THE 17TH INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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June 25, 2019
The Year’s Most Exceptional Artists and Releases Announced
At The 17th Annual Independent Music Awards
Beyond Creation, Broken Rail, Ella Vos, Erik Scott, Juliana Hatfield, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Mamita Peyote, Masta Ace and Marco Polo, Miss Tara, Ne Obliviscaris, Nina Attal, Pedro Luìs, Prateek Kuhad and Rogério Caetano are among this year’s top honorees.
New York, New York – Established artists and rising stars from around the world packed the Symphony Space Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 22 to celebrate indie artists and artistry at The 17th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs).
Beyond Creation, Broken Rail, Ella Vos, Erik Scott, Juliana Hatfield, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Mamita Peyote, Masta Ace and Marco Polo, Miss Tara, Ne Obliviscaris, Nina Attal, Pedro Luìs, Prateek Kuhad and Rogério Caetano are among the diverse roster of self-released and indie label artists honored at The 17th IMAs.
A complete list of winners are available at http://independentmusicawards.com/the-17th-independent-music-awards-winners/
The winning projects were selected by judging panels comprised of top recording talent including: Tom Waits, Lee Ann Womack, Robert Smith, Nicole Atkins, Todd Rundgren, Martha Wash and Jim Brickman, among many others; and influential press, managers and talent buyers from the Americas, Europe and the Pacific Rim.
Ten nominated bands including: Ale Jiménez, Alicia Michilli, Bombay Rickey, Between Giants, Claudia Acuña, Low Lily, Mark Erelli, Nsimbi, Shadow of Whalesand Shon Weathers performed between award presentations in 104 music, video and visual design categories. Bombay Rickey, Between Giants, Low Lily, Mark Erelli, Nsimbi and Shadow of Whales were also among this year’s Winners.
A limited edition red vinyl record inscribed with artists and project names were presented by current judges and past recipients who included: åMBe, Roman Miroshnichenko, Fiona Bloom, Fiona Joy, Jackknife Stiletto, Jan Bell, Jana Fisher, Jim Brickman, Jeff Oster, Lucy Kalantari and Martha Wash.
The award show and ceremony was the climax of The IMAs Indie Konference, a two-day convention of independent creatives and influencers from around the globe.
ARTISTRY. DIVERSITY. EXCELLENCE.
Now in its 18th year, The Independent Music Awards produced by Music Resource Group, elevate the year’s most exceptional music projects from self-released and indie label talent from around the world – in all styles and mediums. Known for championing artists who follow their muse, the prestigious award honors artists and artistry, rather than streaming stats or social reach, in more than 100 Album, EP, Song, Music Video, Producer and Visual Design categories.
Program winners and nominees are an eclectic mix of extraordinary artists and include: Amy Lee, Killer Mike, Valerie June, J.D. McPherson, Meghan Trainor, Nik West, Passenger, Macy Gray, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, RuPaul, John McEuen, Sofia Rei, Jamie Lidell, Flying Lotus, and fun. among many, many more.
Winning projects are selected by panels of iconic Artists which have included Keith Richards, Tom Waits, Aimee Mann, M’shell Ndegeocello, Norah Jones, Chris Thile, Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Snoop Dogg, Melissa Etheridge, Buddy Guy, Ozzy Osborne, among many others; and programmers, talent buyers, music supervisors and other influencers worldwide.
Submissions for The 18th annual Independent Music Awards open in the summer of 2019. Details, as well as a complete list of nominees, winners and judges are available at www.IndependentMusicAwards.com
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The 17th Independent Music Awards Winners
| Album Categories | Winner | Winning Album |
| Adult Contemporary | Jean Rohe | Sisterly |
| Alt. Country | Rich Webb | Le Rayon Vert |
| Americana | Pharis and Jason Romero | Sweet Old Religion |
| Bluegrass | Various Artists | The Crooked Road's Mountains of Music Homecoming: 2017 Live Concert Recordings |
| Blues | Tom Hambridge | The NOLA Sessions |
| Children's Music | Sara Lovell | Wild Is Everywhere |
| Compilation | Various Artists | Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition |
| Concept | Elizabeth Joan Kelly | Music for the DMV |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | TrueNorth Worship | TrueNorth Worship (Live) |
| Contemporary Classical | Eric Klein | The Myth of Tomorrow |
| Country | JP Harris | Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing |
| Dance/Electronica | Miss Tara | LOVE |
| Debut | Birdland Avenue | Come Around |
| Eclectic | Bombay Rickey | Electric Bhairavi |
| Film / TV / Game Score | Kristoffer Lo | Trondheimsreisen |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Lucy Wainwright Roche | Little Beast |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Karmic Juggernaut | The Dreams That Stuff Are Made Of |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Árstíðir | Nivalis |
| Instrumental | Gypsy Jazz Club | Menestrel |
| Jazz Instrumental | Kobi Arad | Segments |
| Jazz with Vocals | Camille Thurman | Waiting for the Sunrise |
| Latin | Pedro Luís | Vale Quanto Pesa - Pérolas de Luiz Melodia |
| Live Performance | Rogério Caetano | convida ao vivo no Rio |
| Metal/Hardcore | Beyond Creation | Algorythm |
| New Age | Jeff Oster | REACH |
| Pop | Between Giants | Jupiter |
| R&B/Soul | Nina Attal | JUMP |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Masta Ace & Marco Polo | A Breukelen Story |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Mamita Peyote | Runfla Calavera |
| Rock / Hard Rock | BrokenRail | 'Til Death Do Us Part: The California Vault |
| Spoken Word | Jeremy McEwen | Barnyard Dream Poems |
| Tribute | Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John |
| World Beat | Ron Korb | World Café |
| World Traditional | Sara Ajnnak | Gulldalit: Can You Hear Me |
| Song Categories | Winner | Winning Song |
| A Cappella | Patrice Jégou | Lover Come Back to Me (feat. Mark Kibble & Alvin Chea) |
| A Cappella | Avivavoz (Vox Pop Winner) | Ninguém Pode Calar Esse Amor |
| Acoustic | Chris Ayer | Ringing in My Ears |
| Acoustic | Bobby Bookout (Vox Pop Winner) | To Me |
| Adult Contemporary | LACES | someday is not tonight |
| Adult Contemporary | FlecHaus (Vox Pop Winner) | Beautiful Things |
| Alt. Country | Rich Webb | Let It Rain |
| Alt. Country | The Krickets (Vox Pop Winner) | Redbird |
| Americana | Jen Sygit | It's About Time (feat. Luther Dickinson) |
| Americana | Monica Pasqual (Vox Pop Winner) | Feels Like Something |
| Bluegrass | Low Lily | 10,000 Days Like These |
| Bluegrass | Low Lily (Vox Pop Winner) | 10,000 Days Like These |
| Blues | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson | Blues in My Blood |
| Blues | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson (Vox Pop Winner) | Blues in My Blood |
| Children's Music | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | I Know a Little Fellow |
| Children's Music | Sara Lovell (Vox Pop Winner) | Get Up |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Rocking Horse Music Club | Everywhere Is Home |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Rocking Horse Music Club (Vox Pop Winner) | Everywhere Is Home |
| Country | Blane Howard | Promise to Love Her |
| Country | Adam Warner (Vox Pop Winner) | Semper Fi (feat. Trace Adkins) |
| Cover | Kristy Krüger | Folsom Prison Blues (orig. by Johnny Cash) |
| Cover | Kristy Krüger (Vox Pop Winner) | Folsom Prison Blues (orig. by Johnny Cash) |
| Dance/Electronica | Mosimann | Anymore (feat. Carla Katz) |
| Dance/Electronica | Drew DeWitt (Vox Pop Winner) | Final Drop |
| Eclectic | Monica Pasqual | Sun in My Eye |
| Eclectic | Monica Pasqual (Vox Pop Winner) | Sun in My Eye |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Rebecca Hurn | Waves |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | The Morning Sea (Vox Pop Winner) | Listen Love |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | CeCe Teneal & Soul Kamotion | Danger |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Jason Gill (Vox Pop Winner) | Favorite Drug |
| Holiday | Twin Kennedy | I'm a Child Again |
| Holiday | Leslie McKee (Vox Pop Winner) | Still, Still, Still |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Shadow of Whales | Words |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Shadow of Whales (Vox Pop Winner) | Words |
| Instrumental | Cimarrón | Zumbajam |
| Instrumental | Roberto Tola (Vox Pop Winner) | Lullaby of Christmas (feat. Bill McGee) |
| Jazz Instrumental | Ivan Diaz | Write or Wrong |
| Jazz Instrumental | Syreeta Thompson Trumpetlady (Vox Pop Winner) | Blow Yo Horn |
| Jazz with Vocals | Lindsay Kay | Lush Life |
| Jazz with Vocals | Camille Thurman (Vox Pop Winner) | The Nearness of You |
| Latin | Juana Luna | Vienen Como |
| Latin | Omar Quezada & Manny Audico (Vox Pop Winner) | La Cumbia Cínica |
| Love | Bleu | Love You So |
| Love | The Morning Sea (Vox Pop Winner) | Listen Love |
| Metal/Hardcore | Ne Obliviscaris | Intra Venus |
| Metal/Hardcore | Ne Obliviscaris (Vox Pop Winner) | Intra Venus |
| New Age | Jeff Oster | Five Great Mountains |
| New Age | Paradiso and Rasamayi (Vox Pop Winner) | Agape's Call |
| Pop | Ella Vos | White Noise |
| Pop | Mathew Edmondson (Vox Pop Winner) | If I Wait |
| R&B/Soul | Jessica Lá Rel | Here Comes the Sun |
| R&B/Soul | A-natural (Vox Pop Winner) | Thirst |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Young Rado | Make Sense |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Young Rado (Vox Pop Winner) | Make Sense |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Leilani Wolfgramm | Live Wire |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Martin Zarzar (Vox Pop Winner) | Dance Alone |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Head With Wings | Goodbye Sky |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Savannah Pope (Vox Pop Winner) | Creature |
| Social Action | Mark Erelli | By Degrees |
| Social Action | Rosie & the Riveters (Vox Pop Winner) | I Believe You |
| Spoken Word | J.ournal | Pride & Prejudice (feat. The Rogue Pianist) |
| Spoken Word | Diemm (Vox Pop Winner) | Mythmaker |
| Story | Emily Scott Robinson | Overalls |
| Story | Adam Warner (Vox Pop Winner) | Semper Fi (feat. Trace Adkins) |
| Used in Ad Campaign | Bleu | Love You So |
| Used in Ad Campaign | Bleu (Vox Pop Winner) | Love You So |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | André Barros | Leda |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | Kerri Brown & Martene Clayton (Vox Pop Winner) | Crown |
| World Beat | Nsimbi | Leo Ni Leo |
| World Beat | Graeme Drum (Vox Pop Winner) | Sand Storm (feat. Ahmed Al-Badr) |
| World Traditional | Toronto Tabla Ensemble | Faceoff |
| World Traditional | Milli Janatková (Vox Pop Winner) | Buoh |
| EP Categories | Winner | Winning EP |
| Dance/Electronica | DELAPORTE | UNO |
| Eclectic | Emily Pinkerton, Patrick Burke and NOW Ensemble | Rounder Songs |
| Instrumental | Devine Score | Pinnacle |
| Jazz | OKAN | Laberinto |
| Pop | Prateek Kuhad | cold/mess |
| Rock | QUOR | The Way We Are |
| Roots/Country | Jessi Mason | Night Owl |
| Urban | A-natural | #COAOAFB2 |
| World | OKAN | Laberinto |
| Music Producer Categories | Winner | Winning Work |
| Dance/Electronica | Leo Salom | Leo Salom - Sugar on Demand |
| Eclectic | Riley McMahon | Spottiswoode & His Enemies - Lost in the City |
| Instrumental | Erik Scott | Erik Scott - A Trick of the Wind |
| Jazz | Earl MacDonald | Earl MacDonald - Open Borders |
| Pop | Rachael Sage, John Shyloski | Rachael Sage - Myopia |
| Rock | Kevin Billingslea, Andrey Borzykin, Adam Soucy | Major Moment - one small stEP |
| Roots/Country | Iuliano | Iuliano - Hidden Roots |
| Urban | Joseph Vitterito | Agency - Exponents |
| World | Ronald Mente Miyares, Richi Martinez | Ludmila Mercerón & Guitarras y Trovadores - La Pastelera del Tivolí |
| Design Categories | Winner | Winning Work |
| Album Art / Photography | Cody Blocker | Katie Cash - Gift Horse |
| Album Packaging | Yi-Hsiang Chao, Jheng-Han Li | Flesh Juicer - Fairy Tales of Ocean Deep |
| Artist Concert Photo | Sergi Paramès / Furalabfoto | "Imagine a Concert" |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Alya Michelson, Irina Logra | "ALYA" |
| Music Promo Poster | Rachael Sage | Rachael Sage - 'Myopia' |
| Music Website | Tom Jestus Jr. | Casii Stephan Website - www.casiistephan.com |
| Swag | Amazing Show, Chen Hsin Hao | Amazing Show's King of Light Homemade Musical Instrument |
| Short Form Video Categories | Winner | Winning Video |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Marsh Dondurma | Jambo |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Ori Dagan (Vox Pop Winner) | Sting of the Cactus |
| Concept/Experimental | Nuka | Don't Be Afraid |
| Concept/Experimental | Mélisande [électrotrad] (Vox Pop Winner) | Sur la ritintin |
| Director | Navzar Eranee | Nuka - Don't Be Afraid |
| Director | Michael McCallum (Vox Pop Winner) | Jen Sygit - Love Is Wild |
| Lyric | Kutch | Bottleneck |
| Lyric | Rich Aveo (Vox Pop Winner) | Weightless |
| Narrative | Laura Clauzel | Golden Boy |
| Narrative | Josh David & The Funeral Puppets (Vox Pop Winner) | James Island Blues |
| Performance | Bon Débarras | En panne de silence |
| Performance | John Gaar (Vox Pop Winner) | Roll Like That |
| Social Action | J. Harris | Bleed Like You |
| Social Action | Ludmila Mercerón (Vox Pop Winner) | No hay perdón |
| Long Form Video Categories | Winner | Winning Video |
| Long Form Music Video | Elio Pace | The Billy Joel Songbook Live |
