The Boston Phoenix 1999 | the winners | articles & commentary | BMP archives: 1997 | 1996 |
	Here's the 1999 Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll winners:
	Local National Best act Dropkick Murphys Runners-up Gigolo Aunts Gravel Pit Come Beastie Boys Runners-up Lauryn Hill R.E.M. Pearl Jam Best new act Mr. Airplane Man Runners-up The Sheila Divine Honey Glazed Science Park Everlast Runners-up The Flys New Radicals Rufus Wainwright Best male vocalist Chris Colbourn (Buffalo Tom) Runners-up Dave Gibbs (Gigolo Aunts) John Dragonetti (Jack Drag) Kevin Stevensen (Shods) Beck Runners-up Elliot Smith Lenny Kravitz Michael Stipe Best female vocalist Juliana Hatfield Runners-up Mary Lou Lord Valerie Forgione (Mistle Thrush) Mary Timony (Helium) Tori Amos Runners-up Liz Phair Lauryn Hill Shirley Manson Local National Best Ska/Swing/Rockabilly act Amazing Crowns Runners-up Allstonians Skavoovie and the Epitones Big D and the Kids Table Mighty Mighty Bosstones Runners-up Squirrel Nut Zippers Brian Setzer Orchestra Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Best loud act Godsmack Runners-up Sam Black Church Cave-In Quintaine Americana Korn Runners-up Offspring Metallica Rob Zombie Best rap/hip-hop act Virtuoso Runners-up Akrobatik 7L and Esoteric Ed O.G. Beastie Boys Runners-up Busta Rhymes DMX Jay-Z Best R&B/Soul act Peter Wolf Runners-up Barrence Whitfield Mighty Sam McClain Weepin' Willie Robinson Lauryn Hill Runners-up Maxwell Brandy Usher Local National Best folk act Jonatha Brooke Runners-up Martin Sexton Tom Leach Nields Ani DiFranco Runners-up Billy Bragg & Wilco Lucinda Williams Willie Nelson Best blues act Susan Tedeschi Runners-up Mr. Airplane Man Ronnie Earl Michelle Wilson B.B. King Runners-up John Lee Hooker Jonny Lang Etta James Best world music Babaloo Runners-up Inca Sun Mango Blues Sol y Canto Chieftains Runners-up Gipsy Kings Loreena McKennitt Baaba Maal Best jazz act Saturnalia Runners-up Fully Celebrated Orchestra Either/Orchestra Kendrick Oliver & the New Line Wynton Marsalis Runners-up Herbie Hancock Medeski, Martin, and Wood Diana Krall Local National Best live show The Shods Runners-up Come Ghost of Tony Gold Racketeers Lilith Fair Runners-up Ozzfest Family Values Tour Smokin' Grooves Best electronica/DJ Lunar Plexus Runners-up Splashdown Club d'Elf Toneburst Collective Fatboy Slim Runners-up Chemical Brothers UNKLE Mix Master Mike Best album Got No Shadow, Mary Lou Lord Runners-up Bamboozled, Jilted, Hoodwinked The Shods Gently, Down the Stream, Come The Racketeers Version 2.0, Garbage Runners-up The Miseducation of..., Lauryn Hill Celebrity Skin, Hole El Oso, Soul Coughing Best song "Rachael," Buffalo Tom Runners-up "Sneaking Around," Juliana Hatfield "Seems So Tired," Jack Drag "Sullen Man," Cherry 2000 "Intergalactic," Beastie Boys Runners-up "The Rockafeller Skank," Fatboy Slim "Bittersweet Symphony," The Verve "Iris," Goo Goo Dolls
	| the winners | articles & commentary | BMP archives: 1997 | 1996 | | home page | what's new | search | about the phoenix | feedback | Copyright © 1998 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group. All rights reserved.