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Northwest Arkansas Music Award winners

April 24th, 2008 at 11:43 pm

Joe Giles accepts a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards on April 24. Photos by Kevin Kinder, Northwest Arkansas Times.

Here are the results from the Northwest Arkansas Music Awards that took place April 24 at the Dickson Theater in Fayetteville.

The event featured performances by Luda, the Pope County Bootleggers, One Oz. Jig, The Memphis Pencils and Benjamin Del Shreve, who took home male Best Male Vocalist, Best Album and Best Pop Rock Band and Best Band of the Year Awards.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame, a honor given to those who have won a category three times, were Ocie Fisher and the Hipp Dogs, Effron White and the Flipoff Pirates.

Earning a lifetime achievement award was Joe Giles, leader of Joe Giles and the Homewreckers.

Click here to see a full list of winners.

Congratulations to all those who were honored this evening.

In the order the awards were presented:

Best Singer/Songwriter, male: Jeff Kearney

Best Singer/Songwriter, female: Sarah Hughes

Hall of Fame inductee No. 1: Effron White

Best Female Vocalist: Leah Spears (of Leah and the Mojo Doctors)

Best Roots/Americana Band: Sarah Hughes Band

Best Jazz Band: Matt Smith Trio

Best Rock/R&B/Blues Band: The Eoff Brothers Band

Best Jam/World Music Band: Joseph Israel

Hall of Fame inductee No. 2: Ocie Fisher and the Hipp Dogs

Lifetime Achievement Award: Joe Giles

Best Male Vocalist: Benjamin Del Shreve

Best Power Rock/Southern Rock Band: Maud Crawford

Best Metal/Hard Rock Band: Wrought

Best Pop Rock Band: (tie) Apartment 5 and Benjamin Del Shreve

Best Indie/Ambient Band: The.Radio.Sky

Jeff Kearney performed with his band, One Oz. Jig, at the NAMA ceremony. Kearney was honored as the year’s top male singer/songwriter and was also inducted into the NAMA Hall of Fame with one of his bands, the Flip Off Pirates.

Hall of Fame inductee No. 3: Flipoff Pirates

Best Electronic/Groove Band: Fayetteville Funk Ensemble

Best None of the Above Band: Six Hung Sprung

Best Band of the Year: Benjamin Del Shreve

Best Producer/Studio: The Listen Lab

Best New Band: A Good Fight

Best Album of the Year: Benjamin Del Shreve

Author: Kevin Kinder
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glen says:

July 1, 2008 at 1:07 am

Thanks for the list. I was searching for the list but now only i got the list of Award Winner from this site. Thank tou again for the list posted….

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Thursday 5/23

Jazz music — Chelsea’s Corner Café, Eureka Springs.
Keith Nicholson — 6-9 p.m., Crabby’s, Rogers.
Michael Shaw — 7-10 p.m., Foghorn’s on College, Fayetteville.
Fox Confessor — 9 p.m., and Piano and Drums Jazz Trio, 7-9 p.m., Fresco Cafe and Pub, Fayetteville.
Granger Smith — George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville.
TJ Scarlett — JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville.
Jeff Fox — JJ’s Grill, Rogers
Earl and Them — Jose’s Restaurant & Club, Fayetteville.
Kory Montgomery — 7 p.m., Landry’s New Orleans Cafe, Fort Smith.
Fey-it-nahm-erz — Mojo’s Pints & Pies, Fayetteville.
Groovement — 7 p.m. Powerhouse Seafood & Grill, Fayetteville.
Air Loom — Smoke & Barrel Tavern, Fayetteville.
Clarke Buehling and friends — 6 p.m., Tanglewood Branch Beer Co., Fayetteville. Free.

Friday 5/24

David Miller — 7-9 p.m., Acoustic Mud, Bella Vista.
The Larrys — 9:30 p.m., The Bayou, Rogers.
Blackout Boys — Chelsea’s Corner Café, Eureka Springs.
Jon Knox — 7-10 p.m., Foghorn’s on College, Fayetteville.
Fresco Jazz Trio — 6-9 p.m., Fresco Cafe and Pub, Fayetteville.
Nathan A. — with Hadden Sayers, Shawn James, Kory Montgomery, 6-8 p.m., George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville.
Fork and Knife — Greenhouse Grille, Fayetteville.
Dead Armadillo — JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville.
Nu UnYun — JJ’s Grill, Prairie Creek.
Mike and Grady — JJ’s Grill, Rogers.
Keith Nicholson Trio — Jose’s Restaurant & Club, Fayetteville.
Bannister Brothers — Jose’s Southwest Grille, Springdale.
TJ Scarlett — Landry’s New Orleans Cafe, Fort Smith.
DJ EJ — Lightbulb Club, Fayetteville.
Altered Beasts — 6:30-9:30 p.m., Mermaid’s, Fayetteville.
Nathan and Jake — 8 p.m., Mojo’s Pints & Pies, Fayetteville.
Michael “Roosterboy” Shipp — Neumeier’s Rib Room, Fort Smith.
Dorrian Cross — Pied Piper, Eureka Springs.
The Thunderlizards — Smoke & Barrel Tavern, Fayetteville. $3.
Claudia Burson Trio — 8-10:30 p.m., Union Lounge, Fayetteville.

Saturday 5/25

Christine Wedel — 7-9 p.m., Acoustic Mud, Bella Vista.
Redwitch Johnny — Billy’s Bar and Grill, Fayetteville.
Tyler Gregory and Chucky Waggs — Chelsea’s Corner Café, Eureka Springs.
Scott Young — 7-10 p.m., Foghorn’s on College, Fayetteville.
Roby Pantall — 6-9 p.m., Fresco Cafe and Pub, Fayetteville.
Chasing Pictures — with Surf de Soleil, Silent Waits the Archer, Me Like Bees, George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville.
The Ner’ do Wells — 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jammin’ Java, Fayetteville.
Brian Odle — JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville.
Wes and Karl — JJ’s Grill, Prairie Creek.
Ouachita River Band — JJ’s Grill, Rogers.
FOS Project — Jose’s Restaurant & Club, Fayetteville.
Mike and Grady — Jose’s Southwest Grille, Springdale.
The Bannister Brothers — Landry’s New Orleans Cafe, Fort Smith.
Mothwind — with Dying, The Lightbulb Club, Fayetteville.
Adams Collins Duo — 6:30-9:30 p.m., Mermaid’s, Fayetteville.
Diana and the Heartbeats — 8 p.m., Mojo’s Pints & Pies, Fayetteville.
Heartist — with Crown the Empire, more, 6 p.m., NWA Showcase Theater, Fayetteville.
South Wind — Pied Piper, Eureka Springs.
Paper Jam — 9 p.m., Shirley’s Bar, Springdale.
Basement Brew — Smoke & Barrel Tavern, Fayetteville.
Keith Nicholson — 7-10 p.m., Wasabi, Fayetteville.

Sunday 5/26

Skinny Gypsies — Chelsea’s Corner Café, Eureka Springs.
Candy Lee — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Common Grounds, Fayetteville.
Claudia Burson Trio — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Copeland’s Famous New Orleans Restaurant, Rogers.
Lindsey Will — Greenhouse Grille, Fayetteville.
Mike and Grady — JJ’s Grill, Prairie Creek.
South Wind — Pied Piper, Eureka Springs.
Blew Reed and the Flatheads — Rowdy Beaver Den, Eureka Springs.
Rochelle Bradshaw — Teatro Scarpino, Fayetteville.

Monday 5/27

Springbilly — Chelsea’s Corner Café, Eureka Springs.
John Silva — JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville.
Russ Hutchison — JJ’s Grill, Prairie Creek.
Voxana — JJ’s Grill, Rogers.
Jeff Gray and friends — 6 p.m., Tanglewood Branch Beer Co., Fayetteville.

Tuesday 5/28

Blues jam — 8 p.m., The Bayou, Rogers.
Ashley McBryde — JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville.
Mo Brothers — JJ’s Grill, Rogers.
The Traveling Wheelbearings — Jose’s Restaurant & Club, Fayetteville.
Leah and the Mojo Doctors — Jose’s Southwest Grille, Springdale.
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