This year s San Diego Music Awards featured live performances by the Redwoods Revue, Vokab Company, Jason Mraz, Planet B and more, with awards going to living legends like Swami John Reis. Watch our highlight reel here.
And there s plenty of new names to sink your ears into: Crhymes is nominated for Best Hip-Hop Song, for example, the rockers from the Montell Jordans hope to go home with the statuette for Best Rock Album, and Maria Antoinette that s no typo, folks is hoping to be crowned for Best Local Recording.
In year s past, the awards would go to the best act in a genre and the best album released in the genre. So, in 2020, Ten Bulls won for Best Indie/Alternative Album, but Aviator Stash claimed honors of being Best Indie/Alternative . period. This year, in many cases though not all each genre has an award for best single and best album, plus there are nominees for Best Local Recording, Best Video, and Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Missing is the ca
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It remains to be seen if indoor and outdoor concerts in San Diego and throughout California will be able to resume without any restrictions on June 15, contingent on the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations at the time and the amount of available vaccines.
Nevertheless, several San Diego concert presenters announced Monday that they are gearing up for renewed activity.
Humphreys Concerts by the Bay confirmed its first booking of 2021 a pair of Aug. 17 and 18 standing-room-only shows by the Philadelphia folk-rock band Mt. Joy and the bluegrass-fueled Minnesota group Trampled By Turtles. Tickets go on sale this week for the concerts at the 1,450-capacity Shelter Island venue, whose 40th anniversary last year was pushed back to 2021 because of the pandemic.