2023 San Diego Music Awards Nominees

  • Best Folk or Acoustic Song

      • Artist: Evan Diamond
      • Song: Ketchum, ID
      • Artist: Lee Coulter
      • Song: Honey
      • Artist: Bobo Czarnowski
      • Song: Thank You
  • Best Folk or Acoustic Album

      • Artist: Dave Preston
      • Album: Alligator Shoes
      • Artist: Nathan Welden
      • Album: California
  • Best Jazz Artist

      • Artist: Allison Adams Tucker
      • Artist: Bill Caballero
      • Artist: Danny Green
      • Artist: Ed Kornhauser
      • Artist: Joshua White
      • Artist: Justin Joyce
      • Artist: Mad Hat Hucksters
  • Best Blues Artist

      • Artist: Black Market III
      • Artist: Chickenbone Slim
      • Artist: Robin Henkel
      • Artist: Shane Hall
      • Artist: Taryn Donath
      • Artist: Whitney Shay
  • Best R&B, Funk or Soul Song

      • Artist: Cerissa McQueen
      • Song: Could We Ever Be the Same
      • Artist: Jenny & the Tramps
      • Song: Walking Down Your Street
      • Artist: Rebecca Jade
      • Song: Show Me
  • Best R&B, Funk or Soul Album

      • Artist: Thee Sacred Souls
      • Album: self titled
      • Artist: Patrick Yandall
      • Album: Stratophunk
  • Best Pop Artist

      • Artist: Audrey Callahan
      • Artist: Chloe Lou
      • Artist: Peach Cooler
      • Artist: Jonny Tarr
      • Artist: Lauren Leigh
      • Artist: Tamar Berk
      • Artist: The Naked I
  • Best Pop Album

      • Artist: Gregory Page
      • Album: Let's Go This Way
      • Artist: Julianna Zachariou
      • Album: Hero Of Your Heart
      • Artist: Lauren Leigh
      • Album: Ghost In the Picture
      • Artist: Tamar Berk
      • Album: Start at the End
  • Best Jazz or Blues Album

      • Artist: Cobby
      • Album: Vintage Girl in a Modern World
      • Artist: Peter Sprague Plays the Beatles
      • Album: Day Tripper
  • Best Country or Americana Artist

      • Artist: Barbara Wire
      • Artist: Jeff Berkley & The Banned
      • Artist: Kimmi Bitter
      • Artist: Lady Psychiatrist’s Booth
      • Artist: MohaviSoul
      • Artist: Sandé Lollis
      • Artist: Sara Petite
  • Best Hip Hop/Rap Artist

      • Artist: BIDS
      • Artist: Bloodstone the Street Preacher
      • Artist: Brothers Burns
      • Artist: Crhymes
      • Artist: Dezzy Hollow
      • Artist: Katie LaDubz
      • Artist: Riston Diggs
  • Best Hip Hop/Rap Song

      • Artist: Bassassin feat. Mitchy Slick
      • Song: Padre Gang
      • Artist: Billy NoJokes & Germz
      • Song: Choppy Waters
      • Artist: Dezzy Hollow
      • Song: Backstroke
      • Artist: Kahlee, EL Blue
      • Song: Intentions
      • Artist: The Toven
      • Song: Frank Sinatra
  • Best Hip Hop/Rap Album

      • Artist: Bishop Snow
      • Album: Bury Me A G
      • Artist: Dezzy Hollow
      • Album: One Nation Under Funk
      • Artist: Flxwz & Tre Castro
      • Album: BubbleGum
      • Artist: Ray Riley
      • Album: For the Ride Home
  • Best Rock Artist

      • Artist: Ash Easton
      • Artist: Band of Gringos
      • Artist: Daring Greatly
      • Artist: Deaf Club
      • Artist: Mercedes Rides Out
      • Artist: Mrs. Henry
      • Artist: The Farmers
  • Best Rock or Indie/Alternative Song

      • Artist: miniaturized
      • Song: miniaturized
      • Artist: Nights Like Thieves
      • Song: The Good Hurt
  • Best Indie/Alternative Artist

      • Artist: Aviator Stash
      • Artist: Creature Canyon
      • Artist: King Whisker
      • Artist: Signal For Pilot
      • Artist: The Inflorescence
      • Artist: The Schizophonics
      • Artist: Summer Years
  • Best Indie/Alternative Album

      • Artist: Plosivs
      • Album: self-titled
      • Artist: The Inflorescence
      • Album: Remember What I Look Like
  • Best World Music Album

      • Artist: HIRIE
      • Album: Mood Swing
      • Artist: Smoke & Mirrors Sound System
      • Album: Undercover
  • Best Local Recording

      • Artist: Jacob Turnbloom
  • Best Video

      • Artist: B Side Players featuring Roosterford & 2034
      • Song: El Quinto Elemento
      • Artist: blink-182
      • Song: Edging
      • Artist: Pierce The Veil
      • Song: Pass the Nirvana
      • Artist: The Gravities
      • Song: Grav Train
      • Artist: Veni Sun
      • Song: Coaster
  • Best New Artist

      • Artist: Ash Easton
      • Artist: Coastal Wolves
      • Artist: Mercedes Rides Out
      • Artist: Strange Bouquets
      • Artist: Swive
      • Artist: The Plagues
      • Artist: Zavala Sol
  • Song of the Year

      • Artist: Rebecca Jade
      • Song: Show Me
      • Artist: Boostive, Divina Jasso and Raquel Jones
      • Song: Ties Unwind
      • Artist: Daring Greatly
      • Song: Never a Goodbye
      • Artist: Sandollar
      • Song: Warrior (feat. ZEB)
  • Artist of the Year

      • Artist: Cattle Decapitation
      • Artist: Gilbert Castellanos
      • Artist: Jeff Berkley
      • Artist: P.O.D.
      • Artist: Rebecca Jade
      • Artist: Switchfoot
      • Artist: Thee Sacred Souls
  • Album of the Year

      • Artist: HIRIE
      • Album: Mood Swing
      • Artist: Thee Sacred Souls
      • Album: self titled
      • Artist: Swami John Reis
      • Album: Ride The Wild Night
      • Artist: The Schizophonics
      • Album: Hoof It
      • Artist: Unwritten Law
      • Album: The Hum

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