Detroit Music Awards Nominees Announced!
Detroit Music Awards Nominees Announced!
The Motor City Music Foundation just announced this year's nominees for the 2010 Detroit Music Awards in a wide variety of categories that always sends a bit of a wave through the local music scene as all the surprises as well as omissions come to light, this year is no exception. Hush pulled in 7 nominations overall with Ty Stone & Bump each dropping in with 6 nominations while Critical Bill along with Doop & The Inside Outlaws each wrangled 5, followed by an array of artist from the Von Bondies to Jill Jack. Some other notable artists who received recognition for their superior efforts were the Orange Marsupials for "Ghetto Way" in Outstanding Reggae Recording & Robin Horlock for "Bella" in the Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording, while such new acts like Bats on Fire were nominated for Outstanding Rock Recording. New this year is the category for Best Video-Independent Budget where Critical Bill for "Beam Me Up", Hush - "The Open Book", Bump for "Wrong, Right", and Crud for "Do You Wanna" are all nominated. In the Major Budget Video category, Detroit's big names check in with Eminem receiving 2 nominations for "Beautiful" & "We Made You" along with Insane Clown Posse for "In You Face", Uncle Kraker for "Smile" and Mayer Hawthorne "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" who are all nominated. The winners will be announced live During the April 16th Detroit Music Awards Show @ The Fillmore-Detroit in what is always the highlight of the year when the entire music scene comes together and throws down, if only for one night. Check out the full list of the nominees over at the DetroitMusicAwards.net site, then stay tuned as we'll have the night's performers for you soon! DetroitRockReview.com - The Only Place for Local Music News & Reviews!