AZALEA CITY RECORDINGS 2007 WAMMIE Nominations WASHINGTON AREA RECORD COMPANY Azalea City Recordings BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENTALIST Ira Gitlin BLUES/TRADITIONAL R&B RECORDING The Great Pretender/ Seth Kibel CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTALIST Phil Mathieu CLASSICAL RECORDING Holiday Impressions/ Phil Mathieu COUNTRY VOCALIST Karen Collins Ruthie Logdson COUNTRY DUO/GROUP Karen Collins & The Backroads Band Ruthie & the Wranglers COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALIST Ira Gitlin Phil Mathieu COUNTRY RECORDING Tail Light Blues/Karen Collins & The Backroads Band CONTEMPORARY FOLK - VOCALIST Carey Creed CONTEMPORARY FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST Avril Smith TRADITIONAL FOLK - DUO/GROUP Hoag, Kelly & Pilzer Squeeze Bayou Tinsmith TRADITIONAL FOLK - INSTRUMENTALIST Andrea Hoag JAZZ - INSTRUMENTALIST Seth Kibel JAZZ DUO/GROUP Bay Jazz Project (Seth Kibel) JAZZ RECORDING Crying Sky Blue/Sean Land and Bay Jazz Project ROCK MALE VOCALIST Jon Carroll ROCK - INSTRUMENTALIST Jon Carroll ROCK RECORDING Love Returns/Jon Carroll ROOTS ROCK MALE VOCALIST Brian Simms ROOTS ROCK INSTRUMENTALIST Brian Simms Helen Hausmann WORLD DUO/GROUP The Alexandria Kleztet Hoag, Kelly, Pilzer WORLD INSTRUMENTALIST Seth Kibel Charlie Pilzer MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR Brian Simms Jon Carroll Seth Kibel SONG OF THE YEAR Paint That Dollar Red/ Jon Carroll/Jon Carroll ALBUM OF THE YEAR Love Returns/Jon Carroll WAMA/SAW SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Jon Carroll Karen Collins RECORD DESIGN Tail Light Blues/Karen Collins & Backroads Band/ Ruthie Logsdon RECORDING STUDIO Golden Sound Studio (Scott Harlan) STUDIO ENGINEER Charlie Pilzer