Thank you to everyone who came out to the Best of the Beat Awards yesterday! It was a night of great music, great food, and great company. Here is the list of this year’s winners:
Music Awards
Artist of the Year
Album of the Year
Rebirth Brass Band: Move Your Body (Basin Street Records)
Best Emerging Artist
Tank and the Bangas
Song of the Year
“The Body Electric” Alynda Lee Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff)
Best Blues Performer
Tab Benoit
Best Blues Album
Bobby Rush with Blinddog Smokin’: Decisions (Silver Talon)
Best R&B/Funk Artist
Dumpstaphunk
Best R&B/Funk Album
Dr. John: Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch (Proper/Concord)
Best Rock Artist
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Best Rock Album
Big Sam’s Funky Nation: Evolution (Independent)
Best Rap / Hip-Hop Artist
Derrick Freeman
Best Rap / Hip-Hop Album/Mixtape
Derrick Freeman: DWB (Independent)
Best Bounce Artist
Best Traditional Jazz Artist
Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns
Best Traditional Jazz Album
Tuby Skinny: Owl Call Blues (Independent)
Best Contemporary Jazz Artist
Stanton Moore
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Ellis Marsalis Trio: On the Second Occasion (ELM Records)
Best Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
Best Brass Band Album
Rebirth Brass Band: Move Your Body (Basin Street Records)
Best Cajun Artist
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Best Cajun Album
Lost Bayou Ramblers: Gasa Gasa Live (Bayou Perdu Records)
Best Zydeco Artist
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
Best Zydeco Album
Chubby Carrier: Back to My Roots (Swampadelic Records) r
Best Roots Rock Artist
Honey Island Swamp Band
Best Roots Rock Album
The Iguanas: Juarez (Piety Street)
Best Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter Artist
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Best Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album
Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes (ATO Records)
Best Gospel
McDonough 35 High School Gospel Choir
Best Cover Band
Bucktown All-Stars
Songwriter of the Year
Paul Sanchez
Best Female Vocalist
Meschiya Lake
Best Male Vocalist
John Boutte
Best Bass Player
James Singleton
Best Guitarist
Tab Benoit
Best Drummer
Stanton Moore
Best Saxophonist
Aurora Nealand
Best Clarinetist
Dr. Michael White
Best Trumpeter
Shamarr Allen
Best Trombonist
Troy Andrews
Best Tuba/Sousaphonist
Matt Perrine
Best Piano / Keyboardist
Ivan Neville
Best Accordionist
Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes
Best Violin/Fiddle Player
Theresa Andersson
Best DJ
DJ Soul Sister
Best Other Instrument
Washboard Chaz (washboard)
Best Music Video
“I Know It’s Wrong (But That’s Alright)” Hurray for the Riff Raff, directed by Émilie Richard-Froozan & Rémy Bennett
Business Awards
Best Club
Snug Harbor
Best Radio Station
WWOZ
Best Large Festival
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Best Festival Outside New Orleans
Festival International de Louisiane
Best Neighborhood Festival
Bayou Boogaloo
Best Recording Studio
Esplanade Studios
Record Label of the Year
Basin Street Records
Producer of the Year
Leo Sacks
Best Record Store
Louisiana Music Factory
Best Instrument Store
Guitar Center
Best Studio Sound Engineer
Misha Kachkachishvili, Esplanade Studios
Best Booking Agency
White Oak
Best Manager
Jon Phillips, Silverback Artist Management
Best Music Attorney
Ashlye M. Keaton
Best Club Owner or Manager
Hank Staples & Paulina Trujillo, Maple Leaf
Best Concert Promoter
Winter Circle Productions
Bourbon Street Award
Earl Bernhardt & Pam Fortner (Tropical Isle)
Musician Resource Award
Tipitina’s Foundation
Best Use of Music or Musician in Local Advertising
Peter A. Mayer Advertising (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival)
Music Business of the Year
The Maison Group
Community Music Award
Ogden After Hours (Ogden Museum of Southern Art)
Lifetime Achievement
Lifetime Achievement in Music Business
Gary Edwards
Lifetime Achievement in Music Education
Roger Dickerson
Heartbeat Award
Pat Jolly
Lifetime Achievement in Music
Congratulations to all!
