Austin Music Award Winners

Band of the Year - Asleep at the Wheel
Best New Band - Band of Heathens
Musician of the YearPatrice Pike

Album of the Year - Brotherhood, Del Castillo
Song of the Year - "Beautiful Thing," Patrice Pike

Best Bluegrass Band - South Austin Jug Band
Best Blues Band - Gary Clark Jr.
Best Contemporary Latin Band - Grupo Fantasma
Best Country Band - Asleep at the Wheel
Best Cover Band - Skyrocket (formerly K-Tel Hit Machine)
Best DJ - DJ Mel
Best Experimental Band - The Octopus Project
Best Folk Band - The Hudsons
Best Hip-Hop Act - Overlord
Best Indie Band - The Octopus Project
Best Industrial/Goth Band - Lucid Dementia
Best Instrumental Band - The Octopus Project
Best Jazz Band - Blaze
Best Kid Band - Sarah Jarosz
Best Metal Band - Powderburn
Best None of the Above Band - Brobdingnagian Bards
Best Novelty Band - White Ghost Shivers
Best Punk Band - Riverboat Gamblers
Best Rock Band - Patrice Pike
Best Roots Rock Band - Mother Truckers
Best Traditional Latin Band - Del Castillo
Best World Music - The Tea Merchants

Best Acoustic Guitar - Elizabeth McQueeen
Best Bass Guitar - Mark Andes
Best Drums/Percussion - Don Harvey
Best Electric Guitar - Redd Volkaert
Best Female Vocalist - Patrice Pike
Best Horns - Grooveline Horns
Best Keyboards - Ian McLagan
Best Male Vocalist - Ray Benson
Best Miscellaneous Instrument Player - Yvonne Lambert, theremin
Best Record Producer - Ray Benson for Reinventing the Wheel, Asleep at the Wheel
Best Songwriter - Ray Benson
Best Strings - Will Taylor, violin