New Mexico Music Awards
2008
The 21th Annual
New Mexico Music Awards

2008 Winners

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Tom Rutherford - Master of Ceremonies
Tom Rutherford -Master of Ceremonies for all 21 Years

 

New Mexico Music Awards - 2008

 

 

New Mexico Music Awards - 2008

Vivan Thompson - 2008

 

Best Of the Year

Hot Water-Vivan Thompson

Greg Martin-Producer

Dead Horse Studio / Tone Palace

Taos

 

Best Producer

Greg Martin

Hot Water-Vivian Thompson

Dead Horse Studio/Tone Palace

Taos

 

Best Producer - 2008

 

New Mexico Music Awards - 2008

 

Best Engineer - 2008

 

 

Best Engineer

Andy Byrd & Jon Gold-Engineer

Brave New World-Robert Mirabal

Robert Mirabal, Andy Byrd-Writers

Andy Byrd-Producer

Deadhorse Studio-Taos

 

 

Best Pop CD

Stories

Kito Peters, Simon Snaize, David Cragin

The Eagle's Nest

Cerrillos

 


 

2008

Eric Larson
Lifetime Achievment Award

 

Kurt Jaeckel and Gary Mathews
of Quickbeam Inc.

 

 


 

Best Rock CD

Dance Like A Ghost

Alyassin,Mettling,Click,Howell,Widdowson,Cragin,Lopez

J Mettling, S Howell, S Widdowson, D Cragin, J Lopez

 

 

 

 

 

Best Vocal Performance

Best Vocal Performance - 2008

Ooh, Baby, Baby

Melvin Crisp, Joan Griffin, Bob Barron

Songwriters - W. Robinson, W. Moore

Ed Schultz, Randy Clark and Combo Special-Producers

Ed Schultz, Randy Clark-Engineers

Zuzax Trax-Tijeras

 

Best Remake

Scarborough Fair

Elu

Public Domain

Jeffrey Mettling-Producer / Engineer

Trinity Studio-Albuquerque

 

Elu - 2008

Elu

 

New Mexico Music Awards - 2008

 

 

 

Best Live Recording

Reservation Of Education

XIT

Tom Bee, Mac Suazo & Michael Valvano-Writers

Tom Bee-Producer

J. Douglas Geist-Engineer

Santa Fe Center Studio-Albuquerque

 

Best Instrumental

Avalon

Michael Anthony-Nostalgia

De Sylva, Jolson, Rose-Writers

Lone Guitar Publishing

Sid Fendley-Engineer

Mountain Road Recording-Albuquerque

 

 

 

Best Website - 2008

Larry Mitchell, George Palaszewski

 

Best Artist Website

www.larrymitchell.com

design by

George Palaszewski, Larry Mitchell

 

 

Best Packaging

Michael Anthony - Nostalgia

design by

Richard Kilmer

 

??????? Help Who is this

 

 

Rick Huff - 2008

Rick Huff - The "Best in the West" is in the House

 

Best Arrangement

Brave New World

Robert Mirabal & Star Road Records

Robert Mirabal, Andy Byrd-Writers

Andy Byrd-Producer

Andy Byrd & Jon Gold-Engineer

Deadhorse Studio-Taos

 

 

 

Robert Mirabal -2008

Robert Mirabal Band

 

 

Best Song - 2008

Best Song

Peace by Piece (song for Tessa)

Busy McCarroll

Busy McCarroll-Writer / Producer

Baird Banner-Engineer

Kludgit Sound-Cerrillos

 

 


 

Adult R&B

Must Be An Angel

Michael Herndon featuring Dimi Disante

Michael Herndon & Daniel Johnson-Writers

Daniel Johnson & Michael Herndon-Producers

Daniel Johnson & Guy A. Harris-Engineers

The Umbrella-Albuquerque

 

 


 

Americana

Nine-Mile Hill

Kevin Hughes

Kevin Hughes-Writer / Producer

Kevin Hughes

Blane Sloan, Roger Baker-Engineers

Eagle Rock-Albuquerque

 

 

 

 

Blues

222 Blues

Rumaldo Ortiz

Rumaldo Ortiz-Writer /Producer / Engineer

Oh Gee! Digital Recording Studio-Santa Fe

 

 

Rumaldo with his Godson Jay - 2008

Rumaldo with his Godson Jay

 


The Dads

 

Dan Mayfield - 2008 Presenter
Presenter - Dan Mayfield

Bluegrass

Boundary Line

Jon Gold, Rob Watt, Unstrung Heroes

Jon Gold & Rob Watt-Writers

Andy Byrd-Producer

Andy Byrd & Jon Gold-Engineers

Dead Horse Studio-Taos

 

 
 

Country

Count Me In

Lisa Carman

Lisa Carman-Writer / Producer

Michael Chavez-Engineer

Stepbridge Studio-Santa Fe

 

 

Electronica

DUB

Coco O'Connor

Coco O'Connor-Writer

Taylor O'Connor & David Cragin-Producers

David Cragin-Engineer

The Eagles Nest-Cerrillos

 

 

Help with Name and Award

Larry Freedman
Larry Freedman of Combo Special


Ryan McGarvey Band - 2008
Ryan McGarvey Band

 

TuMan Productions - Albuquerque

Matthew Lowe, Michael Jaramillo & Colin Darby

 

Hip Hop

Look Back

Matthew Lowe, Michael Jaramillo & Colin Darby

Matthew Lowe, Michael Jaramillo & Colin Darby-Writers

Matthew Lowe & Michael Jaramillo-Producers

Matthey Lowe-Engineer

TuMan Productions-Albuquerque

 

 

 

Hispanic - Contemporary/
Salsa/Latino Rhythm

Kathleen's New World

Randy Rane

Randy Rane-Writer

Randy Rane & Ivan Rane-Producers / Engineers

Rane Studios-Santa Fe

 


Fabian Martinez - 2008

Fabian Martinez accepting award for Matt and Jenna

 

Hispanic - Traditional

Una Tarde Lluviosa

Jenna

Fabian Martinez-Songwriter

Matthew Martinez-Producer / Engineer

Martinez Recording Studio-Albuquerque

 

 

Rebecca Owen - 2008

Rebecca Owen

 

Jazz

Miss Lady

Le Chat Lunatique

Muni Kulasinghe-Writer

Le Chat Lunatique-Producer

Debo Orlofsky-Engineer

Big Rock Studio-Albuquerque

 

 

Le Chat Lunatique - 2008

Le Chat Lunatique

 

 



Native American - Contemporary

Equinox

Joy Harjo & Larry Mitchell

Joy Harjo-Writer

Larry Mitchell-Producer / Engineer

Insatiable Studios Southwest-Santa Fe

 

 

Le Chat Lunatique - 2008

Le Chat Lunatique

 

Native American - Traditional

Gourd Songs

Walter Ahhaitty & Friends

Walter Ahhaitty-Writer

Tom Bee-Producer

Brandon Friesen-Engineer

Santa Fe Center Studio-Albuquerque

 

 

New Age - Contemporary

Walking Through Time

Elu

Jeffrey Mettling & Julian Rivera-Writers

Jeffrey Mettling-Producer / Engineer

Trinity Studio-Albuquerque

 

Novelty - Humorous

Buy Local

Kathleen Sabo

Kathleen Sabo-Writer / Producer / Engineer

Voice and Verse-Albuquerque

 

 

 

New Mexico Music Awards - 2008

Colin Darby, Amanda Grant and Michael Darby

 

 

 

 

Religious / Gospel

Shine

Shunnae Love & Larry Mitchell

Shunnae Love-Writer

Larry Mitchell-Producer / Engineer

Insatiable Studios Southwest-Santa Fe

 

Rock - AC

So Much Better

Cristen Grey & Brian Widger

Cristen Grey-Writer

Cristen Grey & Brian Widger-Producers / Engineers

Tire House Studios-Santa Fe

 

Cristen Grey - 2008

Cristen Grey

 

 

 

Rock Alternative

Dance Like a Ghost

David Alyassin, JeffreyMettling, Andrew Click

David Alyassin-Writer

Jeffrey Mettling-Producer

Jeffrey Mettling & Andrew Click-Engineers

Trinity Studio-Albuquerque / Stepbridge Studio-Santa Fe

 

 

Rock Mainstream

Way to Go Romeo

Good As Dead

Jesse Mee, Craig Berry, SamBlankenship, Jeremy Yazzie-Writers

John Wall & Good As Dead-Producers

John Wall-Engineer

Wall of Sound-Albuquerque

 

 

 

 

Rock Metal

Crucified

Blind Dryve

Blind Dryve-Writers

Blind Dryve, Ysidro R. Garcia-Porducers

Ysidro R. Garcia-Engineer

Sight 16 Studios-Albuquerque

 

Rock Punk

For The Last Time

J. Douglas Geist, Gered Grebe

Gered Grebe-Writer

J. Douglas Geist-Producer / Engineer

Santa Fe Center Studio-Albuquerque

 

 

New Mexico Music Awards - 2008

Debo Orlofsky, Melvin Crisp, Joan Griffin

 

Vivian Thompson

 

 

Western

Gold

Vivian Thompson

Vivian Thompson-Writer

Greg Martin-Producer

Jon Gold, Omar Rane, Greg Martin & Andy Byrd-Engineers

Dead Horse Studio/Tone Palace-Taos

 

 

World Beat

Gotta Know

Native Roots

John Williams & Emmett Garcia-Writers

John williams & Shkeme Garcia-Producers

John Williams-Engineer

Irie Culture Studios-Albuquerque

 

 

 

 
 
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