The nominees for the 2024 San Diego Music Awards feature a few very familiar faces, from Jason Mraz to P.O.D. to Slighty Stoopid.
Each have had wide mainstream success, whether based on Billboard chart performance, major tours or by being nominated for – and in some cases, winning – Grammys.
On April 30, the artists, who are natives of the San Diego region or have longtime links here, will face off as nominees for 2024 Song of the Year.
The 33rd annual San Diego Music Awards will once again take place at Humphrey’s by the Bay. The trophies are handed out in several genres, including pop, rock, hiphop, jazz, folk, country and R&B.
The public also can vote online for nominees through March 26.
In addition, the late Country Dick Montana is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Contenders for the awards were revealed this week. Nominees in the top categories are:
Artist of the Year
- Band of Gringos
- Cattle Decapitation
- Daring Greatly
- Earl Thomas & the Gospel Ambassadors feat. Sister Leola
- Sandollar
- Earthless
- Thee Sacred Souls
Song of the Year
- Daring Greatly – Blame It On the Whiskey
- Jason Mraz – I Feel Like Dancing
- Kimmi Bitter – Aquamarine
- Nickel Creek – Where the Long Line Leads
- P.O.D. – Afraid to Die
- Slightly Stoopid feat. Stick Figure and Pepper – Got Me On The Run
- Thee Sacred Souls – Running Away
Album of the Year
- Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite
- Chickenbone Slim & The Biscuits – Damn Good & Ready
- Jason Mraz – Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride
- Jonny Tarr – The Rules
- Nickel Creek – Celebrants
- Pierce the Veil – The Jaws of Life
- Sara Petite – The Empress
Best Local Recording
- Grampadrew’s Greatest Hits
- Josh Weinstein – Mind The Gap
- Nathan Hubbard Trio – Seeds of Rivers
- Safety Orange – Positive Flow
- Sweet Imperfections – Soul Riders
- The Gravities – Live in Studio (Beachbreak Sessions)
- The Wayne Riker Gathering – Alphabetical Blues Bash, Vol. 2
Best New Artist
- Blair Gun
- Door 13
- Lowdown and the Tradition
- Owl be Damned
- Please Ask for Paul
- The Psychlops
- The Suede Grenades
Best Video
- Allison Adams Tucker – Tropicalia
- Berkley Hart – Faded Tattoo
- Blair Gun – Man of the Hour
- Cheyenne Benton – Batting Cages
- Jesse Ray Smith – Born of Fire
- Rebecca Jade – My Reason
For more: See the full list of nominees. Tickets for the ceremony go on sale Friday. Proceeds benefit the San Diego Music Foundation’s Guitars for Schools program.