13th Annual Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced!
Valerie June, Melissa Ferrick, Yuck, The Soul Of John Black, Omar Sosa,
Willie Sugarcapps, Born Of Osiris, Vienna Teng,
Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Elizabeth Mitchell
Are Among The Nominees of The 13th Independent Music Awards
Nearly 400 Self-Released & Independent Label Artists From Around The World Honored In 13th Annual IMAs
March 11, 2014 – Music Resource Group (MRG) today announced the Nominees of The 13th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent artists and fans.
The nominations in more than 80 Album, Song, EP, Music Producer, Music Video and Design categories were culled from thousands of submissions from North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Greenland and Europe.
The 13th IMA Nominees represent an eclectic mix of established and rising talent including Melissa Ferrick, Yuck, The Soul of John Black, Omar Sosa, Willie Sugarcapps, Born Of Osiris, Vienna Teng, Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Elizabeth Mitchell are among many other deserving artists whose recordings were released during the 13th IMA program eligibility period.
Winners will be determined by a panel of influential artist and industry judges including Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson, Sharon Jones, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chiddy Bang, Shelby Lynne, Joshua Redman, G. Love, Aoife O’Donovan, Jim Lauderdale, Chris Wood & Oliver Wood, Band Of Skulls, Judy Collins, Raul Midon, Bernie Worrell, Dennis Diken, Arturo Sandoval, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Terry McBride (Nettwerk Music Group), Kevin Lyman (Vans Warped Tour), Jason Olaine (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Hillary McAndrew Plate (Lincoln Center) Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering), Bruce Iglauer (Alligator Records), Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter), Delphine Robertson (Playtone Productions), Benji Rogers (PledgeMusic), Megan West (SoundCloud) and others.
Vox Pop Fan Voting Poll Opens
In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 18, 2014 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 mainstream media and big box retailers.
For the past 13 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 online industry networking database The Musician’s Atlas, The IMAs leverages its unrivaled access to performance, promotion & distribution opportunities to connect Winners and Nominees to new audiences and revenue opportunities.
Winners of The 13th 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.
Entries for The 14th Independent Music Awards are now open. Album, Song, EP, Music Producer, Music Video and Design entries are being accepted at: www.TheIndependentMusicAwards.com
The 13th Independent Music Awards Nominees:
| Album Categories | Nominees | Nominated Albums |
| Adult Contemporary | Quickbeam | Quickbeam |
| The Little Stevies | Diamonds For Your Tea | |
| Vera Jonas Experiment | Game | |
| Victoria Vox | Key | |
| Vienna Teng | Aims | |
| Alt. Country | Dirtfoot | Coming Up For Air |
| Greg Smith and The Broken English | Ramblin’ Road | |
| Melissa Ferrick | The Truth Is | |
| Possessed by Paul James | There Will Be Nights When I’m Lonely | |
| Richard Murray | Borealis | |
| Robert Moses and the Harmony Crusaders | Self-Developing Country | |
| Americana | Betse Ellis | High Moon Order |
| Jonas Friddle & The Majority | Use Your Voice | |
| Pharis & Jason Romero | Long Gone Out West Blues | |
| The Danberrys | The Danberrys | |
| Willie Sugarcapps | Willie Sugarcapps | |
| Bluegrass | The Bankesters | Love Has Wheels |
| Various Artists | Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways | |
| Wood & Wire | Wood & Wire | |
| Blues | Delta Generators | Get on the Horse |
| Root Doctor Featuring Freddie Cunningham | New Attitude | |
| Scarecrow | Devil & Crossroads | |
| Various Artists | Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways | |
| Walter Trout | Luther’s Blues – A Tribute to Luther Allison | |
| Children’s Music | Alathea | Songs for Children: Sunnyside and Starlight |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Blue Clouds | |
| Ginger Parish | Twilight Comes Tiptoeing, A Collection of Lullabies | |
| Rattle and Strum | Rattle and Strum | |
| Vered | Good Morning My Love | |
| Compilation | Various Artists | Potential Unlimited Six |
| Various Artists | Breaking the Surface, Vol. III | |
| Various Artists | New Arrivals: Vol. 5 – Artists For Hurricane Sandy Relief | |
| Various Artists | CompOWLation Vol. 3 | |
| Various Artists | We’ll Paint You a Rainbow | |
| Concept | Katy Carr | Paszport |
| Martha Redbone Roots Project | The Garden of Love – Songs of William Blake | |
| Milli Janatková | Promena / Transformation / Transformação | |
| Russ Kaplan + 7 | The Ulysses Cycle | |
| Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams | Unnamed Lands | |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Hilary Weeks | Say Love |
| Jon Bauer | Roots of Worship | |
| Kersten Stevens | Inspire Me | |
| Open Sky | Let The Light Shine Again | |
| The Apostles | Mission Possible | |
| Contemporary Classical | Alejandro Escuer | Flying: Music For Flute and Electronics |
| Robert Barham | Cello and Harp | |
| Tony Chen | At Ease | |
| Trio Dinicu | Live In Los Angeles (feat. Tommy Davy) | |
| Various Artists | Celebrate World Music! | |
| Country | Devin Jake | Jesus & Mama |
| James Hand | Mighty Lonesome Man | |
| Natalie Howard | Under {Love’s} Umbrella | |
| Susan Cattaneo | Little Big Sky | |
| The Carper Family | Old-Fashioned Gal | |
| Dance/Electronica | Audego | Beneath the Static and the Low |
| Lagomorpha | Ride On | |
| Liecro | Chorus Work | |
| Paolo Michelini | Mirror | |
| Eclectic | Champion | °1 |
| Goat’s Notes | Fuzzy Wonder | |
| Milli Janatková | Promena / Transformation / Transformação | |
| Sami Hope | Untangle the Threads | |
| Youth Lagoon | Wondrous Bughouse | |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Coby Brown | French Exit |
| Rachel Sermanni | Under Mountains | |
| Suzie Brown | Almost There | |
| Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche | Fairytale and Myth | |
| Valerie June | Pushin’ Against a Stone | |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Robert Walter’s 20th Congress | Get Thy Bearings |
| The Elec Tet | Shiny Metal Objects | |
| Tom Fryer | Dirty Math | |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Beautiful Machines | Disconnect : : Reconnect |
| Cloudmachine | A Gentle Sting | |
| Dovetail | Mount Karma | |
| State Radio | Rabbit Inn Rebellion | |
| Tallows | Memory Marrow | |
| YUCK | Glow & Behold | |
| Instrumental | Chris Ruebens Ensemble | The Yellow Duck |
| Dúo Del Sol | hello Kaleidoscope | |
| Incendio | The Shape of Dreams | |
| The Claudettes | Infernal Piano Plot…HATCHED! | |
| Tsung-pei Fan | Longing for the Unforgettable Spring Breeze | |
| Jazz Instrumental | Brian Haas & Matt Chamberlain | Frames |
| JCA Orchestra | Stories | |
| Luiz Ebert & Fidel Cuéllar | Audiograph | |
| Omar Sosa | Eggun | |
| Petr Cancura | Down Home | |
| Salvatore Cirillo | Looking for Listeners | |
| Jazz With Vocals | Ararur | Ararur |
| Karla Chisholm | Moving On | |
| Nicola Milan | Forbidden Moments | |
| Rozina Pátkai | Vocé e Eu | |
| The Jessica Stuart Few | Two Sides to Every Story | |
| Latin | Eliana Cuevas | Espejo |
| Luna Rumba | Without Borders | |
| Mitch Frohman | From Daddy With Love | |
| Rozina Pátkai | Vocé e Eu | |
| Voces del Sur | Semblanzas de 20 Años | |
| Live Performance | Giancarlo Mazzù & Luciano Troja | Live at The Metropolitan Room NYC |
| Pierre Bensusan | Encore | |
| Taj Weekes & Adowa | Pariah in Transit | |
| Volodja Balzalorsky | Romantic Violin Sonatas: Live Selection, Vol. 1 (Franck, Brahms, Grieg) | |
| Wertico Cain and Gray | Sound Portraits | |
| Metal / Hardcore | Born Of Osiris | Tomorrow We Die Alive |
| I See Stars | New Demons | |
| Incite | All Out War | |
| Kill The Precedent | Dialogues With the Dead | |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan | One of Us is the Killer | |
| New Age | Anima | Light of Aluna |
| Cornell Kinderknecht and Martin McCall | Dreamtime | |
| Darlene Koldenhoven | Tranquil Times | |
| Joël Dilley | Mandala Meditation Series: Lullaby of the Flatlands | |
| Various Artists | The Best of Reviews New Age: The Piano | |
| Pop | Cliff Hillis | Dream Good |
| Groenland | The Chase | |
| Hey Monea! | Cheap Souvenirs | |
| Kelley James | The Pattern Transcending | |
| R&B/Soul | Krystale | Machine |
| Tarrus Riley | Mecoustic | |
| Tess Henley | High Heels & Sneakers | |
| The Soul of John Black | A Sunshine State of Mind | |
| Zach Jones | Things Were Better | |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Callous | Supplemental Income |
| Emmanuel Jal | See Me Mama | |
| Evil Eddie | Welcome To Flavour Country | |
| Relic (aka Rel Mccoy) | Miles to Go | |
| Sum | Dragon, Vol. 1 | |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Midnight Spin | Don’t Let Me Sleep |
| Ponctuation | 27 Club | |
| Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs | GIRL | |
| Stiletto Red | Her Love is a Lie | |
| Willie Nile | American Ride | |
| Soundtrack / Cast Recording | Catherine Grealish | All Things Hidden |
| Michael McLean | Threads | |
| San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus | I Am Harvey Milk | |
| Spoken Word (with music accompaniment) | Angel Berry | Words |
| Various Artists | Action Moves People | |
| Tribute | Chris Kelsey & What I Say | The Electric Miles Project |
| The Nutopians | Lennon Re-Imagined | |
| Yolanda Duke | Te Llevo Bajo La Piel: The Great American Songbook Goes Latino | |
| World Beat | Fanfara Tirana Meets Transglobal Underground | Kabatronics |
| Jussi Reijonen | Un | |
| Karim Baggili | Kali City (feat. Le Trio Joubran) | |
| Mariana Masetto | Soy libre | |
| Wouter Kellerman | Mzansi | |
| World Traditional | Haiqiong Deng | Water, Mountain, Sentiments – Traditional Chinese Zheng Masterpieces Performed by Haiqiong Deng |
| Unni Løvlid | Lux | |
| Various Artists | Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda | |
| Various Artists | Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways | |
| Wu Man | Elegant Pipa Classics | |
| Song Categories | Nominees | Nominated Songs |
| A Cappella | Josée Vaillancourt | Unde Quocumque |
| KnightSong | The Briar and the Rose | |
| Milli Janatková | Hlasy (Voices / Vozes) | |
| The Nymphs | Shake | |
| Vienna Teng | The Hymn of Acxiom | |
| Acoustic | E.V. Jackson | In Deep |
| Halie Loren | Simply Love | |
| Keiffer & The Curiosity Club | Man Upstairs | |
| Lindsey Webster | Choices | |
| Lu Flur | Future Tides | |
| Adult Contemporary | Eden Espinosa | Stone Cold Sober |
| Makana | Manic | |
| Matthew Genovese | Time’s Tickin’ Away | |
| Sophie Koh | I Understand | |
| The Novelists (feat. Megan Slankard) | I’m in No Pain | |
| Alt. Country | Beef Tea | My Privilege |
| Evarusnik | Rapanui’s Lightning | |
| Greg Smith and The Broken English | Losing Hand | |
| Sven Curth | If Yer Tryin’ | |
| The Danberrys | Big Rig | |
| Americana | Devin Jake | Anywhere Bound |
| Mean Mary | Iron Horse | |
| Melissa Ferrick | Wreck Me | |
| Mercy Child | Closer | |
| Rabbit Rabbit | In the Dead of Night | |
| Bluegrass | Joey Tippett and The California Ramblers | Streets of Leonardtown |
| Michael O’Brien | Whitechief | |
| Pete Seeger | Fly Around My Blue-eyed Girl/Cripple Creek/Ida Red/Old Joe Clark | |
| Blues | Billy Woodward | I Got Bit |
| Neal Pattman | Low Down Blues | |
| Root Doctor Featuring Freddie Cunningham | Baby, You’re Bad | |
| Sunday Wilde | More Than a Wee Bit Crazy | |
| Valerie June | You Can’t Be Told | |
| Children’s Music | Aoede | Fairy Tale Love |
| Dre Towey | Just ‘Cause I Love Ya | |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Blue Clouds | |
| Ginger Parish | Close Your Eyes | |
| Helen Austin | Colour It | |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Devin Jake | Take Me Home |
| Javon Inman | Come Home | |
| Joshua Aaron | You Are Holy | |
| Phillip Carter | I Love the Lord | |
| The Classic City Collective | My God Is Stronger | |
| Country | Antigone Rising | That Was the Whiskey |
| Jillian Cardarelli | Worth the Whiskey | |
| Josh Copp | Country Through and Through | |
| The Carper Family | Foolish Ramblin’ Man | |
| The Command Sisters | White Dress | |
| Cover | Jann Klose | Song to the Siren – (orig. by Tim Buckley) |
| Maddy Rodriguez | Some Nights (Cecilia) – (orig. by fun. / Simon & Garfunkel) | |
| Milli Janatková | Touha (Desire / Desejo) – Garota de Ipanema – (made famous by Stan Getz & João Gilberto feat. Antônio Carlos Jobim) | |
| Monkeyshorts | Closer – (orig. by Nine Inch Nails) | |
| Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – (orig. by The Rolling Stones) | |
| Dance/Electronica | ALARMs | Hold My Head |
| Audego | Liar | |
| Flow Zen | Killer DJ | |
| Hitarda | Love Makes You Beautiful | |
| Strange Talk | Climbing Walls | |
| Eclectic | Katy Carr | Mala Little Flower |
| Kirsti Gholson | Ways to Kiss the Ground | |
| Lenka Lichtenberg | Danse Suite Macabre | |
| Rabbit Rabbit | After the Storm | |
| Sami Hope | Tidal Wave | |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Laura Marie | Hard Rain |
| Mishaped Pearls | Old Father Thames | |
| Monica Lionheart | Let Go | |
| Sam Sallon | You Are Home | |
| Twin Peaks | Goddamn | |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | CCB – Craig Caffall Band | Mighty Is the Power |
| Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle | Digital Savanna | |
| Russ Kaplan + 7 | Pigz In Space | |
| Uli Geissendoerfer’s Colors | 3-41 | |
| Holiday | Government Town | Christmas Song |
| Julianne Ankley | Christmas in Your Heart | |
| Kate Diaz | Christmas Smiles | |
| Marla Lewis | Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day | |
| Nancy Beaudette | Silence Tonight | |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Black Taxi | House on Fire |
| Ginger and The Ghost | The Mark of Hearts | |
| Grimus | High | |
| Isle of Rhodes | Oceans | |
| Kelly McMichael and The Gloss | This City | |
| Rose & The Howling North | Cuckoo | |
| Instrumental | Amirah Ali | Katakanlah (Instrumental) |
| Jaron Freeman-Fox & The Opposite of Everything | Auctioneering Everything | |
| Makana | Slackmenco | |
| Nan Avant | Tributum | |
| Sultans of String | Josie | |
| Jazz Instrumental | André Vasconcellos | Samba da Esquina |
| Duane Andrews and Craig Young | The Supermoon Rag | |
| Luiz Ebert & Fidel Cuéllar | River | |
| Mike Field | Rush Mode | |
| Rene’Soler The Cuban Way | Remember Bill Halley | |
| Jazz With Vocals | Ararur | Ela |
| Halie Loren | Cuando Bailamos | |
| Mike Field | The Last of the Summer Days | |
| Rozina Pátkai | El Hombre Que Yo Ame (The Man I Love) | |
| The Carper Family | Old-Fashioned Gal | |
| Latin | Calles de Sal | Solo amigos |
| Damian Wyldes | Si Un Dia | |
| Eliana Cuevas | Llegó | |
| Omar Negron | No Son Juguetes | |
| Yolanda Duke feat. Arturo Sandoval | Contigo En La Distancia | |
| Love | Arian Saleh | Open Your Mind Let Me Out |
| George Benson | The One For Me | |
| Lakin | Kiss Me Goodbye | |
| Rocket & The Ghost | Gold | |
| Sami Hope | Colliding Like Galaxies | |
| Metal / Hardcore | A.Z. | Drive the Nails |
| Deathronic | Disharmonia Part II | |
| Kill the Precedent | Free Reign (Everybody’s Dead) | |
| SOMA | Jesus Freak | |
| They Might Be Zombies | A Dying Voice | |
| New Age | Cornell Kinderknecht | Solitude |
| Lenka Lichtenberg | Raise a Cup of Joy | |
| Michele McLaughlin | Spiritual Awakening | |
| Sergey Geokchaev | Bruma | |
| Sonaljit | Dreaming the Afterlife | |
| Pop | AnnMarie Fox | Supernova |
| Josh Falcón | Top of the World | |
| Kate Vigo | What You Waiting For | |
| Morgan Karr | Fall Blind | |
| Vienna Teng | Level Up | |
| R&B/Soul | Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution | Shine On |
| Playground | One Way Love | |
| Tawana Lael | In This Love | |
| The Boiz | Slow Motion | |
| The Soul of John Black | Higher Power | |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Kidd Clazzic | Fly Away |
| Kreed N Deed | What If | |
| Sarkodie | Illuminati | |
| Sweatshop Union | Infinite | |
| Tuan X feat. Anna | When You Come Home | |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Classick | This Heart |
| Death Valley High | How2Kill | |
| Pound | She’s a Killer | |
| Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs | Don’t Wanna | |
| Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric | Pocket Full of Bones | |
| Social Action | Jean Rohe | National Anthem: Arise! Arise! |
| My Silent Bravery feat. Matisyahu | To Give | |
| Scott Perrie | Elegy | |
| Seth Glier | The Stars and Glitter | |
| Vienna Teng | Level Up | |
| Spoken Word (with music accompaniment) | Fold feat. Mr Gee | Salvation |
| Kras & Bijvoet | The Lonely Man on the Couch | |
| Vera Jonas Experiment | What Would They Do?! | |
| Walter Marocchi Mala Hierba | Yalistan | |
| Story | Government Town | Four Chords |
| Greg Smith and The Broken English | Hey What’s the Use | |
| James Hand | Old Man Henry | |
| Jean Rohe | Umbrella | |
| Seth Glier | Plastic Soldiers | |
| World Beat | Alex Boyé | I Am Gold (Emi Ni Wura) |
| AOMUSIC | Kuimba | |
| Christiane Karam | Balkan Dance | |
| L.I.P.E. | Zorja, Moja Zorja | |
| Martin Zarzar | Libre | |
| World Traditional | Akshara | Mohana Blues |
| Battlefield Band | Bagpipe Music | |
| J. J. Keki and The Peace Kawomera Jazz Band | Get Up and Grow Coffee! | |
| Nalini Vinayak, Haiqiong Deng, Deviprasad Chabukswar | In Search of Peace | |
| Women of the World | Dere Na | |
| EP Categories | Nominees | Nominated EPs |
| Dance/Electronica | Flow Zen | Together Again EP |
| Lords Of Fusion | Club Fusion EP | |
| Masia One | Bootleg Culture REMIXED | |
| Re:ach | Illegitimate Sheep | |
| Eclectic | Avi Fox-Rosen | October 2013: Scary |
| Fold | Salvation (feat. Mr. Gee) | |
| In One Wind | Lean | |
| Kras & Bijvoet | Berlin Recordings | |
| Instrumental | Diana Yukawa | Finding the Parallel |
| Eugene Levitas with Chen Zimbalista | Levitation | |
| Volodja Balzalorsky | Karol Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor – Volodja Balzalorsky Live in Concert – EP | |
| Jazz | Jon LaTona | Introducing….. Jon LaTona |
| Palumbo and the Funk | Rock the Funk | |
| Live Performance | Volodja Balzalorsky | Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata – Volodja Balzalorsky Live in Concert – EP |
| Volodja Balzalorsky | Karol Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in D Minor – Volodja Balzalorsky Live in Concert – EP | |
| Pop | Amber Nichols | Oh My Lullaby |
| Ginger and The Ghost | One Type of Dark EP | |
| Lu Flur | Floriology | |
| Nate Tao | Nate Tao | |
| Zach Hurd | She Never Sleeps | |
| Rock | Communist Daughter | Lions & Lambs EP |
| Highasakite | In and Out of Weeks | |
| Kelly McMichael and The Gloss | Liminal | |
| Lucas Marston | Lucas Marston | |
| We Were Superheroes | Otoliths EP | |
| Roots/Country | Billy Woodward | The Beast in Me |
| Lindsay Brandt | Call Me Red | |
| Mike Beach | Son of a Beach | |
| The ReChords | It Won’t Be Long | |
| Twin Peaks | Twin Peaks | |
| Urban | Marushka | Staring Back at Me |
| Ryan Collins | The Now or Never EP | |
| Stage | Fresh Hell EP | |
| The Bad Tenants | Eloquent Scoundrels Vol. 2 | |
| Tuan X | A Tale of Two Cities EP | |
| World | Al Farabi | Al Farabi (feat. Mothanna Anbar) |
| High Hopes Band | High Hopes Band 2013 EP | |
| Jo El Cambio | Nunca Darme Por Vencido | |
| Natty | Out of Fire | |
| Producer Category | Nominees | Nominated Projects |
| Music Producer | Osmand Eduardo Charpentier Santamaría, Eduardo Charpentier de Castro, Rommel Charpentier Gomez, Ricardo Risco Cortez | Eduardo Charpentier de Castro/Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Panama – Nuestra Música sin Fronteras |
| Jared Robinson | LunarTheory – An Unforeseen Impossible Outcome | |
| Mree | Mree – Winterwell | |
| Jamie Hill | Shannon Curtis – Cinemascope | |
| Chris McKhool (Producer), Rebecca Pellett (Associate Producer) | Sultans of String – Symphony! | |
| Design Categories | Nominees | Nominated Projects |
| Album Art | Angie Pickman | Maria the Mexican – Moon Colored Jade |
| Kathryn Lynn Shearman / Kazoo Studios | Tamar Haviv – You and Me Without Pajamas (Lost At Sea) | |
| Mike Wohlberg / tFk! Illustration | Death Valley High – Positive Euth | |
| Nick Kiefer | Rick Barry – Curses, Maledictions and Harsh Reiterations | |
| Pavel Postovoit | Adaam James Levin-Areddy – You’re Like Bad TV | |
| Album Packaging | Cheng-dao Chou & Sung-lan Chen / 9d Visual Creation | Tsung-pei Fan – Longing for the Unforgettable Spring Breeze |
| Hui-chen Huang & Szu-wei Cheng / Keystone Design Co. | Taiwu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe & Daniel Ho – To & From the Heart | |
| Pablo Bernasconi, Alain Gomez & Carolina Musto | Famasloop – La Quema (Box) | |
| Pearl Rachinsky & Corin Raymond | Corin Raymond and The Sundowners – Paper Nickels | |
| Sunday Morning | Luiz Ebert and Fidel Cuellar – Audiograph | |
| Artist Concert Photo | David Simchock | John Butler Trio – FloydFest 12 (July 2013) |
| David Simchock | Ozomatli – LEAF Festival (May 2013) | |
| Doug Seymour | Peter Murphy – Bauhaus 35th Anniversary Tour | |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Doug Seymour | Luscious Jackson – Publicity Photo for New Album Magic Hour |
| Jared Robinson | Bastard Poetry Publicity Photograph | |
| Music Website | Amanda Duncan | www.amandaduncan.com |
| Ilusha Tsinadze & Melanie Ida Chopko | www.jeanrohe.com | |
| Jann Klose | www.jannklose.com | |
| Snow Fox Designs & Michael McMillan | www.moreshoe.com | |
| The Speedbumps | www.thespeedbumps.com | |
| Poster | Amanda Duncan | Amanda Duncan Poster |
| Christopher Wilson & Nate Currin | Nate Currin presents The Pilgrim | |
| Jared Robinson | LunarTheory – An Unforeseen Impossible Outcome | |
| Tony Halchak | The Badlees – Epiphones and Empty Rooms Promo Poster | |
| Swag | Grace Lang & Rattlesnake Hyde | Rattlesnake Hyde Comic |
| Jann Klose | Jann Klose T-Shirts | |
| Tony Halchak | The Badlees T-Shirt | |
| Video Categories | Nominees | Nominated Videos |
| Long Form | The Claudettes | The Claudettes: Live in the Studio |
| Marcio Novelli | Marcio Novelli Presents Walking Proof | |
| Tulsa | Ignonauta | |
| Short Form | Audego | Sleepy |
| Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground | No Guns To The Wedding | |
| The Ball & Chain | Baby Baby Burning | |
| Ginger and The Ghost | The Mark Of Hearts | |
| Alex Boyé | I Am Gold |