IAMA Winners                                               

Here are the  winners of the 6th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards):

OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
When You've Got Trouble - Liz Longley
http://www.lizlongley.com

BEST GROUP/DUO
1st Prize: Hurricane - Alathea
Runner-up: Cold - Hey Negrita

BEST MALE ARTIST
1st Prize: Falling Up - Michael Brandmeier
Runner-up: She Breaks - Vienne

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1st Prize: Waterfalls - Meghan Trainor
Runner-up: Nurse Me Back to Health - Angela Saini

COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
1st Prize: Simplify - Henhouse Prowlers
Runner-up: Yellow Butter Moon - Doug Spears

AAA/ALTERNATIVE
1st Prize: Sing Your Heart Out - The Trews
Runner-up: Heartbreaker - Jenn Grant

OPEN/AOG
1st Prize: I Will Bleed For You - IVO
Runner-up: 21 Days - Gary Procyshyn

INSTRUMENTAL
1st Prize: Le Mans - El McMeen
Runner-up: Vorizo - The Marc Atkinson Trio

FOLK
1st Prize: When You've Got Trouble - Liz Longley
Runner-up: Glenrio - Melissa McClelland

Here are the Finalists of the 6th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards):
 

BEST GROUP/DUO
Life's Too Short - Ajo & Toni Eberle
Sympathy - The Decade of Sleep
Cold - Hey Negrita
Without You - Albany Down
Hurricane - Alathea
Don't Forget That You Love Me - Sunny Side Up
Stay Another Day - Andy Hill & Renee Safier & Hard Rain
The Sizzling Noise - Mara & David
No Matter What with Alan Doyle - Cathy-Anne McClintock
Telescope - Andy Hill, Renee Safier and Hard Rain

BEST BLUEGRASS/COUNTRY:
Forever Took Too Long - John Landry
Stop Stealing My Daylight - Debra Gordon
Mercy - Kate White
Where The Ocean Meets The Sky
When Tears Won't Fall - Horseshoe Road
Yellow Butter Moon - Doug Spears
Simplify - Henhouse Prowlers
Snows of December - Shearwater Bluegrass Band
(That's just) Fine by Me - Stewart Burrows
Hometown Remedy - Michael Dekkers

BEST FEMALE:
I Will Rise - Kate White
Used To Be A House - Lisa Brigantino
Never Alone - Vicky Sjohall
Nurse Me Back to Health - Angela Saini
Just Don't Leave Me - Andrea Belanger
Simple Love- Meghan Trainor
Waterfalls - Meghan Trainor
Second Hand Love - Jen Foster
Discarded - Jen Porter Rocks
Makes Winters Good Too - Pamela G

BEST MALE:
Distant Fires - Pierre Chalifoux
Shine - Dax Bauser
The Possibilities - Ralph Tomaselli
Hear Me Out - Larry Potts
My Day - Marc Collis
Fire In Your Hands - Jesse Dold
She Breaks - vienne
Gotta Get Away - Seth Glier
FALLING UP - Michael Brandmeier
The Texas Campfire Song (Live!) - Billy Byron

BEST AAA/ALTERNATIVE:
Get To Your Heart - David Thiele
Heartbreaker - Jenn Grant
Someone for Everyone - J minus
The Light - Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves
Teabags In Ashtrays - Alexander Wolfe
Someday When You're Gone - Suzy Connolly
We are One - Wendy Colonna
The Last Love Song - Andy Hackbarth
Sing Your Heart Out - The Trews
Tell The World - Candy Rose

BEST OPEN/AOG:
Stick Around - Ron Dean Tomich
The Coward - Anthony Babino
Becca's Lullaby - Kate White
Wait - Stephanie Mainville
Stolen Moment - Jeanie Sliva
21 Days - GARY PROCYSHYN
Getting Colder By The Year - JJ Soul Band
I Will Bleed For You - IVO
Covergirl - David Justin
Salida - La Otrabanda

BEST INSTRUMENTAL:
Sogno D'Estate - Stefano Sannipoli
Le Mans - El McMeen
High Ground - El McMeen
Breakout - El McMeen
An Ephemeral Dream - Evrn Ozan
Campfire - Wim Hautekiet
The Dance of Apollo - John Floridis
July 18 - Karrnnel
Vorizo - The Marc Atkinson Trio
Shearwater - Shearwater Bluegrass Band
Pulse - Ranger & the Re-Arrangers

BEST FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS:
Glenrio - Melissa McClelland
The men In Sago Mine - Jeff Ellis
My Baby - NQ Arbuckle
Words - Sturle Andersen
You Won't Find Me - Amelia Curran
F13327 - Terry Penney
Foot stumpin´blues - Mack Johansson
Regn (Rain) - Stanley Samuelsen
Afghanistan - JP Cormier
When You've Got Trouble - Liz Longley

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

OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
The Refugees - Unbound

http://www.therefugeesmusic.com

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

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