Kimmi Bitter, Daring Greatly, Neighborhood Kids score multiple honors at SD Music Awards
The Tourmaliners performing at Humphrey s by the Bay for the San Diego Music Awards Photo by Mark Nero Times of San Diego Country singer Kimmi Bitter rock band Daring Greatly and hip-hop group The NeighborhoodKids all took home multiple awards during this year s San Diego Music Awards atHumphreys by the Bay In addition Blues funk and R B guitarist Anthony The Fallbrook Kid Cullins was namedArtist of the Year and South Bay-based globally acclaimed Souldies band Thee Sacred Soulswon Album of the Year for their sophomore LP Got a Story to Tell Bitter won Best Americana or Country Album for her Old School release as well as Song ofthe Year for the single Cowboy Kind of Girl View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Diego Music Awards sdmusicawards Daring Greatly a harmony-driven rock band originally from Calgary Alberta but now based in San Diego received honors for their song Trouble The tune won for Best Music Video andBest Rock or Indie Alternative Song The Neighborhood Kids a socially conscious rap crew established in by musiciansVerde and Amon the MC won the Best Hip-Hop or Rap Artist and Best New Artist awards During Tuesday s event a Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon the legendary Nathan East a Grammy-nominated bassist credited with appearing on over recordingssince launching his professional career in the early s View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Diego Music Awards sdmusicawards Just prior to his being presented the award a series of short video clips by artists that Easthas worked with was shown Among the musicians who recorded messages lauding East wereDave Koz Kenny G Bob James Ray Parker Jr Reba McEntire Eric Clapton Ringo Starr andLionel Ritchie as well as East s wife and children including his son pianist Noah East I can t even get my head around this how surreal it is Nathan East disclosed of his honor He also revealed that the date of the awards show was authentically moved from April to the th to accommodate his work schedule and that he had just returned from Japan the nightbefore View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Diego Music Awards sdmusicawards I ve traveled the world but it s already great to come back to America s finest city SanDiego California he disclosed In all awards were given in categories during the ceremony The sold-out event the th annual music awards held not only honored San Diego-area music andmusicians it also raised for the San Diego Music Foundation s Guitars for Schoolsprogram now in its th year The campaign s mission is to introduce the guitar to music curricula within San Diego Countyschools both as a way to augment existing programs and to offset the loss of arts instructiondue to budget cuts View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Diego Music Awards sdmusicawards The foundation provides guitars to San Diego-area elementary middle and highschools for use in day classes or after-school music programs It has put guitars in schools according to the organizers God bless all the musicians and all the people that are future musicians East disclosed duringhis acceptance speech This is where it starts In addition to award presentations the acts Euphoria Brass Band Mohavisoul Matthew Philips Miniaturized Almost Monday and the Tourmaliners performed live as well as East and his band Congrats to everyone that s here Jessie Lark winner of the Best Pop Song award saidduring her acceptance speech We have an incredible music population and I m glad to be apart of it Top San Diego Music Awards honors Artist of the Year Anthony Cullins Album of the Year Got a Story to Tell Thee Sacred Souls Song of the Year Cowboy Kind of Girl Kimmi Bitter Best New Artist The Neighborhood Kids Best Local Recording Live Alive The Tourmaliners Best Music Video Trouble Daring Greatly See a rundown of all the winners on the awards Instagram account A stream of the show is available on the awards website
