Songwriter category
1. The Tipsy Gypsies – “Drought”
2. The Creston Line – “1992”
3. Derek Senn – “Monica Lewinsky”
Rock/Alternative category
1. 33RPM – “Red, Black or White”
2. The Monroe – “Thunder”
3. 555-Balls – “Someone to Blame”
Country/Folk/Americana category
1. The Creston Line – “No More Heroes”
2. Mark Adams – “Where’s My Town”
3. Natalie Haskins – “Stand By Me”
R&B/Blues category
1. The Tipsy Gypsies – “Waiting”
2. Mannequins By Day – “Luxury Life”
3. Ricky Montijo & The Mojitos – “Baby I’ll Beg”
Hip-Hop/Reggae/World Beat category
1. Wordsauce – “Big Skies Silent Valleys”
2. True Zion featuring Vance Fahie – “Lioness”
3. Rogue Status – “Dominos”
Open category
1. Tyson Leonard (Tropo) – “Open Wings”
2. Nataly Lola – “Meet Me at Midnight”
3. The JD Project – “Long Hard Road”
Youth category
1. Amalia Fleming – “The Simplicity of Things”
2. Izzy Devor – “Days in the Light”
3. Sacha Carlson – “Memories of the Past”
Honorable mention: Rio Fleming – “Take Me Back to the Mischief”
Honorable mention: Sophie Chamblin, Max Chalekson, David Frismont, Josh Baum, Shane Brennan “Mutual Respect”
Best Album
1. The Tipsy Gypsies – “Waiting”
2. Amber Cross – “Savage on the Downhill”
3. Derek Senn – “Avuncular”
This article appears in Nov 9-19, 2017.