After a one-year break*, the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards return this year for a 20th-anniversary celebration of Greater Cincinnati musicians. The ceremony takes place Nov. 19 at a first-time CEA venue — Over-the-Rhine’s beautiful Memorial Hall. But before we get to that, your help is needed to determine the winners.
This year’s CEA ballot is available now at vote.citybeat.com. The public is invited to cast votes in 16 categories, ranging from genres like Bluegrass, Punk, Jazz and Hip Hop to those honoring Singer/Songwriter, Best Live Act and Best Music Video.
The Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominees are determined by an initial public nomination poll, as well as a nominating committee of local-music experts that includes writers, DJs and booking agents/promoters. Winners in the three final categories — Album of the Year, New Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year — are determined by the committee and not voted on by the public.
Up for 2017 Album of the Year honors are releases by The Yugos, Jess Lamb and the Factory, Lift the Medium, Suck the Honey, Brian Olive and Dawg Yawp. The Yugos and Dawg Yawp join JSPH, Mad Anthony, Jeremy Pinnell and The Upset Victory in this year’s Artist of the Year category. The 2017 CEA nominees for New Artist of the Year are Lung, Carriers, Soften, Sylmar, Suck the Honey and Joesph. See the full list of nominees below.
Stay tuned for the latest CEA updates, including information on tickets, performers and other 2017 ceremony details.
* Because of the gap in CEA programs, for 2017’s nominees, the time span considered begins in 2016 (the last CEA show was in January 2016 and honored 2015 accomplishments).
CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS 2017 Nominees
Bluegrass
Hickory Robot
Comet Bluegrass All-Stars
Rumpke Mountain Boys
Northern Kentucky Bluegrass Band
Slippery Creek
Country
Jeremy Pinnell
Noah Smith
Dallas Moore
Taylor Shannon
90 Proof Twang
Folk/Americana
Young Heirlooms
Arlo McKinley
Wonky Tonk
Dawg Yawp
The Tillers
World Music/Reggae
The Cliftones
Queen City Silver Stars
Elementree Livity Project
Baoku Moses
Rockstead
Rock
Mad Anthony
Dead Man String Band
The Upset Victory
Lemon Sky
Suck the Honey
Metal/Hardcore/Hard Rock
Lift the Medium
Electric Citizen
Moonbow
Siegelord
Dear Agony
Singer/Songwriter
Andrew Hibbard
Arlo McKinely
Noah Smith
Freedom Nicole Moore
Wonky Tonk
Indie/Alternative
The Yugos
Sylmar
Wussy
Joesph
Lung
Punk
Tiger Sex
Leggy
The Dopamines
Lipstick Fiction
Friday Giants
Blues
J Dorsey Band
Ricky Nye
Erin Coburn
Johnny Fink and the Intrusion
Noah Wotherspoon
R&B/Funk/Soul
JSPH
Blvck Seeds
Freekbass
Krystal Peterson & the Queen City Band
Ernie Johnson from Detroit
Jazz
Blue Wisp Big Band
The Hot Magnolias
Faux Frenchmen
Brad Myers
Brandon Coleman Quartet
Hip Hop
Abiyah
Monty C. Benjamin
Juan Cosby
SPEED Walton
IsWhat?!
Electronic
Black Signal
Moonbeau
Dark Colour
Moira
Abby Vice
Best Live Act
Tiger Sex
The Upset Victory
Young Heirlooms
Dead Man String Band
SPEED Walton
Mad Anthony
Best Music Video
Lost Coast – “Backslide City”
Taylor Shannon– “Emily”
Wonky Tonk – “Four Letter Word”
One Day Steady – “Shoot & Run”
Dawg Yawp – “Can’t Think”
Harbour – “Get You High”
D-Eight and Sleep (The Fraternity) – “COP (Criminal on Payroll)”
Friday Giants – “Twenty Nothings”
Critical Achievement Awards (voted on by the nominating committee)
Album Of The Year
The Yugos – Weighing the Heart
Jess Lamb and the Factory – The Collection
Lift the Medium – Moment in Time
Suck the Honey – All Hail Having Failed
Brian Olive – Living on Top
Dawg Yawp – Dawg Yawp
New Artist Of the Year
Lung
Carriers
Soften
Sylmar
Suck the Honey
Joesph
Artist Of The Year
Dawg Yawp
JSPH
Mad Anthony
Jeremy Pinnell
The Upset Victory
The Yugos
VOTE NOW!
This article appears in Oct 18-25, 2017.
