IAMA Winners
Here are the winners of the 9th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards). IAMA would like to thank all entrants, judges and sponsors.
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
"I Should Have Known" - AJ Croce
http://www.myspace.com/ajcrocemusic
INSTRUMENTAL
1st Prize: "Onward" - Loren Barrigar & Mark Mazengarb
Runner-up: "Charlotte" - Ed Henderson (Canada)
OPEN
1st Prize: "Once" - Mayu Wakisaka (Japan)
Runner-up: "Find a Home" - Laura Jorgensen (France)
AAA/ALTERNATIVE
1st Prize: "I Should Have Known" - AJ Croce
Runner-up: "Mystery" - Michael Logen
FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS
1st Prize: "Dance Around My Atom Fire" - Joel Rafael
Runner-up: "World Isn't Worth It" - Chris Volpe
BEST GROUP/DUO
1st Prize: "How I Wanna Be" - Berteal
Runner-up: "Where We Are" - Sean Gasaway & Allison Campbell
BEST MALE ARTIST
1st Prize: "Blood and Bone" - Wes Carr (Australia)
Runner-up: "Coming of Age" - Micah Brown
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1st Prize: "Love Changes Everything" - Kat Parsons
Runner-up: "Wildflower" - Abbie Folken
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
1st Prize: "Ramber's Plea" - The Unseen Strangers (Canada)
Runner-up: "All Night Long" - Jon D'Agostino
The Finalists list:
| Name of song | Finalist Name |
| INSTRUMENTAL | |
| Pensando en Ti | Jacco Muller |
| La Passeggiata | Michael Fix |
| Kindred Spirits | Tim Farrell |
| Hamidbar Medaber | (Jaffa Road) Aaron Lightstone |
| Surreal McCoy (The Hospice Nurse) | Charlie Hill |
| Charlotte | Ed Henderson |
| Breath of Spring | Christie Lenee |
| Becketts Whisper | Ron Korb |
| Resophonic Rodeo | Gary Morse |
| Onward | Loren Barrigar & Mark Mazengarb |
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| Never-Forget | Twinz Beatz (Jr. Pinchers) |
| Little Black Spider | John Daversa |
| Once | Mayu Wakisaka |
| Sweetest Thing | Kate Lush |
| Down | Annie Minogue |
| Find a Home | Laura Jorgensen |
| What Kind of Fool | Victor Henshaw |
| Paljajalu promenaadil | Toomas Rull |
| Rocky Mane | Robespierre & Band |
| Bonfire In Sight | Robespierre & Band |
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| AAA/ALTERNATIVE | |
| Kiss Me Hello | Anouschka |
| Surrender | Sandshifter Music |
| I Should Have Known | AJ Croce |
| Coraline | AJ Croce |
| Such A Long Time Ago | Patrick Joseph |
| Leave No Trace | (Hillary Reynolds Band) Jeff Hale |
| Exodus | Laura Jorgensen |
| Birchbark Canoe | Jeffery Straker |
| Mystery (Living Room Sessions) | Michael Logen |
| YOU GIVE ME MUSIC | David Mazzarri |
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| FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS | |
| Terry McLeish | Auction in Westmeath |
| Hard Times | Sarah Morgan |
| World Isn't Worth It | Chris Volpe |
| Nowhereland | Harpeth Rising |
| Ordinary Words | Claire Wyndham |
| Dance Around My Atom Fire | Joel Rafael |
| The Reaper | J.W. McClure |
| Belle de Louisville | Jonas Friddle and The Majority |
| Going to Mississippi | Juke Joint Jonny Rizzo |
| Save Me For Later | Suzie Vinnick |
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| BEST GROUP/DUO | |
| Dream It All Away | Andy Hill, Renee Safier and Hard Rain |
| Gloria | Robespierre & Band |
| A String to a Bell | Jonas Friddle and The Majority |
| Only in My Mind | Gallon House |
| How I Wanna Be | (Kim Gentry) Berteal |
| Goodbye Caroline | Monroeville |
| Hypnotized | Josiah Bekker |
| Where We Are | Sean Gasaway & Allison Campbell |
| To an Early Flowering Almond | (The Australian Voices) Gordon Hamilton |
| When I am Dreaming | (Hillary Reynolds Band) Jeff Hale |
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| BEST MALE ARTIST | |
| WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR | Michael Brandmeier |
| Kill You With Kindness | Shane Cooley |
| Such A Long Time Ago | Patrick Joseph |
| What's Your Name | Chaz |
| Coming of Age | Micah Brown |
| Once Upon A Time | Ramiro Fauve |
| Caught In Your Light | Francois Mulder |
| Hallelujah | Jeffery Gutts |
| Lost | Wes Carr |
| Blood and Bone | Wes Carr |
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| BEST FEMALE ARTIST | |
| Tout ça | Cloe Bernard |
| Wildflower | Abbie Folken |
| Your Escape (Nate's Song) | Ivy James |
| Love Changes Everything | Katharine Parsons |
| Fall With You | Mikaela Kahn |
| Everything | Rachael Sage |
| Take Me Away | Helen Austin |
| Classics | Kelly Taylor |
| Peter Pan | Justine Dorsey |
| Fly Me Home | Tanya Darling |
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| COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS | |
| Love of the Ozarks | Kelly Rogers |
| Queen of the Yellow Light | (Kim Gentry) Berteal |
| Ramber's Plea | The Unseen Strangers |
| ALL NIGHT LONG | Jon D'Agostino |
| Stir Our Souls | Wanda Lee Simmons-Rue |
| It Doesn't Matter | Wanda Lee Simmons-Rue |
| Rubber Chicken Rag | Booka Michel |
| America Come Home | Joel Rafael |
| My Sometimes Love | (Kim Gentry) Berteal |
| LA is Not My Home | Josh Damigo |
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Winners of the 8th Annual IAMA (2011):
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
All The Wasted Time - Maddy Rodriguez. (Youngest Top winner at just 18
years old)
http://www.maddyrodriguez.com
BEST GROUP/DUO
1st Prize: Bird Song - The Wailin Jennys
Runner-up: All This Time - The Village Musicians, AKA: Village
BEST MALE ARTIST
1st Prize: What Am I Doing Here - Ian Sherwood
Runner-up: Escape Artist - Patrick Joseph
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1st Prize: Vimy Ridge - Lizzy Hoyt
Runner-up: Angel - Imaaji Phenoon
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
1st Prize: All The Wasted Time - Maddy Rodriguez
Runner-up: Rambler's Song - Monroeville
AAA/ALTERNATIVE
1st Prize: You Let Me Be - Melissa Ferrick
Runner-up: Joe Barry - Jayme Dawicki
OPEN/AOG
1st Prize: Spring - Caleb McGinn
Runner-up: Save Me - Arlene Bishop
INSTRUMENTAL
1st Prize: Autumn Roads - Doug Young
Runner-up: Portlandia - Tony Furtado
FOLK
1st Prize: Chasing A Dream - William Michael Dillon
Runner-up: The Garden - Ruth Moody
Also, click here for Featured Acoustic Artists
