jaime Michaels
How To Shine
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Hip Hop/Rap
Juan Gambino f/Lil Mike
Dedicado a la Raza
Juan Gambino
La Colonia Studios-Albuquerque
Cuckoos Nest
5.0
Sepsis and GKTV
Septicemia Records-Albuquerque
Juan Gambino
Raised In the Ghetto
Juan Gambino
La Colonia Studios-Albuquerque
Indie Rock
Sister Black Lagoon
The Ventriloquist
Alex Kassim
Esperantoad Studios-Las Cruces
Purifeye
Hands on You
Purifeye
Tree House Studios-Pecos
Secret Eagles
Arroyo Summer
Matthew Tobias, Michael Moxey
Empty House Studio-Albuquerque
Emily Davis
You Used to Believe in Me
Scott Hallquist
Brainville Studio-Sunland Park
Kick Stand Up
Second Arrow
Rob Stroup
Taproot Studio-Truth or Consequences
Jazz
Terry Diers and Kevin Zoernig
LSPTWPS I Love You
Terry Diers and Kevin Zoernig
The Electric Company-Santa Fe
Wayne Wesley Johnson f/ Tony Exum Jr and Yosmel Montejo
Boulevard Rendezvous
Wayne Wesley Johnson and Dave Heidt
Route 66 Studio-Bernalillo
Alex Murzyn Quartet
Spirit Walk
Alex Murzyn
ABQ Post-Albuquerque
Ryan Montaño
Enchanted Lands
Ryan Montaño, Ken Knoll
Third Eye Studios-Tijeras
Basilaris
Constellation
Colin Diles
Central Root Studios-Albuquerque
Latin
Jessica Pacheco
Llorona
Lorenso Jaramillo
Unitz Sounds-Albuquerque
Nosotros
Esperanza
Raul Pacheco
Fw Studios, The Kitchen Sink, Frogville-Santa Fe
Zaphica
Coast of Brazil
Zivi Krieger
The Library-Santa Fe
Rudolfo Gonzales
Conversasion para Dos
Rodolfo Gonzales
Casa Blanca Productions-Albuquerque
Pat Reyes
Cafecito
Joe Sena
Joe Sena Home Studio
Ivon Ulibarri and Café Mocha
Se Bambolean
Luis E Rodriguez
Casa Blanca Productions-Albuquerque
Metal
Alter Apex
Beyond the Grave
Ken Hendricks, Eric Garay, Dexter Gonzalez, Ken Weinman
Home Studio
Shalem
Rain Turns Red
Travis Manning
Nasty Cactus Studio-Las Cruces
TKTWA (To Keep the Wolves Away)
Bury My Name
Steve Hilson. Tim Schmoyer, Augustine Ortiz
The Kitchen Sink, Decibel Foundry-Santa Fe
ERST
Bright As Blood Among the Coals
John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
Angelo Uñale
Flame
Dave Heidt
Route 66-Bernalillo
Justin McLauchlin
Outer Space
Justin McLauchlin & Matthew Tobias
Empty House Studio-Albuquerque
Modern Rock
Free Range Buddhas
End of the Story
Free Range Buddhas
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Duke City Riots
On and On
John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
Desert Mind
Under the Stars
Antonio Dixon
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Levi Platero
Iron Horse
Ryan McGarvey
Rio Grande Studio-Albuquerque
Richard Blair
Soul at First Sight
Richard Blair
Secret Sound 505-Rio Rancho
Native American
Indigie Femme
Nizhoni Sky (song)
Larry Mitchell
IndigenousWays & Insatiable Studios-Santa Fe
Jir Project
Who’s Your Favorite Indian?
Kenny Riley
Rio Grande Studios-Albuquerque
Ryedale Largo
Blessing into the new year
Ryedale Largo
RL Studio-Pinedale
Indigie Femme
So It Is
Larry Mitchell
Indigenous Ways & Insatiable Studios-Santa Fe
Novelty
C Daniel Boling
Bear Spray and Barbed Wire
Jono Manson and Daniel Boling
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Secret Eagles
Sexy Indifference
Matthew Tobias and Michael Moxey
Empty House Studio-Albuquerque
Syd Masters f/ Katie Gill
The Things We Overlook for Love
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
Winston Montgomery
Vroom Vroom Vroom
Peter Oviatt, Winston Montgomery
Moonflower Studio-Taos
Roger Cook
Mutt
Roger Cook
Dadagio Studios-Corrales
Pop
NEPTHSIS
A Devil Inside
Somer Bingham
Dark Iris Music-Albuquerque
GG Saturn
Fear Is in Your Mind
Ron Sanborn
ARS Studio-Los Ranchos
Sarah Mohr
Half a Glass
Matthew McClinton
Frogville Studios-Santa Fe
Brandon Taylor
Dreamland
Brandon Taylor
Home Studio-Truth or Consequences
Johnny Visable
Too Late
John-Michael Vasquez
Fw Studios-Santa Fe
Rhythm & Blues
Todd Lowry
I Know a Place
Todd Lowry & Roger Baker
Downstairs Studio-Albuquerque
Terry Diers & Kevin Zoernig
You Might Just Get It
Terry Diers & Kevin Zoernig
The Electric Company-Santa Fe
Flash and the Swank Brothers
Fred’s Chicken Shack
Daniel Flash Hagan
Most Records-Santa Fe
Ron Crowder
Monkey Down
Ron Crowder
InCrowd Studio-Albuquerque
Eb & Clydene
Mariah
Eb Lottimer, Clydene Jackson, David McRae, Nils Jiptner
Third Eye Studios-Tijeras
Reggae
Joseph General and High Vibration
Praises High
Joseph General and High Vibration
Recording Center of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Los Domingueros
Houston
Jimmy J Medina
Recording Center of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Vibestrong
Manzanos
Kenny Riley
Rio Grande studios-Albuquerque
Boomroots
What Ya Need Them For
Circumferencemusic BMI
Frogville Studios-Santa Fe
Religious/Gospel
Wally Ramirez
Strong
Phillip Zach
Gay Audio-La Mesa
Angelo Uñale
Arise
Angelo Uñale/Dave Heidt
Route 66 Studio-Bernalillo
Higher Ground Bluegrass
Cast Your Nets
Duke Weddington, Higher Ground Bluegrass
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Linda Castañeda
I Am Not Home
David McRae
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
Neil Michael Anderson
What’s Your Truth?
Neil Michael Anderson
Taproot Recording Studio-Truth or Consequences
Seasonal
Strange Holler
A New Mexico Christmas
Shelly Ley and Diane Marino
Arboles Studios-Albuquerque
Harry Musselwhite & The Manzano Singers
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Jerry Douglas Geist and Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink Studios-Santa Fe
Pat Palmer
Let’s Go Back to Bethlehem
Pat Palmer
Blue Door Studios-Albuquerque
Chris Dracup
Quiet in the Town
Marcus Casman & Chris Dracup
Tip Ranch-Sandia Park &
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
2 Old Crows
New Mexico Christmas
Robert Mulvey
Robert Mulvey Studios-Santa Fe
Singer/Songwriter
Danny Rubin
Iowa
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Lisa Joyce
Cochetopa
Boris McCutcheon
Home Studio-Taos
Jaime Michaels
Angelus
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Matthew Hecht
New Gilded Age
Jon Gagan
The Electric Company-Santa Fe
Chris Adam
Shine On Boy
Chris Adam
Sanat Fe Soundworks
Scott Randolph
Rearranged
Scott Randolph
Scud Dub-El Prado
Western
Douglas B Carter Trio
Dance Hall in Heaven
John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
Syd Masters
High Country Trail
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studios-Tijeras
Marc and Paula Rhae’s Roadside Distraction
Not So Silver Eagle Rides Again
Marc and Paula Rhae, George Mahn III
Frogville Studios-Santa Fe
Greg Johns
The Damage You Have Done
Greg Johns
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
Rich Rajacich
All I See is You
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
World
Jordon Wax
Keler fun Ash | קולער פֿון אַש
Jeremy Barnes/Jordon Wax
Del Norte Studios-Albuquerque
Lloyd Stout
Out of Kontrol
Lloyd Stout
Flying Woodie Productions-Albuquerque
Andy Skotting-Segal
Aliveness
Andy Skotting-Segal
Basse Studios-Sombrillo
Indigie Femme
Nizhoni Sky
Larry Mitchell
Indigenous Ways, Insatiable Studio-Santa Fe
Stefan
Hermosa
Stefan Shyga
Home Studio-Silver City
Rose Elva & the Crew
Juego de Obsession
Sal Gomez
Atlantis Recording-Albuquerque
Best Arrangement of an Original Recording
Kipp Bentley
New Sharon
Nathan Dunton
Kabby Sound Studios-Santa Fe
Zaphica
Jeykell
Zivi Krieger
The Library-Santa Fe
Ivon Ulibarri and Café Mocha
Se Bambolean
Luis E Rodriguez
Casa Blanca Productions-Albuquerque
Nathan Dunton
Ima Dance My Way Back
Nathan Dunton
Goatfish Productions-Santa Fe
Alex Murzyn
Blue Noir
Alex Murzyn
ABQ Post-Albuquerque
Best Cover Song
Buck Vuksich
I-Feel-Like-I’m-A-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag
John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
BUSY y Los Big Deals f/ Busy McCarroll
Fragile
Baird Banner
Kludgit Sound-Cerrillos
Daniel Solis
Sabor a Mi
Daniel Solis
D’sol Music Productions-Belen
David Kuncicky
Summer in the City
David Kuncicky
La Barberia Studios-Santa Fe
Julie Christensen
Can’t Find My Way Home
Terry Lee Burns and Julie Christensen
Songspeak Studio-Rio Rancho
Best Route 66 Cover Song
Jamie M Harrison
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Jamie m Harrison, Skafish, Glinda Harrison
Third Eye Studio
Tijeras
Entourage Jazz
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Emerson Corley & Roger Baker
Downstairs Studio-Albuquerque
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
Syd Masters
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
Best Instrumental Performance
Artist and Title
Celloquacious
for
Angels
Rodólfo Gonzales
for
Quermesse
Zaphica
for
Coast of Brazil
JD Cox
for
Europa (Earth’s Cry/Heaven’s Smile)
Ryan Montaño
for
Enchanted Lands
Best Mastering Engineer
Mastering engineer, Facility, Artist, Title
Rodólfo Gonzales
Casa Blanca Productions-Albuquerque
for
Ivón Ulibarrí and Café Mocha
La Media Vuelta
Andy Rogulich
High Fidelity Mastering-Albuquerque
for
Adriana Vigil
How Dare You
Marc Whitmore
Marc Whitmore Sound
for
Susie Tallman
Garden of Sounds
Travis Hill
Infaze Mastering-Albuqueque
for
Jessica Pacheco
Llorona
Andrew Primm
Northern New Studios
for
Eryn Bent
What I Crave
Best Recording Engineer
Recording engineer, Artist, Title
Rodólfo Gonzales
for
Ivón Ulibarrí and Café Mocha
Se Bambolean
Daniel Solis
for
Daniel Solis
Loco
George Mahn III
for
Marc and Paula’s Roadside Distraction
The Edge
Jason Reed
for
Sarah Mohr
Half a Glass
Steve O’Neill
for
Steve O’Neill
Funky Strut
Best Original Song
Writer(s), Title
Jaime Michaels &
Jeff Talmage
for
In My Home
David Kuncicky
for
Innocents on the Run
C Daniel Boling &
Tom Paxton
for
The Missing Years
Mark Ortiz, Albert Zalma,
Andreas Andreas Entrada, Sol Bentley
for
What You Need Them For?
Kito Peters
for
Masterpiece
Best Vocal Performance
Artist, Title
Juan Jose Alba
for
Santa Fe Style
Lone Pinon
for
Un Mundo Raro
Adriana Vigil
for
How Dare You
Pat Reyes
for
Besamé Mucho
Indigie Femme
for
Round and Round
Naomi Vega
for
I Will Call Upon the Lord
Best Video
Artist, Title, Producer(s), Studio/Facility/Videography
Nosotros
Mentiras f/ Daniel French
Raul Pacheco
Fw Studios, The Kitchen Sink, Frogville-Santa Fe
Eryn Bent
What I Crave
Eryn Bent
Videography by Rob Nakai at Media Ikonz
Jessica Pacheco
Llorona
Emmanuel Morales-Videography
Unitz Sounds-Albuquerque
The Kipsies
In Time
Randy Martin-Audio
Jordee Arvin Wester-Video
Juan Jose Alba
Santa Fe Style
The Kitchen Sink Studio
Director/Cinematographer-Maurizio Romero
Best Album Design
Art Director/Designer, Artist, Title
Duke City Riots
for
Duke City Riots
Worst Case Scenario
Kat Hoban
for
Nick Hans
Crooked Line
Julienne Masopust
for
Zaphica
Directions
Martin Pretchel
for
Prehistoric Delinquent and the Relative Minors
The Sun’s Gonna Melt Your Gun
Indigie Femme
for
Indigie Femme
Just to Be
Best Country Album
Rich Rajacich
Higher Ground
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Syd Masters
Cabin Songs
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studio-Tijeras
Best Jazz Album
Terry Burns, John Funkhouser, Alex Murzyn
Artrio-one
Terry Burns
ABQ Post-Albuquerque
Zaphica
Directions
Zivi Krieger
The Library-Santa Fe
Love Unfold the Sun
Live at Paradiso
Mustafa Stefan Dill
Paradiso-Santa Fe
Best Pop Album
NEPHISIS
Call It the Witching Hour
Andreas Smidelov, Jeff Ensign
Dark Iris Music-Albuquerque
Acid Wave
heart2heart
Ross Ingram and Acid Wave
Brainville Studio-Sunland Park
Kick Stand Up
The Unlearning
Rob Stroup
Taproot Studio-Truth of Consequences
Kito Peters
Phantom
Kito Peters, Simon Snaize
Home Studio-Santa Fe
Anna Rudolph
The Other Side
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Best Rock Album
Mia Antifa
Coming Home
Ross Ingram
Brainville Studio-Sunland Park
Duke City Riots
Worst Case Scenario
John Wall
Wall of Sound-Albuquerque
Michael Moxey
Secret Eagles
Moxey
Empty House Studios-Albuquerque
Zealous Grooves
Trifecta
Shanahan Wood
Third Eye Studios-Tijeras
TKTWA (To Keep the Wolves Away)
Eukaryotic
Steve Hilson, Tim Schmoyer, Augustine Ortiz
Norman Petty Producer’s Award
Jono Manson
for
John Popper and Jono Manson
Bootlegger Days
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Daniel Solis
for
Daniel Solis
Lo Que Hago Mejor
D’sol Music Productions-Belen
George Mahn III, Malin and Paula Rhae Malin
for
Marc and Paula Rhae Malin
Marc and Paula Rhae’s Roadside Distraction
Frogville Studios-Santa Fe
John David Peters, Ron Crowder and Steven Nery
for
John David Peters
In the Living
InCrowd Productions-Albuquerque
Duke Weddington, Higher Ground Bluegrass
for
Higher Ground Bluegrass
Blue and Grey
Best of the Year
C Daniel Boling and Tom Paxton
New Old Friends
Jono Manson and Daniel Boling
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
Syd Masters
Cabin Songs
Syd Masters
Third Eye Studios-Tijeras
Kipp Bentley
Durable Goods
Nathan Dunton
Kabby Sound Studios-Santa Fe
Winston Montgomery
Winston Montgomery
Peter Oviatt, Winston Montgomery
Moonflower Studios-Taos
Jaime Michaels
How to Shine
Jono Manson
The Kitchen Sink-Santa Fe
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