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

 

 

 

 

OPEN/AOG

 
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

 

 

 

 
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

 

 

 

 
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

 

 

 

 
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

 

 

 

 
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

 

 

 

 
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

 

 

 

 
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



 
 
 

 

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