Chris Jones
2020 NewSong Showcase Curator
2019 NewSong Showcase
Chris Jones 2020 NewSong Showcase Curator
Songs About Winfield
Winners
The Old Walnut River – J.D. Benning
Weekend at Winfield – Mike Ichniowski
Alternates
Pick Your Paradise – Ron Walker
Pickin’ in the Road – Evan Ogborn
Sweet Memories
Winners
Enjoy the Ride – Mackie Redd/Kenny Cornell
No Time Son – Jim McCarter
Alternates
That Old Front Porch – Kenny Cornell
Hard Wheat Harvest of ’84 – James L. Hermann
Songs Suitable for Children
Winners
Lost Shoe Blues – Mike Yoder
Just a Buzzin’ – Mark Noble
Alternates
Daisy the Bottle Calf – Annie Wilson
Dogs and Cats Are People Too – Mark Noble
Love Song
Winners
I Could Never Write Our Love Song – Jim Carrington
Good Night For a Change – Jim Joyce, Leah Watts
Alternates
His Coal Mining Days Are Through – Kevin T. Hale
How ‘Bout You – Mark Noble
Songs of Religion or Spirit
Winners
Restless Wanderer – Ralph Wesley Carr
Druid Hymn – Emily K. Johnson-Erday
Alternates
Loaves and Fishes – Patrice Webb
Just Passing’ Through – Beth Lee
Songs About Feeling Blue
Winners
A Letter and a Hope – Beth Nelson
What’s a Poor Girl to Do? – Beth Lee
Alternates
Evangeline – Fred Baue
Living in Heartbreak and Pain – Kevin T. Hale
Instrumental
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Ghost Town – Robert Olaf Siegers, Cricket Tombs
Meadowlark Rag – Greg Bryant
Alternates
Re-entry – Alice Boyle
Nocturn for Lily – – Steve Taylor
Songs for a Better World
Winners
Land of the Great Osage – Annie Wilson
Maria’s Dusty Shoes – Beth Lee
Alternates
Better Angels – James L. Hermann
Let Us Not Close Our Hearts – Joy Zimmerman
Humorous Songs
Winners
The Old Clunker – Bruce Allinder
In Love with Your Phone – Kelly Champlin, Adam Gardino
Alternates
Stealing Jesus – Jim McCarter
Car Parts Party – Kenny Cornell, Elliot Rogers
None of the Above
Winners
Hell Bender – Beth Lee
Coyote Serenade – Annie Wilson
Alternates
On the Connecticut – Stan Sullivan
Put My Mind at Ease – Ken Weddington, Felix Rodriguez, Jose Antonio Ponce, Dan Johnson