It is the time of the year again when the CEA nominees are announced. I was honored to be one of the people that nominated some of these folks this year and while I won’t tell you who I nominated, I will list all of them here. First off I will list the categories that will be of most interest to the readers here, all of the noms after the jump. Voting for the CEA’s will be starting soon and I will be sure to provide an update then. You can also watch Spill It for updates from City Beat’s Mike Breen.
Cincinnati Entertainment Awards 2007 Nominations
Alternative/Indie
Bad Veins
The Sundresses
The Sheds
Knife the Symphony
The Chocolate Horse
Pomegranates
Rock
Wussy
Buffalo Killers
500 Miles to Memphis
Heartless Bastards
The Lions Rampant
Pearlene
Best Musical Ambassador for the City
Heartless Bastards
Over the Rhine
C Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core)
Buffalo Killers
Bryce Dessner (The National and Music NOW)
IsWhat?!
Folk/Americana/Roots
The Great Depression
Nathan Holscher
Frontier Folk Nebraska
Tupelo Honey
The Hiders
Blue Rock Boys
Singer/Songwriter
Jeremy Pinnell
Nathan Holscher
Kim Taylor
Joe Hedges
Shawna James
Matthew Shelton
Critical Achievement Awards (voted on by CEA Nominating Committee)
New Artist of the Year
The Seedy Seeds
Jon Justice Band
Eat Sugar
The Lions Rampant
Dan Karlsberg Group
The Read
Pomegranates
Joe Hedges
Album of the Year
Ill Poetic: The World Is Ours
Over the Rhine: Trumpet Child
Pearlene: For Western Violence and Brief Sensuality
Wussy: Left for Dead
The Chocolate Horse: Patience Works!
500 Miles to Memphis: Sunshine in a Shot Glass
The Seedy Seeds: Change States
The Sheds: You’ve Got A Light
Artist of the Year
C Spencer Yeh/Burning Star Core
Pearlene
Wussy
Buffalo Killers
Bad Veins
Heartless Bastards
The Great Depression
500 Miles to Memphis
Check out the full list after the jump…….
Bluegrass
Ma Crow and the Mother Pluckers
Comet Bluegrass Allstars
Rumpke Mountain Boys
Taylor Farley and Blue Rock
Mt. Pleasant String Band
Country
Liquid Fire
Dan Varner Band
Coy Taylor Band
Mack West
Sraw Boss
Dallas Moore
World Music
The Pinstripes
Baoku & the Image Afro-Beat Band
Mohenjo Daro
Selecter
Tropicoso
duppy à jamba
Hard Rock/Metal
Angels of Meth
Banderas
Pain Link
The Host
Estuary
Beneath the Sky
Punk
Jonuh
Eatafetus Trio
Eighty-Sixed
The Frankl Project
The Read
Caterpillar Tracks
Blues
Jon Justice Band
J. Dorsey Blues Band
II Juicy
Ricky Nye
Sonny Moorman Group
Natalie Wells
R&B/Funk
Marvin and the Experience
Iolite
Groove Society
Kenny Smith
Freekbass
Shades of J
Jazz
Dan Karlsberg Group
Wasteland Jazz Ensemble
Steve Schmidt
Faux Frenchmen
Jason Smart
Blue Wisp Big Band
Hip Hop
Ill Poetic
Cross
IsWhat?!
Abiyah
Animal Crackers
Mr. Dibbs
Experimental/Electronic
Burning Star Core/C Spencer Yeh
Diet Audio
The Seedy Seeds
Eat Sugar
johnnytwentythree
Evan Scott
Best Live Act
johnnytwentythree
Pearlene
Noctaluca
Jon Justice Band
500 Miles to Memphis
IsWhat?!
Sep 28, 2007Why wasn’t Bad Veins nominated for best new artist. They just turned one year in september.
Sep 28, 2007Good question chris, maybe nobody gave them a nomination for that, can’t recall if I did or not…
And I totally agree with you JLove concerning Bryce, much deserved.
Sep 28, 2007Thanks for the kind words for the best curator around. I agree. Mark your calendars friends, MusicNOW 2008 will happen April 3, 4, 5, 2008. The venue is booked, the acts are lining up and we should announce artists later this fall.
Thanks again.
–festival team
Sep 29, 2007I’d vote Bad Veins for best Alernative/Indie Rock, Buffalo Killers for best Rock, and Over the Rhine for best Musical Ambassador of the City, as they are in the midst of their most ambitious, national tour in many years. (Why is Heartless Bastards getting so many nominations? Their latest album is from August 06, and they have been far less visible thatn in earlier years. I love these guys, don’t get me wrong. I’m just wondering.)
That said, I am excited to hear that MusicNOW is returning next April. I couldn’t make this year’s event as I was in China at the time.
Oct 1, 2007How do you vote? I see my band (Pomegranates) has a couple nominations.
I don’t think voting is open yet Jacob, I will be sure to post here when that changes…. Good luck to you guys!
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10:29 am
Bryce Dessner gets my vote for Musical Ambassador for Music NOW. The National is great, but the Music NOW Festival was a truly special event for the city. (And I hope that they do it again this year)