4th Annual Eddies Music Awards Nominees Announced 

Ceremony Scheduled for Sunday, April 24 at Proctors MainStage
 

SCHENECTADY, NY (Feb. 16) – Buggy Jive leads all finalists for the 4^th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards with a record 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 

RadioX 

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”