OWMR 11th Annual Awards

 

Best Album of 2023

Hiroki Okano – Tenkawa: Pilgrimage of the Sacred Sound - 1st

RAF21 – Dream Among Nature - 2nd

Michael Whalen – Walk in Beauty, Like the Night - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award of Best Album 2023

Ian Cameron Smith – Freedom Road - 1st

Anantakara – Before Completion - 2nd

Robert Scott Thompson – Placid - 3rd

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Chrissie Sheppard Award of Best Album 2023

Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde Jr. – Primordial Forest - 1st

Wychazel – The Temple of Hathor - 2nd

Liesbet Leroy – Chakra Balance - 3rd

 

Best Single of 2023

Freedom Candlemaker – Resurrection - 1st

Dave Mohan – Somewhere Beyond the Blue - 2nd

Silvia Blaser – Morning Haze - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single of 2023

RAF21 – Peaceful Walk in the Forest - 1st

Louis Anthony DeLise – Iridescence ft Nancy Rumbel - 2nd

Michelle Qureshi – Open Window - 3rd

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Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single of 2023 

Steven Newton – Black Wolf - 1st

Kimberly Haynes and MB Gordy – The Enchantment - 2nd

Embassy of Sound – Neither Here Nor There - 3rd

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Monthly Awards:

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Best Album for December 2023

Jon Richards - Midwinter (Remaster) - 1st

Apocliptic and Romerium - Air (Ambient, Ethereal, Symphonic) - 2nd

Henrik Meierkord - Zeitreisen - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album  December 2023   Francis V — A Place for Dreamers

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album  December 2023  James Michael Stevens — Winterfelt Piano

 

Best Single for December 2023

Ian Cameron Smith - Remembering - 1st

Ambient Solstice - Iceblink - 2nd

Paul Adams & Elizabeth Geyer - A Journey of Dreams - 3rd

Dave Mohan - Somewhere Beyond the Blue - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for December 2023 CosmoMoose — Coventry Carol

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for December 2023  Embassy of Sound — Neither Here Nor There

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Best Album for November 2023

Sherry Finzer—Live from the Tank ft Elise - 1st

Zanov—Lost in the Future - 2nd

Tom Caufield & Sangeet-Richard Downs—Collaboratia - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album  November2023   Lynn Tredeau — The Everlasting Light

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album  November 2023  Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde Jr. — Primordial Forest

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Best Single for November 2023

Freedom Candlemaker—Resurrection - 1st

 Michelle Qureshi—Luminous Fields - 2nd

Steve Sheppard—Winter Solitude - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for November 2023 Neil Tatar — November Skies

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for November 2023  Sharon Chen — Thoughts on a Still Night

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Best Album for October 2023

RAF21 - Dream Among Nature- 1st

Lynn Tredeau - Many Branches - 2nd

David J. Peña - Zero Gravity - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album October 2023   Ashok Prema — A Quiet Day

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album October 2023  Guy Sweens — Odin's Raven

 

Best Single for October 2023

Liesbet Leroy - Dreams of Harayoshi - 1st

Kevin Kerrigan - Tenderly - 2nd

Diane Arkenstone - Echoes of the Past Float Away - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for  October 2023  Kevin Kendle — Sand Patterns (Chill Out Mix)

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for October 2023  Bill Cornish — Hiraeth

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Best Album for September 2023

Chronotope Project - Chronology - 1st

Kluane Takhini & James Hill - To Catch Lightning in a Bottle - 2nd

Lis Addison - Songs from the Mara - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album September 2023   David Arkenstone — Winterlüde

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album September 2023  Liesbet Leroy — Chakra Balance

 

Best Single for September 2023

Rick Sparks - Sea of Serenity - 1st

CosmoMoose - Forest Reflections - 2nd

Fred Grenot - Unearthing - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for September 2023  Listening Wind — Memory Lane

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for September 2023  Shambhu — Afternoon Rye

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Best Album for August 2023

Tom Eaton — Weathering - 1st

Chris Russell & eyes cast down — Fragments in the Maze - 2nd

Hyperion V — Accretion Disc - 3rd 

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album August 2023   Ian Cameron Smith — Freedom Road

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album August 2023   Ashron — Reiki Healing Light

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Best Single for August 2023

Timothy J.P. Gomez — 22º Halo - 1st

Ceramic — We're Not Lost - 2nd

Jacquelyn G. Kleine — Otherworld 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for August 2023   Louis Anthony deLise — Iridescence ft Nancy Rumbel

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for August 2023   Radhika Vekaria — Kali

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Best Album for July 2023

Michael Whalen — Walk in Beauty, Like the Night - 1st

Alan Matthews — Seasons Change - 2nd

Lisa Swerdlow — Through It All - 3rd

Madness Men — The Journey - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album July 2023   SydbySyd — Nature Spirits part 2

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album July 2023   Chris Conway — Deep Ocean Dreams

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Best Single for July 2023

Lis Addison —  Sunset on the Mara - 1st

Diane Arkenstone — Ascension - 2nd

Edoardo Gastaldi & Le Code — Flores Veritatis - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for July 2023   James Asher & Hiroyuki Otsuki — A Star As One

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for July 2023   Helen's Willow Wind  & Timothy JP Gomez — Northern Lights Wind

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Best Album for June 2023

Theda Phoenix — Crystal Calm 2 - 1st

Loneward — Willoweald - 2nd

James Filkins — Cranes in the Moonlight - 3rd

Andrew Kinsella — Mandala - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album June 2023   Peter Sterling — Mystic Voyager

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album June 2023   Wychazel — The Temple of Hathor

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Best Single for June 2023

Ryan Judd — Holding This Moment - 1st

Ceramic — Now That You’re Here - 2nd 

David Whaler — Blue Rose - 3rd

Johannes Linstead—Kealakekua Bay - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for June 2023   RAF21 — Peaceful Walk in the Forest

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for June 2023   Kirsten Agresta Copely — Aquamarine

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Best Album for May 2023

David De Michele — Midnight Rain - 1st

Deborah Martin & Jill Haley — Into The Quiet - 2nd

Blue Is Nine — City Spaces - 3rd

Drifting In Silence — Timeless - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album May 2023   Robert Scott Thompson — Placid

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album May 2023   Morton Jones — Infinite

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Best Single for May 2023

Zen Music Planet & Shere Fraser —Healing Journey - 1st

Suzanne Herman — Sailing to a Sunset - 2nd

​Scott & Maria — Lokah Samastah - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for May 2023   Jacquelyn G. Kleine — Magnificent Gaia

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Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for May 2023   Kimberly Haynes and MB Gordy — The Enchantment

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Results for Best Single for April 2023

Sivia Blaser — Morning Haze - 1st

Liesbet Leroy — Sacred Voices - 2nd

Richard Zelada — The Start of Something - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for April 2023   James Filkins — Unfettered

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for April 2023   Steven Newton — Black Wolf

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Results for Best Album for April 2023

Malakan — Essor - 1st

David De Michele — To The Far Reaches - 2nd

Billy Denk — In Praise of Shadows - 3rd

David Margam — Immune - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album for April 2023   Fred Grenot — S.W.A.N.

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album for April 2023   Joe Yeatman — Standing Free

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Best Single for March 2023

Silvia Blaser — Behind the Window - 1st

Michael Hoppé — Dreaming in Blue and Yellow (Violin) - 2nd

The Song Gardeners — April Sky - 3rd

David De Michele — Midnight Rain - Wild Card

 

Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for March 2023   Michelle Qureshi — Open Window

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for March 2023   Cattl.L — In The Wind featuring Shere Fraser

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 Best Album for March 2023

Kevin Kendle — Norfolk Landscapes - 1st

Sherrie Davis — Children of Mother Earth - 2nd

Ryan Judd — Echoes of Peace - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album for March 2023   Anantakara — Before Completion

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album for March 2023   Sandrayati — Safe Ground

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Best Single for February 2023

Dulce Joya — Night Fall 1st

Dave Mohan — For Polina Till Tears Run Dry ft Juliet Lyons 2nd

Lorna James — Stargazing 3td

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Best Albums for February 2023

Andy Rogers — Dolphin Moon 1st

Janice Lacy — Dreaming of Daybreak 2nd

Peter Phippen — Ghosts 3rd

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Best Single for January 2023

Matias Bacoñsky — Together Again 1st

Opium Moon — Woman Life Freedom ft Hengameh  2nd

James Asher — Egyptian Halo 3rd

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Best Album for January 2023

Hiroki Okano — Tenkawa: Pilgrimage of the Sacred Sound 1st 

David De Michele — Worlds Beyond 2nd

David J. Peña — The Journey 3rd

Spencer Brewer — Beyond the Vale - Wild Card

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