by Diego Donamaria

2019 AUSTIN MUSIC AWARD WINNERS:

BEST MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR — Shakey Graves

BEST AUSTIN BAND — Shinyribs

BEST NEW AUSTIN BAND — Black Pumas

BEST SONG OF THE YEAR — Black Pumas, “Black Moon Rising”

BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR — Bob Schneider, Blood and Bones (Shockorama)

BEST NONE-OF-THE-ABOVE — Bob Schneider & The Moonlight Orchestra

BEST ROCK — Bob Schneider

BEST MALE VOCALIST — Bob Schneider

BEST SONGWRITER — Bob Schneider

BEST AVANT GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL — The Octopus Project

BEST BLUES/SOUL/FUNK — Guy Forsyth

BEST MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT — Guy Forsyth (Harmonica)

BEST COUNTRY — Willie Nelson

BEST ELECTRONIC — Ghostland Observatory

BEST FOLK/BLUEGRASS — Wood & Wire

BEST HIP-HOP/RAP — Magna Carda

BEST JAZZ — White Ghost Shivers

BEST LATIN — Gina Chavez

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST — Gina Chavez

BEST METAL — Black Heart Saints

BEST PUNK — Sailor Poon

BEST WORLD MUSIC — Grupo Massa

BEST BASS — Roscoe Beck

BEST DRUMS/PERCUSSION — Brannen Temple

BEST GUITAR — Jackie Venson

BEST HORNS — Grupo Horns

BEST KEYBOARDS — Emily Gimble

BEST STRINGS — Carrie Rodriguez

BEST RADIO STATION — KUTX

AUSTIN MUSIC HALL OF FAME — Ruthie Foster

TOWNES VAN ZANDT SONGWRITING AWARD — Alejandro Escovedo

MARGARET MOSER WOMEN IN MUSIC AWARD — Dianne Scott