WYCE Jammies XXIII Award Nominees
Below you'll find the list of Jammie Award Nominees for this year's event taking place Friday, February 24th 2023 at The Intersection in Grand Rapids, MI.
Presented by 88.1FM WYCE.
The public will vote in 2 Listener Choice categories: 2022 Artist of The Year and 2022 Album of The Year
Ballots available here: Listener's Choice for Jammies XXIII
A panel of music industry representatives will vote for Critic's Choice in those categories as well. All nominated albums were submitted between 11/30/21-11/30/22 and finalists were shortlisted based on overall total spin counts from WYCE radio airplay and programmer ratings in 2022.
With over 200 Michigan entries submitted, refining the list of nominations has proven difficult while maintaining a level playing field for radio broadcast.
WYCE is proud to support local and regional music through a variety of ways including general WYCE radio airplay, performance opportunities on GRLIVE!, and local music features on Local Spins, which airs every Friday at 11AM on WYCE, 88.1 FM.
Thank you to all of the artists who make up the wonderfully talented music community in West Michigan! To submit music for consideration in 2023, visit Submit Music (grcmc.org)
WYCE's Programmers (DJs) on 88.1FM will vote for the winners in each of the following categories:
2022 Song of the Year:
Ajax Stacks // It Could Be Worse
Austin Benzing // Straight Down the Middle
Bonny Doon // San Francisco
Brie Stoner // Hungry
Cal in Red // Zebra
Cameron Blake // Blue Note
Chain Of Lakes // Brave Marie
Debra Perry & Majestic Praise // You'd Better Run
Djangophonique // Funk 39
Elijah Russ // It Won't be Easy
Empress Eyes // Floating
Ficus // Asteroid Blues
Grace Theisen // Master Of Fire
Jake Kershaw // I Don't Need No Doctor
Jetty Rae // Sad Omen
Jordan Hamilton // Believe In
Last Gasp Collective // All 4 Not
Laura Rain & The Caesars // I Am
Lazy Genius // Procession
Lee Heerspink // See You Soon
Luke Winslow-King // Watch Me Change
Major Murphy // In the Meantime
May Erlewine // Easy
Medicinal Groove // Grew Up Dancin'
Michigan Rattlers // That Kind of Life
Michigander // Stay Out Of It
Molly // Don't Be Surprised
Moss Manor // Anywhere
Myron Elkins // Hands To Myself
Normal Mode // Phobos
Phabies // Fire Seed
Pink Sky // Dark World
Pretoria // I Blew It
Rachel Curtis // To Be Loved
Rosewood 2055 // Dawgz
Sixman // Common Linage
Sophia McIntosh // Set Me Free
The Accidentals // Eastern Standard Time
The Bootstrap Boys // Some Days
The Hacky Turtles // The Low Before
The Soods // Ruby City
Wuzee & Samil // Can You Hear Me
Best Contemporary Folk Album:
Aspen Jacobsen // Arsonist Daughter
Brett Mitchell // For The Most Part
Brian Koenigsknecht // The Dirty Work
Cameron Blake // Mercy For The Gentle Kind
Carrie McFerrin // Postpartum
Chain Of Lakes // Catch
Cole Hansen // Vote For Love
Dede and The Dreamers // Powerful
DL Rossi // Lonesome Kind
Eliza Thorp // Stories We Told Along The Way
Eric O'Daly // Catching Light
Grace Theisen // Dance With The Shadows [EP]
Jetty Rae // Time Traveler
Kait Rose // Balance
Kanin Elizabeth // Homecoming [EP]
Kari Lynch // When The World Slows Down [Part 1]
Kyle Brown & The Human Condition // Kyle Brown & The Human Condition
May Erlewine // Tiny Beautiful Things
Rin Tarsy // Paradox
RyneShyne // RyneShyne
The Accidentals // Time Out Session 2
The Accidentals & Kaboom Collective Studio Orchestra // Reimagined
Travis Atkinson // Heart In Pieces
Best Rock/Pop Album:
August // Through The Looking Glass
Bedroom Ceilings // Buildings Outline Their Own Kind Of Poetry
Big Timmy & The Heavy Chevys // The Big Time
B-Sides // Herald's Missing The Funny Pages
Citizen Keen // Citizen Keen [EP]
Dana Nyson // openings
Desmond Jones // Rays of Light and Stardust
Elijah Russ // Sandcastles
Elijah Russ // Wandering
Empress Eyes // Sitting In My Room
Evelyine // New Life [EP]
FlyLiteGemini // Time & Space
Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions // Dad Rock
Lighting Matches // Past Forward [EP]
Nai'a // Color Me In Red [EP]
Nathan Walton And The Remedy // Daybreak
Nathan Walton And The Remedy // Night Drive
Rachel Curtis // Rachel Curtis
Radlee // Wonder
Sophia McIntosh // Set Me Free
The American Hotel System // Interrobang
The Blue Pines // Give and Take
The Concussions // Exxorcising Our Demons
Brandino Extravaganza // Leaps and Bounds
Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps // Live from Angry Hobbit Studios
Best Alternative Album:
Crooked Spires // Stroke of Havoc
DL Rossi // SDNIL
Easers // Easers
Fake Baseball // In With The Id Crowd
Fathom XIX // Middle Out
Ficus // Ficus
Fiona Dickinson // PONY
Future Skeletons // Live From Upstairs Man Studios
Hollywood Makeout // Skinny Dippin’ Scorpion
Lazy Genius // Procession
Lipstick Jodi // More Like Me
Lokella // As We Unravel
Major Murphy // Access
Parlor Voice // PV
Phabies // Fire Seed
Same Eyes // Desperate Ones
Sean Stynes // Heal
Second Hand Drugs // Surfin' Spy [EP]
Squatch // Squatch
Tiny Tree // XI
Best Hip Hop Album:
Adrian Wright // Future Love
Dante Cope // 23 [EP]
Jamon // 2 Seasons [EP]
Jordan Hamilton // Believe In
Last Gasp Collective // Our Daily Bread
Micah The Sage // MLTiDMNSL
Rosewood 2055 // When The Night Calls
Samil // A Summer Night
Best Electronic Album:
Cal In Red // Cellular
Dreas // Stimulus Response
Pablo Eskobear // Champion Bangers
Pablo Eskobear // Pool Parties [EP]
Shadow Forest // Hiraeth
Silent Spirit // Shape Shift [EP]
The Olllam //elllegy
The New Runes // The Muse
Best Blues/Soul Album:
Bruce Madden // Trouble Times
Jake Kershaw // Jake Kershaw
Laura Rain & The Caesars // Rise Again
Peter Madcat Ruth's CAR.Ma Quartet // Cosmic Convergence
Sarena Rae // River
Sarena Rae // Heaven
The Big House Blues Band // Rikki's Roadhouse
The Weezil Malone Band // Desert Drive-In
Best Roots/Americana Album:
Austin Benzing // Live From Dogtown
Cody Robert DeWindt // Hard Luck Days
Jesse Ray and The Carolina Catfish // Jesse Ray And The Carolina Catfish
Luke Winslow-King // If These Walls Could Talk
Nathan Kalish // Great Big Motel Bed In The Sky
Silver Creek Revival // Silver Creek Revival
Stella! // Stella Tells The Truth
The Bootstrap Boys // New Beginnings
The Whiskey Charmers // On The Run
The Wild Honey Collective // The Wild Honey Collective, Vol. 2
Traditions:
Ben Traverse // Old Time American Music
Ben Traverse // In The Moment [EP]
Djangophonique // Introducing
Eliza Thorp // Stories We Told Along The Way
Kanola Band // KANOLA
Michael Dause & Ben Traverse // Shantyland - Songs Of The Lakes, Rivers, And Seas
Sarena Rae // River
The Aquaerials // After The Apocalypse
Third Coast Swing // Dreams of Toulon
Full Cord // Hindsight
Laurel Premo // Golden Loam
Best Jazz Album:
Djangophonique // Introducing Djangophonique
Lee Heerspink // Monsters Impromptu
Kanola Band // KANOLA
Les Creatif // The Code for The New Girl
Normal Mode // Downlink
Third Coast Swing // Dreams of Toulon
2022 Album of the Year:
Adrian Wright // Future Love
August // Through The Looking Glass
Bedroom Ceilings // Buildings Outline Their Own Kind Of Poetry
Big Timmy & The Heavy Chevys // The Big Time
Brian Koenigsknecht // The Dirty Work
Cal In Red // Cellular
Cameron Blake // Mercy For The Gentle Kind
Carrie McFerrin // Postpartum
Chain Of Lakes // Catch
Cole Hansen // Vote For Love
Crooked Spires // Stroke Of Havoc
Dante Cope // 23 [EP]
Dede and The Dreamers // Powerful
Desmond Jones // Rays of Light and Stardust
Djangophonique // Introducing Djangophonique
Dreas // Stimulus Response
Elijah Russ // Sandcastles
Elijah Russ // Wandering
Empress Eyes // Sitting In My Room
Eric O'Daly // Catching Light [EP]
Fake Baseball // In With The Id Crowd
Ficus // Ficus
Fiona Dickinson // PONY
Full Cord // Hindsight
Grace Theisen // Dance With The Shadows [EP]
Hollywood Makeout // Skinny Dippin' Scorpion
Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions // Dad Rock
Jake Kershaw // Jake Kershaw
Jesse Ray and The Carolina Catfish // Jesse Ray And The Carolina Catfish
Jetty Rae // Time Traveler
Jordan Hamilton // Believe In
Jordan Hamilton // Vibrations
Kait Rose // Balance
Kari Lynch // When The World Slows Down [Part 1]
Kyle Brown & The Human Condition // Kyle Brown & The Human Condition
Last Gasp Collective // Our Daily Bread
Laura Rain & The Caesars // Rise Again
Lazy Genius // Procession
Lipstick Jodi // More Like Me
Luke Winslow-King // If These Walls Could Talk
Major Murphy // Access
May Erlewine // Tiny Beautiful Things
Michael Dause & Ben Traverse // Shantyland - Songs Of The Lakes, Rivers, And Seas
Michigan Rattlers // That Kind of Life
Michigander // Everything Will Be OK Eventually
Nai'a // Color Me In Red [EP]
Nathan Kalish // Great Big Motel Bed In The Sky
Nathan Walton And The Remedy // Daybreak
Nathan Walton And The Remedy // Night Drive
Normal Mode // Downlink
Pablo Eskobear // Champion Bangers
Parlor Voice // PV
Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps // Live from Angry Hobbit Studios
Peter Madcat Ruth's CAR.ma Quartet // Cosmic Convergence
Phabies // Fire Seed
Rachel Curtis // Rachel Curtis
Rin Tarsy // Paradox
Rosewood 2055 // When The Night Calls [EP]
RyneShyne // RyneShyne
Sarena Rae // River
Sean Stynes // Heal
Seth Bernard // My Heart Is My Home
Silent Spirit // Shape Shift [EP]
Silver Creek Revival // Silver Creek Revival
Sophia McIntosh // Set Me Free [EP]
Squatch // Squatch
Stella! // Stella Tells The Truth
Steve Leaf // 12 Songs
The Accidentals // Time Out Session 2
The Accidentals & Kaboom Collective Studio Orchestra // Reimagined
The American Hotel System // Interrobang
The Blue Pines // Give and Take
The Bootstrap Boys // New Beginnings
The Brandino Extravaganza // Leaps and Bounds
The B-Sides // Herald's Missing The Funny Pages
The Concussions // Exxorcising Our Demons
The Hacky Turtles // Dichotomy
The Olllam // elllegy
The Whiskey Charmers // On The Run
The Wild Honey Collective // The Wild Honey Collective, Vol. 2
Tiny Tree // XI
Travis Atkinson // Heart In Pieces
WOOTS // Keep Up
2022 Artist of the Year:
Aspen Jacobsen
Act Casual
Adrian Wright
After the Money is Gone
Ajax Stax
Annagail
Audrey Pearson
August
Austin Benzing
Avalon Cutts- Jones
Bedroom Ceilings
Ben Traverse
Big Timmy & The Heavy Chevys
Biomassive
Bond Girl
Bonehawk
Brandino Extravaganza
Brett Mitchell
Brian Koenigsknecht
Brie Stoner
Bruce Madden
B-Sides
Caitlin Cusack
Cal In Red
Cameron Blake
Carrie McFerrin
Chain Of Lakes
Charlie Darling
Chirp
Chloe Kimes
Chris Bathgate
Chris Canas
Christopher Dragone
Citizen Keen
Cody Robert DeWindt
Cold Leather Seats
Cole Hansen
Common Molly
Conklin Ceili Band
Crooked Spires
Crossword Smiles
Dale VanderJagt
Dale Wicks
Dana Nyson
Dani Darling
Dante Cope
Debra Perry & Majestic Praise
Dede & The Dreamers
Deep Enough
Desmond Jones
Devil On The Road
Djangophonique
DL Rossi
Dreas
Easers
Edgar Hope & The Burdens
Elijah Russ
Eliza Thorp
Empress Eyes
Entransient
Eric Engblade
Eric O'Daly
Ethereal
Evelyine
Fake Baseball
Fathom XIX
Feeding Grizzlies
Ficus
Fiona Dickinson
Flowers On The Grave
FlyLiteGemini
Full Cord
Future Misters
Future Skeletons
Grace Theisen
Heather Bartman
Hollywood Makeout
Isaac Ryder
Izubel
Jair
Jack Droppers & The Best Intentions
Jake Kershaw
Jamon
Jesse Ray and The Carolina Catfish
Jetty Rae
Jordan Hamilton
Kait Rose
Kanin Elizabeth
Kanola Band
Kari Lynch
Kyle Brown & The Human Condition
La Furia Del Ritmo
Last Gasp Collective
Laura Rain & The Caesars
Laurel Premo
Lavish Dude
Lazy Genius
Lee Heerspink
Les Creatif
Lighting Matches
Lilly MacPhee
Lipstick Jodi
Lokella
Lost Magic
LOW PHASE
Lucious Fox
Luke Winslow-King
LVRS
Lyrical Truth
Major Murphy
marsfade
Martyr for Madison
Matthew Fries
Max Lockwood
May Erlewine
Medicinal Groove
Melophobix
Micah The Sage
Michael Dause & Ben Traverse
Michael Waite
Michigan Rattlers
Michigander
MOLLY
Moss Manor
Myron Elkins
Nai'a
Nathan Kalish
Nathan Walton And The Remedy
Nick Veine
No Skull
Normal Mode
Overdrive Orchestra
Pablo Eskobear
Parlor Voice
Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps
Peter Madcat Ruth's CAR.Ma Quartet
Phabies
Pink Sky
Pretoria
Prior Noon
Rachel Curtis
Radlee
Raul Andres
Ricky Olmos & The Astronauts
Rin Tarsy
Robin Lee Berry
Ron St. Germaine
Rosewood 2055
RyneShyne
Same Eyes
Samil
Sarena Rae
Sarge Tha Dame
Scott Clay
Sean Stynes
Second Hand Drugs
Seth Bernard
Shadow Forest
Signal Quartet
Silent Spirit
Silver Creek Revival
Sixman
Slumlord Radio
Sophia McIntosh
Squatch
Stella!
Steve Leaf
Steve Rivers
Stone Hands
Super Future
The Accidentals
The American Hotel System
The Aquaerials
The Big House Blues Band
The Bloody Pickups
The Blue Pines
The Brothers Crunch
The Concussions
The Cosmoknights
The Good Old Days
The Hacky Turtles
The Kings Of Strings
The New Runes
The Olllam
The Polyphonic Element
The Skinny Limbs
The soods
The Still Wonder
The Weezel Malone Band
The Whiskey Charmers
The Wild Honey Collective
Third Coast Swing
Tiny Car Army
Tiny Tree
Travis Atkinson
Traxton
Whorled
WOOTS
