IAMA Results
Results of the 22nd Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards)
We thank all entrants and sponsors. Congratulations to our winners and finalists! Here is the list of winners:
Overall Grand Prize Winner:
“Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue” by Weary Ramblers
INSTRUMENTAL
FIRST PRIZE: “My Mother’s Oldsmobile” by Rick Ruskin
RUNNER-UP: “Palma De Mallorca” by Russ Hewitt
OPEN
FIRST PRIZE: “Gratitude” by Gordie Tentrees
RUNNER-UP: “Wild For The Country” by Susan Muranty
AAA/ALTERNATIVE
FIRST PRIZE: “California Gold” by Casii Stephan
RUNNER-UP: “Medicine” by Sage Christie
FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS
FIRST PRIZE: “Over Again” by A Different Thread
RUNNER-UP: “Pilgrim” by Kate McDonnell
BEST GROUP/DUO
FIRST PRIZE: “Alchemy” by Johnnyswim
RUNNER-UP: “River Flow” by Brightwell & Moran
BEST MALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “No Need To Wonder” by Sawyer Fredericks
RUNNER-UP: “Send the Old Men to Fight” by C. Daniel Boling
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “A Million Times” by Tekla Waterfield
RUNNER-UP: “Kenmure (Deportees)” by Iona Fyfe
BEST COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
FIRST PRIZE: “Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue” by Weary Ramblers
RUNNER-UP: “The Song of the Mountains” by The Burnett Sisters Band
The list of Finalists of the 22nd Annual IAMA:
| Category/Song Title | Finalist Name(s) |
| INSTRUMENTAL | |
| Angel Rose | Tim Farrell |
| My Mother’s Oldsmobile | Rick Ruskin |
| On the Gravel Walk | E J Edward Ouellette |
| Lucinda | Dave Clarke |
| Rose of Allendale | El McMeen |
| Chasing The Demons | Michael Fix |
| Palma De Mallorca | Russ Hewitt |
| Fever River | Weary Ramblers |
| Blood on the Dusty Ground | Kevin Serey |
| Reina de la Noche | Ryan David Green |
| OPEN | |
| Ancient Vistas | Ann Licater |
| Light and Gloom | Franz Mang |
| Azure Nights | Ron Korb |
| Eden Song | Kyle Dillingham |
| Grandma Had a Sayin’ | David Kuncicky |
| Wild For The Country | Susan Muranty |
| Yggdrasil II | Danheim |
| Interstellar | Jeff Crandall & The Swallows |
| Gratitude | Gordie Tentrees |
| Sophomore Slump | Ava Valianti |
| AAA/ALTERNATIVE | |
| Stand Up to the Giants | Lauren Brombert |
| California Gold | Casii Stephan |
| Heiðin | Árstíðir |
| Interstellar | Jeff Crandall & J. Briozo |
| Owning Up | Aimee Van Dyne |
| Teach Me How To Stay | Jenny Langer, Randy Jacobs (The Boneshakers) & Stephen Bruton |
| October Burning | Jake Cassman |
| Soft Shoe | Mallory Chipman |
| Medicine | Sage Christie |
| Flower of Desert | Marcos Leal Teixeira |
| FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS | |
| Route 66 | Paula Boggs |
| Pilgrim | Kate McDonnell |
| Someday, My Someday Will Come | Doug Harsch |
| Over Again | A Different Thread |
| La Ciudad del Sol | Mike Berman |
| Kitchen Table | Goodnight Moonshine |
| World of Make Believe | Dave Gunning |
| Love in a Sleeping Bag | Don Wall featuring Carly Zimmerman |
| Oh My America | David Berkeley |
| John Doe | Rags Rosenberg |
| BEST GROUP/DUO | |
| Sail On By (The Curacoa Disaster) | Pamela Ward & Paul Cherrington |
| Alchemy | Johnnyswim |
| You Just Won’t Give Me Love | Samantha Seiff & My Mom Is Here |
| River Flow | Brightwell & Moran |
| Alone | Green Carnation |
| Ghost Train | MohaviSoul |
| List | Doug Kolmar & Janice O’Rourke |
| Fade | The January Lanterns |
| I See You Mama | Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder |
| Thousand Tears | Weary Ramblers |
| BEST MALE ARTIST | |
| No Need To Wonder | Sawyer Fredericks |
| Send the Old Men to Fight | C. Daniel Boling |
| Fishin’ on the Guff | Don Wall |
| Never Where I Am | Chris St John |
| All That We Need | Ari Hest |
| Train to Paris | Steven McClintock |
| Stare Too Long | Ridge Banks |
| Avaze Hasrat | Ala Bahrami |
| Ay Xuda | Agreen Dilshad |
| What’s Done is Done | Harrison Kraft |
| BEST FEMALE ARTIST | |
| All Babies Are Beautiful | Goodnight Moonshine |
| Gentle Man | Emily Lee |
| Kenmure (Deportees) | Iona Fyfe |
| It Could Never Be Too Late | Ellen Woloshin |
| Steady As | Carole Wise |
| Dry Land | Skylar Springer |
| Fighting Uphill | Abi Muir |
| An ode to your existence | Kathryn D’Costa |
| A Million Times | Tekla Waterfield |
| Buttercups | Ava Valianti |
| BEST COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS | |
| I’m Always On A Mountain When I Fall | Special Consensus |
| If I Was A Horse | Buddy Guido |
| The Song of the Mountains | The Burnett Sisters Band |
| In the Meantime | Brant Miller |
| Like That | Tedd Swormstedt |
| I Must Be Somebody Else You’ve Known | Christian Parker, Earl Poole Ball, Patrick Cleary and JayDee Maness |
| Right Side of the Grass | MohaviSoul |
| Hope | Bob Davoli |
| Kentucky Never Seemed So Blue | Weary Ramblers |
| Fixer Upper | Adia Clark Lay |