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      This page lists Nominees and Winners in the WAMI Award Category: Folk. This information has been compiled from various newspaper articles and websites, and the 2003-2008 Award Show program booklets. I have found no information at all about 1981-1995 nominees or winners.

WAMI Folk Nominees by Name / by Year
  * = Winner

1. .Acoustix, The - city? - (2004)
2. . Anthony, Rob - Milwaukee - (2004)
3. . Ballini, Marc - Milwaukee - (2005)
4. . Bazooka Joe - city? - (2007*, 2008)
5. . Berryman, Lou & Peter - Madison - (2000)
6. . Blarney Castle - Milwaukee - (1996)
7. . Bovre, Marques - Madison - (1999)
8. . Bovre, Marques & the Evil Twins - Madison - (1998*)
9. . Camplin, Bill - Fort Atkinson - (1997, 1999)
10. . Common Faces - Madison - (1997)
11. . Dosen, Stephanie - Milwaukee - (2003)
12. . Drake, David HB - Milwaukee - (1996, 2002*)
13. . Frogwater - Milwaukee - (1999)
14. .Knock on Wood - city? - (2001, 2003)
15. . Larkin, Patty - Whitefish Bay / Boston, MA - (2001)
16. . Lil' Rev - Milwaukee - (1997, 2003, 2004*)
17. . Lokey, Les - Madison - (1997)
18. . Mambo Surfers - Milwaukee - (2000)
19. . McIntyre, Ryan - Waukesha - (2006) [per CD Baby, Pop/Rock, not Folk]
20. . melaniejane - Milwaukee - (2000, 2001)
21. . Miller, Jeffrey - Milwaukee - (2008)
22. . Moffitt, Julie - city? - (2007)
23. . Moon Gypsies - Madison - (2008*)
24. . Mulvey, Peter - Milwaukee / Boston, MA / Milwaukee - (1997, 2005)
25. . No Strings Attached - Milwaukee - (2006*, 2007) [Rock band, NOT Folk or Acoustic]
26. . Nyles, Ronnie - Oak Creek - (2007)
27. . O'Connell, Tim - Appleton - (2005)
28. . Paffrath and Holly - city? - (2000)
29. .Dos Proberos - city? - (2006)
30. . Porter, Willy - Madison - (1996, 1999*, 2000*, 2001*, 2004, 2006, 2008)
31. . Recycled Angels - city? - (2003 2004)
32. . Rohan, Amy - Milwaukee - (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003)
33. . Stringbenders - city? - (2007)
34. .Suburban Gypsies - city? - (1996)
35. . Taylor, Alaria - Brookfield - (2006, 2007, 2008)
36. . Webber, Tom & Barb - Milwaukee - (2003*)

Folk Group or Artist of the Year - 1996 (Winner unknown)
• Blarney Castle - Milwaukee
• David HB Drake - Milwaukee
• Willy Porter - Madison
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee
• Suburban Gypsies - city?

  Folk Group or Artist of the Year - 1997 (Winner unknown)

• Bill Camplin - Fort Atkinson
• Common Faces - Madison
• Lil' Rev - Milwaukee
• Les Lokey - Madison
• Peter Mulvey - Milwaukee / Boston, MA
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee

  Folk Group/Artist - 1998

• Marques Bovre & the Evil Twins - Madison (Winner)
• Common Faces - Madison
• Peter Mulvey - Milwaukee / Boston, MA
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee
• Thin Man

  Folk Group/Artist - 1999

• Marques Bovre - Madison
• Bill Camplin - Fort Atkinson
• Frogwater - Milwaukee
• Willy Porter - Madison (Winner)
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee

  Folk Group/Artist - 2000

• Lou & Peter Berryman - Madison
• Mambo Surfers - Milwaukee
• melaniejane - Milwaukee
• Paffrath and Holly - city?
• Willy Porter - Madison (Winner)
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee

  Folk - 2001

• Knock on Wood - city?
• Patty Larkin - Whitefish Bay / Boston, MA
• melaniejane - Milwaukee
• Willy Porter - Madison (Winner)
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee

  Folk/Acoustic - 2002

• David HB Drake - Milwaukee (Winner)
• other nominee names?

  Folk/Acoustic - 2003

• Stephanie Dosen - Milwaukee
• Knock On Wood - city?
• Lil' Rev - Milwaukee
• Recycled Angels - city?
• Amy Rohan - Milwaukee
• Tom & Barb Webber - Milwaukee (Winner)

  Folk/Acoustic Group or Artist of the Year - 2004

• The Acoustix - city?
• Rob Anthony - Milwaukee
• Lil' Rev - Milwaukee (Winner)
• Willy Porter - Madison
• Recycled Angels - city?

  Folk/Acoustic Group or Artist of the Year - 2005

• Rob Anthony - Milwaukee (Winner)
• Marc Ballini - Milwaukee
• Peter Mulvey - Milwaukee / Boston, MA
• Tim O'Connell - Appleton
• Barb & Tom Webber - Milwaukee

  Folk/Acoustic Group or Artist of the Year - 2006

• Ryan McIntyre - Waukesha [per CD Baby, Pop/Rock, not Folk]
• No Strings Attached - Milwaukee (Winner) [Rock band, NOT Folk or Acoustic]
• Willy Porter - Madison
• Dos Proberos - city?
• Alaria Taylor - Brookfield

  Folk/Acoustic Group/Artist 2007

• Bazooka Joe - city? (Winner)
• Julie Moffitt - city?
• No Strings Attached - Milwaukee
• Ronnie Nyles - Oak Creek
• Stringbenders - city?
• Alaria Taylor - Brookfield

  Folk/Acoustic Group/Artist 2008 (Screen)

• Bazooka Joe - city?
• Jeffrey Miller - Milwaukee
• Moon Gypsies - Madison (Winner)
• Willy Porter - Milwaukee
• Alaria Taylor - Brookfield

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