Congratulations to Patrick Jaouen for winning the top trifecta of honors from the 2015 All WNY Music Awards.
BMI Recording Artist was awarded the Best Original Male Pop/Indie Vocalist, award, as well as Album of the Year and EP of the Year, showing that the Rochester vote came out strong during the online voting. Jaouen also placed second in the Best Lyricist, Best Lyrics in a Song, Best Folk Band/Act and Best Solo Act/Project, making him the winning-est artist in the 2015 competition.
In the Best Original Male Pop/Indie Vocalist category, Mike Zogaria came in second, while Austin Nova placed third.
Second place in the Album of the Year category is awarded to Finality Complex for “We Are Robots.” Chris Squier took third with “Hail Ye Sinners.
Zak Ward took second place in the EP of the Year category, while Dirty Smile came in third.
Eli Porter won for Best Bassist. Chris Kingston of Metal Militia finished second in the voting, while Dan McPartlan placed third.
And finally, All WNY Radio won the Best Local Radio/Podcast Show in the 2015 All WNY Music Awards. Second Place goes to Open Tunings with Scott Regan. Noah’s Ark took third place in the category.
Nominations for the 2016 awards will start in just nine days. Check back here for details.