2022 Nominees
2022 San Diego Music Awards
are presented by
Best Folk or Acoustic Song
Amanda Cogan - Shifting Winds
Astra Kelly – The River Song
Jay L. Henry – How Many Days
Jess Wright - Santa Maria
Lee Coulter - The Times They Are a-Changin’
Lindsay White - Piece of Quiet
Noah Allen – I Loved Her
Best Folk or Acoustic Album
Amanda Munro – Clean Slate
Blossom & Bloom – Songs to Sing
Bobo Czarnowski - The Man I Hope to Be
Dave Preston - Tehachapi Line
Jefferson Jay – Welcome
Maya Rosenbaum – House of Cards
Whiskey & Burlap - Around the Bend
Best Jazz Artist
Ed Kornhauser
Euphoria Brass Band
Gilbert Castellanos
Joshua White
Matt DiBiase Quartet
Nathan Hubbard
Rob Thorsen
Best Blues Artist
Billy Watson
Casey Hensley
Manzanita Blues
Mercedes Moore
Stephen El Rey
Taryn Donath
Whitney Shay
Best Jazz or Blues Album
Chickenbone Slim - Serve It To Me Hot
Chunky Hustle Brass Band – ChuBB
Ira B. Liss Big Band - Mazel Tov Kocktail!
Ghost Jazz Trio – On the Level
Patrick Yandall – Chasing the Light
Peter Sprague – Blue Kind of Miles
Steve Nichols - The Guitar Sounds of Steve Nichols
Best Country or Americana Artist
Ron Steven Houston
Coral Bells
Enter the Blue Sky
Jeff Berkley & The Banned
MohaviSoul
Sara Petite
The Sleepwalkers
Best Country or Americana Album
Clinton Davis - If I Live And I Don’t Get Killed
Coral Bells – Still Be Home
MohaviSoul – Stories & Memories
Sandé Lollis – Being Human
Sara Petite - Rare Bird
The Cedar Shakers – Signs
The Sea Monks – Lost Again
Best Hip Hop/Rap Artist
Biggie Babylon
Crhymes
Cory Blaze
K-Rock Tha Fantom
Riston Diggs
San Diablo Allstars
Sloat Dixon
Best Hip Hop/Rap Song
Crhymes - More Divide
Cory Blaze - Victory Effort
Def Shon - Suss (Among Us)
Élansoreal - Forgot About É
Katie LaDubz feat. Maestro - She Bitch
Motor Mouth Featuring. Def Shon – Beat Up The Block
Sham Blak - Weather Delay
Best Hip Hop/Rap Album
Bizzy Balboa – Purification
Bloodstone the Street Preacher - My Testimony # 2
D.N.D. - Destroy Never Die
Riston Diggs - 35
Sham Blak - The Evolution of Sham Blak: As Lucc Would Have It
The Toven – Walk of Fame 2
Twomps - Pawns or Kings
Best Pop Artist
Chloe Lou
Evan Diamond
Gregory Page
Lauren Leigh
Lee Coulter
The Naked I
The Verigolds
Best Pop Song
Bri McKay - Cut The Lights
Julia Sage and the Bad Hombres - I Shouldn’t Stay
Lauren Leigh - Trust Fall
Lele Rose – Nothing Lasts Forever
Sara Jade – Jacoma
Surrija – How Do I
The Fazes - Remote Control
Best Pop Album
Bart Mendoza - 66/68
Bella Kaye – Learning to Be
Calen Lucas – Young
Kieler Avery – Punchline
Paige Koehler – Sorry I’m Late
Tamar Berk - The Restless Dreams of Youth
The Verigolds - Take to the Sun
Best Rock Artist
Daring Greatly
Electric Mud
FreakShow
Mrs. Henry
Nights Like Thieves
The Farmers
The Routine
Best Rock Song
Avenue Army – Bedroom Window
Jon Campos & The Incurables - Birds of A Feather
Love Angeles – Fired Up
Sons of Edison - It's Time to Rock and Roll
Suede Radio – When Your Loved
Superweapon – Battle Cry
The Darbies - Sermons of Sympathy
Best Rock Album
Dewey Defeats Truman - The Way You Shatter
The Hiroshima Mockingbirds - 2
Elektric Voodoo - Telescope
Monarch – Future Shock
Mrs. Henry - Keep On Rising - Act I : The Sex Sells, Love Drugs, Rock N Roll Society
Nathan Raney - Season of Serenity
Nights Like Thieves - Better Late Than Never
Best Indie/Alternative Artist
Authentic Sellout
Aviator Stash
Glass Spells
Signal For Pilot
The Havnauts
The Petty Saints
The Schizophonics
Best Indie/Alternative Song
Aviator Stash – She’s Money
Dead Feather Moon – Western State Awnings
Jus Goodie – Light on the Runway
MDRN HSTRY - Holiday Hate
Saint Luna - Goldfish
Signal for Pilot – Midnight Drive
The Volclays – Talk It Over
Best Indie/Alternative Album
Evening’s Empire – Alive For Us
Imagery Machine - Reflections of Reality
King Whisker - Relaxing with Aunt Janine
Machine Politik – s/t
Subsurfer – Subversive
The Petty Saints - Long Way Home
Urethane - Chasing Horizons
Best World Music Album
Crucial Blend – Cruel World
Ginger Roots and The Protectors - Don’t Stop the Groove
KBong – Let Love Lead
Marujah con Crhymes – Blind American
Sankoh & The Rockaway Kings – Can’t Touch I
Slack Key Ohana - s/t
Sonido de la Frontera - Sonido Guerrillero
Best R&B, Funk or Soul Song
Jas Miller feat. Rebecca Jade & Gianni Vancini – Toes in the Sand
Miro Imani – Daytime
Rebecca Jade – What’s It Gonna Be
Thee Sacred Souls - Will I See You Again
The Gravities – Places
The Sully Band feat. Rebecca Jade - When The Battle Is Over
Tori Roze and The Hot Mess – Seek Your Sunshine
Best R&B, Funk or Soul Album
Chauncey Maynor - Masterpiece
DevLord - Deaden
Jehlad Hickson - A Wonderful Life
Kogee Soul Reprise - Silver Lining
Laser Rot - FunkTonic
Scoobert Doobert – Big Hug
TonyaJae & Carlo V. – Sweet Talk
Best Local Recording
A Lens to the Sun - s/t
Atom Orr - Edge of Today
Jordan Krimston - Bushwhacking
Nicey Nice World – Nonsectarian
Quel Bordel! – Dinner For Derelicts
Sluka - Figure It Out
Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orchestra - Movin’ Along
Best Video
MDRN HSTRY - Holiday Hate
Mrs. Henry – Peace, Love Rock n Roll
Nights Like Thieves - Follow Light
Rebecca Jade - What’s It Gonna Be
Shane Hall - Life Up
The Petty Saints - Clean Hands and Guilt
The Tourmaliners - Point Break
Best New Artist
A Lens to the Sun
Lords of the Satellite
PLOSIVS
Slack Key Ohana
Smoke + Mirrors Soundsystem
Son of Kane
The Fazes
Song of the Year
Angels & Airwaves - Euphoria
Jason Mraz - Be Where Your Feet Are
Rebecca Jade - What’s It Gonna Be
Slightly Stoopid – Everyday Life, Everyday People
Switchfoot - i need you (to be wrong)
Thee Sacred Souls - Will I See You Again
Wavves - Help is on the Way
Album of the Year
Mrs. Henry - Keep On Rising - Act I : The Sex Sells, Love Drugs, Rock N Roll Society
Patrick Yandall – Chasing the Lights
Sara Petite - Rare Bird
Sonido de la Frontera - Sonidero Guerrillero
Riston Diggs - 35
Tamar Berk - The Restless Dreams of Youth
The Verigolds - Take to the Sun
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