2010 Detroit Music Awards.....Oh What a Night!

on 18 April 2010.

And the award goes to........Motor City Music Foundation, for another outstanding night of Detroit Music Celebration! Always a splendid evening of socializing with all the local musicians, The MCMF has been bringing us the Detroit Music Awards for 19 years now, handing out DMA's in over 70 categories that range from rock, jazz, country, and even classical compositions. With over 400 nominees attending the annual gala, the Fillmore-Detroit becomes a who's who within the Detroit Music scene, offering up an exciting opportunity to run into a local musician or even one of our very own rock superstars! Last night's 19^th installment was no exception as Dr2 found ourselves inside the Fillmore, taking

Ro Spit & Monica Blaire

in all the action as we roamed this immaculate theater in search of the movers & shakers within our local music community. Always a fun time to catch up with the musicians who make the music of Detroit, and definitely thee place to make new friends along the way. This year's event was amazing once again as no less than 3 outstanding musicians tied with the most hardware under their arms, each bringing home 3 apiece. Carolyn Striho grabbed the DMA for Outstanding Pop/Rock Recording for "Honesty", Acoustic/Fold Instrumentalist, and a surprising win for Electronic/Dance Recording for "Promised Land - Techno". Blues extraordinaire Johnnie Basset picked up 3 DMA's himself for Outstanding National Small/Independent Recording for "The Gentlemen Is Back', along with the Outstanding Blues Artist/Group and Outstanding Blues/R&B Instrumentalist. Wrapping up the "Hat Tricks" was Lola Morales, bringing home the awards for Outstanding World Artist/Group, World/Reggae/Ska Vocalist, and finished it off with a win for Outstanding World/Reggae/Ska Songwriter.

The Hell Drivers

It's always a great feeling to see many of the Artists/Groups that we have featured here on DetroitRockReview.com bring home their own Detroit Music Awards where Ty Stone & The Truth had the nod twice for Outstanding Pop/Rock Artist/Group and Vocalist. The Howling Diablos pulled in an award for the Dr2 Viewed "Divine Trash Highway", winning Outstanding Urban/Funk/Hip Hop Recording and also for Outstanding R&B Artist/Group. Hush pulled in the DMA for Outstanding Hip Hop MC While Critical Bill received the highly coveted Outstanding Metal/Hard Rock Artist/Group while Insane Clown Posse won for Outstanding Hip Hop Artist/Group. Robots in the Garden won in the "People's Choice" arena that was voted on by you the fans and took home the Vitamin Water Download Award. One of Dr2's favorite albums of the year, Everett Belcher from Doop & the Inside Outlaws took home the award for Outstanding Country Recording.

Critical Bill won Outstanding Hard Rock Group

Of course besides the mingling, the performances are always one of the highlights of the night which saw a wide swath of genres take the stage for our entertainment that included such acts as Ro Spit & Monica Blaire who threw down a remake of JayZ-Alicia Keys hit New York, substituting Detroit for the chorus, awesome! Muruga & The Rainforest Band, The Sun Messengers, and recent country solo artist Julianne all brought amazing if not interesting performances. But things really got rocking when The Hell Drivers rocked the stage, playing a medley of Distinguished Achievement Award winners The Rockets songs that rocked! DMA Winner for Outstanding Metal/Hard Rock Group/Artist Critical Bill brought an outstanding 15 minute set that had them mixing in some old with some new off the just released album Underground Kingdom, playing a 4 song medlay of Beam Me Up, The Ride, Favorite Drug, and My Suicide that had the Fillmore rocking out!

HUSH & Ty Stone Performed at The After Party

Once again the Detroit Music Community should be proud of this annual one night event that brings us all together to celebrate & recognize all the accomplishments of the past year, hats off to all of you who came down & supported the greatest music scene in the world. And for all you haters out there that can do nothing but bitch, moan, and whine about everything from nominees, winners & genres, it's quite apparent that the scene may be just fine without you, since you're never out & about to even know who or what it is you and/or your music is all about! Again, Dr2 would like to thank the Motor City Music Foundation, the producers/organizers of the Detroit Music Awards for another well run event. Take a bow too Detroit, there's no place like home! Oh yeah, The Official After Party at The Park Bar was phenomenal, but we'll leave those memories for those who actually were there supporting Detroit Music! For the complete list of 2010 Nominees & winners, please visit the official site at DetroitMusicAwards.net. Be sure to check out all the photos from this event over in the Dr2 Photo Gallery! DetroitRockReview.com - The Only Place for Local Music News & Reviews!