A few songwriting awards won with help from family and friends


2024


Innocents on the Run
     Winner (best original song) New Mexico Music Awards
I'm an Algorithm
     Finalist (best electronica) New Mexico Music Awards

Summer in the City
     Finalist (best cover song) New Mexico Music Awards

I've Been Loved
     Semi-Finalist (country) 2024 Song of the Year Competition

Plague Doctors
     Finalist (instrumental) 2024 Song of the Year Competition

2023


New Girl In Town
     Finalist (bluegrass) New Mexico Music Awards

Narrowest of Margins
     Finalist (folk) New Mexico Music Awards

Before the Name
     Finalist (religous/gospel) New Mexico Music Awards
     Finalist 19th Annual IAMA International Acoustic Music Awards


2022


New Mexico Home
     Winner (bluegrass) New Mexico Music Awards
Route 66 TV Theme
     Winner (Route 66 contest) New Mexico Music Awards
Circle of Friends
     Finalist (bluegrass) New Mexico Music Awards

New Girl In Town
     Semi-finalist (americana) 2022 ISC International Songwriting Competition
Marrakesh Express
     Finalist (cover) New Mexico Music Awards


2021


Plague Doctors
     Finalist (arrangment) New Mexico Music Awards
     Finalist (instrumental performance) New Mexico Music Awards

Circle of Friends
     Finalist (country/bluegrass) 18th Annual IAMA International Acoustic Music Awards

19th Nervous Breakdown
     Finalist (cover) New Mexico Music Awards

2020


Best Little Pickup Band
     Finalist (novelty) New Mexico Music Awards

Feelin Alright
     Finalist (cover) New Mexico Music Awards

Coming Home To Roost
     Finalist (instrumental performance) New Mexico Music Awards
     Winner (bluegrass) New Mexico Music Awards

2019


Best Little Pickup Band
     Semi-finalist (comedy/novelty) ISC International Songwriting Competition

Coming Home To Roost
     Semi-finalist (instrumental) ISC International Songwriting Competition

Day Job
     Finalist (country) New Mexico Music Awards

Manuela
     Finalist (folk) New Mexico Music Awards
     Honorable Mention Woody Guthrie Songwriting Competition

When Old Lovers Dance
     Honorable Mention (country) Songdoor International Songwriting Competition

2018


Baltic Boogie
     Semi-finalist (instrumental) ISC International Songwriting Competition

Fire On The Mountain (Dave & the Biscuit Rollers)
     1st Runner-up (country/bluegrass) 15th Annual IAMA International Acoustic Music Awards
     Winner (bluegrass) New Mexico Music Awards
     Honorable Mention (country) SongDoor International Songwriting Competition

The Road To Blenheim
     Finalist (jazz) New Mexico Music Awards

2017


Two More Months 'til Medicare (The Kuncicky Brothers)
     Winner (novelty) New Mexico Music Awards
     Semi-finalist (comedy/novelty) ISC International Songwriting Competition

The Gates of Haast
     Finalist (instrumental performance) New Mexico Music Awards

2016


Walk of Life
     Winner (cover song) New Mexico Music Awards

Old Stoat
     Finalist (bluegrass) New Mexico Music Awards

A Scandal in Bohemia
     Finalist (arrangement) New Mexico Music Awards
Contact the Old Fiddle Guy:

David Kuncicky


La Barberia Studios
PO Box 2858, Santa Fe, NM 87504
e-mail: oldfiddleguy at gmail.com