Minnesota Music Awards: 2003
This is a very incomplete listing of the 2003 MMAs. Information comes from an article in the Walker Pilot Independent, published on October 24, 2003, and posted on moondancejam.com. Information also came from articles in the Minneapolis Star Tribune by Chris Riemenschneider dated September 12 and 26, 2003. The Strib had gone to posting the complete list of winners online, which, of course, is no longer there. I also missed the City Pages’ ballot. I have fixes for these problems in motion, but in the meantime, here is the information I have.
I apologize for any misspellings of anyone’s name; it could be from the source, or it could be from my typing. Please contact me if you need to have something corrected. Thanks!
For other years, see MINNESOTA MUSIC AWARDS.
DATE: September 24, 2003
PLACE: O’Gara’s Garage, St. Paul
NOTES:
The MMA’s co-president was Mick Spence.
Awards were given out in 56 categories, at a ceremony that was decidedly lower key than 2002’s ballroom/formal dress affair.
Kurt Jorgensen virtually swept the awards.
PRODUCERS: Jack and Rachel Thibault of T.E.A. Productions
PRESENTERS: (Partial list)
- St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly
- Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
- John Hines
- Bob Berglund
- Bill and Kathy Bieloh, owners of Moondance Jam
LIVE PERFORMANCES
- Big John Dickerson
- Johnny Cash Tribute by Sherwin Linton
- Tribute to the late Famous Dave’s soundman Mike Nichols by his 11-year-old daughter, Tessa Nichols-Mead
**Those awards I know are in bold. I don’t know what the categories were in 2003, but I’ll keep these up to avoid retyping if/when I get the list.***
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Kurt Jorgensen
MAJOR LABEL RECORDING:
INDIE RECORDING:
SELF-RELEASED RECORD:
SONG OF THE YEAR: (Kurt Jorgensen)
NEW ARTIST: Working Stiffs
SONGWRITER:
COMPOSER:
MUSICIANS’ AWARDS
GUITAR:
BASS:
DRUMS:
KEYBOARDS: Jeff Victor
HORNS: Steve Clarke
SPECIALTY INSTRUMENTALIST:
FEMALE VOCALIST: Maya Marshall
MALE VOCALIST:
AWARDS BY GENRE
AMERICANA GROUP: Kurt Jorgensen
AMERICANA RECORD:
BLUES ARTIST:
Joel Johnson Band (Nominated)
BLUES RECORD:
BLUEGRASS GROUP:
BLUEGRASS ALBUM: (Monroe Crossing)
CHILDREN’S GROUP:
CLASSICAL-NEW MUSIC GROUP:
COVER BAND:
ELECTRONICA ARTIST:
ACOUSTIC-FOLK GROUP:
ACOUSTIC-FOLK RECORD:
GOSPEL GROUP:
HIP-HOP ARTIST:
HIP-HOP RECORD:
JAZZ GROUP:
JAZZ ARTIST:
JAZZ RECORD: “Let it be Jazz: Connie Evingson Sings the Beatles”
LATIN GROUP: Latin Sounds Orchestra
POLKA GROUP:
POLKA RECORD:
POP GROUP:
POP RECORD:
PUNK GROUP:
PUNK RECORD:
REGGAE GROUP:
ROCK GROUP:
ROCK RECORD:
ROCKABILLY GROUP:
HARD ROCK GROUP:
HARD ROCK RECORD:
R&B ARTIST:
R&B RECORD:
TECHNICAL
MINNESOTA-PRODUCED RADIO PROGRAM: KQRS’s “Homegrown”
AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION:
STUDIO PRODUCER/ENGINEER:
LIVE SOUND ENGINEER:
CLUB DJ:
SPECIAL
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
- Leigh Kamman
- The Suburbs