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2007-2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Album Nominees

A Cappella Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Song for You L5 Acappella NY
Boston to Beijing Tonic Sol-fa MN
Classicapella Cool & Jazzy Russia
Collective Duwende NY
Get your Monkey off my Dog The Bobs CA
Grateful Praise Eclipse UT
Legacy Legacy TX
Not For Credit University of Wisconsin MadHatters WI
On Top Of The World Tonic Sol-fa MN
Sharing Time Insideout A Cappella ID

African Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Africa Leni Stern NY
Bundung King Kora Gambia
Celebration Francis Mbappe Cameroon
Come and Dance Tefo hlaele South Africa
Country Of Guns Kaleta - Zozo Afrobeat Benin
Katitira Sarah Ndagire Uganda
Povo Adormecido Ze Manel Guinea-Bissau
Savannah Breeze Atongo Zimba Ghana
Songs from the Village Baba Ken Okulolo & the Nigerian Brothers Nigeria
Tera Grandi Djiki Cape Verde

Alternative Album Nominees Artist Name Location
2 Rotten Cheri NY
Down At The Disco Jessy Moss CA
Golden Age GOLDEN AGE Russia
Implanted Insanity Bullet Sage CA
Ladylike, Side One Storm Large OR
No Vacancy Kristi Rush TN
One Way Kiss The Neutrinos UK
Playground Isolator Stever CA
Two Headed Monster Collide CA
Wicked Little dolls Wicked Little dolls CA

Ambient Album Nominees Artist Name Location
12 Moons Building The Cathedral Finland
Ambiethernum Psicodreamics Spain
Another Kind Of Silence Al Gromer Khan Germany
Effloresence Androcell CA
Fluidities  Jonathan Hughes NY
Heavy Hauling Train Sounds CA
Isbjorn Mank UK
Just Chill Stephen DiJoseph PA
Lighthouse Jack Wood OR
Ruinas del Bosque Álvaro Menéndez Spain

Americana Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Long Day for the Weathervane The Gougers TX
Beautiful & Treacherous Thing The Spares IL
Gifts and Burdens Holly O'Reilly WA
Got A Gig, Gotta Go Bill Sheffield GA
Holding Up the World Tim Grimm IN
Minnesota Wiggins Sisters NY
Something Worth Standing For Andrew McKnight VA
Spokesman for the Shoeless Cydney Robinson CA
Typical American Tragedy Anthony Da Costa NY
Washboard Rope Guitar The Brass Kings MN

Asian Album Nominees Artist Name Location
"Vista" contemporary koto Ryuko Mizutani Japan
A Wish Away ATP (Adenosine Tri-Phosphate) Japan
Chieu Tinh Lang Le Van Tu Vietnam
Hleb [Bonus Track] Leningrad Russia
If To Believe... Lyudmila Smolyakova Russia
KOU!! It's Coming Out!!! Kou Chou Ching Taiwan
Music from the Shelter of Clear Light: A Musical Journey through ancient Jeffrey Goodman Tibet
Pilgrimage Karjam Saeji Tibet
Plug-in Sooners Japan
TibetFest Techung, Nawang Khechog,Namgyal Phurbu and Drepung Gomang Monks Tibet

Bluegrass Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Bang Bang Tim Carter TN
Gaining Wisdom Donna Hughes NC
Hello City Limits The Blue Canyon Boys CO
I Hear Mississippi Calling The Jason Boone Band MS
It's About Time Alex Hibbitts VA
Middle Of The Morning The Lost Pines TX
Stellar Jays John Reischman & the Jaybirds TN
The Closer I Get John Cadley NY
The Dixie Bee-Liners The Dixie Bee-Liners VA
When I Look Back Donna Ulisse TN

Blues Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A New Kind Of Blues Delaney Bramlett CA
A Piece Of My Soul Phillip Rogers GA
Can You Dig It ! Blue Plate Special © IL
Crossroads Motel The Sonny Moorman Group GA
Delta Flyer Stevie DuPree TX
Honeymoon in Meatland The Maynard Brothers Band CA
I've Been Thinkin' Gino Matteo CA
In Balance Corey Heuvel ON
Messin' Around Tha House Little Freddie King LA
Mississippi Number One Eden Brent MS

Cabaret Album Nominees Artist Name Location
ATTRACTIONS: with Bucky Pizzarelli Cynthia Sayer NY
Everybody's Somebody Else's Weirdo Marilyn Rucker TX
Gelber & Manning Goes Public Gelber & Manning NY
I've Gotta Get Back to New York Teri Ralston CA
Japanese Bathhouse Rebecca Zapen FL
Monkey Swing Monkey Doo Doctor Sparkles HI
Pittsburgh to Paris Ron Romanovsky NM
Tall Cool Drink Lisa Koch WA
Till I Get It Right Mark Winkler CA
Tin Can Telephone Bryce Kulak ON

Cajun Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Absolutely Live! Lisa Haley CA
Better Get Ready... MOJO's In Town! MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies IL
Cedric Watson Cedric Watson LA
Do You Know What It Means? Zydeco Party Band CA
Gumbo Zydeco Lafayette's Bayou Boys LA
Keep Lookin' Up The Crawdaddies MD
King Cake Lisa Haley CA
La Caroline Les Freres Michot LA
Pied-a-terre Blou QC
With A Little Help From My Friends Johnny Chauvin And The Mojo Band LA

Caribbean Album Nominees Artist Name Location
3:10 3canal Trinidad and Tobago
Brasse Do-La Haiti
Del Tiempo Y Del Tropico Guillermo Anderson Honduras
Independence Kobo Town Trinidad 
It's A Bam Bam Diddly! Father Goose Jamaica
Kid Afrika Kid Afrika Cuba
Moforibale Esu Ella Andall Trinidad and Tobago
MUSIC Dushi Band Of Aruba Aruba
Salsa y Picante Elsa Valle Cuba
Some Assembly Required Andre Woodvine Barbados

Contemporary Christian Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Been To The River JR Roberts FL
Chris Kipp Chris Kipp TX
Fall To Rise Philip Bardowell CA
In the Real World Brad Reynolds TN
LOL Virginia Hill IL
Mighty Good God Thea Tippin TN
Orthodoxy Eddie Kirkland GA
Peut-Etre The Kry CA
Unsystematic Approach JJ Weeks Band GA
When Love Rules Your Heart Jim Vilandre MN

Celtic Album Nominees Artist Name Location
"800 Voices" My Childhood in an Irish Orphanage Danny Ellis NC
Jimmy Keane & Pat Broaders Bohola IL
Bottoms Up Live Bottoms Up NB
Our Love Is Gold Eamon O' Maonaigh Ireland
Out In The West The Indulgers CO
Racing the Tide The Elders TN
Secret Garden Danny O'Flaherty TX
Sham Rock Beatnik Turtle IL
St. Patrick's Day Katie McMahon MN
The Wind Upon the Hill Kevin McKrell NY

Celtic Instrumental Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Celtic Fair Maggie Sansone MD
A Pocketful of Lint Kennedy's Kitchen IN
A Scottish Fiddle Collection BONNIE RIDEOUT MD
Comas Comas Belgium
FireWire Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman UK
Ireland Bridge Becky Taylor UK
Irish Coffee Cady Finlayson NY
Kilted Warriors- Music of the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry Various Artists PA
Live at Martyrs' Gan Bua IL
Rant Wicked Tinkers CA

Childrens Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Beethoven's Wig, Vol. 4- Dance Along Symphonies Beethoven's Wig CA
Dan Dan Doodlebug Dan Dan Doodlebug CA
Fins And Grins Johnette Downing LA
Grandma Rocks Grandma NY
Great Canadian Popcorn Band Bob King SK
I Wanna Play Bill Harley MA
Miss Willow's Fence Row Kaley Willow-Wy Griffith PA
Mommy Says No! Asylum Street Spankers TX
No Ordinary Day Suzi Shelton NY
The Kerplunks The Kerplunks BC

Classical Chamber Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Brass Outings Gaudete Brass Quintet WI
Circles of Sound L'Art du Bois Germany
Duo Capriccio Tracy Russell, Ingo Sveinsson TX
Enchanted Dawn The Schmidt/Verdery Duo NY
Exquisite-The Artistry of Malcolm McNab Malcolm McNab CA
Hooked on Handel Lumiere String Quartet NY
Látigo Quartet San Francisco CA
Medieval Dances for flute and harp Laurel Zucker and Susan Jolles CA
Oboe, Fagott und Klavier (Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano) Trio Douze:G. Boisits,Oboe; K. Pfleger,Bassoon; A. Labra-Makk,Piano Germany
The Magic-PAN-flute - Mozart with Panflute and Orchestra Matthias Schlubeck Germany

Classical Contemporary Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Alleluias for Orchestra Stephen Yarbrough SD
amberwood Karen Bentley Pollick & Ivan Sokolov AL
Aurora Borealis Evelyn Stroobach ON
Ethereal QNG - Quartet New Generation Germany
From Darkness Into Light Gustav Hoyer VA
Holidays of the New Era Kiev Philharmonic / Robert Ian Winstin VA
Horizons Christopher Tyler Nickel BC
Song of Flanders Brent Straughan BC
Taliban Dances Robert Ian Winstin VA
The Great American Tradition - Marches For A New Millennium The Washington Winds - James L Hosay, Conducted by Edward Petersen  DC

Classical Orchestral Album Nominees Artist Name Location
"le Seigneur Des Amin" Concerto For Harp And Orchestra  Bernard Andres Belgium
Bacchanale Guy Few, Nadina Mackie Jackson Toronto Chamber Orchestra ON
Classic Gypsy Ioan Harea ON
Little Buckaroos Adam Frey (euphonium), Scott Hartman and Metropolitan Wind Symphony GA
Masterworks of the New Era Vol. 12  Robert Ian Winstin VA
Reflections Iceland Symph. Orch. Hwd. W/Ws, Cheng, Carlson, Langholt Choir CA
Richard Arnell: Symphonies 4 & 5 MusicaNova Orchestra CA
Symphonies No. 4, 5, 6 Jon Ward Bauman MD
Taking Flight Adam Frey (euphonium) and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra GA
Vira 0104 Miloslav Hrdlik LA

Classical Solo Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Musical Journey: Scarlatti, Schubert and Chopin Shirley Kirsten CA
Bach and his Circle Rebecca Pechefsky NY
Danse Macabre Marty Smyth ON
Etudes, Seriously Makiko Hirata, Pianist CA
IMAGES Irene Gomez NY
J. S. Bach - Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Fernando Meza MN
Music for Guitar: Bach Pete Downes UK
The Chopin of Mexico Plays Chopin Orlando Otey NJ
The Sons Of Bach Ingrid Blatter TX
Unaccompanied Ioan Harea ON

Classical Vocal/Operal Choral Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Aishinka Ivan Spassov NY
Canticle of the Sun Schola Cantorum Dublin Ireland
Cherubika Cherubika WA
Nevermas University of Madrigirls UK
Notre Dame de Grace In Mulieribus OR
Octarium Octarium MO
Receive the Song Schola Cantorum St. James Cathedral WA
Seraphic Flames: Duets, Trios, & Quartets of the Renaissance & Baroque The Countertop Quartet DC
Sing O Ye Heavens Bach Festival Society Of Winter Park FL
Winter The Choral Project CA

Classical Vocal/Opera Solo Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Arias Christine Moore NY
Bright Seraphim Monica Hatch MA
Cantatas For New Year The Washington Kantorei VA
Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640 Mignarda NY
Grace Notes Michelle Todd AB
KENN HICKS SINGS AVANTI Kenn Hicks NY
Remember Me Diana Tash CA
Renouncement Christian Forshaw UK
Secret and Divine Signs Craig Urquhart NY
Youth & Love Jason Hardy, bass GA

College Rock Album Nominees Artist Name Location
After All Is Said and Done Void808 CA
Both Sides of the Story State of Man GA
Calling Matthew Calling Matthew TX
Closer IVO Switzerland
Closer to Human Dreamseed CA
Lost in the Soul Deposit ALL THE BRIGHTNESS ON
Tall Buildings Gabriel Mann CA
The Score The Tender Box CA
Things I Failed To mention Michael Logen TN
What Do You Think of That Noise? The Good Luck Joes WI

Comedy Album Nominees Artist Name Location
America's Funniest Clean Comedian Royce Elliott IL
Either You Wake Up Or You Don't Mary Mack MN
Full Release Bobaloo CA
Gay Comedy Without A Dress Jason Stuart CA
I'm Better Than Them Chance Langton MA
Stories From The Suburbs Jim Colliton MA
Stosh Stan Stankos NY
Sucking a Cow's Udder During a Solar Eclipse Paul Nardizzi MA
The Big Show Live! C Willi Myles MN
This Isn't What I Do for Fun... Geno Bisconte NY

Compilation Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Back Home Various Artists MO
Empower 2008 Posi Award Nominees Various FL
Glass Half Full / Songs of Comfort and Strength 23 Women Musicians NY
Live From Key West Paradise Charitable Foundation NJ
Music to Life 2006 Various Artists VT
Stranger than Fiction The Wrockers CA
The Best of Woodsongs Volume 3 (USA 2008) Sampler Woodsong Radio Show Various KY
The Holidays At Home Various Artists MO
Trail Of Light / 15 Songs Reflecting The Journey From Alcoholism & Addic Gracie Vandiver & Friends TN
Cafe Sputnik Various Artists Germany

Contemporary Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Already Home Jan Garrett & J.D. Martin CO
American Garage Don Campbell ME
Buttercup Bugle Lori Cullen ON
Lovers Find Reasons Lindsay Jane MB
Proverbs Todd Herzog AZ
Simple as a Sunrise Daniel Ho CA
Songs for a Fallen Angel John McGlynn Ireland
Steady Heart Allison Sattinger CA
Why Can't I Melissa Lewis CA
Window of Light Ali Matthews ON

Country Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Burnt Toast & Offerings Gretchen Peters TN
Call Me Huck Rick Huckaby TN
Gravity Ray Stephenson TN
Headlights on the Highway Rebecca Lindsey FL
Loaded & Empty Jerry Kilgore TN
Midnight communion The Amazing Rhythm Aces FL
New Songs Old Friends Jerry Salley NC
Now & Then Aaron Tippin TN
Pawn Shop Guitars Big Al Anderson and The Balls NM
Songs From The Redneck Yacht Club Thom Shepherd & Steve Williams TN

Cover/Tribute Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Beneath The Covers: A Rediscovery Gypsy Soul OR
Beyond the Sea Various Artists UK
Living With The Beatles Pedro Guasti Mexico
Low Strung Low Strung CT
MoR Duran MoR Iceland
Newborn (A Depeche Mode cover album) Ghostwheel NY
Rockfluence - solo piano Scott D. Davis CA
Strictly Ozone Ozone Pete CT
Sympathy for Bluegrass: a tribute to the Rolling Stones Bryan Clark & Honeywagon TN
The Polka Floyd Show Polka Floyd MI

Dance Nominees Artist Name Location
Body, Soul and Mind Body, Soul and Mind CA
CAPP Records & Mental Madness Present Bounce ! Techno & Electro House Hits, Vol. 1 CA
Disco Boudoir Loop Collective Italy
Got Soul? "Then Dance" All Rize PA
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Pepper MaShay CA
Groove Doesn't Come Easy Species CA
Light V/A by Shiva Jorg CA
Love And Live Venus Project NY
Sabotage part1 Wizzy Noise CA
The Missing Flowers Jeanne Mas CA

Death Metal Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Anathema Keratoma OH
Bedtime Prayers Blinded Colony Sweden
Bleeding Memory Media Lab CA
Carnivora (English Version) Mastifal Japan
Full Metal Jackit Str8jackit BC
Left To Rust Falling To Pieces CA
Pandemonium SIC Faroe Islands
Self Destruct Rustmine WA
The Process of Indoctrination Gross Misconduct BC
When Midnight Strikes! Stigma Italy

Educational Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Beginners Guide to Bird Songs of North America John Neville & Mel Coulson BC
Bird Songs of the Scottish Highlands and Islands John Neville BC
Good Debt, Bad Debt Jon Hanson OH
Good Night, Baby, Good Night Harriett Madayo Watson FL
Inspirational Words & Music Reflections of the Holy Land - Eldad Lidor Israel
Lincoln's Wisdom Gene Griessman GA
LIVE at the Key Club The Kids of Widney High CA
Oil for the Chain Shannon Heaton MA
Play With a Pro Trumpet Bugs Bower NY
The Darling Conversations David Darling and Julie Weber CT

Electronica Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Aleph-1 Aleph-1 MI
Aliens and Strangers Lancaster Transit TN
Analogic Jade France
Antigravity Zircon PA
Brief Episodes of Joy Arthur Loves Plastic MD
Frequency Naked Rhythm CA
Mice to Meet You! Musetta Italy
Plastic Makes It Possible Techno Squirrels CA
The Outsider Chance's End CA
This Is Serious Business Q*Ball NY

European Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Pillanat Mester Tamás Hungary
Acoustic Spasenie Belarus
Albumen eggnoise Czech Republic
Chocolate and Roses Ana Laan Spain
Instrukcija Jurga Lithuania
Kazka Skamp Lithuania
Kobzar HAYDAMAKY Germany
La Porte Plume Amélie-les-crayons France
Lisboa Avenue Stilo Poland
Peter Pan Stefano Fucili Italy

Experimental Album Nominees Artist Name Location
2004-2005 60x60 NY
Domesticated Primates Brothers Ipp OR
Haunted Corridors Cinema Braille MI
Nuits a jour Richard Desliets QC
The Family Album Lucibel Crater NY
The Mystery Of Guests Olthuis & Van Veenendaal Netherlands
theme for travel umami WA
Voyelles: Music of Jay Lyon Jay Lyon CA
Welcome Scissors An On Bast Poland
Worlds Ebu Gogo NY

Female S/S Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Better Amy Loftus TN
Break The Spell Ellis MN
Chandelier Rachael Sage NY
East of Electric Anne McCue TN
in the eyes of strangers Melissa Ferrick MA
Left Of July Jenny Bruce NY
Let Your Scars Dance Lena Anderssen Faroe Islands
Life Beneath The Sun Michelle Mangione CA
Life Grows Back Sloan Wainwright NY
Lobotomy Sessions Alu CA
Not Gonna Be Pretty Amy Engelhardt CA
Nothing Sweet Nothing Kym Tuvim WA
Rock & Roll Housewife Renee Cologne NJ
Songs For Bright Street Amy Speace NJ

Flamenco Album Nominees Artist Name Location
At the edge of the world DEL MUNDO CA
Baila Me Trio Caliente MD
Buscando mi voz Nicolas Hernandez ON
El Viento Flamenco In Concert El Viento Flamenco NS
Flamenco Jazz Quartet Equinox CA
Mi Sol y Mi Luna Guillermo Serpas TX
Nuevatharsis Abel Sanchez Spain
Saracen Roger Scannura ON
Tangos De Aquellos Daniel Gomez Argentina
Verdades ocultas y medias mentiras Pedro Javier Gonzalez Spain

Funk Album Nominees Artist Name Location
#2 New Kinda Blue PhunkyMan PA
Aquarama The Hammerheads ON
Collective Duwende NY
Crawl Entropy GA
Don't Spoil The Soup! Phat Fred OR
Love & Other Social Issues Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Miles Long CA
Make It What You Want Heliphino CA
Skills 2 Pay Da Bills Tebo CA
Star Bass Invasion Dodge Netherlands
Sweet N' Nasty Milo Z NY

Gospel Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Bridges Calvin Hunt NC
Faithful & True Gregory "MiracG" Washington & The Voices Of Praise MN
Mo Soul Music With Praiz People Terry Newsome GA
Never Disappointed Diann McMillian/His Choir OH
Not Gonna Shut Up The Original 5 Blind Boys Of Mississippi MS
Our Journey; An Album Of Memories West Coast Christian Tabernacle CA
Restoration Bishop Eric McDaniel & TLC Cathedral Choir NY
The Hymns You Love Jeff Mullen IA
Wash Away Your Troubles Valerie Smith TN
We Need To Pray Pastor Tim & The Fellas AR

Hard Rock Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Blood Red Tape Portal AB
Crash Course... In Rock'n'Roll New Generation Superstars UK
Done With The Pain Bagga Bownz CA
Gompa Gompa Sweden
Hotel Rooms and Heart Attacks The Swear GA
Lux Prima A Fifth of Reason CA
Reversals EP Somastate AB
Second War Triptaka WA
The Prisoner Venture TX
Warning Field Of Grey MO

Hawaiian Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Deeper Blue Kohala HI
For the Love of Hawaii (Songs for the Young at Heart) Linda Yapp OR
Hawaiian Memories Manny K Fernandez OR
Honehone i ka Poli Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett CA
Hula Girl Sweet Hollywaiians Japan
Ikena Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho CA
Kauai Kine Kirby Keough HI
Na Mele Hula Island Artists HI
Royal Hawaiian Music John King FL
Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry of Jeff Peterson Jeff Peterson HI

Historical Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Been Here and Gone Woody Mann/Son House/JoAnn Kelly NY
Blues Review of the 20th Century Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, J.B. Hutto TX
His Earliest Recordings Roy Acuff CO
Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields Various VA
Sara Evans (The Early Years) Sara Evans CA
Somewhere Eva Cassidy MD
The Day the Music Died Big Bopper (J.p. Richardson) CO
The Early Years Frank Yankovic NY
The Genius of Thirakwa Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa NY
Zvee Scooler: Der Grammeister Zvee Scooler NY

Holiday Album Nominees Artist Name Location
2512-Christmas ZEN-MEN Germany
A Gaelic Christmas Mary Mc Laughlin CA
A Music Box Christmas Michel Prezman France
Believe in the Magic Marilyn M Linford UT
Christmas Magic- Solo Piano Jennifer Haines NY
Mooseltoe The Uncle Brothers NY
Northern Lights Gretchen Peters TN
On Top Of The World Tonic Sol-fa MN
The Gift of Christmas Chelsie Boyd GA
This Christmas Jacob Moon ON

Indian Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Antha Sai Sri Krishna India
Calebasse Cafe Mungal Patasar and Pantar Trinidad and Tobago
Devika Devika India
Godfather - Tamil Movie Soundrack AR Rahman India
Guitar & Music of India Fernando Perez Spain
Heartsky Lehera India
Ilaiyaraaja's Music Journey: Live in Italy Ilaiyaraaja Malaysia
MISIKI MISIKI KROSSWINDZ India
NADOPASNA Worship through sound Sandeep Raval UK
Slide to Freedom Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt with Ramkumar Mishra BC

Indian Classical Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Avishkar Shweta Jhaveri India
Colors of the Night Vidyadhar Vyas NY
Dusk Monsoon Paul Alexandre John and Ray Spiegel India
Food For The Soul K. Sridhar NC
Jai Gurudev! A Garland of Bhajans to H. H. Sri Swami Satchidananda Jai Gurudev/O. S. Arun India
Khayal-Saga Shweta Jhaveri India
Live in Los Angeles Aashish Khan and Ustad Alla Rakha India
Mita Nag~Sitar Mita Nag with Ray Spiegel India
Rasika Steve Gorn & Samir Chatterjee NY
Roshan Jamal Bhartiya Live Roshan Jamal Bhartiya India

Industrial Album Nominees Artist Name Location
11:11 Lockjaw WI
City of Night Fog People WA
Disengage / Refractorchasm Circle of Dust IA
Fifth Victory? Bëat In Zën France
Machination The Kunst Conspiracy CA
Medication for the Misinformed Mindless Faith MD
RIVETHEAD Rivethead TX
The Dawn Ikonoklast AZ
The One Within Ghost In The Machine WI
Ultrashiver The Secret Meeting CA

Instrumental Jazz Album Nominees Artist Name Location
"Quarta" Spiritual Standards from the New World Markus Burger / Jan von Klewitz CA
...in Due Time The Dave Shank Group NY
A Question To All Your Answers Jaromír Honzák Quartet Czech Republic
Afterplay Brian Kelly CA
Cigarettes and Fishnets Sad Salamanders CA
Firecracker Jazz Band Explodes Firecracker Jazz Band NC
Nathan Tanouye and the Las Vegas Jazz Connection The Russ Freeman Project "Crossings" NV
Portable Soundtracks for Temporary Utopias Hungry March Band NY
Variations Misinterprotato Australia
You Decide Rave Tesar Trio NJ

Instrumental Rock Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Andreas Kapsalis Trio Andreas Kapsalis Trio IL
Conversation Jose de Castro Spain
Electric Roots Nicola Costa Italy
Evolution The Link Quartet OR
Reactivated Clark, Pauken, Ricketts OH
Revelation: Fully Loaded Prashant Aswani CA
Room 137 Curtis IL
The Alchemists II The Alchemists II UK
There's Hope Marco Sfogli Finland
Wydaje mi sie... Krzyszt of Misiak Poland

Instrumental Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Chiaroscuro Harp Floraleda Sacchi Italy
Debut AlmaNova CA
Dobro & Guitar Doug Cox & Todd Butler BC
Grateful Roberto Dalla Vecchia Italy
Land of the Sky Al Petteway & Amy White MD
Le Nid Aime Accordeon Melancolique Netherlands
Mike Marshall & Darol Anger With Vasen Mike Marshall & Darol Anger With Vasen NY
Notes David M. Bailey VA
On the Wind Lynn Patrick CO
Woodshop Darol Anger & Mike Marshall NY

Jam Band Album Nominees Artist Name Location
And Then It Exploded Sonar FL
Ballhog! Ballhog! TN
Bucket Of Clams Smokelahoma WA
GET ON THE KIT Poogie Bell Band PA
Lucky Face Miyagi UK
The New Folklore Teague Alexy with The Feelin Band MN
Trouble on the Levee Digney Fignus MA
Trust Us Now Current Swell BC
Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot   New Riders of the Purple Sage NY
waterslide The Bonedaddys CA

Jewish Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Bridging The Gap Todd Herzog AZ
Kaveh-Hope Rebecca Teplow NJ
Mosaic Lisa Miriam Silver TN
P'tach Libi - Open My Heart Rebecca PA
Queen of the City Jacob Balshan PA
Rise Above Yaakov Chesed NY
Sam Glaser's Rockin' Chanukah Revue Sam Glaser CA
Sunny Days with the Shirettes The Shirettes CA
Taller Than Jesus JEWMONGOUS NY
Voyage Trio Helene Engel QC

Klezmer Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Beyond The Tribes Klezmer Company Orchestra FL
Blue Suede Jews Klingon Klez PA
FleytMuzik in Kontsert! Adrianne Greenbaum CT
From Nigun To Klezmer Violinist Leib Levin&piano Trio NY
Klezmer Shpil Arkady Goldenshtein Israel
Nomade Kleztory QC
Ray Musiker: A Living Tradition Ray Musiker NY
Spice It Up! Red Hot Chachkas CA
Traveling Show Metropolitan Klezmer NY
Who Stole the Kishka?! Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Klezmer Band NJ

Latin Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Distinto Lagarto Amarillo Spain
El Ritmo Del Mundo Tiffany Joy CA
Entiéndeme Lily Rubio FL
idem idem Mexico
Indiocumentado Santino CA
Individual Fulano FL
L.A. Loco L.A. Carpool CA
Los Sugar Kings Los Sugar Kings MA
Sentir Alexandra PR
Sueño Contigo Juan Carlos Serrano AZ

Latin Jazz Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Batida Diferente Norberto Goldberg NY
Brazilian Wish Matt Finley NY
Creencia Mango Trio Mexico
El Flautista Carlos Jimenez NY
Mojito Robin Jones Latin Jazz Sextet UK
Rio Bossa Paul Donat ON
Simply Kenia Kenia PA
Sol to Soul Freddie Ravel CA
Tamara Maria Tamara Maria Netherlands
Two For The Road Estrada Brothers CA

Live Album Nominees Artist Name Location
ANDY Live At The Kodak Theatre  Andy CA
Don't I Know You From Somewhere/solo Live Sara K. NM
If I Rise Katy Pfaffl NJ
Live & Deadly Skamp Lithuania
Live at CedarHouse Cosy Sheridan UT
Live at Union Hall Melissa Ferrick MA
Live- Working Without a Net  Janis Ian TN
Spin Around David Brake & That Damn Band TX
The Earth Wind & Fire Experience Live In Europe Al McKay Allstars CA
Trio Gretchen Peters TN

Male S/S Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Brighter Day Kevin So NJ
After So Long William Rottman NY
Ain't What You Know Bob Malone CA
Down at Joe's Adlai Waxman ON
From the Second Chair Evan McHugh GA
G-g-g-ghosts- Casey Connor WA
Kiss the Monster P. Hux MD
Late Last Night Robby Hecht TN
Letterbox Drew Gibson VA
Mine Matt York ON
Moonlighting  Josh Schicker MI
No Remedy Tim Gearan MA
Sides Justin Hines ON
Still In One Peace Peter Mayer TN
Timeline Jeff Silbar CA

Metal Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Gentleman's Hurricane Mind's Eye Sweden
Banisher Of The Light Sparzanza Sweden
Dylate Etched In Red CA
Explode DC4 CA
Good Times...At The Gates Of Hell Zero Down WA
Limited Edition Vainglory MN
Onwards Triosphere Norway
Robot Lords of Tokyo Robot Lords of Tokyo OH
The Falls of Autumn Quartered BC
Through This Nightmare Gaiah MA

Middle Eastern Album Nominees Artist Name Location
'Eden Mi Qedem Eden Mi Qedem Israel
City of Angels Andy Iran
From Stone To Diamond Hossein Behroozinia Iran
Hep Beraber/All Together Debu Indonesia
KüL@ashes Mircan Turkey
No Fear Sepideh CA
Notes to a Crane Zulal Armenia
Palace Troubadour Debu Indonesia
Suite Rastpanjgah - Naghde Sufi Mahmoud Zoufonoun Iran
Takasim Oud 1 Mamdoh El Gibaley Egypt

Modern Rock Album Nominees Artist Name Location
(Here Come The) Mandible Mandible TX
Alive in the Hot Spell Charmparticles OR
Conical Monocle Pretty Balanced MA
Glovebox Glovebox UK
Hello, Dali! Comfy Chair CA
OBEY YOUR SIGNAL LOOP!STATION CA
Take the Time Oxo Cubans Australia
Tips & Tricks for the Modern Age Jonny du Bois & The Hoo-Hah Conspiracy UK
Two New Sciences Fire Flies CA
Waiting for Betsy Waiting for Betsy CA

Native American Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Alluvia Evren Ozan CA
First Flight Blackraven AZ
For Such a Time as This Mark Holland MO
I Am Red Jj Kent TN
Journey Of The Spirit Che oke' ten WA
ksa ghosthorse NY
P Town Boyz P Town Boyz MN
Un Earthed Michael Searching Bear OH
Wind Of The North Violet Naytowhow SK
Woodsounds Jan Michael Looking Wolf and Mark Barger MO

New Age Album Nominees Artist Name Location
3000 Days Murray Grant BC
Ancient Shadows Priscilla Hernández Spain
Buddha Lounge, Vol. 6 Various Artists CA
Origins Jillian Aversa PA
Peruvian Soul Dr. Fernando Siles TX
Silhouette Ostgard & Allen WA
Something You Dream Of Denise Young CA
TRUE Jeff Oster CA
Universal Mother IndiaJiva Australia
Visions & Dreams Autumn's Child featuring Mark Holland MO

New Folk Album Nominees Artist Name Location
$12.99 Dave Potts AL
A River So Wide Tiller's Folly BC
Ascend Laurie McClain TN
Creatures of habit in a world of change  Chuck McCabe CA
Folk and Roll ( Live in Austin) Wishing Chair SC
Folk Is the New Black Janis Ian TN
Home By Another Way David M. Bailey VA
Keep Your Silver Shined Devon Sproule VA
The Landlord or the Guest Bill Mumy CA
Things Change Emily Kurn AK

Novelty Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Always Never Serious Hadley Baker TX
Cinnamony Sea Anemone Power Salad NC
Dork Throwing Toasters CA
Fatal Error Sudden Death NJ
Mark of the Beast Schaffer the Darklord NY
Mythical Fornication Stuckey & Murray NY
Songs About People Nice Peter IL
Norm Sherman Norm Sherman MD
Redder Than Ever Eric Schwartz CA
The 3rd and 7th Hardest Working Men in Show Business The Rob and Mark Show NY

Political Album Nominees  Artist Name Location
As the World Burns Ken Waldman AK
Blue State Boy Donal Hinely TN
Duhmocracy Victrola & the Duhst Bunnies OH
Eat the Rich Peter Tracy CA
Fools no More Tom Neilson MA
Have You Been to Jail for Justice? Anne Feeney PA
HOUSECLEANING The Swing States Road Show MD
Life Here On Earth Ross Falzone TN
Peace Queer Todd Snider NY
Who Would Jesus Bomb- Nashville Session Players TN

Polka Album Nominees Artist Name Location
America's Most Requested Polkas Jerry Darlak & The Touch NY
Batteries Not Included Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones IL
Bulletproof Polkas John Gora & Gorale NY
Gilead Lake Polka Party Randy Albright TN
Live 'N' Kickin' die Schlauberger (dSb) NY
Live at the New York State Fair Fritz's Polka Band NY
Polka Spree By The Sea Live John Stevens' Doubleshot PA
Polka's Revenge Brave Combo TX
Studio to Stage Eric Noltkamper OH
Yodels from Swissconsin Toni Blum Seitz WI

Pop Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Breaking Even Andrea Stolpe CA
Dreams In Cold Weather Tracy Johnson CA
Everything to Me Britney Christian CA
In Your Wake Alissa Moreno CA
It's About Time Kevin Reeves TN
Something Changed Alexa James TN
The Best Impression Of Sanity Jag Star TN
Unfazed Amanda Droste NY
When I Don't Sleep.. Sinem Saniye NY
Wobble With the World with Exclusive Bonus Track Cindy Alexander CA

Prog Rock Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Ambiguous Points Of View 2CD Special Edition Shamall Germany
Baltic Prog Fest 2007 Various Artists Lithuania
Combination Head Combination Head UK
Freak of Chance Oxygene8 AZ
My World Andres Osorio Toledo BC
Pank Zip Tang IL
Perpetuum Karma Nexus Argentina
Red Tree Fall of Echoes MD
Resplendent Locution Gaylord NY
The Prisoner Sonic Music CT

Punk Album Nominations Artist Name Location
Finding Mr. Perfect Legless Australia
Good Machine The Radishes CA
Good News Step Aside NY
Hier Die Aeronauten Switzerland
NAGASAKI ATOM Fantasys Core Japan
One Step Ahead of Hell The Killigans NE
Pale Moon Gang Pale Moon Gang NY
Segueu Arran Desperta Ferro Spain
Story of a Wasted Life Saint Street Brawlers TX
The Luchagors The Luchagors GA

R&B Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Al Dente Al McKay Allstars CA
Diamond in the Sand Annie Sidley MD
EAT Jen Kearney & The Lost Onion MA
Her_NoiZ Steve Nick Austria
Jazz Handle Lene Riebau Denmark
Jukebox Marz CA
Memphisapolis Willie Walker & The Butanes MN
Never Go Away The Boogie Kings LA
The Good Girl Blues The Soul of John Black CA
The Way Karina Iglesias FL

Rap Album Nomniees Artist Name Location
A Radio With Guts Input CO
Anotha Day...Anotha Dolla... Anotha Beat...mixcd Vol.1 Rawbeatzz MO
Call Me Evil Evil BC
Crop Circles The Bayliens CA
Kegstand Poetry for the Recovering Alcoholic Storm Davis RI
[naughty word removed] CD K-Beta DC
Ride Wit Me Scrooge WA
The Sound Protest Motion Plus CA
Track Team Lu Rreals NY
Worn Soles Rhema Soul FL

Reggae Album Nominees Artist Name Location
91.5 MexM Radio La Chusma TX
Deidem Taj Weekes-Adowa Saint Lucia
Early Prayers Tomorrows Bad Seeds CA
Frontline The Devastators CA
Holding On To Life DEYANSA CT
IandI ProJah Negus Nagast Yelijosh FL
Invazion Fourth Dimension FL
Jamaica Me Come From Mista-majah-p CA
SDIB SDIB CA
The Time Is Right Lazo And The Radikals FL

Remix Album Nominees Artist Name Location
80's Hits Remixed, Vol 1 CAPP Records CA
Barbie Girl 2007 Rob Mayth CA
Elkhorn Riders Rench WI
Fully Automated: The hEADaCHE re:mixes V/A IL
Le Boom Chick Vol. 2 Skamp Lithuania
Party Essential 2006 CAPP Records CA
The Legend Remixes V/A by Manmademan CA
The Remixes Safi Connection CA
Totally Clubbed Up Vol 1 20 Full Length Club Hits UK
Who's Yo' Daddy? Abjeez Sweden

Rock Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Behind The Mask Jeff Scheetz band MO
Camouflage Playboy's International Buckra OH
Cheers! Ballyhoo! MD
Join Together Tony Stevens SLOW RiDE FL
Locks & Keys Jasmine Cain TN
Misadventure Absent Kid UK
Ordinary Man The Pinder Brothers CA
Overrated Johnny Monaco IL
Realize Nyco IL
Sugarfoot Michelle Malone AL

Rockabilly Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Boys Will Be Boys Yeller Bellies NV
Brass-A-Billy Pete Anderson Latvia
Fat Mamas Daughter Cherry Casino and the Gamblers Germany
High Country Jason Lee Wilson Germany
Island Girl Kieron McDonald Germany
Luck Is On My Side Pep Torres CA
Take Your Medicine Big John Bates BC
The Sun Also Rises, Vol. 2 Jamie Aaron Kelley IA
Thrill Of The Year The Buick 55's UK
Welcome to Hot Rock Lounge 45 R.P.M. Germany

Roots Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Beyond the Down Barley Wik BC
Catch That Yardbird The Woodshedders VA
Get Off Your Money The Stairwell Sisters CA
Green Kentucky Blues Susie Glaze CA
Hat Trick The Wiyos NY
Here's a Little Song Valerie Smith & Becky Buller TN
Streetcar Heart Kim Beggs YK
This Old World Deadwood Revival WA
Trailer Park Fire & Other Tragedies Jalan Crossland WY
Wilderness Lounge Hope Nunnery NY

Roots Instrumental Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Voyage of Such Nature Tom Munch, Don Richmond, & Rex Rideout CO
Bond Street Sessions Tara Linhardt VA
Clawhammer and Dobro Ivan Rosenberg WA
Dancin' Cross the Strings Steve and Ruth Smith NC
Elkins Notorious MA
Fiddler's Dream Greg Spatz WA
Lost Tribe Mike Eisler OR
Meet Me in the Music Erynn Marshall & Chris Coole BC
On Down the Road David E Smith MO
The Sound Of The Slide Guitar Andy Hall TN

Salsa Album Nominees Artist Name Location
¡Gracias Joe Cuba! Nils Fischer & Timbazo Netherlands
Aqui He Llegado Cheo Linares WA
Back To The Classics Johnny Cruz FL
Cafecito Cubano Jesús Alejandro "el Niño" CA
Ciudadano Del Mundo / Citizen of the World Cesar Chino Perez Germany
Doctor Salsa - Volume #2 Chino Nunez FL
Salsa Que Pasa-salsa CD Victor Hugo UK
Salsa sin Fronteras Orquesta Gali Switzerland
Siempre Salsa Rick Davies NY
Timbalero Louie Romero Y Su Grupo Mazacote CA

Self Help Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Journey 2: Forgiveness Jo-dan Featuring The Meditations Of Dr. James E. Walton Ph CA
Chakra Meditation & Guided Visualization Eluv FL
Divine Yoga Flow Ateeka CA
Dr. Walton's Ultimate Weight Loss Dr. James E. Walton Ph.D. CA
Drifting Downstream: Guided Relaxation for Stress Reduction Kimeron Hardin CA
Feel Forgiveness Now: Guided Visualizations with Music Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown and Shantha Sri CA
Joy Of Being Colette Baron-Reid NY
Just Breathe: Guided Meditations for Inner Peace Felicia Brown, LMBT NC
Now Imagine Dawn S Staszko NE
YIN Cleansing Meditation With Bonus MANIFESTING! Dr. Vicki Webb NC

Ska Album Nominees Artist Name Location
55:22:00 Joe Ferry NY
Clackson Agua Calientes Italy
El Ritmo de la Vida Skavenjah SK
Silver 1981 - 2006 Jubilee Edition Skaos Germany
Sunwalk (US Version) Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation Netherlands
The Misleading The Hoodska Explosive Israel
The Ramblers Deal's Gone Bad IL
The Smoking Gun Skazz Australia
Too Good To Be True St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review Russia
Whatever Makes You Happy BiG, The UK

Smooth Jazz Album Nominees Artist Name Location
180 Gravity 180 CA
2.8 State Reggie Turner CA
Across The Pond Terry Disley CA
Chase The Sunset Bill McGee VA
Deeper, Still Lenny Marcus Trio VA
In A Heartbeat Marlene Rice NY
New World Jazz Order Dharma Buds CA
Secret Passion Gene Burkert CA
The Shadow of Time (Bong Thoi Gian) Tran Manh Tuan Vietnam
Window Shopping Jack Prybylski CA

Solo Guitar Album Nominees Artist Name Location
12 String Guitar Neil Jacobs OH
Amber Dispositions John Danley TN
Daniele Bazzani Daniele Bazzani Italy
Eight Rivers Don Maloney AZ
Gratitude Adam Rafferty NY
Reflections Steohen Bennett VA
Rewind Michael Fix Australia
Someday Arnaldo Lopez Netherlands
Sometimes in Life Lance Allen TN
The Wait is Over Simon Budd AB

Solo Instrumental Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Closer Andy Salvanos Australia
Gadaha Donovan Stokes VA
Inflorescene III Laurel Zucker CA
Kalimba a la Carte Scotty Hayward IA
Little Girl Smile Brendan Wires WA
Mi Refugio Paul Raackow Germany
Naked Concertina Jody Kruskal NY
Olive Blossoms Zevy Zions NJ
Outre Jeff Schmidt CA
Somewhere in Time Virginia Schweninger VA

Soundtrack Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Bounty (Original Motion Picture Score) Jason & Nolan Livesay CA
Copley - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Blake Althen, Human Factor VA
Darkness, Light and Time - Film and Theatre Music Adrian Konarski Poland
Expressing the Inexpressible Douglas Romayne CA
Living Temples David Lanz and Gary Stroutsos WA
Long Flat Balls II aka Lange Flate Baller II John R Graham CA
Starship Farragut - For Want Of A Nail Hetoreyn Canada
The American Wake Soundtrack Seamus Egassembly/Antje Duvekot MA
The Loch Ness Monster and Other Short Films George Shaw CA
Wild Oranges: Motion Picture Soundtrack (2-CD set) Vivek Maddala CA

Solo Piano Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Magical Time of Year Bettie Ross CA
Secret Spaces Craig Urquhart NY
Secret World, Piano Solo Fabio Mancini Italy
Seven Valleys Greg Maroney PA
Somewhere Within - solo piano Joe Bongiorno WA
Themes Micah Page OR
Thoughts & Dreams Jennifer Haines NY
Traveling Home Ginny Snowe WA
Under the Fluffs Ted Bossis FL
When the Moon Cries Rhonda Mackert WA

South and Central American Album Nominees Artist Name Location
4321 Giana Viscardi Brazil
Ciudad Sin Tiempo Barrio Norway
De Amanecida (At Dawn's Door) Cesar Paucar Peru
Ecos K'luba Colombia
Flor de Mayo Ofelia del Rosal Venezuela
Live from Sanders Theatre: at Harvard University (Volume 12) Inca Son Peru
Outro Rio Ricardo Silveira Brazil
Pisando Fuerte Luimar Colombia
Son Maloso David Dely & Tumba Y Quema Colombia
Surcari Surcari / Lorena Garay Chile

Spoken Word Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Pretty Decent Cape In My Closet Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long BC
Butterfly's Tribute to Missed Voices Rebecca Butterfly Vaughns FL
Domino Affect Queen Sheba GA
Fate By The Throat   Carlos Andres Gomez NY
HARP ALL MADE OF GOLD Klyd Watkins with family and friends TN
Poetic License Sekou tha Misfit CA
Start Something Shanelle Gabriel NY
The Richelle Show Live Richelle Claiborne NJ
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS Andrea Gibson CO
with Jack Donner and Jody Jaress Hearts On Fire CA

Storytelling Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Aunt Vyrnetta...and Other Stories from Cedar Grove Kelly Swanson NC
Bootsie in Season Andy Offutt Irwin GA
Gilgamesh - A Verse Play Actors Scene Unseen NC
Ice Girls  Dan McLaughlin CA
Imagination Theatre Derek Turner WA
Ovid's Metamorphoses David Brown, Chris Turner and Rachel Maloney RI
Priceless Poetry & Prose, Volume I Richard King CA
Spirit Blade- Dark Ritual  Spirit Blade Productions AZ
Wee Cowrin' Timorous Beastie Karla K. Morton / music by Howard Baer TX
Women of Vision Susan Danoff NJ

Storytelling Childrens Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Grimm's Gentlest Volume 1 Kinder Klassiks MT
Joyride RadioFilms CA
Mr. Quizmee Asks About...Our Watery World Quizzenkids Productions CA
Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic stories by Amy Friedman, music by Laura Hall CA
The Big One-Oh  Dean Pitchford CA
The King Of The Pipers Kevin Carr OR
The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd - The Complete Season 5 DoctorFloyd.com CA
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Don Sebesky, Gloria Nissenson and Janina Serden NJ
Wickety Whack-Brer Rabbit is Back Diane Ferlatte with Erik Pearson CA
Yes to Running- Bill Harley Live Bill Harley MA

Surf Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Arocknaphobia The Black Widows CA
Filler Up! Killer Filler NC
Me Ka Nahuku The Thurston Lava Tube UK
Red Triangle Mister Neutron NJ
Revenge of the Surf Guitar Martin Cilia Australia
The Modelos The Modelos BC
The Pleasure Center The SG Sound CA
The Tiger Club The Tiger Club CA
They Came From Beneath the Surf Pavlov's Woody CA
Trouble at the Speedway '63 Burnout WA

Techno Album Nominees Artist Name Location
8k Dorninger Austria
Aires Rising Helios CA
Delta Aquarids Total Eclipse CA
Expression Perplex CA
Maximum Velocity Crunchy Punch CA
Ooze System Mr. Rogers CA
Retro Futurism Benza CA
Static Effect DJ Myth IL
Universe87 Campaign Setting Soundtrack Bailey Records OH
Vector Selector Ocelot CA

Theater Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Chevalier on Broadway - an American tribute Don Sheppard AZ
Grunt Joe Romeo and Wal Spencer Australia
Lament - The Musical Philip Close and Lee Cusenbary NY
SUNDOWN Original Studio Cast Recording NJ
Play It Cool Original Los Angeles Cast Recording CA
PRETTY FACES - The Large & Lovely Musical NY Cast Album NY
Spirit - The Seventh Fire Peter Buffett NY
The New Picasso - The Musical (Original Concept Album Ca Jonathan David Sloate NY
Transmitter Man: a rock radio play George Griggs/produced by Todd Tobias NY
Women of a Certain Age® - The Songs of Kantor and Dorn Kantor and Dorn OR

Traditional Folk Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Cross Over The River: A Confederate Collection Jed Marum TX
Even Trade Terence Martin NY
made of sand gove scrivenor NC
Midnight Tea Andy Hill & Renee Safier & Brian Michael Tracy CA
Midwest Farm Disaster Bob Martin NH
Now and Then (USA 2008) Richard Berman MA
Retold Joel Mabus MI
She Don't Mean No Evil Susan Latimer ON
The Dark Side Of Red Shandy Lawson CT

Urban Gospel Album Nominees Artist Name Location
And The Good News Is... DeJaye CA
Be Yourself Michael and Regina Winans TN
Endure Psalmist Janicka Newbill NJ
It's Time Monique Thomas Voices Of Praise France
Like a Palm Tree Heaven Bound NJ
The Messiah Badiyah AZ
The Minstrel's Journey Chris Byrd (featuring: Journey & The Heavenaires) OH
Thoughts of Virtue Heanon SC
Treason Sons of the King NY
Your Love Favor DE

Vocal Jazz Album Nominees Artist Name Location
A Flower Truly Blue Christina Watson TN
Black Coffee Melva Houston and Band NC
Brand New Same Old Obsessions Justin Thompson NY
Calling For Rain Lori Cullen ON
Let Me Be Frank Frank Senior NY
One Love Taeko NY
Picking Up The Pieces Aga Zaryan Poland
They Oughta Write a Song Halie Loren OR
Under the Influence Wendy Pedersen FL
Watsdis Sashird Lao France

World Album Nominees Artist Name Location
Aurora Gheorghe Trambitas Germany
Bereket Edessa CA
Forever And A Day The Acoustics ON
From The Mountain Paradise Žiarislav Slovakia
Grannlåtar MITTLÅT Sweden
Neftakhir Maghrebika With Bill Laswell Bahamas
Orion Stelios Petrakis Greece
Polku/Path Markku Lepistö Finland
The Movements Animus PA
Voice of the Taragot Gheorghe Trambitas OH