Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards & Capital Records Live

Best of luck to 2019 Eddies Music Award winner and Whitehall native PJ Ferguson, whose Nashville band is in the running to be added to the lineup of the 2025 The Rock Boat music festival. The general public can vote in the first round; details below.

PJ Ferguson & The Tennessee Strange

📣 Sixthman Soundcheck Top 10 is HERE! Take a listen to these incredible artists and vote who you think should join us on board at therockboat.com/soundcheck 🤩 💙

🛳️ Voting ends closes on August 8th at 2:00 pm ET.

Some Joe Putrock photos from the 6th annual Eddies Music Awards on April 21 were published Yesterday (April 28) in the Times Union. For more images, see our photo galleries from the last six years of award shows and Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at theeddiesawards.com.
(Note: Included on the page are three photos from the annual Pillars of the Community Awards.)

- joined by their band and Margo Macero - rocked the house Sunday night at Proctors with an electrifying performance. More photos and a list of nominees and winners at theeddiesawards.com

Joe Putrock photos

Hundreds of good-looking members of the community captured on camera last night by Joe Putrock and Dollface Studios NY for the Eddies Music Awards. Thanks to all who came out and congratulations to every nominee, performer and award recipient. Download and share: https://theeddiesawards.com/2024-eddies-music-awards-at-proctors-galleries/

Full list of nominees and winners here: https://theeddiesawards.com/2024-eddies-awards-nominees/

Shown: (Top) Jess and Cameron (Camtron5000) Rivers, Wanda Adams Fischer and Sawyer Fredericks; (lower left) Alex Torres; and the Hold on Honeys.

Photos from the Eddies Music Awards in today’s Daily Gazette. We’ll be sharing our photos later today.

TONIGHT (Sunday, April 21) DJ Trumastr will spin between award announcements and live music performances at the 6th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards. Join us at 6 p.m. Tickets are still available; visit theeddiesawards.com for details.

This edition of the Eddies is brought to by MLB Construction and media partner WEXT Radio.

We look forward to celebrating these nominees this Sunday (April 21) at Proctors. Join us at 6 p.m.; tickets: atproctors.org.

Image shown is from the April 14th Times Union.

The Sugar Hold was featured in Thursday’s Times Union ahead of their performance Sunday at the 6th annual Eddies Music Awards at Proctors. For details on the nominees, artists performing and more, visit theeddiesawards.com. Tickets: atproctors.org.

https://www.timesunion.com/music/article/schenectady-s-sugar-hold-dead-serious-keeping-fun-19403299.php

Schenectady's The Sugar Hold is dead serious on keeping it fun With its mix of surf, punk and pop, Schenectady's Sugar Hold is dead serious on keeping it fun.

Over the course of a single day you can delight in the incredible breadth and depth of today’s 518 music scene simply by turning your radio dial to 97.7 or 106.1 FM. On Thursday (4/18), WEXT Radio celebrates the nominees of the 6th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards (aka the Eddies) by playing - morning, afternoon and evening – original music by local artists.

Pre-game this week's Eddies ceremony (6 p.m. Sunday) by listening wherever you find yourself Thursday – at work, at home, in the car, and everywhere in between. And plan to come to Proctors to cheer loud and proud for your favorite artists and other music professionals.

WEXT is the media partner of the 2024 Eddies. More info on the award show and a full list of nominees and performers at theeddiesawards.com. Tickets atproctors.org.

In case you missed it - we almost did - the Times Union published a page of Joe Putrock photos recently from our Eddies Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Universal Preservation Hall.

It’s time to celebrate the scene in a BIG way! In preparation for the 6th annual Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 21 at Proctors, our friends at are playing music by the 2024 nominees throughout the day this THURSDAY (April 18). Set an alert on your smart device to remind you to tune in and while you are at it, head over to atproctors.org to snag your tickets.

More info on the award show and a full list of nominees and performers at theeddiesawards.com.

Our last category for the Eddies Music Awards is Album of the Year! Congrats to Steve Candlen and Malcolm Burn, A Band Called ERIE, Architrave, Shannon Roy Music, Angelina Valente, Joe Barna Quintet, Keith Pray and The Gibson Brothers

Find links to all these albums at theeddiesawards.com! We can't wait to see you at the Eddies Awards on Sunday, April 21 at Proctors! Tickets > bit.ly/Eddies24.

We are ready to ROCK on Sunday, April 21 at the 2024 Eddies Music Awards and so are our performers! Ruth Pelham, Cassandra Kubinski, The Sugar Hold, Hold on Honeys, Jocelyn and Chris and Ethan Crowley hit the MainStage Proctors starting at 6 p.m.

What are you waiting for?? Get your tickets now! > bit.ly/Eddies24.

Give it up for our Music Video of the Year nominees! Congrats to Architrave, Buggy Jive, Millington-Band, Dust Bowl Faeries, Jes Hudak, JB aka Dirty Moses, Simplemachine and Kieran Rhodes.

Watch all the videos at theeddiesawards.com! We'll see you at the Eddies Awards on Sunday, April 21 at Proctors! Tickets > bit.ly/Eddies24

The Record of the Year nominees are SIRSY, A Band Called ERIE, Art-N-Shawna / Art LaFleur, Sawyer Fredericks, Ria Curley, Girl Love, Glass Pony and Amanda Case! Congrats to all.

Listen to all the tracks at theeddiesawards.com! The Eddies Awards are Sunday, April 21 at Proctors! Tickets > bit.ly/Eddies24.

Next up are the Songwriter of the Year nominees! Congratulations to Steve Candlen, TJ Foster, Angelina Valente, Sawyer Fredericks, Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band, As Iz, DJ Jennifer Haley and Shannon Roy Music.

The 6th annual Eddies Music Awards are Sunday, April 21 Proctors! Get your tickets now! > bit.ly/Eddies24

Give it up for our Radio DJ of the Year Nominees! Congrats to AndyGram518, Chris Wienk, Jeff Morad, Jim Barrett of River Street Beat Shop, Pearson Constantino, Tim Coakley and Rob Smittix.

See you on the MainStage Proctors Sunday, April 21! Tickets on sale at bit.ly/Eddies24.

Our Solo or Duo Artist of the Year Nominees are Angelina Valente, As Iz, Belle-Skinner, Caity Gallagher Music, Cassandra Kubinski, Girl Love and Peter Annello!

Congrats to all! Will we see you at the 6th annual Eddies Music Awards on Sunday, April 21 at Proctors? Tickets > bit.ly/Eddies24.

ATTENTION 2024 EDDIES MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES: Do you have your COMPLIMENTARY TIXS to the Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Awards at 6 p.m. April 21 on Proctors MainStage? If not, look in your email mailbox for details or D.M. us w/ your email no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, April 18. Mingle with your fellow 518 music scene professionals. Toast your friends. Celebrate your accomplishments. Enjoy the live entertainment. Maybe take home an award. We can't wait to party with you!

Fine print: Don't try to gain entry with the image below. Not a legal ticket!

Congratulations to Carmen Lookshire, Jeff Brisbin The Neverending Tour, Keanen Stark and Orion Kribs, Marcus Ruggiero, Maurizio Russomanno, Tim Wechgelaer and Chris Carey, the Solo or Duo Artist of the Year (Covers) Nominees!

The 6th annual Eddies Music Awards are Sunday, April 21 at Proctors! Get your tickets now > bit.ly/Eddies24.

Cheers to the Cover Band of the Year Nominees! Congrats to Diva & The Dirty Boys, Donna Tritico Band, HARK - the band, Lucid Street, The Refrigerators and Vinyl Vault!

Celebrate the 2024 Eddies Music Awards on Sunday, April 21 at Proctors > bit.ly/Eddies24.

It's time to celebrate the following nominees for Hip Hop/Rap Artist of the Year at this year's Eddies Music Awards!
Congrats to B Chaps & Freedom Stratton, Camtron5000, JB aka Dirty Moses, Ohzhe, Sime Gezus aka Pete Pluto and SOO DO KOO!

Get your tickets today for April 21 > bit.ly/Eddies24.

Amazing moments happen at every Eddies Music Awards Hall of Fame induction ceremony including this one Monday night when rap icon Kurtis Blow Walker and the 518's own Camtron5000 and William "Billy Bill" Waring posed for this photo at Universal Preservation Hall. Waring, an inductee, co-wrote many of his life-long friend Kurtis' early hits and Camtron5000 celebrated the pair with a captivating performance of their "Through Your Years."

More photos: theeddiesawards.com.
Photo: Joe Putrock