South West Music Award Nominees 2011
Check out the nominees for the South West Music Awards
With links to the music
Nominees for best act by genre –
Best Acoustic Act Johnny Edgar – Nicky Swann – Some Sort Of Threat
Best Folk Act Show Of Hands - 3 Daft Monkeys - Seth Lakeman
Best Jazz Act John Shilito select 6 – Jim Blomfield Trio – Duncan Fraser Big Band
Best Country/Americana Act Dixiegrass – Count To Fire – Eagle Country
Best Indie Act The Computers – Secrets of September - Kosmo Kings
Best Blues Act The Rattlesnakes – Bad Knees Blues Band – Eddie Martin
Best Soul Act The Loose Cannons – Hula Groove – Phantom Limb
Best Rock Act Idiom – Crazy Arm – Muse
Best Metal Act Fallen Divinity – Red Mist – Le Skye
Best Punk Act 2 Sick Monkeys – The Cut Ups – Bangers
Best Ska Act Too Hot – The Simmertones – The Mighty Offbeats
Best Reggae Act Scubaroots – Hot Dub Bikini Party – Zamba
FM Radio DJ of the year Award – Mike James, the Rock Show on Phonic FM
Best Break-through act Cambion – The Beacons – Morning Rush
Best Video/ You Tube -
‘I’m The Man You Need’ – Count To Fire
‘Youth Is Everything’ – Electric Skies
‘Begging Me’ – Florrie
Beacon of The South West Award - Joss Stone
Best EP -
‘Everything coming up ska’ – The Simmertones
‘Diamond Eyes’ – Honey Sol
‘Experiments’ – Florrie
Best Album -
‘WTF’ – NUMB
‘The Whirling Dervish’ – Mad Dog Mcrea
‘The Antiquanted And Arcane’ – 3 Daft Monkeys
Best Producer Richard De Rosa – Paul Reeve – John Tomkins
Best Live Act Muse – Portishead – NUMB
Best Act of 2011 The Computers – Cold Play – Muse
There will be live performances from Kagemusha Taiko, The Beacons, Marky Jay and Bashema. John Robb is Master of Ceremonies.



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We currently don’t know who has been nominated for FM DJ Award, but the results will be published at the end of October – we’ll keep you posted. Cheers, Chris.