25th Annual Review Music Awards Winners

1st Place Selections from the 2011 Review Music Awards Ceremony

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The staff of Review Magazine welcomed and celebrated with over 350 nominees, fans, and patrons of the musical and performing arts on Thursday, May 5th, as winners were announced at the Review's 25th Annual Music Awards Ceremony & Celebration, held at the newly rebuilt Golden Glow Ballroom.



Below is a list of all divisions and nominees, with the winner and total number of nominees listed at the top of each category.  This was a two-tiered voting process, with nominees solicited over a six week period and the total number of nominees in each division listed benath each title.  The top five nominees in each category were voted upon during a second stage of balloting, which resulted in a total of 7,247 votes being cast - almoust double that of previous years.



Congratulations to all nominees and winners!



Look for interviews with winners in key divisions along with a photo gallery from the 25th Review Music Awards Ceremony in our special Review Music Awards Special edition, published on May 19th!



MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS



Best Tejano Band

Grupo Estilo – 1st Place

Los Carnales

Mad Caliente



Best Soundman

Al Limberg – 1st Place

Art Bissonnette

Don Lajiness

John Lacross

Joe Christiansen

Mike Mitchell



 Best Band Website

(8 First Round Nominations)

Finding Clyde – 1st Place

EST

Last Resort Campouts

Temporary Kicks

Scott Baker & the UE



Best Concert/Album or Project

(10 First Round Nominations)

FreeMusic Festival – 1st Place

The Barn Intimate Acoustic Gatherings

ImproperGanda from 2nd System

Altered Skin revolution

Silverspork – Silverspork



Best Waitress

(12 First Round Nominations)

Luanne – Bemos – 1st Place

Erika – Willew Lounge

Kristi – Hamilton St. Pub

Laura – Whites’ Bar

Katie – White’s Bar



Best Bartender

(14 First Round Nominations)

Strezz – Hamilton St. Pub – 1st Place

Katie – White’s Bar

Luanne – Bemos

Sara – Whites Bar

Cassandra - Bemos



Best Solo Artist

(24 First Round Nominations)

Tim Avram – 1st Place

John Krogman

Elisabeth Blair

Amelia Jo

Megan Seard

Alphabetics

Bob Hausler



Best  Duo

(11 First Round Nominations)

Melissa May & Josh Jekel – 1st Place

Mark Gomez & Kyle Zieroff

G. Rockwell & Poindexter

Honesty & Dean

Boneyard Grin



Best Folk Band

(11 First Round Nominations)

The Bearinger Boys – 1st Place

Marsac & Grim

The Last

Josh Jekel & Melissa May

Scott Baker & Pete Socha



Best Metal Band

(9 First Round Nominations)

The 2nd System – 1st Place

Hokori

All for the Cause

Neighborhood Muscle

Burnaround

OMINOUS



Best Radio Station

(12 First Round Nominations)

Z93 – WKQZ – 1st Place

W989 radio Ske3m

Urban Exchange Central

The JOE FM

Siriux XM The Spectrum

WUCX – Delta College



Best Alternative Band

(14 First Round Nominations)

Failed Society – 1st Place

Mountains for Clouds

The Mongrels

The ThunderChickens

Finding Bliss



Best CD Release

(18 First Round Nominations)

Falling Apart at the Seems – Brett Mitchell & the Giant Ghost – 1st Place

Finding Clyde

Arts of Life Arts of Death

ImproperGanda from The 2nd System

M20 – The Mixtape

The Tosspints



Best Variety Band

(19 First Round Nominations)

The Sinclairs – 1st Place

The Shaydes

The ThunderChickens

Jimmy & the Growlers

Burnaround



Best Original Band

(20 First Round Nominations)

Thick As Thieves – 1st Place

John Vasquez & the Bearinger Boys

The 2nd System

The ThunderChickens

Finding Clyde

Severe Head Drama



Best New Artist of the Year

(18 First Round Nominations)

Life Size Ghost – 1st Place

Finding Clyde

Finding Bliss

Mountains for the Clouds

Phe McWright

All for the Cause

Failed Society



Most Innovative Artist

(14 First Round Nominations)

Life Size Ghost – 1st Place

Thick As Thieves

John Vasquez & the Bearinger Boys

SKE3M

Byran Rombalski





 



ROCK AWARDS



Best Rock Band

(40 First Round Nominations)

Brett Mitchell & the Giant Ghost – 1st Place

The 2nd System

The ThunderChickens

Act As one

The Triple Aces



Rock Bassist

(36 First Round Nominations)

Mike McMann – 2nd System – 1st Place

Aaron – The Bearinger Boys

Jeff Poirier

Ryan Fitzgerald

Raybe Ribble – The Triple Aces



Favorite Rock Club

(8 First Round Nominations)

Hamilton St. Pub – 1st Place

White’s Bar

Bemo’s

The Vault

The Machine Shop



Best Rock Songwriter

(19 First Round Nominations)

John Vasquez – 1st Place

Kyle Mayer

Mark Gomez

Tim Avram

Shawn Brown

Melissa May & Josh Jekel



Rock Keyboardist

(14 First Round Nominations)

Tali – Life Size Ghost – 1st Place

King Ray Chingman

Russel of Doogie

Bob Hausler

Noel Howland

Joe Balbaugh – The Automatics



Male Rock Vocalist

(27 First Round Nominations)

John Vasquez – 1st Place

Kyle Mayer

Kyle Zieroff

Taylor Nagel – Act As One

Dan Ardouin – Jedi Mind Trip

Josh Corrion – The Triple Aces



Rock Drummer

(32 First Round Nominations)

Tyler Johnson – 1st Place

Wes – The Bearinger Boys

Terry Poirier

Jake Smith – Act As One

Marc Scott

Matt Johnston – Burnaround

Nick Starr – The Triple Aces



Female Rock Vocalist

(10 First Round Nominations)

Tali Snowden – Life Size Ghost – 1st Place

Melissa May

Angela Dodge

Noel Howland

Shar Molina

Melissa Curry

Honesty Elliott



Rock Guitarist

(37 First Round Nominations)

Ryden – Life Size Ghost – 1st Place

Mark Metiva

Baby D

Shawn Brown

Josh Jekel

Jack Neymeiyer – Finding Clyde

Aaron Johnson - Sprout

Tony Furlo – Burnaround

Josh Corrion – The Triple Aces



 



HIP HOP AWARDS



Best Performer

(23 First Round Nominations)

SKE3M – 1st Place

Keef Courage

M20

Alphabetics

EST



Best Producer

(11 First Round Nominations)

M20 Productions – 1st Place

Poindexter

M80

Michael Pruitt

Adam Santoya



Best Promoter

(11 First Round Nominations)

DJ Snakes – 1st Place

Blak Bruce

SKE3M

Klass Witta K

Life Music Entertainment

CC Entertainment



Best Mixtape/Release

(16 First Round Nominations)

Phe McWright – Passport Dreams – 1st Place

W989Radio Mixtape Vol. 1

Boarding – 1st Klass

OJ – Superstar Status

M20 – The Mixtape

AK Dope Boi



Rap/Hip Hop Artist of the Year

(25 First Round Nominations)

Astray – 1st Place

DJ Snakes

Seth Patrick

Klass Witta K

OJ The King

M20 Productions

Alphabetics



Best DJ

(12 First Round Nominations)

DJ Snakes – 1st Place

DJ Prince

DJ SchafTown

DJ Spliff

DJ Baby D with the recipe

DJ Odie

DJ Juice from Juicebox Productions

DJ KO



 



COUNTRY AWARDS



Best Country Band

(10 First Round Nominations)

The 25 Cent Beer Band – 1st Place

The Honky Tonk Zeros

Steel Wheels

Cornpone

Lonny Ray



Best Country Musician

(12 First Round Nominations)

Levi Goodwin – 1st Place

Nick Pichet

Bob Hausler

Jon Potrykus

Scott VanDell



Country Female Vocalist

Mandi Layne – 1st Place

Jodi Sasse

Laurie Middlebrook

Pepper Jones

Brenda Loomis

Jamie Sue Seal



Country Male Vocalist

(10 First Round Nominations)

Steve Armstrong – 1st Place

Nick Pichet

Charlie – Honky Tonk Zeros

Bob Hausler

Lonny Ray

Jeff Walikangas



Favorite Country Club

Willew Lounge – 1st Place

White’s Bar

The Bighouse

Silver Derby

The Stables

Cowboy Up



Country Songwriter

(10 First Round Nominations)

Lonny Ray – 1st Place

Nick Pichet

Bob Hausler

Jeff Schrems

Mandi  Layne & the Lost Highway

Charlie Klein – Honky Tonk Zeros

Dale Michaels



 



JAZZ AWARDS



Best Big Band

The Baytones – 1st Place

The Northwoods Improvisers



Female Jazz Vocalist

Noel Howland – 1st Place

Julie Mulady



Male Jazz Vocalist

Mike Brush – 1st Place

Jeff Walikangas



Best Small Combo

Brush Street – 1st Place

Paul Vanston Trio

Northwoods Improvisers Trio

Bryan Rombalski & Three Worlds

Darin Scott Combo



Jazz Songwriter

Bryan Rombalski – 1st Place

Mike Brush

Mike Johnston

Timothy Jay Ross

Bob Hausler

Darin Scott



Best Jazz Musician

(9 First Round Nominations)

Bryan Rombalski – 1st Place

Jim Fulkerson

Archie Sawyer

Nick Pichet

Eddie Garcia

Joe Balbaugh

Bob Hausler



Favorite Jazz Club

Spencer’s Rourte 46 – 1st Place

White’s Bar

Espresso Milano



 



BLUES AWARDS



Best Funk Band

Soul Xpress – 1st Place

Phunk Shway

Rev. Right Time



Female Blues Vocalist

Melissa Curry – 1st Place

Sharrie Williams

Caitlyn Berry



Male Blues Vocalist

(7 First Round Nominations)

Matt Besey – 1st Place

Todd Zimmerman

Dan Thorp

John Rickert

Kyle Mayer

Stacey Hill



Favorite Blues Club

White’s Bar – 1st Place

Bemo’s

The Stables

Stein Haus



Best Blues Band

Thick As Thieves – 1st Place

Matt Besey

Jimmy & the Growlers

Blues Creators

TNT Blues Band



Blues Songwriter

(7 First Round Nominations)

Kyle Mayer – 1st Place

Matt Besey

Jesse Lee Maier

Bob Hausler

Scott Baker

Tim Ross



Blues Instrumentalist

(11 First Round Nominations)

Erik Ryden – 1st Place

Matt Besey

Bob Hausler

John Grundner

Mark Dault

Danny Dottery

Bryan Rombalski

Drew Pentkowski

Kedree Young



 

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    Lonny Ray
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    Thanks so much for the fans who voted for me for best country songwriter. It is an honor. I am sorry that I was out of town for this event. I really wanted to be there.. Thanks again Review Magazine and to all the fans, my heart is touched.