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Spook Handy – “New Brunswick, New Jersey’s Best Musician 2022”
Other Awards and Accolades:
“Best Folk Artist” – Upstage Magazine 2004
“Best Folk Artist” – Aquarian Weekly 1993
“Best Folk Artist” – Home News 1996
“Best Folk Artist” – Courier News, Gannett – various years
“Best Unknown Folk Artist” – About.com 2006
“Best Concert Performance” – Congregational Coffeehouse, Woodbridge NJ 2002
No. 2 Song – International Folk Radio Charts – November 2020
No. 2 Song – International Folk Radio Charts – October 2018
No. 3 Album – International Folk Radio Charts – May 2019
No. 3 Album – International Folk Radio Charts – June 2016 and July 2016
No. 3 Song – International Folk Radio Charts – June 2016
Top 10 Folk Album of 1996 – East Coast Rocker
Finalist – South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Contest 2014
Showcase Artist – South East Regional Folk Alliance Conference 2011
Showcase Artist – International Folk Alliance Conference 2009
Finalist – Solarfest Songwriting Contest – 2009
Finalist – South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Contest 2007
Finalist: Susquehanna Music & Arts Festival Songwriting Contest 2003
Honorable Mention: Hosting of the Bards Festival for best Political Song 2003
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival – Songwriters’ Showcase Performer 2003
Nominated for Best Traditional Folk Song – Just Plain Folks 2002
Finalist: Noel “Paul” Stookey’s “Music to Life” Contest – Kerrville Folk Festival, 2001
Other stuff:
In 1997, Spook’s cover of the Donovan song “Colours” was chosen as track one of the “Acoustic Rainbow” Volume 1, an internationally distributed folk music sampler put out by PoetMan Records of Lexington, KY. Consequently, Spook’s song began receiving airplay on hundreds of radio stations.