Syracuse Area Music Awards, or more commonly known as the SAMMYS, announce their nominated Syracuse area musicians are for the 2021 season during their virtual press conference. The press conference took place on February 3, 2021 at 10AM on the SAMMYS Facebook page
The Syracuse Area Music Awards show celebrities local music to the Syracuse area in particular. Over time it has become a beloved staple to Syracuse and the surrounding areas.
The people’s Choice Awards is moving into its fourth round after the virtual press release. People vote on their favorite artist or band, live-stream event or series, academic or musical organization, and venue in the people’s choice award categories. It all comes down to who has the best fans who are the most passionate. The press conference announced the nominees who advanced to the top 16 in every category of the people’s choice awards. To check out the nominees and to vote in each of the categories click here.
On top of the people’s choice awards categories there is also many other categories where local musicians were nominated in. The other categories include Best Alternative Recording, Best Americana Recording, Best Blues Recording, Best Country Recording, Best Electric Recording, Best Hard Rock Recording, Best Rap/ Hip Hop Recording, Best Jam Band Recording, Best Jazz Recording, Best Other Style Recording, Best Pop Recording, Best R&B Recording, Best Rock Recording, and Best Singer-Songwriter Recording.
The actual 2021 SAMMYS will take place on March 5, 2021 and will be streamed live for free and live from SubCat Studios. The awards show will include musical performances by area artists/bands. Awards will be presented in 12 recording categories, in addition to the People’s Choice awards in four categories, Brian Bourke Award for Best New Artist, Jack O Bocchino Spirit of the SAMMYS Award, and our Community Spirit Award.
The “SAMMY Spotlight Series”at Bridge Street on Newschannel 9 kicked off on January 28, 2021 with a performance from Nancy Kelly who is a multi-time winner of the SAMMYS and was inducted into the SAMMYs Hall-of-Fame in 2006. The upcoming spotlighted shows on Newschannel 9 include Chris Merkley on February 4, Sydney Irving on February 11, Bob Holz on February 18, Ghost Town Ramblers on February 25, Doyle/Whiting on March 4. All the performances will take place at 10AM and will build excitement for the upcoming SAMMYS.
For more information on the SAMMYS visit their website.
Full List on SAMMYS 2021 Nominees:
BEST ALTERNATIVE RECORDING
Chuck Schiele with Love Letters
Major Player with Upset City
Mattydale Music Collective with No Thief, However Skillful
The Exploding Flowers with Strangers
Zach Blaszak with Homebrew
BEST AMERICANA RECORDING
Chocolate BonBon with Book of Names
Harmonic Dirt with Live At The Ridge
J. Schnitt with A Compass of Stars (the
Quarantine Singles)
Kid Roscoe with …And The Horse You Rode In On
The Dart Brothers with Strangest Wavelength
BEST BLUES RECORDING
JunioR with This’ll Hurt
Tas Cru with DRIVE ON
BEST COUNTRY RECORDING
Brandon Scott with North Country
Tink Bennett & Tailor with Made Hate The Game
Whiskey Hollow Rush with Life, Love, Whiskey
BEST ELECTRONIC RECORDING
Asael with We Believed
Empires in Orbit with Rave of the Damned
Mazedude with MazeQuest 3 Original Soundtrack
Shitnuts with Final Frontier
The Stranger with Soundtrack for a Movie Not Yet Written
BEST HARD ROCK RECORDING
Brand New Sin with Live At The Lost
Caustic Method with No Retribution
Cleansed In Embers with Misery
Junexa with Lifeless
MOTORLORD with Motorlord
BEST HIP-HOP/RAP RECORDING
Big Nate MG with The Story of MG
Christenelle Diroc with Christenelle Diroc
Def One with 04/20 Vision
MBK Richy with Throwaways
Young Dellz with Riana’s Father
BEST JAM BAND RECORDING
Ben Blujus with Believe In Music
Chiggin with THXGVNG
The Z-Bones with Sweet Misery
Vaporeyes with Cantrips
BEST JAZZ RECORDING
London McDaniel with Anatural Aphrodisiaca
Stan Colella Orchestra with Just For Fun
BEST OTHER STYLE RECORDING
Amanda Rogers with Winter Butterfly
DiCosimo/Pagán with Con Moto
Letizia with YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Lonnie Park and The Earth Band with My Earth Songs
Redeemer Church Worship with Be Enthroned
BEST POP RECORDING
Coughlin with Unlatch Diary
DESTYNEE with Love&Art
Jess Novak Band with Standing Now
Nick + Noah with Fall
Pat Tato with Good Grief
BEST R&B RECORDING
Chels with After Midnight
Jaquiel with Summer Nights in the Southward
Liam Alone with Liam Alone Live
Sean McLeod with Freedom (Sean McLeod’s “A
Soundtrack for Harriet Tubman”)
Wavy Vibez with Only One (The Ep)
BEST ROCK RECORDING
Atkins Riot with Couch Potato
Krix Wiechmann and the Pallbearers with 3 Hits From Hell
Otherworldly Entity with Cataclysm
Posted with Fantastic Invasion
The Kiwis with Still Life – EP
BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER RECORDING
Amanda Rogers with The Hallow
Colleen Kattau with Besos Kisses
Just Joe with Breakdown
Sydney Irving with Relax With Fiends
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