2016 CHOICE AWARDS RESULTS April 20, 2016 / by John Stoney Cannon Congratulations to all the artists nominated for the 2016 Lokal Loudness Choice Awards honoring area CSRA music artists. This includes the so many more than the top five nominees in each category. It includes EVERYONE who was nominated whether it was once…or a hundred times. And also congratulations to all who nominated and all who voted on the final nominees. Here are the winners: MATTHEW KEENAN AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL GUITARIST (PRESENTED BY DYLAN PICKUPS) JOHN John Berret (LAROXES) CHRIS HARDY AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL BASSIST Deveran Roof CHRIS WATKINS AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL DRUMMER Michael Dansevicus STEVE CHEEKS AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL VOCALIST Adam Harris Thompson WYCLIFFE GORDON AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL MISC. INSTRUMENT Ruby Culpepper ROBBIE DUCEY AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL SOLO ARTIST (PRESENTED BY THAT PLACE COFFEE) Doug Oxford DORIAN TAUS AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL CD FAIRY TALES BY THE BEAUTY FOOLS 1,000 MILES AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL SONG SPACE CATS BY Chris Hardy BRANDON LAYTON AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL ALL-AGES ARTIST KILL THE HOST SCIENCE FRICTION AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL NEW ARTIST (PRESENTED BY THE HIGHLANDER) LE GOOSE DIXIE DREG AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL BAND NO SIR PAUL COLOHAN AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL JAZZ ARTIST Joel Cruz JAMES BROWN AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL SOUL/HIP HOP ARTIST STINK BAMBOO STEPHEN VINCENT BENET AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL SPOKEN WORD ARTIST Anthony SleepyEyez Carter CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL DJ (PRESENTED BY 520 RADIO) Kris Fisher LARRYJON WILSON AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL COUNTRY/AMERICANA ARTIST Donna Carroll DAVID BRADBERRY AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL ROCK ARTIST (PRESENTED BY SNIPS OF TIME) NO SIR DIEAGNOSTIC AWARD FOR FAVE LOKAL HARD ROCK ARTIST FALSE FLAG The Alexis Noelle Colohan-Cannon Award for community service J.A.M.P.