Photos: Stephanie Bartik/Frankie Cavone

The 2023 Listen Up Awards presented by Mirth Films and Radio Radio X was hosted at The Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, NY seeing hundreds of Capital Region musicians and fans joining together to support live music. Nearly 40,000(38,752 to be exact) voted upon this year’s nominees who were also voted in by the fans.

We really mean it when we say Your Vote, Your Choice and from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for supporting live music. We are lucky to have a wealth of bands and acts across the Capital Region and North Country and the best way to help them out is by buying a ticket and getting out there to see a show.

This year saw four new hero award recipients including Josh Bloomfield, Scott Dorrance, Howard Glassman and Mother Judge who have all positively impacted our music scene in their own ways. Big thanks to J.B. Aka Dirty Moses, Soul Sky and Joe Barna and the Sketches of Influence for performing live and keeping the fun going all afternoon.

Check out the complete list of winners a gallery of photos from the 2023 Listen Up Awards below:

Favorite Solo Duo:

• Caity Gallagher
• Harry and Alan
• Jason Irwin – Winner
• Margo Marcero
• Peter Annello

Favorite Solo/Duo Covers:

• Yellowdog
• Geo
• North Allen Duo – Winner
• Gus Unplugged
• Dillion Rivers

Favorite Party Band:

• Off The Record
• The Rhythm Pilots
• The Sugar Hold
• Harmony Rocks – Winner
• The Accents

Favorite Country Artist:

• Southbound Renegade
• The Bluebillies
• Tame The Rooster
• Whiskey Highway – Winner
• Brule County Bad Boys

Favorite Rock Cover Band:

• Dirt Cheap – Winner
• Chris Busone
• Act Your Age
• Six Mile Sundown
• Abywst

Favorite Americana Artist:

• Brain Medicine
• Marty Wendell – Winner
• The Bluebillies
• Reese Fulmer
• Big Frank and the Bargain Bingers

Favorite Pop Artist:

• Caity Gallagher
• Peter Annello – Winner
• Kaleb Dingmon
• Girl Blue
• Kyla Silk

Favorite Rock/Hard Rock Artist:

• Seize Atlantis – Winner
• Shortwave Radioband
• The Hard Luck Souls
• Joe Mansman and the Midnight Revival Band
• Super 400

Favorite Alt/Indie Artist:

• Under the Den
• House of Saturn
• Grape Juice!
• ERIE – Winner
• Haunted Cat

Favorite Folk/Bluegrass Artist:

• Hold on Honeys
• Brain Medicine
• Joseph Biss
• The Bluebillies – Winner
• Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys

Favorite Jazz Artist:

• Mike Newman
• E-Block
• Hot Club of Saratoga – Winner
• NEQ
• Keith Pray

Favorite Punk/Garage:

• Black Cat Elliot – Winner
• Galene
• ShortWave Radioband
• The Hauntings
• The Sugar Hold

Favorite Metal Band:

• Faced
• Gozer
• Ice Queen
• Lock 9 – Winner
• Brick By Brick

Favorite Jam Band:

• Annie in the Water – Winner
• Raisinhead
• Hilltop
• Ampevene
• Timbre Coup

Favorite Blues Artist:

• Dealt The Blues
• George Fletcher Blues Band
• Matt Mirabile
• Sly Fox and the Hustlers – Winner
• The Switch

Favorite R&B/Soul/Funk:

• Ill Funk Ensemble
• E-Block – Winner
• Doc Horton
• Nolanauts
• Oobleck

Favorite Electronica/Experimental:

• Architrave
• TV Doctors
• Connor Armbruster
• 100 Psychic Dreams – Winner
• Cordyceps

Favorite Performing/Recording DJ:

• DJ HollyW8D
• Tru Master
• DJ TGIF – Winner
• Devin BPM
• DJ Irod

Favorite Irish Artist:

• Maggie’s Clan – Winner
• Get up Jack
• Triskele
• The Mckrells
• Hair of the Dog

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist:

• B. Austin – Winner
• The Big 3
• Ricky Bandana
• Bonus
• Ali Wild

Favorite Grateful Dead Cover Band:

• Dead Man’s Waltz
• The Wheel
• Neon Avenue
• Let’s Be Dead
• Half Step – Winner

Favorite Prog. Rock Artist:

• Ampevene
• Crazy Swedes
• TV Doctors
• Seize Atlantis – Winner
• Embe Esti

Best Hair and Makeup:

• Peggy of Troy
• Tommy Love – Winner
• Jeff Prescott
• Joanna Palladino
• Haunted Cat

Most Likely To Fall off Stage:

• Jay $way
• Tom Dolan
• Jim Barrett
• Grape Juice! – Winner
• Matt Delgado

Best Dressed:

• Abby Stone
• Bill Floyd
• Dennis Knight
• Johnny Morse – Winner
• Joanna Palladino

Most Likely To Owe The Club Money:

• Jeff Prescott
• Kolbie G.
• Brother T
• Brain Medicine
• The Erotics – Winner

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