THR Artists Nominated for Offbeat’s Best of the Beat Awards

Eleven Threadhead Records artists (and/or bandmembers) garnered eighteen different nominations in Offbeat’s 2010 Best of the Beat Awards.

Best Roots Rock Artist
Mia Borders
Susan Cowsill
Honey Island Swamp Band
Anders Osborne
Paul Sanchez

Best Roots Rock Album
Mia Borders: Magnolia Blue
Susan Cowsill: Lighthouse
Honey Island Swamp Band: Good To You
Anders Osborne: American Patchwork
Paul Sanchez & Shamarr Allen: Bridging the Gap

Best Traditional Jazz Album
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns: Lucky Devil
The New Orleans Moonshiners: I’m Comin’ Home
Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Preservation
Matt Perrine and Sunflower City: Bayou Road Suite
Kermit Ruffins: Happy Talk

Song of the Year
John Boutté: “Treme Song”
Galactic feat. Irma Thomas: “Heart of Steel”
Kourtney Heart: “My Boy”
Juvenile: “Drop That Thang”
Anders Osborne: “On the Road to Charlie Parker”

Songwriter of the Year
Luke Allen
Dr. John
Alex McMurray
Anders Osborne
Paul Sanchez

Best Female Vocalist
Susan Cowsill
Debbie Davis
Alynda Lee Segarra
Sasha Masakowski
Irma Thomas

Best Male Vocalist
John Boutté
Clint Maedgen
John Michael Rouchell
Aaron Neville
Walter “Wolfman” Washington

Best Guitarist
Jonathan Freilich
Alex McMurray
Anders Osborne
Jimmy Robinson
Walter “Wolfman” Washington

Best Trumpeter
Shamarr Allen
Leroy Jones
Irvin Mayfield
Kermit Ruffins
Trombone Shorty

Best Trombonist
Jeff Albert
Craig Klein
Delfeayo Marsalis
Rick Trolsen
Trombone Shorty

Best Tuba/Sousaphonist
Phil Frazier
Kirk Joseph
John Gross
Matt Perrine
Benny Pete

Best Violin/Fiddle Player
Sam Craft (The Susan Cowsill  Band)
Louis Michot
Matt Rhody
Amanda Shaw
Waylon Thibodeaux

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2010 BoB Awards Party

This year’s awards party will be held on Friday,  January 28, 2011 at Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Drive, New Orleans.

Tickets are $29 in advance, $39 at the door.  VIP/Patron tickets are $100 with proceeds benefiting the New Orleans Musicians Clinic.

Click to PURCHASE TICKETS

For more info about the musical lineup and food offerings, visit the Best of the Beat page at Offbeat.com.