IAMA Results
Results of the 21th 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
Charlie Parr (Photography by Shelly Mosman)
“Boombox” by Charlie Parr
INSTRUMENTAL
FIRST PRIZE: “Sì” by Vicki Genfan
RUNNER-UP: “Cloud Catcher” by Mike Dawes
OPEN
FIRST PRIZE: “A River Runs Through” by Ray Legere, Robert Thomas & the Sessionmen
RUNNER-UP: “January” by Ava Valianti
AAA/ALTERNATIVE
FIRST PRIZE: “My Way’s Cloudy” by Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin (feat. Joe Rainey)
RUNNER-UP: “Let’s Just Stay Friends” by Zoe FitzGerald Carter
FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS
FIRST PRIZE: “Boombox” by Charlie Parr
RUNNER-UP: “Still Missing You” by David Myles
BEST GROUP/DUO
FIRST PRIZE: “Hidden Road” by Weary Ramblers
RUNNER-UP: “The Burden Is Mine… Alone” by Green Carnation
BEST MALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “Things Done Changed” by Jerron Paxton
RUNNER-UP: “Time to Get Away” by Michael Monroe
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “Cajun Love Song” by Ann Savoy
RUNNER-UP: “Leap of Faith” by Christie McCall
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
FIRST PRIZE: “Lonely Pine” by The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
RUNNER-UP: “Empty Barn” by Jeff Corle
The list of Finalists of the 21st Annual IAMA:
| Category/Song Title | Finalist Name(s) |
| INSTRUMENTAL | |
| Sì | Vicki Genfan |
| Little Zydeco | Jerron Paxton |
| Lullaby For Taro | Chloe Feoranzo |
| Cloud Catcher | Mike Dawes |
| Her Wisdom | Jeff Oster, Vin Downes & Tom Eaton |
| Gliding Meditation | Fiona Joy Hawkins & Riverest |
| Byzantine | Russ Hewitt |
| From Lough Key to Iona | Róisín Gavin |
| Romancing Earth | Amjad Ali Khan, Sharon Isbin, Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash |
| My name is Whitebread | Nicolas Blampain |
| OPEN | |
| So Nice | Ingvi Þór Kormáksson |
| Is That You | Marcelo Vieira |
| Americans | Robert Muscovitz |
| When We’re Rich | Michelle Rose Bergh |
| Vetvi | Theodor Bastard |
| A River Runs Through | Ray Legere, Robert Thomas & the Sessionmen |
| January | Ava Valianti |
| Eddie Boy | Big Infinite |
| Dagsens Auga Sloknar Ut | Sylvaine |
| Genevieve | Leslie Evers |
| AAA/ALTERNATIVE | |
| Albatross (Reimagined) ft. Crys Matthews | Rachael Sage |
| My Way’s Cloudy | Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin (feat. Joe Rainey) |
| Change Is Now | Christian Parker |
| Let’s Just Stay Friends | Zoe FitzGerald Carter |
| Alone | Green Carnation |
| Entangled | Árstíðir |
| Built to Last | Patricia Bahia |
| Look in the mirror | Tony Deng |
| Counting On You | Pinwheel Valley |
| Your Luck is Awake | Jay Graboski |
| FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS | |
| Another Small Delay | Dave Nachmanoff |
| Boombox | Charlie Parr |
| Lightfoot | Brittany Jean |
| Straight as a River | Winter Grain |
| Tall Virginia Tree | Weary Ramblers |
| The Price of Happiness | Miranda Hardy |
| Dandelions | Jeffery Straker |
| Farther Along | Christian Parker & Earl Poole Ball |
| If I Was a Sparrow | Jeff Talmadge |
| Still Missing You | David Myles |
| The Streets of South Bend | Doug Harsch |
| BEST GROUP/DUO | |
| Dog In The Middle | MohaviSoul |
| Wanderers Like Me | The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys |
| Hold Each Other Up | From China to Appalachia |
| Hidden Road | Weary Ramblers |
| Father Light | Stoned Jesus |
| The Burden Is Mine… Alone | Green Carnation |
| Les | Theodor Bastard |
| I Made A Case | Rachael Sage & Howard Jones |
| Timekeeper | Artese N Toad |
| Better By Now | Whitefield |
| BEST MALE ARTIST | |
| Beautiful Mistake | Ridge Banks |
| Things Done Changed | Jerron Paxton |
| Time to Get Away | Michael Monroe |
| The River | Christin Hyshka |
| Before The Color Dried | Jeff Dayton |
| Glock, Mama & Whiskey | Brazil Malik |
| Wheels are Turnin’ Bridges are Burnin’ | Rick Alvis |
| Khorshidake Taban | Ala Bahrami |
| Identity Crisis | James Gilmore |
| Ordinary Sunrise | Jay Linden |
| BEST FEMALE ARTIST | |
| Cajun Love Song | Ann Savoy |
| Leap of Faith | Christie McCall |
| Sinking Sand | Sarah Rose Shawcross |
| Deepest Dark (Reimagined) | Rachael Sage |
| Lost In LA | Summer Brennan |
| Please Don’t | Camille Rae |
| Nevada Skies | Phoebe White |
| Mean Old Woman | Carly Harvey |
| Dagsens Auga Sloknar Ut | Sylvaine |
| Take the Time | Jannike Sandstrom |
| BEST COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS | |
| Anything But Me | Tedd Swormstedt & Callie Young |
| Empty Barn | Jeff Corle |
| Lonely Pine | The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys |
| Nancy Rolled into Texas | David Kuncicky |
| That Really Wasn’t Me | Steven McClintock & Alex Harvey |
| A House is Not a Home | Paula Fong |
| Jenkins’ Plan | Dave Miller |
| Whiskey In The House | Troy Castellano |
| Hope | Bob Davoli |
| She’s Already Gone | Jeremy Carlin & Brady Lee |