Northwest Arkansas
Music Awards

Time once again to vote for your favorites in local music for the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards. Vote on the nominees at rockitmusicweek.com.

Winners will be revealed at the awards event April 28 at George’s Majestic Lounge. NAMA is now part of an expanded weeklong celebration — the Rock-It Music Festival.

The Nominees

Rock

Benjamin Del Shreve

A Good Fight

Randall Shreve and the Sideshow

The Good Fear

Silverstone

Blues

RJ Mischo

Earl & Them

The Kory Montgomery Band

Devil’s Promenade

Nathan Aronowitz

Indie/Alternative

Where’s Lawrence?

Memphis Pencils

Christmas Fuller Project

Messy Sparkles

Hosta

Metal/Hard Rock

Perpetual Werewolf

MSG

Fauxnz

Voyageurs

Battle Within

Punk/Hard Core

The Plaid Jackets

Egyptr

The Counterlife

Well,Well,Well

Female Singer/Songwriter

Shannon Wurst

Candy Lee Long

Tiffany Christopher

Male Singer/Songwriter

Jeff Kearney

Wade Ogle

Jovan Arrellano

Female Vocalist In a Band

Bernice Hembree (Three Penny Acre)

Tanya Shylock (Mountain of Venus)

Candy Lee Long (Candy Lee and The Sweets)

Leah Spears (Leah and The Mojo Doctors)

Male Vocalist In a Band

Jeff Kearney (1 Oz. Jig)

Martin Bemberg (Memphis Pencils)

Randall Shreve (Randall Shreve and The Slideshow)

Eddie Love (A Good Fight)

Brian Kupillas (Where’s Lawrence?)

Caleb Enyart (Silverstone)

Wiley Seeger (Boom Kinetic)

Jam/Funk

The 1 Oz. Jig

Guta

Mountain of Venus

The OneUps

Folk/Bluegrass

Cletus Got Shot

Shout Lulu

Three Penny Acre

Shannon Wurst

Mountain Sprout

Country

Pope County Bootleggers

Charliehorse

Damn Arkansan

Bobby Drivers

Sarah Hughes Band

Jazz

Fayetteville Jazz Collective

Walter Savage Trio

Skinny Quartet

Hogtown Hot Group

Claudia Burson Trio

Cover Band

Big Uns

Full House

La Fu So

Leah & The Mojo Doctors

The Odds

Uncrowned Kings

DJ

DJ EQ

DJ BIZAR

DJ Derrick

DJ Shortfuze

Baby Armie

Hip-Hop/R&B

T.Jay

Hardaway

The Commoners

Black Pearl

Soundchild Crew

Latin

Nial Ynzomino

Boris Silva

Estilo Neta Band

Spoken Word

Clayton Scott

Houston Hughes

Doug Shields

Zac Henderson

Brand New Artist

Voyageurs

Damn Arkansan

Faunxz

Black Pearl

Messy Sparkles

Artist of The Year

Boom! Kinetic

The Commoners

Where’s Lawrence?

Cletus Got Shot

Randall Shreve and The Slideshow

Benjamin Del Shreve

Album of The Year

Where’s Lawrence? – The Boy in the Well

Hosta – Bearfish

Cletus Got Shot – Unamerican

The Kory Montgomery Band – The Kory Montgomery Band

The 1 Oz. Jig – The 1 Oz. Jig

Benjamin Del Shreve – Sleeping Sweetly

Boom Kinetic – Part Gray/Part Bright Light

Candy Lee and The Sweets – The Gate

Shannon Wurst – What’s More Honest Than a Song?

The OneUps – Intergalactic Redux

MSG – Now or Never

Wade Ogle & The Mad Spirits – Mad Spirits

The Good Fight – The Good Fight

Album Art

Will Collins (Archetype Studios), artwork for The Kory Montgomery Band – The Kory Montgomery Band

Sarah Anderson (independent), artwork for Various Artists Art Amiss 13 Music Compilation

John Moore (Noir33), artwork for The 1 Oz. Jig – The 1 Oz. Jig

Chuck Bame (independent), artwork for The Plaid Jackets – The Plaid Jackets

Best Producer/Studio

Adam Putman (Insomniac Studios)

Chris Moore (Easthall Studios)

Eric Schabacker (Winterwood Studios)

Darren Crisp (Crisp)

Mike Bailey (Dreamakers)