SCHENECTADY — Buggy Jive leads all finalists for the 4th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards with a record of five nominations. This year’s ceremony returns to the MainStage at Proctors at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 24.
A self-described soul rock singer-songwriter, Buggy Jive won an Eddies Music Award in the 2020 Best Music Video category for “Ain’t Going Anywhere.” This year he is up for Solo or Duo Artist of the Year, RnB/Soul/Funk Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Music Video of the Year and Album of the Year.
In all, there are over 210 finalists in 36 categories honoring the work of 2021. Nominations and voting are determined by a group of judges representing the local music community. The Eddies Music Awards are an initiative of Proctors Collaborative.
This year’s ceremony returns to Proctors after a two-year absence. The inaugural event drew 1,250 people in 2019 but the 2020 show was postponed twice due to the pandemic, and ultimately a two-hour event was filmed live on a closed set, airing on YouTube, public access TV and social media. The 2021 show was conducted live in front of a Universal Preservation Hall audience.
“It has been a tough two years for the local music community and the Eddies were impacted same as everything and everyone else,” said co-founder and producer Jim Murphy. “It was important we continue to shine a light on the local music scene, even if it was scaled back.
“This year is a return to a full-scale celebration,” Murphy added. “We hope the whole music community comes together.”
The line-up of performers for the award ceremony will be announced in March.
Tickets are on sale now at Proctors.org. For more information, visit the eddiesawards.com
WEQX is a media sponsor.
Solo or Duo Artist of the Year
Buggy Jive
Girl Blue
Dave Maswick & Joel Brown
Om Quillio
Sean Rowe
Sirsy
Solo or Duo Performer of the Year (Covers)
Rick Bolton & Jackie Dugas
Jeff Brisbin
Steve Candlen
Sten Isachsen & Maria Zemantauski
Rich Ortiz
Maurizio Russomanno
Party Cover Band of the Year
Diva & The Dirty Boys
Legend
Mixed Roots
Off The Record
The Refrigerators
Soul Session
DJ of the Year
DJ AyO
DJ Ketchup
DJ RVMBA
DJ ShOw
DJ T.G.I.F.
Intell Hayesfield
Country/Bluegrass Artist of the Year
Brule County Bad Boys
Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys
The Insolent Willies
Red Haired Strangers
Three Quarter North
Marty Wendell
Country Cover Band of the Year
Beating the Odds
Courtney Shayne: A Patsy Cline Experience
E.B. Jeb
Skeeter Creek
Stony Creek Band
Whiskey Highway
Americana Artist of the Year
Annie and the Hedonists
The Lazy Suns
Lost Radio Rounders
Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter
The Nocturne Troubadours
Rusticator
Rock/Pop Artist of the Year
Dark Honey
Jocelyn & Chris
Joe Mansman and The Midnight Revival Band
Super 400
Under the Den
Warden & Co.
Alt/Indie Artist of the Year
Architrave
Curious Comet
E.R.I.E.
Joetaurone
Sean Rowe
The Sea The Sea
Folk/Traditional Artist of the Year
Dan Berggren
Drank The Gold
Reese Fulmer
John Kirk and Trish Miller
Michael Jerling
Carolyn Shapiro
Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the Year
B Chaps
Dezmatic
Mike Larry Draw
Sime Geezus
Emcee Graffiti
JB!! aka Dirty Moses
Jazz Artist of the Year
Joe Barna
Bright Dog Red
Hot Club of Saratoga
Chuck Lamb
Dylan Perrillo
Colleen Pratt
Punk/Hard Rock Artist of the Year
After the Fall
BattleAxxx
Candy Ambulance
Fine Grain
Prince Daddy and The Hyena
Kid Vicious
Metal/Hard Rock Artist of the Year
Bad Mothers
Bendt
Brick by Brick
The Erotics
Malefic
Psychomanteum
Jam Band of the Year
Ampevene
Annie In The Water
Glass Pony
Hilltop
Let’s Be Leonard
Raisinhead
Blues Artist of the Year
Amy Ryan Band
Biscuits ‘n’ Gravy
George Fletcher Blues Band
Matt Mirabile & Alison Jacobs
SoulSky
Mark Tolstrup & Jill Burnham
RnB/Soul/Funk Artist of the Year
The Age
Anneice Cousin
The E-Block
Buggy Jive
Ali Sifflet
Victory Soul Orchestra
Electronica Artist of the Year
Madeline Darby
Fox Kraft
SM Ink
PJ Katz
Rambutan
Soo do koo
Classical Artist/Ensemble of the Year
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Albany Pro Musica
Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra
Musicians of Ma’alwyck
Opera Saratoga
Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
World Music Artist of the Year
Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde
Heard
Jordan Taylor Hill
Sten Isachsen & Maria Zemantauski
Mixed Roots
Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra
Best Venue Small (up to 299 people)
Caffé Lena
The Hangar on the Hudson
The Hollow Bar + Kitchen
The Linda
Nanola
9 Maple Avenue
Best Venue Medium (300-999 people)
Cohoes Music Hall
The Egg
Lark Hall
Putnam Place
The Strand Theatre
Van Slyck’s (Rivers Casino & Resort)
Best Venue Large (1,000 people and up)
Empire Live
Palace Theatre
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Times Union Center
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Presenter of the Year
A Little Booking Agency LLC
DJ T.G.I.F.
Guthrie Bell Productions
Step Up Presents
Sugar Productions
Super Dark Collective
Radio Station of the Year
RadioRadioX
WAMC
WCDB
WEQX
WEXT
WVCR
Radio DJ of the Year (terrestrial or streaming)
Wanda Fischer (WAMC)
Art Fredette (RadioRadiox)
Sime Geezus (WSPN)
Andy Gregory (WEXT)
Bill McCann (WCDB)
Jeff Morad (WEQX)
Record Label of the Year
Cacophone Records
Equal Vision
Lorchestral Recording Company
Magnetic Eye Records
Paintbox Records
Upstate Records
Live Production Crew of the Year
824 Productions
Aces
Denis Entertainment Group
High Peaks Sound
Live Sound Inc
Specialized Audio-Video Inc.
Music Recording Studio of the Year
Fool’s Hill Music
Jim Mastrianni Studio
Millstone Studio
NRS Recording
Arts Publication of the Year (print, TV or new media)
Nippertown
NYS Music
Preview (Times Union)
The Spot 518
The Ticket (Daily Gazette)
Xperience Monthly
Music Journalist of the Year
Alain Clerine (NYS Music)
R.J. DeLuke (Times Union)
Michael Hallisey (The Spot 518, Nippertown)
Indiana Nash (Daily Gazette)
Liam Sweeney (Xperience Monthly)
Don Wilcock (Nippertown)
Music Photographer of the Year
Stephanie Bartik
Frank Cavone
Zach Culver
Jim Gilbert
Rudy Lu
Andrzej Pilarczyk
Songwriter of the Year
Girl Blue
Reese Fulmer
Buggy Jive
Sara Milonovich
Lecco Morris & Justin K. Rivers
Sean Rowe
Russel the Leaf
Seth Warden
Music Video of the Year
As Iz – “Steve Nover is Here (Infinite Cha Cha)”
Buggy Jive – “Tiptoes”
Don Ferlazzo – “Take A Look At Me Now”
Joe Mansman and The Midnight Revival Band – “Renegade Love”
Jocelyn & Chris – “Sugar and Spice”
SIRSY – “Astronauts”
The Nocturne Troubadours – “You’re Not Alone”
The Sea The Sea – “Stumbling Home: Oil on Paper”
Record of the Year
Dan Berggren – “Imagine That”
Jocelyn & Chris “- Sugar and Spice”
Erin Harkes – “New Year’s Day”
Kate McDonnell – “Ballad of a Bad Girl”
Mike McMann – “True”
Prince Daddy & the Hyenas – “Curly Q”
Sean Rowe – “Squid Tattoo”
Carolyn Shapiro – “Honeydew”
Album of the Year
Bright Dog Red – “In Vivo”
Candy Ambulance – “Hard-Boiled”
Reese Fulmer – “It’s All a Dream”
Sime Geezus – “Shadow of Death”
Buggy Jive – “You Won’t Like the Answer”
Mike McMann – “True”
Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter – “Northeast”
Sean Rowe – “The Darkness Dressed In Colored Lights”
Marty Wendell – “Risky Business”
