IAMA Winners                                               

Congratulations to all winners and finalists. Here are the winners of the 5th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards):

OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
The Refugees - Unbound

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FOLK:
1st Prize: Katy Kinard - World's Largest Peanut
Runner-up: The Cedars - Ten Gallon Mile

AAA/ALTERNATIVE:
1st Prize: Wendy Colonna - Right Where I Belong
Runner-up: Oxygen - All My Heroes

BEST GROUP/DUO:
1st Prize: The Refugees - Unbound
Runner-up: Ready In 10 - One More Chance

BEST FEMALE ARTIST:
1st Prize: Kate Lush - Isabelle
Runner-up: Omega - You Said (Gwe wangamba)

BEST MALE ARTIST:
1st Prize: Wayne Southards - Sad is the Union
Runner-up: Jesse Terry - Against the Tide

COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS:
1st Prize: Jeanette Williams Band - Enough Of You
Runner-up: Shearwater Bluegrass Band - Argyle Street

OPEN/AOG:
1st Prize: Victoria Vox - C'est Noye
Runner-up: Pamela G - Somebody Take Him

INSTRUMENTAL:
1st Prize: Larry Pattis - Eleven Doors
Runner-up: Joël Fafard - Red Coat Western



Here are the Finalists of the 5th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards):
 

FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS:
Katy Kinard - World's Largest Peanut
Katy Kinard - Sunshine
Boulder Acoustic Society - Walk
Brady Coleman - Grand Canyon Farewell
Bobby Wells - Don't Throw It Away
Jesse Terry - Pray It's Not the Delta
The Cedars - Ten Gallon Mile
Sarah Hart - A Hole In The Ground
Rachel Garlin - Decisions and Desires
Jon Black - Drove to Knoxville
Hunger In John - Rachael Sage


AAA/ALTERNATIVE
Sammy & Sasha Nelson - Whatever
Doug Sandrini - So Very Afraid
Kurt Henry - The Cuckoo And The Nightingale
Stephanie Smith - Fragile Sometimes
Wendy Colonna - Right Where I Belong
Oxygen - All My Heroes
Kevin McGee - Balancing
Jacob and Lily - Ruby
Invert - The Peak
Adrianne - 10,000 stones


BEST MALE
Wayne Southards - Sad is the Union
Robespierre - Strong & Well
Mark Ruiz - I'm Not What You Wanted
Amos Joannides - Far Away
Antonio Pontarelli - The Void
Michael Brandmeier - IF YOU'RE LEAVING SAY GOODBYE
Duane Andrews - Raindrops
Chase Allen - Lying Awake
Jesse Terry - Against the Tide
Glen Wilson - Detour


BEST FEMALE
Omega - You Said (Gwe wangamba)
Omega - How Long (Ndituusa Wa?)
Omega - An Invitation (Mujje)
Heidi Happy - I Think I'm In Love
Tatiana Banden - Takve lipote na svitu ni
Katie Costello - Isn't it Lovely
Kate Lush - Isabelle
Summer Mencher - Waves
Lisa Nicole Grace - Just Like You
Claire Nicolson - Quiet Company


BEST GROUP/DUO
Ready In 10 - One More Chance
Brave Waves - Make It Beautiful
KaiserCartel - Oh No
Sammy & Sasha - Don't Come Running
Max Klau Band - Dive into the Fray
Mara & David - Masquerade
The Northwoods - Only You
Andy Hill, Renee Safier & Hard Rain - Salvation In Your Arms
Andy Hill, Renee Safier & Hard Rain - Way Back Home
The Refugees - Unbound


OPEN/AOG:
Victoria Vox - C'est Noye
Robespierre - The Poacher
Simple Thing - Tommy Orth
Sammy & Sasha - Thank You
Diaspro - She Knows
Zanna - Little Man of Little Men
T. Rogers - Goin' Home Train
Eric Colville - Remember to Forget
Pamela G - Somebody Take Him
Katrina Carlson - Enough


COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
Peter Nabut - Lonely Is A Friend of Mine
Jeffrey Lee Olson - Legend of Black Mountain
Martin Gibson - Country Music Spoken Here
Oatmeal for the Foxhounds - Centerville, la USA
Jeanette Williams Band - Enough Of You
Clay Evans - Words
Laura Critchley - What Do We Do?
Kate Lush - Learning To Fly
Shearwater Bluegrass Band - Sorrento
Shearwater Bluegrass Band - Argyle Street


INSTRUMENTAL
Larry Pattis - Eleven Doors
Larry Pattis - Buddy Boy
Michael Bailey - Altitudes
Goltnar Alexander - Sabrina
ArtIs - Don't Dry Your Tears
Jami Sieber - Returning
Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble - Passage to Armenia
Michael Logozar - Soaring
Joël Fafard - Red Coat Western
Angel Ruiz - Spinning
Fraid Knot - Island Lament

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