11th Annual Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced!
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Jude Folkman
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Bruce Cockburn, Melissa Ferrick, JD McPherson, Girl in a Coma, Birdy Nam Nam,
RuPaul, Ellis Marsalis and Larry Carlton
Among Nominees of The 11th Independent Music Awards
More Than 300 Self-Released & Independent Label Artists Honored
For Immediate Release
March 8, 2012 – More than 300 exceptional self-released and independent label artists, as well as former major label acts were named by Music Resource Group (MRG) today as Nominees in The 11th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent bands and fans.
The 11th IMA Nominees are an eclectic mix of established artists and artists on the rise including Bruce Cockburn (Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album), Ellis Marsalis (Concept Album and Cover Song), Girl in a Coma (Indie/Alt. Rock Album and Song), Larry Carlton (Tribute Album), April Verch (Americana Album and Acoustic Song), Birdie Nam Nam (Dance/Electronica Album and Short Form Music Video), Melissa Ferrick (Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album and Acoustic Song), RuPaul (Social Action Song and Song used in Film, TV, Gaming or Multimedia), and retro-rock recording artist JD McPherson (Rock/Hard Rock Album).
Representing the broad spectrum of today’s global independent music scene, the Nominees in over 70 Song, Album, Music Video and Design categories were culled from thousands of submissions from North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe.
Winners will be determined by a panel of 77 influential artist and industry judges including Keith Richards, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Suzanne Vega, Joshua Redman, Tori Amos, Michael Franti, Bettye LaVette, Del McCoury, Ozzy Osbourne, Shelby Lynne, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), Bill Bragin (Lincoln Center), Sara Beesley (Joe’s Pub) Chris Diaz (Knitting Factory Entertainment), and Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter) and will be announced in April, 2012.
In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 20, 2012 to cast their votes at The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox to determine the fan-selected IMA Winners.
The Independent Music Award Winners will be promoted to nearly 1 Billion music fans worldwide.
Details and complete list of Nominees and Judges available at TheIndependentMusicAwards.com
- Artistry Has Its Awards
Celebrating the democracy of creativity and meritocracy of talent, The Independent Music Awards honor exceptional independent artists traditionally ignored by mass media and big box retailers.
For the past 11 years, artists and labels from around the world have found new fans and prominence through The Independent Music Awards. Produced by Music Resource Group, publisher of the popular industry networking database The Musician’s Atlas, and producers of the webTV series, Grooveable Feast, The IMAs uses its unrivaled access to performance, promotion & distribution opportunities to connect Winners and Nominees to new audiences and revenue opportunities.
Winners of The 11th IMAs will receive active promotions, distribution and performance opportunities that will place them in front of nearly 1 billion music fans. Artists, managers and labels credit The IMAs with increasing recognition among music fans and industry gatekeepers.
Submissions for The 12th Independent Music Awards will open later this month. More information is available at: www.TheIndependentMusicAwards.com
The 11th Independent Music Awards Nominees:
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| Album Categories | Nominee | Nominated Album |
| Adult Contemporary | Alan Hampton* | The Moving Sidewalk |
| Alexandre Désilets | La Garde | |
| Barefoot Truth | Carry Us On | |
| Brooke Annibale | Silence Worth Breaking | |
| Seth Glier* | The Next Right Thing | |
| Alt. Country | Buffalo Clover | Low Down Time |
| The Lonesome Heroes | Daydream Western | |
| The Spinning Leaves & Hezekiah Jones* | Hezekiah Leaves and The Spinning Joneses | |
| The Wilders | The Wilders | |
| Americana | April Verch* | That’s How We Run |
| Mary Flower | Misery Loves Company | |
| Pharis & Jason Romero | A Passing Glimpse | |
| Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three* | Middle of Everywhere | |
| The Black Lillies* | 100 Miles of Wreckage | |
| Blues | Ben Prestage | One Crow Murder |
| Left Lane Cruiser | Junkyard Speed Ball | |
| Little Freddie King | Gotta Walk with Da King | |
| Scott H. Biram | Bad Ingredients | |
| Sugar Ray & the Bluetones | Evening | |
| Children’s Music | Charlie Hope* | Songs, Stories and Friends |
| Ella Jenkins | A Life of Song | |
| Kira Willey* | Kings & Queens of the Forest | |
| Miss Melodee | Dancing with Miss Melodee | |
| Once Upon An Opera | Red Riding Hood (AKA Secret of the Ninja) | |
| College Record Label Release (Album or EP) | Kuf Knotz* | Boombox Logic |
| The Spinning Leaves & Hezekiah Jones* | Hezekiah Leaves and The Spinning Joneses | |
| Various Artists | Potential Unlimited 4 | |
| Compilation | Various Artists | Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology |
| Various Artists | Made in Aurora Vol. 1 | |
| Various Artists | New Arrivals: Vol. 4 – Artists Against Youth Homelessness | |
| Various Artists | Proximity One: Narrative of a City | |
| Concept | Amanda Richards | Play Dead |
| Diana Panton | to Brazil with love | |
| Ellis Marsalis* | A New Orleans Christmas Carol | |
| Monica Pasqual* | This Cold Desire | |
| Don Rosler | Rosler’s Recording Booth | |
| Contemporary Christian | Ben Apolinar | Firm |
| Goodbye Audio | Goodbye Audio | |
| Jon Bauer | Forevermore | |
| Picnic in the Meadow* | Livin’ in me | |
| The Classic City Collective* | Leave Your Guns with the Usher | |
| Contemporary Classical | Ju Percussion Group | Moving On |
| Juice | Songspin | |
| Keeril Makan | Target | |
| Mercury Quartet | Mercury Acoustic | |
| Tansy Davies | Troubairitz | |
| Country | Brad Monk | Bradford Monk and The Foggy Hogtown Boys |
| Jared Rogerson | Peace, Love and Horses | |
| Madonna Nash | Madonna Nash | |
| Shawna Russell | Shawna Russell | |
| The Carper Family | Back When | |
| Dance/Electronica | Atropolis | Atropolis |
| Birdy Nam Nam* | Defiant Order | |
| Digital Virus | Music Inspired by the Genre of Dubstep | |
| Miguel Migs | Outside the Skyline | |
| Sahy Uhns | An Intolerant Disdain of Underlings | |
| Eclectic | Amon Tobin | ISAM |
| Misteur Valaire | Golden Bombay | |
| NOJO | Explores The Dark Side Of The Moon | |
| Randall Shreve & The Sideshow* | The Jester | |
| Spottiswoode & His Enemies* | Wild Goosechase Expedition | |
| EP | Justin Tracy | Bangla Motor |
| SHEL | When the Dragon Came Down | |
| Team Me | Team Me EP | |
| The Danberrys | Company Store EP | |
| The Gromble | The Gromble | |
| Folk / Singer-Songwriter |
Amy Correia* | You Go Your Way |
| Bruce Cockburn | Small Source of Comfort | |
| Melissa Ferrick* | Still Right Here | |
| Philippe B | Variations fantômes | |
| The Bon Scotts | We Will All Die at the Hands of C.G.I. | |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Company of Thieves | Running from a Gamble |
| Girl in a Coma* | Exits & All the Rest | |
| Kevin Devine | Between the Concrete & Clouds | |
| Monogrenade | Tantale | |
| The Revolving Birds | The Revolving Birds | |
| Instrumental | Ben Tyree/BT3 | re:Vision |
| Booka and the Flaming Geckos* | The Not So Meaningful Songs in the Life of Jeremy Fink | |
| Jerry Barlow | Fields and Fences | |
| Jon Thorne & Danny Thompson | Watching the Well | |
| Michael Torke | Tahiti | |
| Jazz | Alon Nechushtan | Words Beyond |
| Austin McMahon | Many Muses Vol. 2 | |
| JC Stylles | Exhilaration & Other States | |
| René Marie | Black Lace Freudian Slip | |
| Vincent Gardner | The Good Book Chapter Two | |
| Latin | Cimarrón* | ¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music from the Plains of Colombia |
| Dislocados* | Pasaporte Universal | |
| Jose Conde | Jose Conde | |
| Locarno | Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos | |
| Los Hermanos Lovo | ¡Soy Salvadoreño! Chanchona Music from Eastern El Salvador | |
| Live Performance | Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra | Live at Brooklyn Bowl |
| Manhattan Island Sessions | Manhattan Island Sessions | |
| Monty Alexander | Harlem Kingston Express Live! | |
| Randy Weston & his African Rhythms Sextet | The Storyteller | |
| Various Artists | Down on the Bayou II: Live Jam from New Orleans | |
| Metal/Hardcore | 16 Second Stare | Beautiful Disaster |
| Asking Alexandria | Reckless & Relentless | |
| Hemoptysis* | Misanthropic Slaughter | |
| Scarab | Blinding the Masses | |
| Shadowside | Inner Monster Out | |
| New Age | Agostino Silvestri | Natural |
| David Vaughn Merlin | The Healing Journey | |
| Jeff Oster* | Surrender | |
| Paradiso and Rasamayi | 3rd Eye Rising | |
| Psicodreamics | Ancient Wisdom | |
| Pop | Bleu | Four |
| Ida Gard | Knees, Feet & the Parts We Don’t Speak Of | |
| The Smart Set | Remixing with The Smart Set | |
| Whitton | Rare Bird | |
| Yuksek* | Living on the Edge of Time | |
| Punk | The Mahones | The Black Irish |
| Victims of Circumstance | Acupunkture | |
| R&B | CeCe Teneal* | Train from Osteen |
| FiL Straughan | FiL the SouL | |
| Teri Tobin* | Love Infinity | |
| The Soul of John Black* | Good Thang | |
| Zigaboo Modeliste* | New Life | |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Bigg Brass | Byrd Boy Flow |
| Gliffics | Against All Odds | |
| Various Artists | OnTrak Entertainment presents: Girls & Headphones | |
| Yahzilla | Yahzilla…the Movie | |
| Reissue | Big Star | Third [Test Pressing Edition] |
| Hamza El Din | Eclipse | |
| Pixie Williams | For the Record – The Pixie Williams Collection 1949-1951 | |
| The Motels | Apocalypso | |
| Utah Phillips | Making Speech Free | |
| Various Artists | The Yoruba / Dahomean Collection: Orishas Across the Ocean | |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Filligar | The Nerve |
| Hellbros | Goodtime Machine | |
| JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | |
| The Dig* | Electric Toys | |
| The Postelles | The Postelles | |
| Tribute | Ernie Hawkins | Whinin’ Boy |
| Graham Reynolds & the Golden Arm Trio | Duke! Three Portraits of Ellington | |
| Larry Carlton | Plays the Sounds of Philadelphia | |
| Various Artists | Long Gone – Utah Remembers Bruce “Utah” Phillips | |
| Various Artists | Whiskey Devils – A Tribute to The Mahones | |
| World Beat | Alfio Antico | Guten Morgen |
| Anna Pingina | Moy | |
| Malika Zarra | Berber Taxi | |
| The Alaev Family | The Alaev Family & Tamir Muskat | |
| Zoobazar* | Uno | |
| World Traditional | Jamie Laval | Murmurs and Drones |
| Karjam Saeji | Tibet in My Heart | |
| Khaira Arby | Timbuktu Tarab | |
| Various Artists | Music from Aluku: Maroon Sounds of Struggle, Solace, and Survival | |
| Vira Lozinsky | Wondrous Way | |
| Song Categories | Nominee | Nominated Song |
| Acoustic | April Verch* | Worth the Wait |
| Art Gomperz Band | Court in Session | |
| Melissa Ferrick* | Singing in the Wind | |
| Parlor Hawk | Saddest Song | |
| The Spinning Leaves & Hezekiah Jones* | Strange Dream | |
| Adult Contemporary | Antigone Rising | Everywhere Is Home |
| Blame Sally* | Wide Open Spaces | |
| Mariana Bell | Balloon | |
| Spottiswoode & His Enemies* | Chariot | |
| Zach Deputy | Remember | |
| Alt. Country | Blame Sally* | Big Big Bed |
| Deanna Cartea | Open Road | |
| Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven | Stacy C’mon | |
| Rattlehand | Pike River | |
| Wendy Parr | Lucky Penny | |
| Americana | Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three* | Ain’t the Same |
| Shiny and the Spoon | Coriander Blues | |
| Spring Creek | Mockingbird | |
| Sugar Bayou | Too Proud to Cry | |
| The Edna Project (Liz Queler & Seth Farber) | Keen (duet w/ Shawn Mullins) | |
| Blues | Michael Jerome Browne | At It Again |
| The Soul of John Black* | My Brother | |
| Trampled Under Foot | Goodbye | |
| Transvaal Diamond Syndicate | Devil on My Shoulder | |
| Will Scott | Last Rest Stop (feat. Deacon Jones) | |
| Children’s Music | Charlie Hope* | Best Friends |
| Kiddle Karoo | Say Please | |
| Kira Willey* | Roller Coaster | |
| Marlowe & tHe MiX | Life Is a Roller Coaster | |
| Meg Russell (Meg’s Melodies) | Smile and Say Hello | |
| Contemporary Christian | Christopher Williams | Great Affection |
| Joal Kamps | Take My World Apart | |
| Matthew Browne | Our God Is Alive | |
| Picnic in the Meadow* | Burn | |
| The Classic City Collective* | No Greater Love | |
| Country | Herrick* | Cry Memphis |
| India Ramey | Don’t Tell Me (It Was the Wiskey) | |
| John Carter | Own It | |
| Leah Durelle | Coming Back as a Cowboy | |
| LiveWire | What Makes You a Man | |
| Cover | Annie Minogue Band | Jet |
| Ellis Marsalis* | Winter Wonderland | |
| Ernie Hawkins | Shuffle Rag | |
| Margot B. | Breakeven | |
| Bill Abel w/ Old Gray Mule | Dee Dee Dee | |
| Dance / Electronica | dJ ArkAngel | Get Up (Breaks Mix) |
| kontaktor | Back to School | |
| Lennart Jensen | Shadows on the Wall | |
| PASCAL | Beautiful, Technical, Digital | |
| zircon | The End | |
| Eclectic | Boy Things | Buyer’s Remorse |
| Le Boeuf Brothers* | Everything You Love | |
| Life in a Blender | Does the Lady? | |
| Monica Pasqual* | These Darkened Days | |
| Randall Shreve & The Sideshow* | The Ghost | |
| Folk / Singer-Songwriter |
Alan Hampton* | Change Your Mind |
| Heather Maloney | No Shortcuts | |
| Martyn Joseph | There’s Always Maybe | |
| May Stands Still | Gotta See | |
| Robin Bacior | Man Before Me | |
| Gospel | Bec Laughton | Holy Love |
| CeCe Teneal* | I Heard You Prayin’ | |
| Freda Mitchell | Just For Your Love | |
| Jay Semko | Drop You In The Water | |
| Kira Small | I Will Raise My Voice | |
| Holiday | Amanda Duncan | Mistletoe (feat. Chris Ayer) |
| Brad Fitch | Worst Holiday | |
| Clint Maedgen/Helen Gillet | Reindeer Games | |
| Dislocados* | Navidad en Heathrow | |
| Zigaboo Modeliste* | Holiday Kiss | |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Girl in a Coma* | Adjust |
| Leo Goes Grr… | Crowns | |
| Not A Planet | Turn Me On | |
| Tan Vampires | Digital Rot | |
| The Dig* | You’re Already Gone | |
| Instrumental | Cimarrón* | Joropo quitapesares (Joropo Quitapesares) |
| Gina Izzo | Samba | |
| Jaron Freeman-Fox and The Opposite of Everything | Caboose | |
| Karrnnel | Coast / Rain | |
| Rumbo Nuevo | Hotel Espana | |
| Jazz | Ferenc Nemeth Band | Joy |
| Gregory Page | Love Made Me Drunk | |
| Jim Heineman’s Dream Band | Rh Positive | |
| Le Boeuf Brothers* | Circles | |
| Mark O’Connor Quintet | The Sound of Joy | |
| Latin | Camilo Velandia | Deja El Afán |
| Cimarrón* | Cimarroneando (Cimarrón-ing) | |
| Del Castillo | Boricua Del Cielo | |
| Dislocados* | Como Tú (feat. Jimmy Bosch) | |
| Lisandro Torres y su Orquesta | A Tiempo Justo | |
| Love | Amy Correia* | Love Changes Everything |
| Meghan Trainor | Leave a Kiss | |
| Robinson | Wherever You Are | |
| Roscoe James Irwin | 1000 Nights | |
| Ursa Minor | All of the Time | |
| Metal / Hardcore | .49 Grain | Broken Record |
| Hemoptysis* | M.O.D. | |
| No Class Assassins | 3rd Time’s Not a Charm | |
| Razed | A New Light | |
| Rivethead | Difference | |
| New Age | Darlene Koldenhoven | Lucid See |
| Jeff Oster* | Beautiful Silence | |
| Kelly Andrew | You Strengthen Me | |
| Michele McLaughlin | Melancholy Snowfall | |
| Tony Chen | Sweet Smile | |
| Pop | Echo and the Empress | Balloon |
| Katrina Stone | Songbird | |
| Lian Amber | In Style and Rhythm | |
| NIXON (formerly Tiny Danza) | Beat Fly | |
| Yuksek* | Always on the Run | |
| Punk | Hastings 3000 | Modern Man |
| Lights From Space | Zombie | |
| Max Raptor | Carolina | |
| Scary Tales | Damn the Speed Limit | |
| The Motorleague | Good Men | |
| R&B | CeCe Teneal* | I Wanna Go Home |
| Delonda Harvey | Winner | |
| Jasmine Williams | Dreamer | |
| Teri Tobin* | Free | |
| Tess Henley | Boy in the Window | |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Big Page | Europe |
| Kuf Knotz* | Clock Tickin’ | |
| Nukky Grissom | I Wonder Where You Are | |
| Ridah Redd | Nothing Lesser (feat. Brisco & Tay Dizm) | |
| Thoughtsarizen | Living a Dream | |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Death Valley High | Multiply |
| Dose of Adolescence | I’m Rad, You’re Rad, It’s Been Fun | |
| Finding Clyde | Answer Me | |
| Melodrome | Complacent | |
| The Trews | Hope & Ruin | |
| Social Action | Chevy | Speak! |
| Chris Volpe | Ain’t No Politician | |
| RuPaul* | Get Your Rebel On | |
| Seth Glier* | Next Right Thing | |
| Tiller’s Folly | Death and Taxes (feat. John Cowan & Josh Shilling) | |
| Story | Amy Correia* | Took Him Away |
| Blame Sally* | Bird in Hand | |
| Herrick* | Hangmen Hill | |
| McCarthyizm | Victor’s Morning | |
| The Black Lillies* | Two Hearts Down | |
| Used in Film, TV, Gaming or Multimedia | Anni Rossi | Crushing Limbs |
| Audiolotz | Outing (feat. Edoardo De Angelis) | |
| Booka and the Flaming Geckos* | Sowetto Alley | |
| RuPaul* | Glamazon | |
| World Beat | Dave Eggar and Deoro | Jonan |
| Fely Tchaco | Goba | |
| Jumple | Motavation | |
| Kes the Band | Wotless | |
| Prophet-Z | Officer | |
| World Traditional | Ali Khattab | A…dios |
| Battlefield Band | A’ Bhriogais Uallach (The Pompous Trousers) | |
| Papa Aneli | Alabi, sipi e booko genti e kon | |
| Various Artists – From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung | Godeg Miring | |
| Zoobazar* | Fun Faria | |
| Design Categories | Nominee | Nominated Work |
| Album Art | Elizabeth Maplesden / EMdash Design | Electrotype – 7.50 (Seven and a Half) cover |
| Mark Weaver & Andrew Capener | Parlor Hawk – Hoarse & Roaring | |
| Ombilicus Mundi, Alexandre Désilets & Ariane Charbonneau | Alexandre Désilets – La garde | |
| Tessa Farmer | Amon Tobin – ISAM | |
| Thomas Steenland | Keeril Makan – Target | |
| Album Packaging | Greg Allen / Omnivore Recordings | Big Star – Third (Test Pressing Edition) (Limited-Edition Clear Vinyl) |
| Håvard Gjelseth / This Way Design | Nils & Prepple (Box Set) | |
| Matt Ellis | Matt Ellis – Births, Deaths & Marriages (Limited Edition Handmade CD-Pack) | |
| Qing-Yang Xiao | Macy Chen – After 75 Years | |
| Visual Dialogue / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings* | Various Artists – Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology (Box Set) | |
| Artist Concert Photo | Doug Seymour | Kuf Knotz Concert Photo |
| George Abruzzese / Killshot Photography | Cory Smoot – Rest in Peace My Friend | |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Antonio Deckard Gamboa | Gliffics – Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil |
| Denise Perri | Kuf Knotz Publicity Photo | |
| Erin Wallis / Erin Wallis Photography | Jasmine Chadwick Publicity/Album Photo | |
| Steve Meyer | D. Gookin – Glasslands Gallery, Photo. No. 2 | |
| Band/Venue Poster | Damien Weighill | Giggle Party – Kettle Art Gallery |
| Daniel Harryman and Morgan King | The Spinning Leaves – Tour Poster | |
| Isabelle Ramsey and David Grandin | Zigaboo Modeliste – “New Life” Poster | |
| Patricia Evanoff | Jose Conde – CD Release Poster | |
| Richard Solstjärna / Solstjärna Art | Universal Love – poster | |
| Music Website | Michael Mania-Bond | Ridah Redd – www.ridahredd.com |
| Olga Lutsenko | Nastassiya – www.nastassiya.com | |
| Ombilicus Mundi & Ariane Charbonneau | Alexandre Désilets – www.alexandredesilets.com | |
| RJW Collective, Treble Red | Caroline Jones – www.carolinejones.com | |
| Swag | MAD Dragon Records | Water Bottle with USB Drive containing MAD Dragon Records Sampler |
| Sarah Dodds / Backstage Design Studio | Injustice Down – Logo T-Shirt | |
| Visual Dialogue / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings* | Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology – T-Shirt | |
| Video Categories | Nominee | Nominated Video |
| Long Form | Cimarrón* | Cimarrón discusses Llanero (Plains) Music |
| DeScribe | Who is DeScribe? | |
| In the Country | Sounds and Sights | |
| Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / Mickey Hart Collection | Behind the Scenes Tour of Smithsonian Folkways with Mickey Hart | |
| Short Form | Birdy Nam Nam* | Goin’in |
| Dirtfoot | Cast My Plans | |
| Radio Radio | Guess What? | |
| Vincent Minor | Late Night Show | |
| Will Knox | Cog in the Machine |