Best Album
Josh Rosenblum, Love Letter
Jolon Station, Y’all or Nothing
Rusted Stone, Welcome to the Show
Best Songwriter
Dave Tate, “This Moment”
Joe Koenig, “Lila Rose”
David Lynch, “I Can See Sound”
Youth
Elbow Drop Sunday, “Southern Belle”
Awkward Silence, “Just Jump”
Elbow Drop Sunday, “Special K”
Hip-Hop/Rap
Sadie Jasper, “I Want”
Van Gordon, “My Own Eyes”
clonose, “Beach Towel”
Open
Mike Healy & The Canaries, “Blood Clots”
MiniNova, “Mambo Night”
slObird, “Synching My Heart”
R&B/Blues
Sadie Jasper, “Love Gets Better With Age”
LOVR, “Dopamine”
Susan Ritchie, “The Heart Has a Mind of Its Own”
Rock/Alternative
Big Sierra, “Night Walks”
Dead Magic, “Leave It Alone”
Carbon City Lights, “Wake Up”
Country/Americana/Folk
Max MacLaury, “Deciduousness”
Ynana Rose, “Whiskey Lies”
Josh Rosenblum, “Closure (This Life)”
Local Legend
Sound engineer Mike O’Connell
Readers’ Choice
Best Live Performance
Sadie Jasper Ī
This article appears in Nov 9-19, 2023.