KRISTIANSAND: Også Sigurd Køhn Quartet er nominert under årets spellemann i kategorien Jazz. Bandet er nominert med albumet "This Place ". CD-en skulle bli saksofonisten Sigurd Køhns siste. Den ble innspilt en måned før han døde i Tsunami-katastrofen for ett år siden.
Bluesgitaristen Ronnie Jacobsen fra Kristiansand er nominsert i kategorien Blues for sitt siste album "Soulified".
NOMINERTE TIL SPELLEMANN 2005
KVINNELIG ARTIST
ANE BRUN — A TEMPORARY DIVE (DET ER MINE/V2)
LENE MARLIN - LOST IN A MOMENT (EMI)
MARTHE VALLE - IT'S A BAG OF CANDY (GRAMMAR RECORDS)
MARIA MENA - APPARENTLY UNAFFECTED (SONY BMG)
SIMONE - LAST DAYS AND NIGHTS (DAWORKS)
MANNLIG ARTIST
ALEJANDRO FUENTES - DIAMONDS OR PEARLS (SONY BMG)
MAGNET - THE TOURNIQUET (ATLANTIC)
ROBERT POST - ROBERT POST (UNIVERSAL)
SOFIAN - THIS IS SOFIAN (C+C RECORDS)
POPGRUPPE
JIM STÄRK - JIM STÄRK (SWEET RECORDINGS)
RAVI & DJ LØV - DEN NYE ARBÆIDSDAGN (SONY BMG)
RÖYKSOPP - THE UNDERSTANDING (EMI)
ELEKTRONIKA
ALOG - MINIATURES (RUNE GRAMMOFON)
DATAROCK - DATAROCK DATAROCK (YAP/VME)
TOY - TOY (SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND)
SAMTIDSMUSIKK
CIKADA STRING QUARTET - SAARIAHO CAGE MADERNA (ECM/GRAPPA)
NILS HENRIK ASHEIM - 19 MARCH 2004, OSLO CATHEDRAL (FABRA)
SIGYN FOSSNES/EINAR HENNING SMEBYE - TIGHTROPE WALKER (AURORA/GRAPPA)
ROCK
BIGBANG - POETIC TERRORISM (GRANSPORT RECORDS)
JR EWING - MAELSTROM (SONY BMG)
MADRUGADA - THE DEEP END (EMI)
MY MIDNIGHT CREEPS - MY MIDNIGHT CREEPS (MMC RECORDS)
SERENA-MANEESH - SERENA-MANEESH (HONEYMILK)
BLUES
KÅRE VIRUD BAND - ILD OG VANN (BLUESTOWN RECORDS)
RONNIE JACOBSEN - SOULIFIED (MTG PRODUCTIONS)
VIDAR BUSK - STARFISH (WARNER MUSIC NORWAY)
COUNTRY
ELISABETH ANDREASSEN - SHORT STORIES (TYLDEN & CO)
SERGEANT PETTER - MONKEY TONK MATTERS (NEW RECORDS)
THE RESPATEXANS - SHINE ON (MW RECORDS)
METAL
AUDREY HORNE - NO HAY BANDA (DOG JOB/TUBA RECORDS)
EL CACO - THE SEARCH (BLACK BALLOON RECORDS)
EXTOL - BLUEPRINT (CENTURY MEDIA)
STONEGARD - ARROWS (BONNIER)
HIP-HOP/RNB
CAST - PROBLEMBARN (PASS IT RECORDS)
PAPERBOYS - WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (BONNIER)
TOMMY TEE - TOMMY TYCKER OM MEJ (TEE PRODUCTIONS/C+C RECORDS)
FOLKEMUSIKK/GAMMALDANS
NORDAFJELLS - GENERAL (TALIK DA)
SIGRID MOLDESTAD/EINAR MJØLSNES/HÅKON HØGEMO - GAMALTNYMALT (NORCD AS)
TOM WILLY RUSTAD - FIOLSTEINEN (KVARTS)
DANSEORKESTER
ANNE NØRDSTI - BONDEROMANTIKK (TYLDEN & CO)
LASSE JOHANSENS ORKESTER - HEMATT ATT (TYLDEN & CO)
OLE IVARS - VI TAR DET TEL MANDA'N (TYLDEN & CO)
JAZZ
HANS MATHISEN - QUIET SONGS (CURLING LEGS AS)
JIMMY ROSENBERG/STIAN CARSTENSEN - ROSE ROOM (HOT CLUB RECORDS)
KARIN KROG/BERGEN BIG BAND - SEAGULL (GRAPPA MUSIKKFORLAG AS)
SIGURD KØHN QUARTET - THIS PLACE (HEIDI KØHN)
SOLVEIG SLETTAHJELL - PIXIEDUST (CURLING LEGS AS)
KLASSISK MUSIKK
BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA/OLE KRISTIAN RUUD - EDVARD GRIEG: PEER GYNT (BIS RECORDS AB)
EINAR STEEN-NØKLEBERG/TRONDHEIM SYMFONIORKESTER/TERJE MIKKELSEN - THOMAS TELLEFSEN: COMPLETE PIANO CONCERTOS (SIMAX CLASSICS)
HÅKON AUSTBØ - DEBUSSY: COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO SOLO, VOL.II (SIMAX CLASSICS)
LEIF OVE ANDSNES - RACHMANINOV: PIANO CONCERTOS 1 & 2 (EMI CLASSICS)
VISER
16 ARTISTER HEDRER ERIK BYE - EN HILDRINGSTIME (KIRKELIG KULTURVERKSTED)
KARI BREMNES - OVER EN BY (KIRKELIG KULTURVERKSTED)
VAMP - SISTE STIKK (MAJORSTUDIO AS)
ØYSTEIN SUNDE - SÅNN ER'E BARE (SPINNER RECORDS AS)
ÅPEN KLASSE
ARILD ANDERSEN GROUP - ELECTRA (ECM/GRAPPA)
BEADY BELLE - CLOSER (JAZZLAND)
JAGA JAZZIST - WHAT WE MUST (SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND)
NILS PETTER MOLVÆR - ER (UNIVERSAL)
SHINING - IN THE KINGDOM OF KITSCH YOU WILL BE A MONSTER (RUNE GRAMMOFON)
BARNEPLATER
DIVERSE ARTISTER - ELIAS DEN LILLE REDNINGSSKØYTA (EGMONT/BARNESELSKAPET)
GEIRR LYSTRUP - SANGEN OM YEBO (JUNI)
JANNIKE KRUSE & FORSVARETS MUSIKKORPS TRØNDELAG - KJENTE, KJ ÆRE OG NOEN GLEMTE BARNESANGER (EGMONT/BARNESELSKAPET)
ÅRETS NYKOMMER
ANIMAL ALPHA - PHEROMONES (RACING JUNIOR)
AUDREY HORNE - NO HAY BANDA (DOG JOB/TUBA RECORDS)
DRAUMIR - DRAUMIR (PLAYGROUND/LITTLE HILL)
MARTHE VALLE - IT'S A BAG OF CANDY (GRAMMAR RECORDS)
SOFIAN - THIS IS SOFIAN (C+C RECORDS)
ÅRETS HIT
ALEJANDRO FUENTES - STARS (SONY BMG)
KURT NILSEN - NEVER EASY (SONY BMG)
MADRUGADA MED ANE BRUN - LIFT ME (DET ER MINE/V2/EMI)
MARIA MENA - MISS YOU LOVE (SONY BMG)
RAVI & DJ LØV - TSJERIÅU ME DE MÅNRÅUS (SONY BMG)
MUSIKKVIDEO
MARIA MENA - MISS YOU LOVE (SONY BMG)
ANIMAL ALPHA - BUNDY (RACING JUNIOR)
RAVI & DJ LØV - E-ORE (SONY BMG)
ROBERT POST - GOT NONE (UNIVERSAL)
RÖYKSOPP - WHAT ELSE IS THERE (EMI)