2025 Awards Show!

Favorite Regional Artist or Acoustic act

Aaron Crawford
Dogbite Harris
Dusty Rust
Kage Dallas
Kaitie Wade
Kitty Mae
Leah Justine

Honorable Mention - Antwane Tyler, Dogger, Jake Rozier, Jeffrey Scott, Jesse Taylor, Nick Cain, Pamela Jean

Favorite Regional Band

Cody Bartels
Copper Mountain Band
Dakota Poorman
Joel Gibson Jr.
Olson Brothers
Saltwater Sky
The Hankers

Honorable Mention - Aaron Ball Band, Cody Beebe and the Crooks, Devon Wade, Last Chance Band, Sammy Steele, Santa Poco, Zac Grooms - Brewer's Grade

Favorite Newcomer

Abbigale
Antwane Tyler
Cooper Cook
Dexter King
Hell on Heels
Owen Evans
Peyton Rae

Honorable Mention - Cash Niehenke, Everett Bounds, Jeffrey Scott, Paisley Grace, Porter Combs, Rye Niehenke, Sam Dawson

Favorite Local Artist or Acoustic Act

Blaine Andrew Ross
Carli Osika
Hunter Stiles
Mel Dalton
Prairie Fire
Rusty Jackson
Tanner Laws

Honorable Mention - Abbigale, Austin Jenckes, Casey Freedom, Chaz Ridler, Dexter King, Dustin Adair, Midnight Juliets

Favorite Local Band

American Honey
Jordan Paddock & Them Boys
Kelly Hughes Band
Stompin' Ground
Tamarack Ridge Band
Theresa Edwards Band
Whiskey Strut

Honorable Mention - Bruiser, Fire From Ashes, Randy Woody & the dam Band, Sammy Eubanks, Steve Starkey, Sverwood, Trevor Chambers and the Southpaw Band

Favorite Female Vocalist

Carli Osika
Jacque Jolene
Kaitie Wade
Kitty Mae
Leah Justine
Lynette "Cheri" Ferguson
Mel Dalton

Honorable Mention - Abbigale, Allie Jonas, Audre Belt, Julie Layne Niehenke, Kate Wirth, Pamela Jean, Theresa Edwards

Favorite Male Vocalist

Aaron Crawford
Cody Bartels
Hunter Stiles
Joel Gibson Jr.
Kage Dallas
Rico Gallarza
Steve Starkey

Honorable mention - Cory Peterson, Dakota Poorman, Dexter King, Dusty Rust, Owen Evans, Rusty Jackson, Tanner Laws

Favorite Metropolitan Radio Station

100.7 The Wolf - Seattle
101.5 Hank FM - Seattle
96.9 KAYO - Olympia/Tacoma
98.9 The Bull - Seattle

Favorite Smaller Venue

Beck's Harvest House - Green Bluff, WA
Firehouse Pub - Buckley WA
Garage Bar & Grill - Bremerton WA
Iron Horse - Spokane Valley, WA
Knucklehead Brewery - Hayden, ID
Little Red Hen - Seattle, WA
Purdy's Public House - Sumner, WA

Favorite Larger Venue

Iron Horse - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA
Nashville North - Stateline, ID
Ponderosa Lounge - Portland, OR
Roxy Theater - Bremerton, WA
Spokane Live (Spokane Tribe Casino) - Airway Heights, WA
Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA

Song of the Year

American Kevlar - Leah Justine
Back to You - Cody Bartels, Logen Kent, Kenny Callahan
Drinkin a Beer - Aaron Crawford
Fireball - Kaitie Wade
NW Country Man - Joel Gibson Jr.
Rodeo - Payton Rae, Cody Norman
The Hard Way - Dog Bite Harris

Honorable Mention - Aim To Please - Tanner Laws, All these Highs - CJ Garton - Hunter Stiles, American Kevlar - Leah Justine, Dad Bod - Joel Gibson Jr., Might as well be - Aaron Crawford, Runaways - Aaron crawford, Skogan Road - Joel Gibson Jr.

Video of the Year

American Kevlar - Leah Justine
Carhartt Cowboy - Devon Wade
Dad Bod - Joel Gibson Jr.
Fireball  - Kaitie Wade
Jesus Saves- Aaron Ball Band
Singing With A Ghost - Dusty Rust
Solitaire - Mel Dalton

Honorable mention - Aint it the Truth - Leah Justine, Her & Me - Joel Gibson Jr, Out of the Blue - Nick Cain, Sell A Lot Of Beer written by Randy Woody, Skogan Road by Joel Gibson Jr, Take Me to the River - Terry Lamont with Emilio Cabrales, That's What the Whiskey's For - Nick Cain

Favorite Drummer

Barrett Nelson
Christopher Bettencourt
Devan Bland
Jake West
Kevin Olsonberg
Rex Johnson
Rico Gallarza

Honorable mention - Barry Barckley, Chaz Ridler, Dave Bush, Mark Mullen, Matthew Mahoney, Mike Peterson, Sam Purvis

Favorite Bass Player

Daryl Mead
Harry Batty
Joe Medina
Kel Shelton 
Ken Dietz
Liz Archuleta Cotungno
Nate Norman

Honorable Mention - Diego Reyes, Eric Bowman, Greg Brazeal, Keven Franklin, Martin Strand, Owen Cleary, Robert McCLure

Favorite Lead Guitarist

Chris Smeaton
Cody Norman
Cody Parker
Dragen Delao
Gerry Benson
Kent Nelson
Kyle Bain

Honorable mention - Aaron Ball, Bobby Bremer, Greg Stephens, Jesse James, Randy Woody, Rusty Jackson, Trevor Chambers

Favorite Other Instrumentalist

Debbi Hahn
Duane Becker
Erica Janelle
Jason Kuykendall
Keith Niehenke
Owen Barnhart
Paul Brown

Honorable mention - Abigail Ryle, Cash Niehenke, David Bowman, Geoff Taylor, Ian Jones, Sean Curkedall, Shawn Jones

Favorite Urban Radio Station

93.7 The Mountain Spokane
94.9  The Wolf  Tri cities
96.9 KAYO Olympia/Tacoma
99.9 Coyote Country Spokane
K102 N. Idaho/Spokane

Favorite Podcast

Chit & Chat
Chris Eger
Tee Party Podcast
The KGC Show

Favorite Radio/Podcast Personality

Adam & Jen in the Morning - KIOK 94.9 The Wolf
Jamie Patrick - 93.7 The Mountain
Kaden Collins - The KGC Show
Kevin - KXLY FM 99.9 Coyote Country
TC - 93.7 The Mountain
The Luceman Aberdeen
Tyler Pisani - The Tee Party

Favorite Festival or Fair

Chinook Fest, Naches WA
Ellensburg Rodeo
Farm Jam, Colville, WA
Pig Out In The Park, Spokane, WA
Ruckus in the Boonies Heppner, Oregon
Sandpoint Songwriter Festival
Watershed