Voting For Top Honors In Our Celebration Of Dallas Music Is Open! In All, The Ballot Recognizes 300+ Separate Entities That Make This City’s Scene Special.

By Central Track Staff, January 11, 2019 

At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, we’re teaming up with the Granada Theater to present Dallas with a new kind of music awards show.

We’re calling this event the Central Track Music Honors.

Of course, if you’ve been following along already, you knew all this — and about our plans to turn this offering into an immersive celebration of the music scene, a night that emphasizes achievement recognition over petty competition.

Still, let’s recap the ways in which our Music Honors will be different from other, similar events around town in a few notable ways.

Nominated State Fair Records Artists: 

Best Album: Upsetting “Everything I’ve Done So Far” 

Best Song: Joshua Ray Walker “Canyon” 

Best Solo Artist: Joshua Ray Walker 

Best Country Act: Ottoman Turks 

Best Folk/Americana Act: Pedigo’s Magic Pilsner

Best Emo Band: Upsetting 

Best R&B Soul Act: The 40 Acre Mule 

Best Guitarist: Christopher Holt 

Best Pianist: Chad Stickslager (Pedigo’s Magic Pilsner) 

Best Songwriter: Joshua Ray Walker 

BEST RECORD LABEL: STATE FAIR RECORDS

Read Central Track’s entire list of nominees here