Boston Music Awards Nominees Announced

The nominations for the 20th annual BMAs are out. Aerosmith Drummer Joey Kramer was named honorary chairman.  Act of the year nominees are Boys Like Girls, Dinosaur Jr., Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage, Lori McKenna and Shadows Fall .  Killswitch Engage tops ballot with seven nominations; Boys Like Girls receives five; Lori McKenna, Matt Nathanson and Josh Ritter – four; Shadows Fall, The Click Five, John Mayer, Buffalo Tom and The Slip – three; Eli “Paperboy” Reed – two. The event is set for Dec. 1 at the Orpheum, with performers yet to be named. For details - and voting - go to www.bostonmusicawards07.com/. This year's charity beneficiaries are Music Drives Us and the Berklee City Music program.