The Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYS) announced its 2022 nominees and honorees for its Hall of Fame Tuesday. This year’s Hall of Fame class is led by East Syracuse native Tom Kenny, popularly known as the voice of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants and leader of the band Tom Kenny and the Hi-Seas, who will be participating at the awards ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2022 awards have 46 nominees among 11 categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST JAZZ
\u2022 Bob Holz \u2013 Live in New York And L.A.
\u2022 Chuck Lamb & Peter Mack \u2013 Exit 33
\u2022 E.S.P. \u2013 Ready or Not
\u2022 The Pietra Group \u2013 People Chain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST POP
\u2022 AK Kastro \u2013 College Rd.
\u2022 Coral Blue \u2013 Paris is Burning
\u2022 The Jess Novak Band \u2013 A Thousand Lives
\u2022 River Westin \u2013 Candy Cigarettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Brett Puglisi – So Familiar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Stoyan \u2013 Cancel Me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST AMERICANA
\u2022 The Dirty Doves \u2013 Pure & Simple
\u2022 George Mann \u2013 A World Like This
\u2022 Harmonic Dirt \u2013 Rhode Island Street
\u2022 Len Widdekind \u2013 Highway of Time
\u2022 Nashua Robb \u2013 Sunroom Sessions: About Time
\u2022 The Ripcords \u2013 Unmasked<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST HARD ROCK
\u2022 Gainer \u2013 Cold Case
\u2022 Less Than Hate \u2013 Less Than Hate
\u2022 Unwanted Ghosts \u2013 The End is a Gift
\u2022 Void Emperor \u2013 Void Emperor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST JAM BAND
\u2022 Count Blastula \u2013 Strange Mutations
\u2022 Ramshki Alley \u2013 Ramshki Alley<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST R&B
\u2022 Anna Shelay \u2013 Unlinkable
\u2022 Diana Jacobs Band \u2013 Love Each Other,
Love Our World
\u2022 Free Boody Institute \u2013 Myths, Legends &
The Hard Truth
\u2022 Lamar Lamb \u2013 Love & Pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST ROCK
\u2022 Everneau \u2013 Revolution
\u2022 Jeff Gordon \u2013 Local Boy
\u2022 McWray \u2013 Thunderin
\u2022 Not Robots! \u2013 Not Robots
\u2022 Steve Romer \u2013 Slow Demise
\u2022 Tommy Gunn \u2013 Chulo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST ALTERNATIVE
\u2022 The Leaps \u2013 Spinning the Wheels
\u2022 Mike Gibson \u2013 Feb6: Grief & Nonsense
\u2022 Outside Voices \u2013 Grind
\u2022 Trauma Cat \u2013 Prepare to Apologize<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST HIP-HOP OR RAP
\u2022 Christenelle Diroc \u2013 In Our Crystal Castle
\u2022 Coughlin \u2013 Miles
\u2022 Exoticz \u2013 For the Love of Music
\u2022 VinnyVeg \u2013 1104 Vol. 2 The Leader Of Real Shhh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST OTHER STYLE
\u2022 Alex Seubert \u2013 Works from Space
\u2022 Asael \u2013 Moment
\u2022 Fritz\u2019s Polka Band \u2013 The Hands of Time
\u2022 Jeff Tripoli \u2013 Rhythm Cadence for the New Renaissance
\u2022 Paul Davie \u2013 Half and Half<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BEST COUNTRY
\u2022 Jon Rogalia \u2013 Twenty Eight
\u2022 Whiskey Hollow Rush \u2013 Torn Up from the Corn Up<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SAMMYS Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Upstairs at the Dino<\/a>, 246 Willow Street in Syracuse at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 3. A limited number of tickets for the Hall of Fame will be available for $30. There will be a free live stream of this event via SubCat Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year’s Hall of Fame will induct Russ Tarby, Robert Tousignant, Los Blancos, Jeff Stockham, J. Avery Head as the Music Educator of the Year and Tom Kenny as the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. For more information on the honorees, visit the SAMMYS website here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The awards ceremony will be an in-person event held Friday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the OnCenter Crouse Hinds Theater<\/a> located at 421 Montgomery Street in Syracuse. Tickets for the ceremony will be $25. A live stream of the awards ceremony will be available for $15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The awards show will feature performances by Jon Rogalia & The Swamp Boys, Letizia, The Real RAW Breed, and Tom Kenny & The Hi-Seas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to these performances, awards will be presented in 11 recording The Brian Bourke award sponsored by CNYAlive.com for Best New Artist will also be announced. As in the past, this year\u2019s Best New Artist will receive six hours of recording time from SubCat Studios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2022 People\u2019s Choice online voting continues through February 28. Everyone is encouraged to vote for their favorite local artists or bands, live stream events or series, academic or musical organizations, and venues. For more information, or to vote for your favorites, visit the SAMMYS People’s Choice page here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For streaming and ticketing information, visit the SAMMYS website here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow Syracuse Area Music Awards on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can listen to this year’s nominees on the Spotify playlist below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
categories, as well as the People\u2019s Choice awards for Best Artist or Band, Best Event or Music Series, Best Academic or Musical Organization, and Best Venue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n