2020 Eddies Awards nominees/winners
The 2020 Capital Region Thomas Edison Awards – originally scheduled at Proctors on April 5, 2020 – was held May 2, 2021 from a closed set at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs.
Nominees and winners (in bold):
Solo or Duo Artist of the Year
The Age
Jocelyn & Chris Arndt
Taina Asili
The Parlor
Sean Rowe
The Sea The Sea
Alt / Indie Artist of the Year
The Abyssmals
Candy Ambulance
Greens
Laveda
Pony in the Pancake
Sky Furrows
Punk Artist / Hardcore Artist of the Year
Blood Blood Blood
Brick by Brick
Eternal Crimes
Mystery Girl
Prince Daddy and the Hyena
Spell Runner
Metal / Hard Rock Artist of the Year
Black Electric
The Clay People
Dirt Church
Drug Church
Greasefire
Johnny Booth
Jam Band of the Year
Ampevene
Annie in the Water
Glass Pony
Hartley’s Encore
Let’s Be Leonard
The Purple Stuff
Rock/Pop Artist of the Year
Jocelyn and Chris Arndt
Bear Grass
Girl Blue
Sirsy
State Champs
Wild Adriatic
Solo or Duo Artist of the Year (Cover)
Chris Dollard
Dos Amigos
PJ Duo
Erin Harkes
Carmen Lookshire
Rich Ortiz
Party Cover Band of the Year
The Accents
The AudioStars
Bad Chaperones
Funk Evolution
New York Players
The Refrigerators
Country Cover Band of the Year
Big Sky Country
The Kyle Bourgault Band
Moonshine Junkies
Red Haired Strangers
Skeeter Creek
Whisky Highway
Country / Bluegrass Artist of the Year
Blind Crow
Dyer Switch Band
Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys
The Gibson Brothers
Three Quarter North
Marty Wendell
Americana Artist of the Year
Eastbound Jesus
The Lazy Suns
The Mckrells
The Nellies
North & South Dakotas
Zan & the Winter Folk
Blues Artist of the Year
Amy Ryan Band
Annie and the Hedonists
The George Fletcher Blues Band
The Resonators
Soul Sky
Wyld Blu
Folk / Traditional Artist of the Year
Drank The Gold
Lost Radio Rounders
Michael Jerling
John Kirk and Trish Miller
The Sea The Sea
Bob Warren
DJ of the Year
DeeJay Element
DJ Ketchup
DJ Siroc
DJTGIF
DJ Trumastr
Intell Hayesfield
Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the Year
JB aka Dirty Moses
Johnny 2 Phones
KATANI
OHZHE
Promise the Unbreakable
Selli Paper
Electronica Artist of the Year
Bare Mattress
Horse Apples
Major Niño
Money Montage
Raisi K. (The Raisin Man)
Soo do koo
R&B / Soul Artist of the Year
The Age
Charles O’more
Pink Nois
Lee Reh
Souly Had
Victory Soul Orchestra
World Music Artist of the Year
Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde
Golfstrom
Heard
Robanic
Sten & Maria Z
Alex Torres & his Latin Orchestra
Classical Artist of the Year
Albany Pro Musica
Capital Region Wind Ensemble
Musicians of Ma’alwyck
Saint Rose Camerata
Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
Jazz Artist of the Year
Joe Barna
Michael Benedict
Peg Delaney
Chuck Lamb
Dylan Perrillo
Keith Pray
Promoter of the Year
Greg Bell (Guthrie Bell Productions)
Ted Etoll (Step Up Presents)
Mona Golub (Music Haven Concert Series)
Peter Lesser (The Egg)
Margie Rosenkranz (eighth step)
“On the Verge” Presenter
Asylum Albany
Bee Sides Cassettes
Chateau Shows
Little Booking Agency
Place for Jazz
Super Dark Collective
Live Production Crew of the Year
Aces
Albany Audio
Denis Entertainment Group
High Peaks Sound
Live Sound Inc
Specialized Audio-Video Inc
Record Label of the Year
Albany Records
Cacophone Records
Equal Vision
Five Kill Records
Magnetic Eye Records
Upstate Records
Best Hang
Chrome
Desperate Annie’s
The Low Beat
Oh Bar
Olde English Pub
Speakeasy 518
Music Recording Studio
AAA Recording Studio
Blue Sky Recording
Don Fury Recording Studio
Hyland Recording
Overit Studios
White Lake Music & Post
Arts publication (print or new media)
The Chronicle
The Collaborative
Nippertown
NYS Music
Preview (Times Union)
The Spot 518
Music Journalist of the Year (print, tv, or new media)
Amy Biancolli
Katie Cusack
Michael Hallisey
Indiana Nash
Jim Shahen
Tamani Wooley
Radio DJ of the Year (terrestrial or streaming)
Brian and Chrissy – WGNA
Art Fredette - RadioRadioX
Andy Gregory WEXT
Bill McCann – WCDB
Jeff Morad – WEQX
Chris Wienk - WEXT
Radio Station of the Year (terrestrial or streaming)
RadioRadioX
WCDB
WEQX
WEXT
WGNA
WVCR
Photographer of the Year
Frankie Cavone
Dave DeCresente
Rudy Lu
Andre Pilarczyk
Shannon Straney
Kiki Vassilakis
Music Video of the Year
Taina Asili “We Are Rising”
Buggy Jive “Another Song About the Moon”
The Clay People – “GenRX”
Front Biz “Little Mutants”
Jocelyn & Chris “Outta My Head”
Joe Mansman and The Midnight Revival Band – “Blood/Grain/Cocaine”
Pencildive “Cricket Man”
Prince Daddy & The Hyena “Lauren”
Record of the Year
Brother Hemlock “Good Ol Days”
TJ Foster “You are the Future”
Gibson Brothers “Cool Drink of Water”
Honey Slider “Ghostlighting”
Charles O’more “Nineteen + Won”
Sam Reed ft. The Heavenly Echos “Prophet”
David Tyo “Long Way Home”
Madison Vandenberg “What I’m Looking for”
Album of the Year
Taina Asili “Resiliencia”
Bright Dog Red “How’s By you?”
Candy Ambulance “Traumantic”
The Figgs “Shady Grove”
JB!! aka Dirty Moses “Libations”
Jim Gaudet “Real Stories and Other Tall Tales”
Jocelyn and Chris “The Fun in the Fight”
Prince Daddy and the Hyena “Cosmic Thrill Seekers”