January 27th, 2013
By mbreen |
Music |
Posted In: Live Music, Music News, CEAs
Wussy (for KEXP) at last year's SXSW (Photo: Jim Bennett)
Cincinnati Entertainment Awards: The Winners
The winners from tonight's epic CEA blowout at the Madison Theater
Wussy (for KEXP) at last year's SXSW (Photo: Jim Bennett)
It was another epic Cincinnati Entertainment Awards ceremony tonight at the Madison Theater, as a full house celebrated some of the best Greater Cincinnati music has to offer. And drank. A lot.
The show went off great, with some excellent live performances from nominees and lots of fun from new host Ted Clark. I'll have more on the CEA show tomorrow (the afterparty is still in full effect as I type this), but gotta give props to CityBeat's own Jac Kern, who provided one of the funniest moments in CEA history before presenting the CEA for Hip Hop. Beyonce ain't got nothing on you, Jac!
More tomorrow (fear not — the show will actually be broadcast on cable this year; details coming soon), but, in the meantime, here's who won what at tonight's ceremony. Wussy — which has been on a serious roll since releasing the fantastic Strawberry near the end of 2011 (it made the cut-off for this year's awards, since the album came out around the same time as the last CEAs) — had the best night, taking home both the Artist of the Year and Album of the Year CEAs.
Congrats to all of the nominees and winners and everyone who showed up to party. Y'all are crazy.
1 Country - Mason James
2 Jazz - Blue Wisp Big Band
3 Singer/Songwriter - Kelly Thomas
4 World Music/Reggae - The Cliftones
5 Metal - Pulse8
6 Blues - Ricky Nye
7 Alternative/Indie - The Seedy Seeds
8 Hip Hop - Gold Shoes
9 Folk/Americana - The Tillers
10 Rock - Buffalo Killers
11 Bluegrass - Rumpke Mountain Boys
12 Electronic - You, You're Awesome
13 Live Act - 500 Miles to Memphis
14 Hard Rock - Chakras
15 R&B/Soul/Funk - The Cincy Brass
16 Punk - Switchblade Syndicate
17 Best new Artist – DAAP Girls
18 Album of the year - Wussy's Strawberry
19 Artists of the year - Wussy
The show went off great, with some excellent live performances from nominees and lots of fun from new host Ted Clark. I'll have more on the CEA show tomorrow (the afterparty is still in full effect as I type this), but gotta give props to CityBeat's own Jac Kern, who provided one of the funniest moments in CEA history before presenting the CEA for Hip Hop. Beyonce ain't got nothing on you, Jac!
More tomorrow (fear not — the show will actually be broadcast on cable this year; details coming soon), but, in the meantime, here's who won what at tonight's ceremony. Wussy — which has been on a serious roll since releasing the fantastic Strawberry near the end of 2011 (it made the cut-off for this year's awards, since the album came out around the same time as the last CEAs) — had the best night, taking home both the Artist of the Year and Album of the Year CEAs.
Congrats to all of the nominees and winners and everyone who showed up to party. Y'all are crazy.
1 Country - Mason James
2 Jazz - Blue Wisp Big Band
3 Singer/Songwriter - Kelly Thomas
4 World Music/Reggae - The Cliftones
5 Metal - Pulse8
6 Blues - Ricky Nye
7 Alternative/Indie - The Seedy Seeds
8 Hip Hop - Gold Shoes
9 Folk/Americana - The Tillers
10 Rock - Buffalo Killers
11 Bluegrass - Rumpke Mountain Boys
12 Electronic - You, You're Awesome
13 Live Act - 500 Miles to Memphis
14 Hard Rock - Chakras
15 R&B/Soul/Funk - The Cincy Brass
16 Punk - Switchblade Syndicate
17 Best new Artist – DAAP Girls
18 Album of the year - Wussy's Strawberry
19 Artists of the year - Wussy
A comment on the venue for this much praised music award event.....(comments such as "thisis the only one in the country"......."we are praised and recognized everywhere"......'other cities dream of doing this")........please change the venue. The multiple issues with the location do not do justice to the wide scope of talent, tributes and recognition. Up it a bit.....past venues have been awesome.
This is NOT the only local music awards even in the country. Other cities DONT dream of doing this. They do it better, and with more class. There wasn't one performer who was worth a $20 ticket. I was embarrassed last night.