SAMMYS NOMS ANNOUNCED

Forty-eight nominee entries for the 2011 Syracuse Area Music (Sammy) Awards have been received and distributed among 11 categories spanning pop to hip-hop. Potential winners are in the running for awards which will be presented on Friday, Nov. 11, (11-11-11, get it?), 7 p.m., at the OnCenter Ballroom, 800 S. State St. Tickets cost $15.

The nominees include:

Best Pop: Kristin Turo; Kim Monroe & Chris Eves; Tommy Connors; South Bay; White Picket Fence

Best Country: Christopher Ames; The Easy Ramblers; Greg Hoover; Just Joe

Best Jazz: Tom Bronzetti Band; Kevin Dorsey Collective

Best Metal: One Last Shot; Earth Crisis; Shooting Hemlock; Torment the Vein; Feeding Affliction

Best Blues: Mark Cloutier; Master Thieves; The Chris Terra Band; Mark Doyle and the Maniacs

Best Alternative: 4 Point O; The Scarlet Ending; God Astray; Catastrophe Me; Independent Louis

Best Hip-Hop/Rap: Sophistafunk; Decoy; Powder Jay; Double-J/A.O.D. Team; Anormous

Best Rock: Silent Fury; Stone Soul Foundation; Elephant Mountain; Just a Memory; Michael P. Ryan

Best R&B: Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook; Isreal Hagan; Brownskin Band

Best Americana: Chad Bradshaw Band; Stiv Morgan; Dan Duggan; Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand; Loren Barrigar

Best Recording, Other Style: William Nicholson; Leper Pony; Turnip Stampede; Samba Laranja; Ceili Rain To purchase tickets and for more information on the Sammys, visit syracuseareamusic.com —Jessica Novak

EDITOR’S NOTE: Music editor Jessica Novak visits this week’s CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival in New York City and will be posting updates to NewTimesMusic on Twitter and the Syracuse New Times’ Facebook page. And for those who attended the Oct. 15 Chris Robinson Brotherhood show at the Westcott Theater, check out Christopher Baker’s review at www.syracusenewtimes.com. Email jnovak@syracusenewtimes.com with your own comments on the ex-Black Crowes’ concert in the ’Cuse.