Around Town: Congrats to the 2021 Wammie Award Winners

Posted on 03/30/2021 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged awards program, best of the year, country, folk, funk, gogo, punk, soul, The Musicianship, The Wammies, Wammie Awards.

Karen Jonas one the 2021 Wammie Award for Best Country/Americana Artist/Group. (Photo by Jim Williams)

The MusicianShip recognized winners of the 2021 Washington Area Music Awards, or Wammies in a virtual awards ceremony on Sunday.

Parklife DC salutes the 2021 Wammie Award winners!

Around Town: Virtual 2021 Wammies @ WammiesDC.org, 3/28/21

Posted on 02/09/2021 by Parklifer in Around Town, Preview and tagged awards program, best of the year, The Musicianship, The Wammies, Wammies.

DC rocker Elizabeth II will perform at the Virtual 2021 Wammies show. (Photo courtesy the artist)

After a record-breaking nomination and voting season, music lovers and industry professionals alike can now purchase tickets for the second Virtual Wammie Awards, which will take place on Sunday, March 28 at 6pm, exclusively on WammiesDC.org.

Around Town: The Wammies @ Lincoln Theatre — 3/31/19

Posted on 04/02/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town and tagged Americana, awards program, bluegrass, country, Eli Lev, Fellowcraft, Flasher, folk, go-go, hard rock, Karen Jonas, Lincoln Theatre, Mannywellz, punk, R&B, rap, Rare Essence, reggae, SHAED, Sol Roots, The Messthetics, The Musicianship, The Wammies, Wammie Awards, Will Eastman.

Jeffrey Tribble Jr., Executive Director of The MusicianShip, addresses the Butterfly Bash in 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

The MusicianShip, a nonprofit dedicated to providing music education to DC youth, sponsored its first Wammie Awards, recently choosing “the best of the best” among DC musicians for recognition to continue the mission of the dissolved Washington Area Music Association.

As editor of Parklife DC, I was a judge and a presenter for the 2019 Wammie Awards at the Lincoln Theatre on March 31, and I’m pleased to provide the full list of winners.