The Austin Chronicle, SXSW and Louis Black Productions are proud to present the 37th Annual Austin Music Awards on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.

For 36 years, this institution has celebrated the Austin musicianship that the city is known for the world over. This year’s roster follows suit, featuring genre-spanning talent that includes buzzworthy Austin-based psychedelic soul outfit BLACK PUMAS; singer-songwriter JAKOB DYLAN, most known for his years as frontman of rock band The Wallflowers; JOHN DOE, co-founder of LA punk band X, an exploration of rock, punk, country and folk; TOMAR WILLIAMS from soul group Tomar & the FC’s; rockabilly and country music artist ROSIE FLORES; the foremost provocateur of tango in Austin, GLOVER GILL, of Glovertango; three-time Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee as well as former member of the True Believers with Alejandro Escovedo, JON DEE GRAHAM; tango orchestra comprised of various Austin-based musicians, TOSCA; Austin’s own ever-vibrant soul, funk, blues and jazz outfit THE PETERSON BROTHERS; India-born, Austin-based rapper ABHI THE NOMAD, who released single "FLUSH" at the start of the new year; and the renowned DJ MEL, widely known as “Obama’s DJ” after performing the 57th Presidential Inauguration.