San Diego Music Awards

The San Diego Music Awards[1] are an awards show held annually in San Diego, California, United States, to recognize the best bands and artists in local music. The awards have been held since 1991 and were originally organized by the city's main local music publication, (formerly called SLAMM), which eventually became the alternative newsweekly San Diego CityBeat. The awards are now organized by the San Diego Music Foundation. The show benefits the San Diego Music Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting San Diego music education programs. Over the years the show has featured awards in a variety of categories covering nearly every genre of music, and featured live performances by such major-label recording artists as Blink-182, Switchfoot,[2] and Jason Mraz,[3], P.O.D.[4] as well as lesser known up-and-coming artists, such as Steve Poltz.

Through 2017, the annual awards have raised $595,600 for its Taylor Guitars for Schools program, which has provided free instruments and lessons for more than 55,000 students across San Diego County over the past three decades.[5]

San Diego Music Award Winners (2017)

  • Best Singer/Songwriter - Tolan Shaw
  • Best Jazz - Gilbert Castellanos
  • Best Jazz Album - Nathan Hubbard "Furiously Dreaming"
  • Best Blues - Whitney Shay
  • Best Blues Album - John Meeks "On a Sea Darkly"
  • Best Country or Americana - The Moves Collective
  • Best Country or Americana Album - Trouble in the Wind "Lefty"
  • Best Hip Hop/Rap - The Lyrical Groove
  • Best Hip Hop or Rap Album - The Knee Highs "We Put the Fun in Dysfunction"
  • Best Indie/Alternative - The Bassics
  • Best Indie/Alternative Album - The Verigolds "For Margaret"
  • Best Pop - Sister Speak
  • Best Pop or Rock Album - The Donkeys "Midnight Palms"
  • Best Rock - Schizophonics
  • Best World Music - Tribal Theory
  • Best World Music Album - Hirie "Wandering Soul"
  • Best Local Recording - Sure Fire Soul Ensemble "Out on the Coast"
  • Best Live Performer - Rebecca Jade & the Cold Fact
  • Best New Artist - Skyterra
  • Artist of the Year - Tribal Seeds
  • Song of the Year - Switchfoot "Float"
  • Album of the Year - Andra Day "Cheers to the Fall"
  • Lifetime Achievement Award – Wayne Riker

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  4. ↑ "The 2018 SDMAs Go Off Without a Hitch". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  5. ↑ Varga, George. "Trouble in the Wind is top winner at 2018 San Diego Music Awards". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
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