40th Annual REVIEW Music Awards FINAL FIVE NOMINEES

All of us at  The REVIEW  are excited to announce this year’s 40th Annual REVIEW Music Awards Celebration will once again be returning to Bay City and held within the historic splendor of The Westown Theater on Sunday, May 3rd. Doors will open at 4:00 PM and the Awards Celebration will run from 5:00 PM until approximately 11:00 PM.

This annual celebration has evolved over the past four decades into one of our region’s most significant entertainment extravaganzas of the year in which we celebrate and gather to honor the expansive range of musical artistry populating the Great Lakes Bay Region with their creativity and talent.

Invitations to nominees will be going out beginning on Friday, March 20th  and pre-sale tickets will be available at Eventbrite.com starting Wednesday, March 25^th and will also be available at the following business locations listed below starting on Thursday, April 2^nd.  Tickets are only $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door. You may also purchase a table of 6 tickets for only $100.00 and receive a 20% discount over purchasing them on an individual basis.   

Tickets will be available at the following fine locations: SAGINAW: Review Magazine • White’s Bar • Records & Tapes Galore • Cork & Ale • The Listening Room • Hamilton St. Pub • Old Town Junction. BAY CITY: The Westown & Lucky’s • Electric Kitsch • Herter Music • Puff Dispensary • Scotty’s Sandbar. MIDLAND: Radio Wasteland • MI Element • Tim Boychuck’s State Farm Insurance.

Since its inception, the Review Music Awards has grown in both stature and recognition throughout the State of Michigan, presenting an exceptional evening where we turn the spotlight on our area’s top musical artists in genres of Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country, Hip-Hop and Alternative music as determined by readers and fans throughout the region.

Only the top five nominees in each division moved on from the nomination round to the final round, where the winners will be announced at this year’s awards celebration. 

Guest presenters and local personalities will award trophies to the winners, and we will feature an incredible line-up of musical performances by previous honorees and notable newcomers, including The REVIEW 40^th Anniversary Jazz Collective, featuring John Rickert, Steve Rodriguez, Colin Wood, Aron Callard, Lauren Rongo, Terry Newman, Matt Corrigan, Bobby Balderama, Chuck Flores, Julie Mulady, and George Widiger; the award winning-Country/Rock fusion of ADABOY!, the impressive expressive Blues talents of Larry McCray’s son Bleau Otis, Americana at its finest with newcomers Critter Ruwart, the expressive musical contours of award-winning Jam band Kush Robinson, with the rock side of life represented by Wilder Road and award-winning musician Andy Dalton’s new band Wild Life.

Here’s the list of nominees that made it to the Final Round of voting.  The total number of musicians or bands nominated in each division is notated at the top before listing the names of those artists who made it to the ‘Top Five’ in the final voting round. If you see more than five names that means there was a tie for the 5th place position. Nominees are also listed in random order.

Congratulations to all the nominees and look for more details and a full itinerary and schedule of the evening’s festivities in our April 2nd edition of The REVIEW!

MISCELLANEOUS 

Best Recording Studio

Total Nominees:7

Papa Doc Studio's

Reed Recording Company

HVMANSHIELD

Everyday Ghost Studios

Rooftop Recordings

Larry Hammond Studios        

Best Streaming Musical Series

Total Nominees: 7

Papa Doc Studios

The Mid Michigan Sound Operative

Michigan Music History Podcast

Kris Pride

Eastside Mike

Best Radio Station

Total Nominees: 8

The Rock Station Z93

WUCX-FM 90.1 Public Radio

WGER 106.3 FM (The Core)

94.5 The Moose

K-Love 89.1

Best Musical Fundraising Project

Total Nominees: 8

Band Roulette

Jennifer Naegele & Friends Making Spirits Bright

Raise The Roof For The Willew

Mystery Bus Tour for Brian's House - Scotty's Sandbar

Michigan Rock Legends Hall of Fame -Gary Johnson

Best Live Streaming Production

Total Nominees: 8

Papa Doc Studio

Strike The Set Podcast

Kris Pride

The Mark Reichert Show

Burton Beat

Best Live Music Club or Bar

Total Nominees: 10

Bemo’s Bar

White’s Bar

Mi Elements Grains & Grounds

Scotty's Sandbar

Willew Lounge

Dunlop Showroom/Ability Social Club

Best Recorded LP, CD or EP Release

Total Nominees: 11

Adaboy! Uncaged

Them Heels - Fine Freaks

The Great Hall of Smooth Jazz - Robert Lee Balderrama

REDBURN - Villain

The Fields - The Fields

Vlads Skeletal Circus - Vlad’s Skeletal Circus

Best Music Video

Total Nominees: 11

Bob Hausler - My Name is Maria

Marsupial Creampie - Booty Jam

REDBURN - Love The Way You Lie

Jeff Yantz - Mr. Happy

Elimenopee - I Am Chop Monster

Best Videographer

Total Nominees: 12

Mike Beattie

Creatavid

Amelia Jo

Justin Edward

Pride-Helm Productions

Best Band Website

Total Nominees: 13

https://bobhausler.com

HidingSalem.com

www.redburnmusic.com

vladsskeletalcircus.bandcamp.com

TheFields.Band

www.LumenQuestMusic.com

Best Metal Band

Total Nominees: 13

Vlad’s Skeletal Circus

Here After Six

Hipakritz

Shadow People

HVMANSHIELD

Best New Album or CD Release

Total Nominees: 13

Robert Lee Balderrama - Sunset Beach

Vlad’s Skeletal Circus - Vlad’s Skeletal Circus

Them Heels - Fine Freaks

Kevin Rousse - Second Chances

ADABOY - The Man I Am

Chris Redburn - Villain

Best Live Performance Venue

Total Nominees: 14

Bemos

The Vault

White's

Mi Elements Grains & Grounds

Willew Lounge

Best Sound Technician

Total Nominees: 15

Robyn Bailey-Grimsley

Josh Jekel

Bruce LaFrance

Carey Limberg

KC Murda

Best Multi-Instrumentalist

Total Nominees: 17

Bob Hausler

Joe Balbaugh

Jon Dillman

Justin Edward

Tyler Hughey

Stevie Lee Kinzer

Justin O'Kelly - The Fields

Jon Potrykus

Best Alternative Band

Total Nominees: 18

Here After Six

Them Heels

ADABOY!

Twenty Dollar Dog

Qorky

Best New Single Release

Total Nominees: 20

Adaboy! Uncaged

We Are the Resistance - Bob Hausler

American Beauty - The Fields

The Smokie Links- Lil Bit High

All Day All Night - Them Heels

Best New Artist of the Year

Total Nominees: 21

Hiding Salem

Qorky

Prospect Brass Band

The Smokie Links

Ashley Kay

Best Duo

Total Nominees: 26

Jake Priest & Jennifer Naegele

The Bob's (Bob Wall & Bob Hausler)

Chris Redburn & Stevie Lee

Addisyn's Musical Vibe (Addisyn Dodge & Kurt Hofmeister)

Michelle O'Neil and Mel Curry

Best Original Band

Total Nominees: 28

ADABOY!

Here After Six

Twenty Dollar Dog

Vlad’s Skeletal Circus

Hiding Salem

Most Innovative Artist

Total Nominees: 28

Twenty Dollar Dog

Kush Robinson

Vlad’s Skeletal Circus

Adaboy!

Them Heels

Chris Redburn

Best Solo Artist

Total Nominees: 32

Bob Hausler

Jennifer Naegele

Addisyn Dodge

Shannon Pingston

Aaron Johnson

Best Variety Band

Total Nominees: 32

Dirty Work

Qorky

Twenty Dollar Dog

ADABOY!

Hiding Salem

Kush Robinson

HipakritZ

Rock

Best Rock Video

Total Nominees: 4

Booty Jam - Marsupial Creampie

REDBURN - Back to Friends

HVMANSHIELD: Studio Reveal (Volumes 1, 2, & 3) - REMASTERED

Mr. Happy - Jeff Yantz

Rock Female Vocalist

Total Nominees: 15

Tina - Domestic Disturbance

Shannon Schnettler - Winaschnitzel

Kristine Roberts -Road Dawgz

Angela Lynn - Them Heels

Sarah Hyde - Hiding Salem

Rock Keyboardist

Total Nominees: 18

Bob Hausler - Twenty Dollar Dog

Darren Seder

Josh Bryant. - Domestic

Shannon Pingston - Hiding Salem

Bob Holtzapple - Road Dawgz

Dion Mason - The Smokie Links

Best Rock Songwriter

Total Nominees: 24

Jake Priest

Cody Montney

Bob Wall

Angela and JD - Them Heels

Chris Redburn

Rock Bassist

Total Nominees: 24

Bruce Lafrance

Joe Balbaugh

Matthew Nyquist - Twenty Dollar Dog

Devin Smith

Brian Kirby

Sachin Ramani - Hiding Salem

Mason Monville - Chapter IV

Cassandra Molloy - Tribe989

Rock Male Vocalist

Total Nominees: 25

Cody Montney

Jake Priest

Stevie Lee of REDBURN

Bob Wall - Twenty Dollar Dog

Jeff Zimmerman

Vladimir VanNilsson - Vlad’s Skeletal Circus

Joe Balbaugh

Rock Drummer

Total Nominees: 26

Roger Bateson

Bryan Tasior

Steve Nyquist

Jon Dillman - Kush Robinson

Dan Fish - Road Dawgz

Gregg Cleaver

Best Rock Band

Total Nominees: 30

Domestic Disturbance

Promitto Lux

Here After Six

Twenty Dollar Dog

Road Dawgz

Rock Guitarist

Total Nominees: 30

Darren Seder

Jimmy Thunders

Josh Muehlfeld (Kush Robinson)

Scotty Vandell

Justin Edward - Them Heels

Jon Asel - Chapter IV

Rap/Hip Hop

Best DJ

Total Nominees: 5

Chris Redburn

DJ KIT

Mary Jane Narducci Thomas (MaryOke)

Dj Trntup

McNast

Best Rap/Hip Hop Video

Total Nominees: 5

Elimenopee - I Am Chop Monster

REDBURN - Love The Way You Lie

Mike Spitz - That’s Why

McNast

Campfire - Bobby Chance and The Family Tradition Band

Best Rap/Hip Hop Songwriter

Total Nominees: 5

Elimenopee

Chris Redburn

McNast

Mike Spitz

Bobby Chance

Rap/Hip Hop Artist of the Year

Total Nominees: 6

Chris Redburn

Elimenopee

DJ KIT

Mike Spitz

McNast

Best Performer

Total Nominees: 7

Chris Redburn

Elimenopee

McNast

DJ KIT

Mike Spitz

Country

Best Country Video

Total Nominees: 5

My Name is Maria

Fred Nugget - That's It

Johnny Guest-Rather Be

October (The JR Band)

Campfire - Bobby Chance and The Family Tradition Band

Country Female Vocalist

Total Nominees: 8

Lora Dale

Ashley Kay

Mary Jane Narducci Thomas (MaryOke)

Kristine Roberts

Kris Pride

Best Country Band

Total Nominees: 14

Broken Bottle Band

Family Tradition Band

Jasper Creek

Fred Nugget

Johnny Guest

Mandi Layne & The Lost Highway

ADABOY!

Best Country Musician (Instrumentalist)

Total Nominees: 14

Bob Hausler

Tyler Hughey

Darrian Loehne

Justin Edward

Erik Ryden

Country Songwriter

Total Nominees: 16

Bob Hausler

Cameron Zielinski

Hughey and Rousse

Waylon Hanel

Ashley Kay

Country Male Vocalist

Total Nominees: 18

Cameron Zielinski

Tyler Hughey

Bob Hausler

Waylon Hanel

Erik Ryden

Jazz

Best Big Band

Total Nominees: 5

Stone Street Revival

Prospect Brass Band

23 North

Saginaw Eddy Band

Them Heels

Best Small Combo

Total Nominees: 5

Lauren Rongo & The Calzones

Jim Pagel Jazz Trio

Robert Lee Balderrana and Tom Kissel

Kris Pride and Jess Deal

LumenQuest

Jazz Songwriter

Total Nominees: 6

Robert Lee Balderrana

Aron Callard

Jeff Grassl

Bob Hausler

Kris Pride

Best Male Jazz Vocalist

Total Nomines: 6

Robert Lee Balderrana

Jason Dean

J Blum

Jeff Scott

Timothy Jay Ross

Female Jazz Vocalist

Total Nominese: 9

Sharrie Williams

Julie Mulady

Angela Lynn

Monique Ella Rose

Kris Pride

Best Jazz Musician

Total Nominees: 10

Aron Callard

Robert Lee Balderrama

Scott Summers - Saxophone

Jim Pagel

Kris Pride

Stevie Nyquist

Jeff Grassl - Saxophone

Blues

Best Funk Band

Total Nominees: 6

Kush Robinson

Unk Of Funk

Soul Xpress Band 🎶

Twenty Dollar Dog

23 North

Best Blues Band

Total Nominees: 10

The Blue OGs

Rhett Yocom Blues Band

Bleau Otis Band

The Smokie Links

Bluesmobile

Female Blues Vocalist

Total Nominees: 10

Mel Curry

Sharrie Williams

Mary Jane Narducci (MaryOke)

Angela Lynn

Lady Love

Blues Songwriter

Total Nominees: 11

Larry McCray

Bob Hausler

Bleau Otis

Kris Sciba

Clayton Cipolletti

Male Blues Vocalist

Total Nominees: 15

Larry McCray

Erik Ryden

Clayton Cipolletti

Bleau Otis

Dan thorp

Justin Edward

Dion Mason

Blues Instrumentalist

Total Nominees: 19

Larry McCray

Scott Summers

Matt Besey

Bob Hausler

Rhett Yocom