Chris Jones
2020 NewSong Showcase Curator
2019 NewSong Showcase
Chris Jones 2020 NewSong Showcase Curator
Songs About WVF
Winners
Mike Yoder – “A Wider Place of Shade”
Billy Brady – “Winfield Bound”
Alternates
J.D. Benning – “The Old Walnut River”
Kenny Cornell – “Back In ’72”
Sweet Memories
Winners
Jim McCarter – “Better Than New”
Corey Johnson-Erday – “The Most Patient Man In The World”
Alternates
Bob Morrison – “Superglide”
Ken Brunson – “One Stoplight Town”
Songs Suitable for Children
Winners
Karyn Schafer – “Oh To Be”
David Hakan – “I Like Worms”
Alternates
Jim & Julie Joyce – “If The Llama Don’t Wanna”
Ken Gale – “Miranda the Panda”
Love Song
Winners
Ron Land – “Set You On Fire”
Mark Fonseca & Helen Avakian – “Be There For You”
Alternates
David Hakan – “Blue Sky”
Brian Henke – “Oh Lucky Day”
Songs of Religion or Spirit
Winners
Emily Johnson-Erday – “The Fire This Time”
Mark Heinrich – “Only I”
Alternates
Kay Kugler – “The Wedding Day”
Kevin T. Hale – “Are There Hillbilly Bands In Heaven?”
Songs About Feeling Blue
Winners
Jim Campbell – “Comets”
Maggie Cook – “California Calls”
Alternates
Malicent King – “Leaving Home”
Adam Gardino/Kelly Champlin – “1922”
Instrumental
Winners
Alice Boyle – “Tallgrass”
Ethan Batan – “Summer’s End”
Alternates
Steve Taylor – “Gracie’s Tune”
Robert Olaf Siegers & Cricket Tombs – “Arcing to Arcturus”
Songs for a Better World
Winners
Anniel Wilson – “The Country Wave”
Grant Boesen – “Fear”
Alternates
Carolyn Davis – “With Song”
Fred Baue – “Run For The Wall”
Humorous Songs
Winners
Kenny Cornell – “Handyman”
Rick Frydman – “So Long Facebook”
Alternates
Joy Zimmerman – “A Better Raisin”
Ken Gale – “The Mad Agronomist”
None of the Above
Winners
Joy Zimmerman – “Why Be Normal?”
Ann Kelly Wright – “Apples”
Alternates
Stan Sullivan – “Dashboard Music Roads”
Rosie Best-Cutrer – “Baby Let Go”