Detroit Music Awards

Detroit Music Awards
Held annually at the The Fillmore Detroit in the April.
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the music industry
Presented by	Motor City Music Foundation
Country	United States
First awarded	1988
Official website	http://www.detroitmusicawards.com/

The Detroit Music Awards (DMA) was initially proposed in 1988. Presented by the Motor City Music Foundation, the multi-genre awards ceremony was established to bring recognition to Detroit area musicians. The first award show was held in 1992 at Detroit's Music Hall, and moved to the State Theatre in 1993. In 1998, the organization merged with the Metro Times-sponsored Detroit Music Awards. It has now held at The Fillmore Detroit theatre annually in April. Since its inception, the DMA has featured some of Detroit's most notable musical artists; including Bob Seger, The Clark Sisters, Eminem, George Clinton and Parliament, Glenn Frey, Grand Funk Railroad, Kid Rock, Martha Reeves, The Miracles, Insane Clown Posse, Smokey Robinson, Ted Nugent, and Was Not Was.

Categories

Award winners are selected by local musicians and music industry professionals; the award categories cover ten genres:

• Folk/Acoustic
• Blues
• Jazz
• Gospel
• Country
• Classical
• Rock/Pop
• R&B/Hip-Hop
• Electronic
• World

Awards

General	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding National Major Label Recording	White Stripes	Eminem Encore	Stevie Wonder A Time To Love	Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely	Iggy Pop Preliminaries	Eminem Recovery
Outstanding National Single	White Stripes	Anita Baker You're My Everything	White Stripes Blue Orchid	Kid Rock All Summer Long	Uncle Kracker Smile	Eminem "Not Afraid"
Outstanding National Small/Independent Label Recording	The Romantics	Alexander Zonjic Seldom Blues	Howling Diablos Car Wash	George Clinton George Clinton & his Gangsters of Love	Johnnie Bassett The Gentleman is Back	Hot Club of Detroit It's About That Time
Outstanding Record Producer	Roscoe	Martin Tino Gross	Martin Tino Gross	Al Sutton	Al Sutton	Tino Gross
Outstanding Recording Studio	Roscoe's Recording	Tempermill	Studio A	Tempermill	Rustbelt	Harmonie Park
Outstanding Video / Limited Budget		Beth Stalker Here With You	Detroit Women And Motor City Express Rattle Your Cage		Paul Miles Motown Still Our Town	The Muggs Slow Curve
Outstanding Video / Major Budget		White Stripes Black Math	Eminem When I'm Gone		The Motor City Horns & The Brothers Groove with Thornetta Davis Kissing My Love	Eminem Not Afraid

Acoustic/Folk	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group	Tangerine Trousers	Grievous Angel	Jill Jack	Ty Stone	Jill Jack	Jill Jack
Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Instrumentalist	Jeremy Kittel (fiddle)	David Mosher (mandolin/guitar) - Grievous Angel	Billy Brandt (guitar) - Grievous Angel	Sarana VerLin (violin)	Carolyn Striho (piano/guitar)	Sarana VerLin (violin)
Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording	Tangerine Trousers	Jill Jack Jill Jack Live And Unplugged	Jill Jack Moon And The Morning After	Luke Sayers & the Last to Know Radio Flower	Jill Jack Songwriter Sessions"	Sarana VerLin Bats & Butterflies
Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter	Liz Larin	Stacia Petrie	Jill Jack	Emily Rose	Emily Rose	Jill Jack
Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist	Liz Larin	Stacia Petrie	Jill Jack	Billy Brandt	Jill Jack	Jill Jack
Outstanding Folk Artist/Group	Grievous Angel	Jeremy Kittel	Jeremy Kittel	Billy Brandt	Billy Brandt & Sarana VerLin	Carolyn Striho

Blues R&B	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Blues Artist/Group	Thornetta Davis	Al Hill and The Love Butlers	Thornetta Davis	Jim McCarty & Mystery Train	Johnnie Bassett	Johnnie Bassett & the Blues Insurgents
Outstanding Blues/R&B Instrumentalist	Brett Lucas guitar - Thornetta Davis	Dennis Burr guitar - Detroit Women	Johnnie Bassett guitar - Johnnie Bassett	Jim McCarty guitar & Brett Lucas guitar	Johnnie Bassett guitar - Johnnie Bassett	Johnnie Bassett guitar - Johnnie Bassett
Outstanding Blues/R&B Recording	Detroit Women In R&B	Detroit Women Rattle Your Cage	Alberta Adams Detroit's Queen Of The Blues	Alberta Adams Detroit is My Home	Motor City Josh " Forty Four: A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf "	Motor City Josh & The Big Three " It's A Good Life "
Outstanding Blues/R&B Songwriter	Brett Lucas	Kate Hart	Kate Hart	Paul Miles	Chris Codish	Motor City Josh
Outstanding Blues/R&B Vocalist	Thornetta Davis	Lady T - Detroit Women	Thornetta Davis	Alberta Adams	Thornetta Davis	Thornetta Davis
Outstanding R&B Artist/Group	Detroit Women in R&B	Detroit Women	Detroit Women With Motor City Express	Howling Diablos	Howling Diablos	Groove Council

Classical	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Classical Composer	James Hartway	James Hartway	William Bolcom	Michael Daugherty		Scott Gwinnell
Outstanding Classical Instrumentalist	Robert Demaine - cello	Erv Monroe - flute Detroit Symphony Orchestra	Patricia Masri-Fletcher - harp Detroit Symphony Orchestra	Dennis Carter - flute		Kenneth G. Robinson - Trumpet
Outstanding Classical Recording		Kerstin Allvin and James Hartway An Affair Of The Harp	William Bolcom Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience	Kenneth Robinson & Dave Wagner Let The Trumpet Sound		Kenneth Robinson & Lawrence Przybysz - The Perfect Day
Outstanding Classical Small Ensemble	Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings	Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings	Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings	Let the Trumpet Sound: Kenneth Robinson & Special Guests
Outstanding Classical Vocalist	Dana Lentini	James Moore, Jr. - Detroit Concert Choir	Abha Dearing - The Dearing Concert Duo	Trish Shandor	Trish Shandor	Eva Marie Evola
Outstanding Community Orchestra	Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony	Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony	Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony	Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra		International Symphony Orchestra

Country	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Country Artist/Group	The Wrenfields	Terrie Lea and The Wild Mustangs	Orbitsuns	Grievous Angel	Orbitsuns	Ty Stone & The Truth
Outstanding Country Instrumentalist	David Mosher - guitar/mandolin Grievous Angel	David Mosher - mandolin/fiddle/guitar Grievous Angel	Sir Tim Duvalier - guitar Orbitsons	Dave Feeny - pedal steel	Drew Howard - pedal steel	Brian "Roscoe" White - guitar
Outstanding Country Recording	Forbes Brothers	Volebeats Country Favorites	The Hummingbirds Depot Town	Whitey Morgan and the 78's Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels	Doop and the Inside Outlaws Everett Belcher	Whitey Morgan and the 78's I Ain't Drunk
Outstanding Country Songwriter	Scott and Dennis Forbes	Terrie Lea	Dennis/Scott Forbes	Whitey Morgan	Billy Brandt	Ty Stone
Outstanding Country Vocalist	Terrie Lea - Terrie Lea and The Wild Mustangs	Terrie Lea - Terrie Lea and The Wild Mustangs	Terrie Lea - Terrie Lea and The Wild Mustangs	Whitey Morgan	Vinnie Dombrowski	Ty Stone

Electronic/Dance	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Artist/Group	Carl Craig	Amp Fiddler	Amp Fiddler	The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre	Detroit Techno Militia	Liz Larin
Outstanding Electronic/Dance DJ	Derrick May	Kevin Saunderson	Kevin Saunderson	DJ Linda Lexy	DJ Linda Lexy	DJ Linda Lexy
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Recording	Various artists Detroit Electronica Coalition	Various artists Movement: Detroit Electronic Music Festival 2004	Adult Gimme Trouble	Daestro Parallelogram	Carolyn Striho Promised Land - Techno	Cybertrybe - "Little Monkey - Pain Mix" remix
Outstanding Electronic/Dance Writer/Producer	Kevin Saunderson	Amp Fiddler	Amp Fiddler	Liz Larin	Carl Craig	Liz Larin
Outstanding Anthology/Compilation/Reissue	Bob Seger	The Funk Brothers The Best Of The Funk Brothers	Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits	Various artists Motown: The Complete Number 1’s
Outstanding Live Performance	Detroit Women In R&B	Detroit Women	Detroit Women With Motor City Express	The Hard Lessons	Hot Club of Detroit	Howling Diablos
Outstanding Live Sound Technician	Neil T. Sever	Neil T. Sever	Neil T. Sever	Neil T. Sever	Neil T. Sever	Peter Jay
Outstanding Local Record Label		Times Beach Records	Mack Avenue Records	No Cover Productions	Mack Avenue Records	Mack Avenue Records

Gospel	2004	2005	2006	2009
Outstanding Gospel Choir		St Thomas More Church Choir	Fred Hammond and Radicals For Christ
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Artist/Group	Cece Winans	Beth Stalker	Fred Hammond	God's Army
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Musician		Danny Cox - drums/percussion Day 41	Bob Meyer - organ St Thomas More Choir	Ron English - guitar
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Recording		Beth Stalker Here With You	J Moss The J Moss Project	God's Army Y R U Ashamed of Me
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Songwriter	Amy Heard	Beth Stalker	Sunnie Day	Danny Cox
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Vocalist	Amy Heard	Beth Stalker	J Moss	Beth Stalker

Jazz	2004	2005	2006	2008	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Jazz Composer	Marcus Belgrave	Marion Hayden	Jeremy Kittel	Scott Gwinnell	Scott Gwinnell	Chris Codish	Scott Gwinnell
Outstanding Jazz Instrumentalist	Marcus Belgrave - trumpet	Alexander Zonjic - flute	Alexander Zonjic - flute	Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
Outstanding Jazz Recording	Detroit Experiment	Tumbao Montuno Salad	Jeremy Kittel Jazz Violin		Paul Keller Ensemble Michigan Jazz Suite	Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra - Brush Fire	Planet D Nonet - We Travel The Spaceways; the Music of Sun Ra & Paul Keller Trio - We Like To Riff (TIE)
Outstanding Jazz Vocalist	Ursula Walker - Buddy Budson and Ursula Walker	Ping Spells - Jazzarray	Jesse Palter - Jesse Palter Quartet	Jesse Palter - Jesse Palter Quartet	Tracy Kash Thomas	Chris Codish	Ursula Walker
Outstanding Modern Jazz Artist/Group	Marcus Belgrave	Marcus Belgrave	Alexander Zonjic	Scott Gwinnell	Tracy Kash Thomas	Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra
Outstanding Traditional Jazz Artist/Group	Straight Ahead	Johnny Trudell Orchestra	Hot Club Of Detroit		Scott Gwinnell Jazz Orchestra

Rock/Pop/Alternative	2004	2005	2006	2009	2010	2011
Outstanding Alternative/Indie Artist/Group	The Fags	The Fags	Crud
Outstanding Hard Rock/Metal Artist/Group	Forge	Broadzilla	Broadzilla
Outstanding Industrial Artist/Group	Haf/Life	The Impaler		Crud	Cybertribe	Crud
Outstanding Pop Artist/Group	Liz Larin	Jill Jack	Jill Jack	Ty Stone
Outstanding Rock Artist/Group	The Kingsnakes	The Reefermen	Liz Larin	Broadzilla
Outstanding Rock/Pop Instrumentalist	Jimmy Paluzzi - drums The Fags	Bobby East - guitar The Reefermen	Bobby East - guitar The Reefermen	Rachel May - guitar	Larry Fratangelo - percussion	Jimmy Bones - keyboards
Outstanding Rock/Pop Recording	Sista Otis and The Wholly Rollers	Mindcandy Recognize	Liz Larin Wake Up, Start Dreaming	The Muggs On With The Show	Carolyn Striho Honesty	Critical Bill Underground Kingdom
Outstanding Rock/Pop Songwriter	Liz Larin	Tim Diaz	Liz Larin	Vinnie Dombroski	Vinnie Dombroski	Ty Stone
Outstanding Rock/Pop Vocalist	Liz Larin	Jezter Soot	Liz Larin	Vinnie Dombroski	Ty Stone	Ty Stone

Hip hop/Urban/Funk	2004	2005	2006	2009
Outstanding Hip-Hop Artist/Group	Black Bottom Collective	Buddha Fulla Rhymez	Paradime	Hush
Outstanding Hip-Hop DJ	White Boy Ric	DJ Houseshoes	DJ Houseshoes	DJ Invisible
Outstanding Hip-Hop MC	Paradime	Paradime	Paradime	Hush
Outstanding Urban/Funk Artist/Group	The Brothers Groove	Black Bottom Collective	Black Bottom Collective	The Brothers Groove
Outstanding Urban/Funk Musician	Chris Codish - keyboard The Brothers Groove	Freeman Spells - bass Nadir/Distorted Soul	Larry Lee - bass Larry Lee And Back In The Day	Larry Fratangelo - percussion
Outstanding Urban/Funk Songwriter	Chris Codish	Nadir	Nadir	Chris Codish
Outstanding Urban/Funk Vocalist		Valerie Barrymore - Foundation Of Funk	Nadir - Nadir/Distorted Soul	Nadir - Nadir/Distorted Soul
Outstanding Urban/Funk/Hip-Hop Recording	Sista Otis and The Wholly Rollers	Nadir/Distorted Soul Distorted Soul 2.0	Black Bottom Collective People Mover	Nadir/Distorted Soul Working For The Man

Reggae/World	2004	2005	2006	2009
Outstanding Reggae/Ska Artist/Group	Immunity	Immunity	Ras Kente And Take No Prisoners Posee	Roots Vibrations
Outstanding World Artist/Group	Atlantez	Blackman and Arnold	Orquesta Sensacional	Lola Morales
Outstanding World/Reggae/Ska Instrumentalist	Eileen Orr - keyboards Atlantez	Kerry Lundquist - keyboards Orchestra Sensational	James Rodriguez - percussion Orquesta Sensacional	Scott Caldwello - guitar
Outstanding World/Reggae/Ska Recording	Brazil And Beyond	Nomo Nomo	Brazil And Beyond Sounds Of The Holidays	Nomo Ghost Rock
Outstanding World/Reggae/Ska Songwriter		David Asher	Rick Matle	Lola Morales
Outstanding World/Reggae/Ska Vocalist	Gail Baker - 47Uma	Benny Cruz - Benny Cruz Y La Buena Vida	Pablo Ovalles - Orquesta Sensacional	Lola Morales

External links

• Detroit Music Awards website