12th annual New Times Music Awards winners for 2020

Let Glen Starkey introduce you to the first place winners!

Stream the playlist on Spotify!

HIP-HOP/RAP
1st Place: 
Hakeem Sanusi 
“Listen to Me”
2nd Place
: Ezra Henderson
 “Game Plan”
3rd Place
: Kacey Family 
“Chaos”

R&B/BLUES
1st Place: 
Dante Marsh 
“Everything Considered”
2nd Place
: Ynana Rose 
“Trouble”
3rd Place
: Pete Pidgeon 
“The Wind and The Lover”

ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
1st Place
: Tiger Muffin 
“Watch Out!”
2nd Place
: Cloudship 
“Believer”
3rd Place: 
The Ruben Lee 
Dalton Band 
“The Healer”

COUNTRY/AMERICANA/FOLK
1st Place: 
 Jon Bartel 
“Love Her Lonesome”
2nd Place
: Derek James 
“Jealous of South Carolina”
3rd Place
: Rich Severson’s StumbleWeedz
 “Right at Home”

OPEN
1st Place
: Kathleen Brauer “Who Are You?”
2nd Place
: Brass Mash 
“California Mind Me Up”
3rd Place
: The Ruben Lee 
Dalton Band
 “Shambala Bar”

YOUTH
1st Place:
 Kathryn Callarman 
“What We Can’t Obtain”
2nd Place
: Sacha Carlson 
“Forever More”

BEST SONGWRITER
1st Place
: Don Lampson 
“Bakersfield Girl”
2nd Place
: Julie Lee 
“Green Light”
3rd Place
: Ted Waterhouse 
with the Jump Jax 
“Crazy When You Smile”

BEST ALBUM
1st Place: 
Natalie Haskins 
- Puhidua
2nd Place
: Jon Bartel – Hell
3rd Place
: Williams & Nuttycombe 
- Photo Op

READERS’ 
CHOICE AWARD
Kacey Family 
“Chaos”

LOCAL LEGEND AWARD 2020
Paul Irving

NTMA Showcase

Watch the virtual show, streamed on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, courtesy of Big Big SLO. Emceed by Suzanne Schonig of KRUSH 92.5 and featuring performances by:
• Dante Marsh & The Vibe Setters
• Don Lampson
• Kathryn Callarman
• Silk Ocean (Hakeem Sanusi’s band)
• Kacey Family

NTMA 2020

This article appears in NTMAs 2020.