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Just Announced! WYCE Nominations for Jammies XIV
Posted: 12/21/2012
Here are WYCE's nominations from the best music submitted to WYCE in 2012. WYCE's volunteer programming staff pick their favorites, and winners will be announced live at WYCE's 14th Annual Jammies Awards! Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Intersection.
| Best Album by a New Artist |
| Abass Camara – Kaira |
| Antrim Dells – Mother/Father |
| Bennett – A Brand New Start |
| Blue Molly – Blue Molly |
| CARE – Yellow Trumpet Comforter Swan |
| Elden Kelly – Elden Kelly |
| Eric Kehoe – Eric Kehoe |
| Fauxgrass Quartet – Fauxgrass Quartet |
| Flashclash – Born of Astronauts |
| Garrett Borns – A Dream Between |
| Jukejoint Handmedowns – Everything But the Squeal |
| Koh Kohs – The Koh Kohs |
| Lac La Belle – Bring on the Light |
| Lucas Wilson – Lucas Wilson |
| Mat Churchill – Mat Churchill |
| Medicinal Groove – Soul Fishin |
| Muteflutes – The Ballad of the Rebel Grape |
| Neon Tetras – The Neon Tetras |
| Peat in the Creel – The Barn Session |
| Pyne – Songs that Start With “C” |
| Roosevelt Diggs – American Folklore |
| Sailor Kicks – The Sailor Kicks |
| Seritas Black Rose – Seritas Black Rose |
| Strawberry Heritage – The Beginning and End of Strawberry Heritage |
| Tia Imani Hanna – The Spaces Between Us |
| True Falsettos – Slummin |
| Turnips – The Turnips |
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| Song of the Year |
| An Dro – Hurdy-Gurdy Girls |
| Antrim Dells – Follow Me |
| Asamu Johnson - I Seen It |
| Big Dudee Roo – Making Memories |
| Blue Molly – 2000 Miles |
| Brant Satala - The Riparian Girl |
| Brian VanderArk - My Little Town |
| Crane Wives – Easier |
| Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys – Rip It Up |
| Drew Nelson – Promised Land |
| Edye Evans Hyde (featuring Rick Chyme) – Magic In Your Eyes |
| Eric Kehoe - In a Long Shot |
| Fauxgrass Quartet – Chapel Pond |
| Flashclash - Just Add an Elipsis |
| Garrett Borns - Mitten |
| Glowfriends - Wait for the Waves |
| Go Rounds – Kalamazoo Gospel |
| Icicles – Numb |
| Jukejoint Handmedowns - Wings of Happenstance |
| Karisa Wilson – Stronger |
| Kelsey Rottiers & the Rising Tide - Bear Hope |
| Koh-Kohs - Darlin' |
| Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys – Pass Me the Whiskey |
| Lucas Wilson – Always Until |
| Matt Gabriel - The Thief |
| May Erlewine – We Are Powerful |
| Muteflutes – Hafiz |
| Northern Skies – Blueberry Wine |
| Outer Vibe - Princess of Sin |
| Potato Moon – Desire |
| Pyne - Life (featuring Chance Jones) |
| Ragbirds – Six Wheels |
| Roosevelt Diggs - Rip Van Winkle |
| Sarah Swanson - Tell Me You Love me |
| Serita's Black Rose - Whiskey Orange Jubilee |
| Soil and the Sun – I Know It (I Feel It, Too) |
| Steve Hilger Jazz Quintet - Skol Blues |
| Strawberry Heritage - Ice box |
| True Falsettos - I'll Keep My Old Guitar |
| Tokyo Morose – Every Night |
| Tony LaJoye - Baby I Need You |
| Turnips - Wear a Crown |
| Wealthy Orphans - The Young Become the Old |
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| Best Americana Album |
| Appleseed Collective – Baby to Beast |
| Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys – Win My Love |
| Drew Nelson – Tilt A Whirl |
| Fauxgrass Quartet – Fauxgrass Quartet |
| Ian Gorman and Dave Bruzza – Harmony on the Fade |
| Lac La Belle – Bring on the Light |
| Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys – Release Your Shrouds |
| Northern Skies – Thick As Thieves |
| Potato Moon – The Ghost Sessions |
| Sarah Swanson – This Side of Madness |
| Sister Wilene – There Was A Time |
| Strawberry Heritage – The Beginning and End of Strawberry Heritage |
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| Best Contemporary Folk Album |
| Brant Satala – The Summerthief |
| Cody & Chris – The Bird Soared |
| Dennie Middleton – Calling All Gods |
| Jake Stilson – Stilson Shmilson |
| James Filkins – Summer Sands & Sleeping Bears |
| Karisa Wilson – Stronger |
| Koh Kohs – The Koh Kohs |
| Kurt Denison – One |
| Mat Churchill – Mat Churchill |
| Matt Gabriel – The Thief |
| May Erlewine – The Long Way Home |
| Michigan Mark Depree – Another Heartbeat |
| Tom Myers – Midnight Rain |
| Venitia Sekema – Boomland |
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| Best Production / Engineering |
| Alex McGrath for Wealthy Orphans - Throwing Glory |
| Andy Catlin, Graham Parsons, Keith Kinnear, and Ben Lau for The Go Rounds – feathername |
| Ben Zito & Dan Rickabus for The Crane Wives – The Fool in Her Wedding Gown |
| Bill Szymczyk for Brian Vander Ark - Magazine |
| Dustin Anderson and The Muteflutes for The Ballad of The Rebel Grape |
| Austin Ruhstorfer, River City Studios for Edye Evans Hyde – Magic in His Eyes |
| Eric Kehoe for Eric Kehoe |
| Fred Drachus for Potato Moon – The Ghost Sessions; The Hawktones – In the Open: Live at Howmet Playhouse |
| Ian Gorman for Wisaal – The Warp and The Weft |
| Ian Gorman, Dave Bruzza, and Ben Lau for Ian Gorman and Dave Bruzza – Harmony on the Fade |
| Joe McCargar and An Dro for Storyteller |
| John Erskine for Blue Molly – Blue Molly |
| John Hayes, Mike Dollar, and Paul Lesinski for Serita's Black Rose |
| Karisa Wilson and Jack Gregory for Stronger |
| Karl Flack for Antrim Dells – Mother/Father |
| Kurt Schmiege for Abass Camara – Kaira |
| Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys for Release Your Shrouds |
| Matt Ten Clay for Tokyo Morose – Sequence of Steps; Tony LaJoye – Thrive |
| May Erlewine for The Long Way Home |
| Michael Crittenden for Drew Nelson – Tilt-a-Whirl; Fauxgrass Quartet - Fauxgrass Quartet; (with Chris Andrus) Delilah DeWylde & The Lost Boys – Win My Love |
| Michael Crittenden, Peter Fox, and Eric Engblade for The Northern Skies – Thick as Thieves |
| Peter Fox for Lucas Wilson – Lucas Wilson; The Koh Kohs – The Koh Kohs; Bennett – A Brand New Start |
| Soil & the Sun and Chad Wahlbrink for the Soil & the Sun – What Wonder is This Universe! |
| Tia Imani Hanna, Dan Haviland, and Corey DeRushia for Tia Imani Hanna - The Spaces Between Us |
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| Best Short Form Release |
| Glean Infusion – Alive and Well |
| Jason Norman and the Red Hearts – Jason Norman and the Red Hearts |
| Kelsey Rottiers & Rising Tide - Bear Hope |
| Koh Kohs – The Koh Kohs |
| Mark Lavengood Steel Guitar Guitar Band |
| Real Lazy Genius – From the Ashes to the Stars |
| Roosevelt Diggs – American Folklore |
| Sailor Kicks – The Sailor Kicks |
| Seritas Black Rose – Seritas Black Rose |
| Ultraviolet Hippopotamus - Broom Hilda Suite |
| Wavvy Hands - A Million Eyes |
| Willamena – Falling through the Sky EP |
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| Best Traditional Album |
| Abass Camara – Kaira |
| An Dro – Storyteller |
| Bob Bernard and Kailin Yong – Harvest Queen |
| Casey Stratton – The Parting Glass |
| Detour – A Better Place |
| Peat in the Creel – The Barn Session |
| Rootstand – Rootabeggar |
| The Trace – Steppin Up |
| Wisaal – The Warp and The Weft |
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| Best Rock/Pop Album |
| Antrim Dells – Mother Father |
| Bennett – A Brand New Start |
| Big Dudee Roo – Listen to Your Discontent |
| Brian Vander Ark – Magazine |
| Crane Wives – The Fool in Her Wedding Gown |
| Eric Kehoe – Eric Kehoe |
| Garrett Borns – A Dream Between |
| Glowfriends – All Things Made New |
| Gun Lake – Balfour |
| Hana Malhas – Hana Malhas & The Overthinkers |
| Icicles – Renegade Parade |
| Jason Norman and the Red Hearts – Jason Norman and the Red Hearts |
| Koh Kohs – The Koh Kohs |
| Lightning Love – The Blonde Album |
| Matt Jones – Half Poison, Half Pure |
| Muteflutes – The Ballad of the Rebel Grape |
| Pyne – Songs that Start With “C” |
| Sailor Kicks – The Sailor Kicks |
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| Best Roots Album |
| Concussions – Fall in Love with The Concussions |
| Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys – Win My Love |
| Flatfoot – Wild Was Our Mercy |
| Jukejoint Handmedowns – Everything But the Squeal |
| Kung Fu Rodeo – Custom Superthrust |
| Neon Graffiti – Love Machine |
| Pete Bass – Song on the Rise |
| Ragbirds – Travelin Machine |
| Roosevelt Diggs – American Folklore |
| Sanger Brothers – The Sanger Brothers Mean Business |
| True Falsettos – Slummin |
| Turnips – The Turnips |
| Wealthy Orphans – Throwing Glory |
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| Best Soul/Blues Album |
| Asamu Johnson (of Fat Lapp) – Got to Go |
| Blue Molly – Blue Molly |
| FlyPaper – FlyPaper |
| Hawktones – In the Open: Live at The Howmet Playhouse |
| Lucas Wilson – Lucas Wilson |
| Mighty Medicine – Mighty Medicine |
| Neon Tetras – The Neon Tetras |
| Rusty Wright Band – Live Fire |
| Seritas Black Rose – Seritas Black Rose |
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| Best Jazz Album |
| Ben Rolston – Fables |
| Bobby Streng – Getting Housed Live |
| Edye Evans Hyde – Magic In His Eyes |
| Gladhatter Jazz Quartet - The Gladhatter Jazz Quartet |
| Jack Lewis – Passport |
| Roger Macnaughton – Michigan Morn |
| Steve Hilger Jazz Quintet – Just A Taste |
| Tia Imani Hanna – The Spaces Between Us |
| Tony Lajoye – Thrive |
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| Best Funk/Jam/Dance/Electronic Album |
| Astrobats – Astro Bats |
| Covert – Limited Addition III |
| Dreas – Dreastronaut |
| Flashclash – Born of Astronauts |
| Fundubmentals – Live for Today |
| Glean Infusion – Alive and Well |
| Medicinal Groove – Soul Fishin |
| Michael Cohen – Soul Contact |
| Seritas Black Rose – Seritas Black Rose |
| Soul Patch is Neat – S.P.I.N. |
| Ultraviolet Hippopotamus – Broomhilda Suite |
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| Best ALTERNATIVE Album |
| AG Silver – Hold On |
| Between Brains – Between Brains |
| Birdfingers – Birdfingers II |
| CARE – Yellow Trumpet Comforter Swan |
| Dust AC – Dead Happy |
| Go Rounds – feathername |
| Hamacide & Chain of Lakes – JIO |
| Heavier Than Air Flying Machines – Siam |
| Legal Immigrants – The Legal Immigrants |
| Lenin/McCarthy – Art |
| Outer Vibe – Hoka Hey |
| Real Lazy Genius – From the Ashes to the Stars |
| Soil and the Sun – What Wonder is This Universe! |
| Tokyo Morose – Sequence of Steps |
| Wavvy Hands – A Million Eyes |
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| Local ALBUM of the Year (BIG JAMMIE) |
| AG SILVER … Hold On |
| AN DRO … Storyteller |
| ANDERSON~RICH T. … NaCl |
| ANTRIM DELLS … Mother Father |
| APPLESEED COLLECTIVE … Baby to Beast |
| ASTROBATS … Astro Bats |
| BASS~PETE … Song on the Rise |
| BENNETT … A Brand New Start |
| BERNARD~BOB AND KAILIN YONG … Harvest Queen |
| BEYOND AWAITS … Chapter Two |
| BIG DUDEE ROO … Listen to Your Discontent |
| BIRDFINGERS … Birdfingers II |
| BLUE MOLLY … Blue Molly |
| BORNS~GARRETT … A Dream Between |
| CAIRN TO CAIRN … Hands Behind My Back |
| CAMARA~ABASS … Kaira |
| CARE … Yellow Trumpet Comforter Swan |
| CHENEY~CHARLIE … Front Porch Rebellion |
| CHURCHILL~MAT … Mat Churchill |
| COHEN~MICHAEL … Soul Contact |
| CONCUSSIONS~THE … Fall in Love with The Concussions |
| CRANE WIVES~THE … The Fool in Her Wedding Gown |
| DAVEY~JOHN … In a Whelming Tide |
| DEL BRUTTO … Greenhorn Circus |
| DENISON~KURT … One |
| DEPREE~MICHIGAN MARK … Another Heartbeat |
| DETOUR … A Better Place |
| DEWYLDE~DELILAH AND THE LOST BOYS … Win My Love |
| DIGGITY~THE … Another Wondrous Conversation |
| DREAS … Dreastronaut |
| DUST AC … Dead Happy |
| EASTERN BLOK … Underwater |
| ERLEWINE~MAY … The Long Way Home |
| EVANS-HYDE~EDYE … Magic In His Eyes |
| FAUXGRASS QUARTET … The Fauxgrass Quartet |
| FILKINS~JAMES … Summer Sands & Sleeping Bears |
| FINVARRA'S WREN … Live at the Ark |
| FLASHCLASH … Born of Astronauts |
| FLATFOOT … Wild Was Our Mercy |
| FLYPAPER … FlyPaper |
| FUNDUBMENTALS … Live for Today |
| GABRIEL~MATT … The Thief |
| GENNA & JESSE … Give and Take |
| GLEAN INFUSION … Alive and Well |
| GLOWFRIENDS … All Things Made New |
| GO ROUNDS~THE … feathername |
| GUN LAKE … Balfour |
| HAMACIDE & CHAIN OF LAKES … JIO |
| HANNA~TIA IMANI … The Spaces Between Us |
| HAWKTONES~THE … In the Open: Live at The Howmet Playhouse |
| HEAVIER THAN AIR FLYING MACHINES … Siam |
| HENHOUSE PROWLERS~THE … Verses, Chapters and Rhymes |
| IAN GORMAN AND DAVE BRUZZA … Harmony on the Fade |
| ICICLES~THE … Renegade Parade |
| JASON NORMAN and the RED HEARTS … Jason Norman and the Red Hearts |
| JOHNSON~ASAMU … Got to Go |
| JONES~MATT … Half Poison, Half Pure |
| JUKEJOINT HANDMEDOWNS … Everything But the Squeal |
| KAROUB~JEFF … Made by Motown |
| KEHOE~ERIC … Eric Kehoe |
| KELLY~ELDEN … Elden Kelly |
| KELSEY ROTTIERS & THE RISING TIDE … Bear Hope |
| KELSEY ROTTIERS & THE RISING TIDE … Kelsey Rottiers & the Rising Tide |
| KOH KOHS~THE … The Koh Kohs |
| KUNG FU RODEO … Custom Superthrust |
| LAC LA BELLE … Bring on the Light |
| LaJOYE~TONY … Thrive |
| LEGAL IMMIGRANTS~THE … The Legal Immigrants |
| LENIN/McCARTHY … Art |
| LEWIS~JACK … Passport |
| LIGHTNING LOVE … Girls Who Look Like Me |
| LINDSAY LOU & the FLATBELLYS … Release Your Shrouds |
| LORD HURON … Lonesome Dreams |
| MACNAUGHTON~ROGER … Michigan Morn |
| MARK LAVENGOOD STEEL GUITAR BAND … EP |
| MEDICINAL GROOVE … Soul Fishin' |
| MIDDLETON~DENNIE … Calling All Gods |
| MIGHTY MEDICINE … Mighty Medicine |
| MISTER HAPPINESS … Everybody's Looking for Love |
| MUTEFLUTES~THE … The Ballad of the Rebel Grape |
| MYERS~TOM … Midnight Rain |
| NELSON~DREW … Tilt A Whirl |
| NEON GRAFFITI … Love Machine |
| NEON TETRAS~THE … The Neon Tetras |
| NORTHERN SKIES~THE … Thick As Thieves |
| OLLLAM~THE … .the olllam. |
| OUTER VIBE~THE … Hoka Hey |
| PEAT IN THE CREEL … The Barn Session |
| PHOTOGRAPHERS … Nostalgia the Country |
| POTATO MOON … The Ghost Sessions |
| PROULX~JOHN … The Best Thing for You |
| PYNE … Songs that Start With "C" |
| RAGBIRDS~THE … Travelin' Machine |
| REAL LAZY GENIUS~THE … From the Ashes to the Stars |
| ROGERS~SALLY AND CLAUDIA SCHMIDT … Evidence of Happiness |
| ROLSTON~BEN … Fables |
| ROOSEVELT DIGGS … American Folklore |
| ROOTSTAND … Rootabeggar |
| ROUSE~NED … Short Attention Span Songs |
| SAILOR KICKS~THE … The Sailor Kicks |
| SANGER BROTHERS … The Sanger Brothers Mean Business |
| SATALA~BRANT … The Summerthief |
| SCHMIDT~CLAUDIA … Bend in the River |
| SEKEMA~VENITIA … Boomland |
| SERITA'S BLACK ROSE … Serita's Black Rose |
| SISTER WILENE … There Was A Time |
| SOIL AND THE SUN~THE … What Wonder is This Universe! |
| SOUL PATCH IS NEAT … S.P.I.N. |
| STEPHENS~SHANNON … Pull It Together |
| STEVE HILGER JAZZ QUINTET … Just A Taste |
| STRATTON~CASEY … The Parting Glass |
| STRAWBERRY HERITAGE … The Beginning and End |
| STRENG~BOBBY … Getting Housed Live |
| SUITCASE: FRANK SALAMONE AND JIMMIE STAGGER … Suitcase: Live In '76 At Battle Ground |
| SWANSON~SARAH … This Side of Madness |
| TOKYO MOROSE … Sequence of Steps |
| TRACE~THE … Steppin' Up |
| TRUE FALSETTOS~THE … Slummin' |
| TURNIPS~THE … The Turnips |
| ULTRAVIOLET HIPPOPOTAMUS … Broomhilda Suite |
| VANDER ARK~BRIAN … Magazine |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS … Grand Rapids Soul Club Volume 2 |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS … Grand Rapids Soul Club Volume 3 |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS … Grand Rapids Soul Club Volume 4 |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS … How To Rob Herb Land Vol. 1 |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS … West Michigan Music Sampler - The Sequel |
| WAVVY HANDS … A Million Eyes |
| WEALTHY ORPHANS … Throwing Glory |
| WILLAMENA … Falling Through the Sky EP |
| WILSON~KARISA … Stronger |
| WILSON~LUCAS … Lucas Wilson |
| WINSLOW-KING~LUKE … The Coming Tide |
| WINSLOW-KING~LUKE … You Hear Me Talkin' to Ya |
| WRIGHT BAND~RUSTY … Live Fire |
| YONG~KAILIN … Gravity Free |
| ZYLSTRA~RACHEL … Strings |
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