2024 Ameripolitan Music Award Winners

Unfortunately, none of the Canadian nominees took home hardware at the the 2024 Ameripolitan Awards. They were be handed out the weekend of February 16-18, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

Below is a complete list of winners

• DJ Of The Year: Del Villareal (acceptance speech)
• Festival Of The Year: SYMCO Weekender 
• Founders of the Sound Honorees: Original Members of The Texas Tornados: Augie Meyers / Flaco Jimenez (performance from the awards)
• Honky Tonk Female: Kaitlin Butts
• Honky Tonk Group: Teddy & the Rough Riders
  
  
  
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• Honky Tonk Male: Sterling Drake (acceptance speech)
• Master Award Honoree: Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) (performance from the awards)
• Musician Of The Year: Jason D Williams - Piano (acceptance speech)(performance at the awards)
• Outlaw Female: Kelsey Waldon
• Outlaw Group: Reckless Kelly
  
  
  
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• Outlaw Male: Billy Don Burns
• Rockabilly Female: Mozzy Dee (acceptance speech)
• Rockabilly Group: Messer Chups
  
  
  
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• Rockabilly Male: Les Greene (performance from the awards)
• Venue Of The Year: Gruene Hall
• Western Swing Female: Brennen Leigh
• Western Swing Group: Carolyn Sills Combo
  
  
  
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• Western Swing Male: Kyle Eldridge

Links: Ameripolitan Music Awards, More Ameripolitan Music Awards Stories

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2024 Ameripolitan Award Nominees! Including Local & Canadian Nominees! Vote!

Stacey Lee Guse, the singer for the Waterloo band, the Western Swing Authority has been nominated in the Western Swing Female category in the 2024 Ameripolitan Awards. Alberta's Stefanie Joyce  is up for Outlaw Female as well. You can help them by clicking here to vote.

The awards will be handed out the weekend of February 16-18, 2024, in Austin, Texas

Western Swing Female 

• Stacey Lee Guse (Western Swing Authority - Waterloo)
  
  
  
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• Brennen Leigh
• Sweet Megg
• Melissa Carper

Outlaw Female 

• Stefanie Joyce (Alberta)
  
  
  
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• Kat Hasty
• Kelsey Waldon
• Taylor Hunnicutt

DJ Of The Year

• Ashli Dansby on  KMHT RADIO 103.9 - Marshall, TX
• Del Villareal on WCBN FM - Ann Arbor, MI
• The Morning Crew on KCWM 1460 - Hondo, TX
• Tracy Pitcox on KNEL RADIO - Brady, TX

Festival Of The Year

• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - San Francisco, CA 
• SYMCO Weekender - Symco, WI
• Outlaw Country Cruise
• Western Swingout - Tehachapi, CA

Founders of the Sound Honorees

• Original Members of The Texas Tornados: Augie Meyers / Flaco Jimenez

Honky Tonk Female 

• Cristina Vane
• Emily Nenni
• Hannah Juanita
• Kaitlin Butts

Honky Tonk Group 

• Teddy & the Rough Riders
• The Deslondes
• The Golden Roses
• The Shootouts

Honky Tonk Male 

• Dylan Earl
• Gabe Lee
• Johnny Falstaff
• Sterling Drake 
• Theo Lawrence

Master Award Honoree

• Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel)

Musician Of The Year

• Eleanor Whitmore (Tha Mastersons)- Fiddle
• Floyd Domino - Piano
• Jason D Williams - Piano
• Kullen Fox - Multi Instrumentalist: Horn, Piano, Accordion
• Lisa Pankratz - Percussion

Outlaw Group 

• Banditos
• Kyle Nix & the 38’s
• Reckless Kelly
• The Supersuckers

Outlaw Male 

• Billy Don Burns
• Dallas Burrow
• Jason Boland
• Willy Tea Taylor

Rockabilly Female

• Angie Monroy
• Gizzelle Becerra DeAnda
• Mozzy Dee
• Svetlana "Zombierella" Nagaeva

Rockabilly Group 

• Black Kat Boppers
• Messer Chups
• Televisionaries 
• The McCharmlys

Rockabilly Male 

• Eddie Clendening
• Les Greene
• Oleg "Guitaracula" Fomchenkov (aka Oleg Gitarkin)
• Omar Romero

Venue Of The Year

• American Legion Post 82 - Nashville TN
• Gruene Hall - New Braunfels, TX
• Skinny Dennis - Brooklyn, NY
• Southgate House revival - Newport, KY

Western Swing Group 

• Carolyn Sills Combo
• Lovesick Duo
• Sad Daddy 
• The Cowpokes 

Western Swing Male

• Cory Grinder
• Kevin Mauzy Martin
• Kyle Eldridge 
• Mitch Polzak

Links: Ameripolitan Music Awards, More Ameripolitan Music Awards Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Waterloo's Western Swing Authority Nominated for 2023 Ameripolitan Award

Waterloo's own Western Swing Authority will be only one of two Canucks groups representing Canada at the Ameripolitan Awards in Memphis on February 17-19, 2003.

Below is a complete list of nominees. Canadian artists are bolded. UPDATE: Winners are also listed

Rockabilly Group

• The Hi-Jivers (Winner)
• Ichi-Bons (Toronto)
  
  
  
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• The Phantom Shakers
• Televisionaries
• The Spunyboys

Western Swing Group

• The Lucky Stars (Winner)
• Western Swing Authority (Waterloo)
  
  
  
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• The Southwest Biscuit Company
• Sad Daddy
• West Of Texas

DJ

• Jimi Palacios - Country Du Monde (Winner)
• Celia Villagran - Texas Hellkitten Radio
• Kevin Martinez - COLONEL PACO CHAOS PACOBILLY HOUR
• MARIVI YUBERO GARCIA - Marivipolitan
• Del Villarreal Go Kat, GO! The Rock-A-Billy Show!

Festival

• Michael Hearne’s Big Barn Dance - Taos, NM (Winner)
• Western Swing Out - Tehachapi, CA
• Vintage Torque Fest - Dubuque, IA
• Zoofest - Lincoln, NE

Founders of the Sound 

• The Adams Brothers (Winner)

Honky Tonk Female

• Summer Dean (Winner)
• Hannah Juanita
• Kathryn Legendre
• Kristina Murray

Honky Tonk Male

• Jeremy Pinnell (Winner)
• Dallas Burrow
• Garrett T Capps
• Timbo

Honky Tonk Group

• Croy & The Boys (Winner)
• Cory Grinder & The Playboy Scouts
• The Shootouts
• The Waymores

Keeper of the Key

• Nick Curran (Winner)

Master Award

• Johnny Rodriguez (Winner)

Musician​

• Katie Shore - Fiddle (Winner)
• Daniel Mason - Banjo
• Kullen Fox - Trumpet + Piano
• Mike Bernal - Drums
• T Jarrod Bonta - Piano

Outlaw Female

• Rachel Brooke (Winner)
• Brit Taylor
• Emily Nenni
• Kaitlin Butts

Outlaw Male

• Scott H Biram (Winner)
• Coleman Williams
• Vincent Neil Emerson
• Willi Carlilse

Outlaw Group

• Jenny Don’t & The Spurs (Winner)
• Dallas Moore Band
• The Rhyolite Sound
• The Whitmore Sisters

Rockabilly Female

• Jane Rose (Winner)
• Amy Griffin
• Mozzy Dee
• Saudia Young

Rockabilly Male

• Nic Roulette (Winner)
• Eddie Clendening
• Mitch Polzak
• Sean K Preston

Venue

• Rattlesnake Saloon - Munich, Germany (Winner)
• Knuckleheads, Kansas City, MO
• Roosters Country - Mesa, AZ
• The Southgate House Revival - Newport, KY
• Sagebrush, Austin TX

Western Swing Female

• Sierra Ferrell (Winner)
• Brennen Leigh
• Carolyn Sills
• Melissa Carper

Western Swing Male

• Wild Earp (Winner)
• A Jay Wade
• Kyle Eldridge
• Sage Guyton

Links: Ameripolitan Music Awards, More Ameripolitan Music Awards Stories

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• Barber Shop Podcast w James Favron
  
  
  
  

  
  

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• Will Country Awards be Coming Back to Hamilton?
• CHCH Videos: Jay Pollmann, Dom Mar Kz
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International Folk Music Award Winners

• Album of the Year: Sarah Jarosz: Undercurrent
• Song of the Year: Michael Kiwanuka and Inflo: Black Man in a White World
  
  
  
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• Artist of the Year: Parker Millsap
• Spirit of Folk Awards: Barbara Dane, Chloe Goodyear, Michelle Conceison, Ramy Essam, Si Kahn, SONiA and Disappear Fear
• Lifetime Achievement Awards: David Amram (Living), Malvin Reynolds (Legacy), Helen Creighton (Canadian)(Business Academic)

Ameripolitan Music Award Winners

• Western Swing Group: The Western Flyers
• Western Swing Female: Kristyn Harris
• Western Swing Male: Pokey LaFarge
• Rockabilly Female: Lara Hope
• Rockabilly Male: Lance Lipinsky
• Honky Tonk Female: Leona Williams
• Honky Tonk Male: Jake Penrod
• Honky Tonk Group: Gary P. Nunn and the Bunkhouse Band
• Rockabilly Group: The Silvershakers
• Outlaw Female: Darci Carlson
• Outlaw Male: Hank III
• Outlaw Group: Dallas Moore Band
• Master Award: Jerry Lee Lewis
• Keeper of the Key: Junior Brown
  
  
  
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• DJ: James Riley
• Venue: Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth TX
• Festival: Nashville Boogie, Nashville TN

World

• Academy of Country Music Award Nominations
• Passings: Leon Ware, Valerie Carter, Misha Mengelberg

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GOOD LUCK! Waterloo's Western Swing Authority Up for 2017 Ameripolitan Awards! VOTE! Deadline Jan 8

For the 4th year in a row, Waterloo's Western Swing Authority has been nominated in the 2017 Ameripolitan Music Awards.  This year, it was in two categories (Western Swing Group and Western Swing Female). This international rootsy country music event will take place Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in Austin, Texas.

Links: Western Swing Authority, More WSA Stories, Video above courtesy of Rogers tv

The only other Canadian nominated is Montreal's Bloodshot Bill (Rockabilly Male).

Links: Bloodshot Bill, Video above courtesy of thatnastyrat's channel

You can help them by voting in their categories. Deadline is January 8. Click here to vote.

GOOD LUCK!

Western Swing Group

• Western Swing Authority
• Carolyn Sills Combo
• The Western Flyers
• 50 Shades of Hay
• Shoot Low Sheriff

Western Swing Female

• Stacey Lee Guse (Western Swing Authority)
• Carolyn Sills
• Kristyn Harris
• Mikki Daniel
• Wendy Newcomer

Rockabilly Male

• Bloodshot Bill
• Marcel Riesco
• Adam Lopez
• Babe Miller
• Lance Lipinsky

Honky Tonk Female

• Brennen Leigh
• Lorraine Chavana
• Leona Williams
• Vanessa Niemann 
• Karen Jonas

Honky Tonk Male

• Jake Penrod
• Artie Rodriguez
• Luke Bell
• Jason James
• Joshua Hedley

Honky Tonk Group

• The Country Side of Harmonica Sam
  
  
  
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• Gary P. Nunn and the Bunkhouse Band
• Jake Hooker and the Outsiders
• The Cactus Blossoms
• The Malpass Brothers

Rockabilly Female

• Lara Hope
• Bailey Dee
• Rockin' Bonnie
• Fia Sco
• Cherry Divine

Rockabilly Group

• The Silvershakers
• The Doel Brothers
• Jittery Jack
• Don Diego Trio
• Nathan Belt and the Buckles

Western Swing Male

• Billy Mata
• Jake Hooker
• Pokey LaFarge
• Dave Alexander
• Jody Nix

Outlaw Female

• Jenny Don't
• Tommy Ash
• Darci Carlson
• Sissy Brown
• Emily Nenni

Outlaw Male

• Dusty Rust
• AJ Hobbs
• Cash O'Riley
• Scott Biram
• Hank III

Outlaw Group

• Dallas Moore Band
• Barnyard Stompers
• Ponderosa Aces
• Miss Lonely Hearts
• Tony Martinez

Ameripolitan Musician

• Mike Bernal
• Clyde Mattocks
• Joel Paterson
• Chris Scruggs
• Chris Casello
• Ashley Kingman
• Brett Resnick
• Earl Poole Ball
• Rose Sinclair
• T Jarrod Bonta

Ameripolitan DJ

• Jimi Palacios
• Julea Thomerson
• James Riley
• Woody Adkins
• Chuck Ramsey
• Marivi Yubero
• Eddie White
• Tim Benton
• Ann Harwood Lucas
• Don Sticksel

Ameripolitan Venue

• Rock'N'Bowl, New Orleans LA
• Don the Beachcomber, Huntington Beach CA
• Nashville Palace, Nashville TN
• Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth TX
• American Legion Post 82, Nashville TN
• Sportsmans Tavern, Buffalo NY
• Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn NY
• Four Corners Music Hall, Germany
• Lee's Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis MN
• Zoo Bar, Lincoln NE

Ameripolitan Festival

• Nashville Boogie, Nashville TN
• New England Shake Up
• Best Little Cowboy Gathering, La Grange TX
• Screamin' Festival, Spain
• Westport Roots Festival, Kansas City MO

Blast from the Past: Members of WSA win Canadian Country Music Awards

Links: Ameripolitan Music Awards, More Ameripolitan Music Awards Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Waterloo's Western Swing Authority Nominated for Ameripolitan Music Awards! Vote for Them!

Waterloo's amazing band, The Western Swing Authority have been nominated in two categories (Western Swing Group and Western Swing Female) of the 2016 Ameripolitan Music Awards.  It's great seeing an incredible local band getting some international recognition!

From the awards website: The Ameripolitan Music Awards were created to benefit and acknowledge artists whose work does not readily conform to the tastes of today’s “country” or other music genres and organizations. It also provides fans with a means of finding these artists and their music.

Links: Western Swing Authority , More WSA Stories, Video above courtesy of TheWSAmusic

Other Canadians in the running are London's Tara Dunphy for Honky Tonk Female, The Neon Stars from Vancouver (Rockabilly Group), Montreal's Bloodshot Bill (Outlaw Male) and Paul Pigat (Rockabilly Male, Musician), who's originally from Toronto and now lives on the West Coast. Former Canadian Redd Volkaert was nominated for Best Musician as well.



Video above courtesy of Tara Dunphy



Video above courtesy of TheNitroGrettsch

You can even help by voting for them by clicking here!  Voting ends December 26, 2015. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Here's a complete list of nominees

Western Swing Group

• Western Swing Authority
• Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition
• JP Cyr and his Radio Wranglers 
• Hot Texas Swing Band
• Carolyn Sills Combo

Western Swing Female

• Stacy Lee Guse (WSA)
• Carolyn Martin
• Kristyn Harris
• Mikki Daniel
• Katie Glassman

Honky Tonk Female

• Tara Dunphy
• Miss Leslie
• Kelsey Waldon
• Margo Price
• Brennen Leigh

Rockabilly Group

• The Neon Stars
• The Bellfuries
• Don Diego Trio
• The B-Stars
• Nathan Belt and The Buckles

Rockabilly Male

• Paul Pigat
• Jinx Jones
• Chris Casello
• Wayne Hancock 
• Scotty Baker

Outlaw Male

• Bloodshot Bill
• Whitey Morgan
• Roger Alan Wade
• Cash O'Riley
• Scott H. Biram

Musician

• Paul Pigat
• Redd Volkaert
• Joel Paterson
• Chris Casello
• Jason Roberts
• Tjarko Jeen
• Rose Sinclair 
• Richard Helsley
• Floyd Domino
• Lisa Pankratz
• Earl Poole Ball 
• Jim Loessberg
• Chris Scruggs
• Bobby Trimble
• Dave Biller

Western Swing Male

• Jason Roberts
• Billy Mata
• Doug Moreland
• Kelly Spinks
• Coby Carter

Honky Tonk Group

• Casey James Prestwood and the Burning Angels
• The Country Side of Harmonica Sam
• The Starline Rhythm Boys
• Jeff Woolsey and the Dancehall Kings
• JP Harris and the Tough Choices

Honky Tonk Male

• Jake Penrod
• Charlie Thompson
• Cale Tyson
• Michael Dart
• Jason James

Rockabilly Female

• Marti Brom
• Sara Dee
• Emmy Lou
• Lara Hope
• BaileyDee

Outlaw Group 

• The Hillbilly Casino
• Dallas Moore Band
• The Ponderosa Aces
• Jason Boland and The Stragglers
• Eric Strickland and the B-Sides

Outlaw Female

• Darci Carlson
• Rachel Brooke
• Bonnie Montgomery
• Tommy Ash 
• Jesse Lafser

Venue

• Icehouse Theater, Selma NC
• Luckenbach, Luckenbach TX
• Sportsmen's Tavern, Buffalo NY
• Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth TX
• Knuckleheads, Kansas City MO
• The White Horse, Austin TX
• Skinny Dennis, Brooklyn NY
• The Thirsty Beaver Saloon
• The Nashville Palace, Nashville TN
• Don the Beachcomber, Huntington Beach CA

Festival

• Bristol Rhythm and Roots
• Viva Las Vegas
• Nashville Boogie
• San Angelo Cowboy Gathering
• New England Shake Up

DJ

• Woody Adkins, KOPN 89.5 FM Columbia MO
• Justin Trevino, KEQX 89.7 FM Dublin TX
• Gordon “Big G” Ames KERV 1230 Kerrville, TX
• Timothy Benton KSVY 91.3 FM Sonoma Valley, CA
• Johnny Knoxville and Roger Alan Wade Outlaw Country Sirius/XM Radio 
• James Riley SURF 97.3 FM Flager Beach FL
• Eddie White 2RRR 88.5 FM Sydney Australia
• Ted Branson, KOOP 91.7 Austin, TX
• Elizabeth Cook Outlaw Country, Sirius/XM Radio
• "Cousin" Lynn Joiner WHRB 95,3 FM Cambridge, MA

Blast from the Past: Members of WSA Win 2016 Canadian Country Music Awards

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