WAMI nominees announced
Because you can never have enough award programs honoring Wisconsin music-makers, the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (better known as WAMI) announced the nominees for its 30th anniversary awards show today, OnMilwaukee reports. As usual with this sort of thing, the nominees are a mixed bag of deserving honorees and headscratchers. (We'll let you distinguish which is which.) Here is a partial list of nominees. You can see the whole list here.
Artist of the Year: Cory Chisel; Fever Marlene; Bon Iver; Kings Go Forth; and Danny Gokey.
New Artist of the Year: New Dog Trick; WhiskeyBelles; Pezzettino; Carrie Melton; and Jeanna Salzer.
Song of the Year: "Born Again" by Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons; "You Never Know" by Pezzettino; "Victim To The Beat" by Kid Millions; "My World" by Bascom Hill; and "Las Vegas Nights" by Verona Grove
Male Vocalist of the Year: GNO; Danny Gokey; Black Wolf; Cory Chisel; Justin Vernon; and Chris Szebini
Female Vocalist of the Year: Jessica Bierman; Ronnie Nyles; Jayme Dawicki; Jamie Brace; Jeanna Salzer; and Amy Jo Doty.
Album of the Year: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by The Sandcarvers; Inevitable by Bascom Hill; Death Won't Send A Letter by Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons; Unmap by Volcano Choir; Recession Proof Rap by Kid Millions
