Category: NCB Awards

Three Day Reminder: Final Ballots for the 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due from NCBS Members on January 20, 2018.

Redwood City is the Peninsula’s Home Of Bluegrass Music. The city has a strong tradition of supporting the arts and has a deep appreciation of good music. Bluegrass music is a regular feature of local civic celebrations.

For the past 11 years, the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission has awarded a base grant that allows the Northern California Bluegrass Society to present the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival on the last weekend of January.

The highlight of the BOB festival is the Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert, set for Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Veteran’s Memorial Senior Center Theatre.

The FREE day-long program runs from 10:00am-5:00pm and is open to the public.

The 11th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards Show & Concert will be held at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center Theatre, 1455 Madison Avenue in Redwood City. The FREE program will run 10:00am-5:00pm.

The program will be part of a weekend of our music in Redwood City, the “Peninsula Home Of Bluegrass Music.”

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the annual Bluegrass On Broadway festival with principal financial support from the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

One Week Reminder: Final Ballots for the 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due from NCBS Members on January 20, 2018.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the finalists for the 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards:

1. Bluegrass Band

AJ Lee & Blue Summit

Bean Creek

Blue & Lonesome

Blue J’s

Central Valley Boys

High Country

Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

Windy Hill

2. Male Vocalist

Snap Jackson

Billy Pitrone

Chris Smith

Yoseff Tucker

Sullivan Tuttle

3. Female Vocalist

Kathy Barwick

Sarah Eblen

AJ  Lee

Louise Mintun

Carolyn Sills

4. Guitar

Kathy Barwick

Jim Nunally

Steve Pottier

Yoseff Tucker

Sullivan Tuttle

5. Mandolin

Tom Bekeny

Josh Gooding

Pete Hicks

AJ Lee

Ed Neff

Butch Waller

6. Banjo

Larry Chung

Larry Cohea

Snap Jackson

Jesse Personeni

Max Schwartz

7. Fiddle

Pete Hicks

Chad Manning

Ed Neff

Paul Shelasky

Lee Anne Welch

8. Dobro

Leslie Abbott

Kathy Barwick

Tomas Enguidanos

Avram Frankel

Jim Mintun

9. Bass

Lisa Burns

Isaac Cornelius

Sarah Eblen

Dave Gooding

Paul Knight

NOTE: There are more than 5 finalists in some categories due to ties.

One Day Reminder: NCBS Members should vote their 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards Second Round Ballots by the due date of January 9, 2018.

Three Day Reminder: Second Round Ballots for the 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due from NCBS Members on January 9, 2018.

One Week Reminder: Second Round Ballots for the 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due from NCBS Members on January 9, 2018.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced the nominees for the 2018 Northern California Bluegrass Awards:

1. Bluegrass Band

35 Years of Trouble

AJ Lee & Blue Summit

Bangers & Grass

Barwick & Siegfried

Bean Creek

Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys

Blue & Lonesome

Blue J’s

Bow Ties

Brookdale Bluegrass Band

California Tallboys

Central Valley Boys

Cliff Compton & Mountain Top

Crying Shame

Cryin’ Uncle

Dark Hollow

Faux Renwah

Glad To Be Here

Goat Hill Girls

Grasskickers

High Country

Hot October

Jones Gang

Loganville

Mighty Crows

Naked Bootleggers

Pacific Drive

Old Belle

One Button Suit

Rogue River

Rusty Stringfield

Shepherd Canyon Band

Sidesaddle & Co

Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players

Stoney Mountain Ramblers

Town Howlers

Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood

Wildcat Mountain Ramblers

Windy Hill

2. Male Vocalist

Eric Antrim

Jerry Barush

Ryan Breens

Eric Burman

Larry Chung

Larry Cohea

Cliff Compton

Glenn Dauphin

Rick Ednie

Tomas Enguidanos

Jesse Fichman

David Field

Avram Frankel

John Gooding

Josh Gooding

Joe Helm

Pete Hicks

Rob Horgan

Snap Jackson

Travis Jones

John Kornhauser

Matt Lauer

Jerry Logan

John McKelvy

Jim Mintun

Dan Newitt

Billy Pitrone

Bradley Richter

Tom Shewmake

Victor Skidanenko

Bob Smith

Chris Smith

Yoseff Tucker

Sullivan Tuttle

Butch Waller

Robert Waller

Henry Warde

Thomas Wille

Robert Zeien

3. Female Vocalist

Kathy Barwick

Pam Brandon aka Belle Monroe

Sarah Eblen

Kim Elking

Stacy Erdman

Rainy Escobar

Helen Foley

Dana Frankel

Jessica Furui

Penny Godlis

Daisy Kerr

Jennifer Kitchen

AJ  Lee

Melissa Lincoln

Linda Maki

Louise Mintun

Tonya Newstetter

Angela Personeni

Hailey Pexton

Jody Richardson

Nell Robinson

Amy Sher

Tessa Schwartz

Carolyn Sills

Wendy Burch Steel

Chris Stevenson aka Prairie Flower

Suzanne Suwanda

Ella Warde

Karen Wilhoyte

Ida Winfree

4. Guitar

Eric Antrim

Kathy Barwick

Brian Burke

Eric Burman

Larry Chung

Glenn Dauphin

Rick Ednie

Tomas Enguidanos

Ian Epstein

Jesse Fichman

David Field

Avram Frankel

John Gooding

Daisy Kerr

John Kornhauser

Matt Lauer

Jerry Logan

Linda Maki

Alex Mayers

Tonya Newstetter

Jim Nunally

Billy Pitrone

Mitch Polzak

Steve Pottier

Victor Skidanenko

Bob Smith

Matthew Songmaker

Yoseff Tucker

Michael Tuttle

Sullivan Tuttle

Marty Varner

Yvonne Walbroehl

Mike Wilhoyte

Thomas Wille

Robert Zeien

5. Mandolin

Tom Bekeny

TJ Carskadon

Kim Elking

Bill Foss

Lucas French

Josh Gooding

John Gwinner

Pete Hicks

Mark Hogan

Shane Kalbach

Kara Kundert

AJ Lee

Wendy Molin

Ed Neff

Andy O’Brien

Steve Pottier

Teo Quale

Bradley Richter

Tom Shewmake

Victor Skidanenko

Michael Tuttle

Butch Waller

Henry Warde

Ida Winfree

6. Banjo

Ryan Breen

Chris Caputo

Larry Chung

Paul Clarke

Larry Cohea

Robert Cornelius

Scott Dailey

Tim Edes

Dave Guarente

Rob Horgan

Snap Jackson

Ted Kuster

Chad Manning

BanjerDan Mazer

Billy Moore

Tom Naiman

Jesse Personeni

Max Schwartz

Sonia Shell

Victor Skidanenko

Tyler Stegall

Larry White

Christine Wilhoyte

7. Fiddle

Tom Bekeny

Cactus Bob Cole

Dennis English

Dana Frankel

Brandon Godman

Margaret Green

Pete Hicks

Shane Kalbach

Jack Kinney

Melissa Lincoln

Helen Lude

Chad Manning

Ed Neff

Jan Purat

Miles Quale

Teo Quale

Jody Richardson

Alisa Rose

Tessa Schwartz

Paul Shelasky

Amy Sher

Matthew Songmaker

Ella Warde

Mark Wardenburg

Lee Anne Welch

8. Dobro

Leslie Abbott

Kathy Barwick

Cliff Compton

Gary Anwyl

Tomas Enguidanos

Will Forte

Avram Frankel

John Gwinner

Ralph Hendricks

Jim Mintun

Charlie Wallace

9. Bass

Lisa Burns

Brian Clark

Isaac Cornelius

Glenn Dauphin

Tom Drohan

Matt Dudman

Sarah Eblen

Helen Foley

Vicki Frankel

Dave Gooding

Jacob Gooding

Megan January

Jennifer Kitchen

Paul Knight

Meghan Leslie

Deb Livermore

Jerry Logan

Linda Maki

Kyle McCabe

Louise Mintun

Andrew Osborn

Angela Personeni

Steve Pottier

Max Schwartz

Chris Stevenson aka Prairie Flower

Suzanne Suwanda

Allegra Thompson

James Touzel

Karen Wilhoyte

Ida Winfree

One Day Reminder: Nominations for the 11th Annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards are due on Saturday, October 21, 2017.

E-Mail submissions are recommended.

Nomination Information