The SAMMY Nominees are here

CNY Alive is proud to be attending this event. We are excited for all our local performers. This is a great event and we look forward to seeing everybody March 1st and 2nd.

Hall Of Fame

• DOVE
• Stacey Waterman
• Maryjo Spillane
• John Cadley

Music Educator:

• Monk Rowe

Lifetime Achievement:

• Dave Frisina

Best Pop

• All Poets & Heroes – Where We Lived and What We Lived For
• Nate – Summer is the Cure
• Sera Bullis – The Road to Marcellus
• Ben Mauro – Good Day
• BEA – Old Habits 

Best Jazz

• Peter Allen Alt Jazz – It Was Just About That Time
• Tim Herron – Thinquisition
• Robert Holz – Visions: Coast to Coast Connection
• E.S.P. – Zero Gravity

Best Hip Hop/ Rap

• Sophistafunk – Real Vibration
• Seth Dollar – Vanity
• Wigs – No Turning Back
• Steve Cook – M.I.D. Twenties
• Suppa Satty – Who You Thought It Was? 

Best Americana

• Mark Wahl – Circadia
• Austin MacRae – Keeper
• Jane Zell – Almost Real
• Harmonic Dirt – Anthracite
• Ruddy Well & The Region Legion – Common Ground 

Best Alternative

• The Action! – 5
• Goodnight Forever – Dim Lit Motivation
• Mattydale Music Collective – Dreamwyld
• Phantom Chemistry – Everything’s Great
• Against The Giants – Harden Your Heart 

Best Rock

• Flashcubes –Forever
• The Alpha Fire –Embers
• Tommy Gunn –Talk of the Town
• Jess Novak Band –Fireworks
• The Penetrators –Legacy 

Best Hard Rock

• Ecliptic Vision – Omphalos of the Void
• Sampere – World of Illusion EP
• Jeremiah’s Razor – Jeremiah’s Razor
• Breaking Solace – The Stand
• Between Hope and Fear – With the Water

Best Other Style

• Answer the Muse – Now
• Leo Crandall – The Art of Swimming
• A Cast of Thousands – The Fifth
• John Harris – Wake the Dead
• Harriet Tubman Freedom Music Festival – Music for Freedom: Harriet Tubman Freedom Music Festival Live! Vol 2

Best Jam Band

• Late Earth –The Prevail
• Barroom Philosophers –Barroom Philosophers
• John McConnell –By Design
• Chris Eves & the New Normal –Find Your Way
• Old Deer Ensemble –Festival 

Best Singer/ Songwriter

• Amanda Rogers – Heavy Blue
• Alex Gideon – Know Different Than Before
• Cam Caruso – On the Other Side
• Sydey Irving – Hello Stranger
• J. Schnitt – How to Be Happy About the End of the World 

Best Blues

• Bad Mama’s Blues Band – There Goes the Rent
• Matthew Black and the Blues Dragons – S/T
• Moon Dog Howlers – One Track Mind 

Best R&B

• Skunk City – Sparked
• Kings of the Fall – The Ascension
• Diana Jacobs Band – Good Metticine 

Best Country

• Floodwood – Till I Die
• Matt Dunn Band – I Am this Road 

Best Electronica

• Leper Pony – White Savior
• Mazedude – American Pixels
• Man Woman Machine – Ultra-Xenosonic

Congratulations to all the Nominees.