Votes to determine this year’s winner of the New Times Music Awards’ Readers Choice Award will be collected through Oct. 18 (deadline is 5 p.m.). The public is invited to vote for their picks online at newtimesslo.com. Each voter is asked to select three picks (and rank them as first, second, and third) out of […]
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Entry period begins for 2021 New Times Music Awards
Central Coast-based singers, songwriters, musicians, and bands are encouraged to enter this year’s New Times Music Awards competition. The entry period for the contest begins on Thursday, July 29, and entries will be accepted through Monday, Aug. 16 (deadline is 5 p.m.). Visit newtimesslo.com for more details. Following the competition, this year’s New Times Music […]
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12th annual New Times Music Awards hosts events online, over the radio
On Friday, Nov. 13, the 12th annual New Times Music Awards (NTMA) will stream pre-recorded performances on several websites, including New Times’ Facebook page, SLO House Party on Big Big SLO’s YouTube channel, SLO Brew and Krush 92.5’s websites, My805Tix, and other pages. On the same day, at 10 a.m., Krush 92.5 will air Krush […]
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Readers Choice voting open for New Times Music Awards
New Times will accept votes toward its Readers Choice Award from this year’s annual New Times Music Awards through Monday, Oct. 19. Visit newtimesslo.com to view the list of different artists to vote for and submit your picks for first, second, and third place. Links to samples of the artists’ music are also available on […]
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The Cimo Brothers win Best Live Performance at the tenth annual New Times Music Awards on Nov. 2
It’s Friday, Nov. 2, and all the beautiful people are in SLO’s Fremont Theater for the 2018 New Times Music Awards (NTMAs). There’s glitz, there’s glamour, and there’s a whole lotta music filling up the old art deco theater. The Sun and New Times welcomed musicians of all stripes from Santa Barbara and SLO counties […]
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NTMA turns 10: The New Times Music Awards (NTMAs) calls for singer/songwriters and bands to submit new music for 10th annual competition
Without fail, just about every year now for the past decade, one or more musician friends ask me after-the-fact: “Dude, why didn’t you tell me about the New Times Music Awards?” Well here it is, unequivocally: The Sun and New Times is currently accepting entries for the 10th annual New Times Music Awards, which we […]
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Fremont Theater in SLO hosts New Times Music Awards on Nov. 3
The ninth annual New Times Music Awards is set for Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Fremont Theater in downtown SLO. Five genre category winners are scheduled to perform and compete for the night’s Best Live Performance award, known as the “Newties.” Bands scheduled to perform include The Tipsy Gypsies, The Creston Line, 33 […]
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Local musicians can submit new albums and songs to the New Times Music Awards
It’s that time of year again, when local singer-songwriters, bands, rappers, and composers seal their EPs, albums, or recordings with a bow and send them into the New Times Music Awards. Is this the year you’ll finally enter, or are you going to watch someone else take home the coveted Newtie? The competition is open […]
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‘Do the best we can!’ Fialta cleans up at the New Times Music Awards
It was all things Fialta on Friday, Nov. 11, in the Fremont Theater, where the SLO Town pop quartet took home the top prize for Best Live Performance, Best Open Song, Best Songwriter, Best Album, second in Best Rock-Alternative Song, and the Readers’ Choice Award at the eighth annual New Times Music Awards. Yeah, they […]
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New Times Music Awards readers’ choice open to voters
The annual New Times Music Awards has received its submissions, and judging is underway. But you can cast your own vote online for the contest’s readers’ choice category now through Oct. 13. There are several local groups to choose from, and you can find them listed and cast a vote at here. Voters can listen […]
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Where’s your music? The eighth annual New Times Music Awards accepts entries beginning July 28
If you aren’t already packaging up your latest album, EP, or single—or at least telling your closest musician friends to—for this year’s New Times Music Awards (NTMA), then what are you doing? Playing Pokémon Go? Bands, singer-songwriters, rappers, and composers throughout Santa Barbara and SLO counties can fill out entry forms in the Sun and […]