And The Winners Are …

Wow. The 2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards show at the Taft Theatre last night turned out the be the smoothest run ceremony yet. Great sound, some amazing performances, no major technical difficulties and a great pace was maintained throughout. Check CityBeat Wednesday for a show re-cap. In the meantime, here are the night’s big winners:

BLUEGRASS
Rumpke Mountain Boys

COUNTRY
Dallas Moore & Snatch Wranglers

FOLK/AMERICANA
The Kentucky Struts

WORLD MUSIC
Tropicoso

ROCK
Heartless Bastards

HARD ROCK/METAL
American Hardcore

SINGER/SONGWRITER
Jake Speed

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE
Wussy

PUNK/HARDCORE
Viva La Foxx

BLUES
Sonny Moorman Group

R&B/FUNK
Freekbass

JAZZ
Blue Wisp Big Band

HIP HOP
Iswhat?!

JAM BAND
Rumpke Mountain Boys

EXPERIMENTAL/ELECTRONIC
Diet Audio

BEST MUSICAL AMBASSADOR
Bootsy Collins

BEST LIVE ACT
Death in Graceland

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Buffalo Killers

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
All This Time by The Heartless Bastards

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
IsWhat?!

— Mike Breen

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