IAMA Results
Results of the 18th 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:
“The Soil and the Seed” by Buffalo Rose
INSTRUMENTAL
FIRST PRIZE: “The Confluence” by Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
RUNNER-UP: “Squirrelville” by Tony Furtado
OPEN
FIRST PRIZE: “In the Shadow of the Seven Stars” by Jeff Crandall & Swallows
RUNNER-UP: “Heavy” by Elatrasi
AAA/ALTERNATIVE
FIRST PRIZE: “Bang at the Door” by Donna Herula
RUNNER-UP: “Never Been To War” by Lisa Jeanette
FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS
FIRST PRIZE: “Right Where I Am” by Jonathan Edwards
RUNNER-UP: “Emergency Use Only” by Abby Posner
BEST GROUP/DUO
FIRST PRIZE: “The Soil and the Seed” by Buffalo Rose
RUNNER-UP: “Could’ve Been A Good Thing” by Stone & Snow
BEST MALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “Ballad Of A Young Troubadour” by Julian Taylor
RUNNER-UP: “One Kind Word” by Geoff Bartley
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “Grow Older” by Ada Pasternak
RUNNER-UP: “Houses of Sand” by Sarah Vitort
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
FIRST PRIZE: “Make It Up” by Randall Hanson & MohaviSoul
RUNNER-UP: “Hills of Swannanoa” by Anya Hinkle
The list of Finalists of the 18th Annual IAMA:
| Category/Song Title | Finalist Name(s) |
| INSTRUMENTAL | |
| Bella’s Rag | Gordon Lustig |
| The Confluence | Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton |
| New Shapes | Roman Miroshnichenko and Henrik Andersen, feat. Bickram Ghosh & Gumbi Ortiz |
| Bodhran’s Magic | Roman Miroshnichenko, Henrik Andersen, feat. Charlie Bisharat & Gumbi Ortiz |
| Freedom Bells | Kyle Dillingham |
| Tsuki no Kyoku | Hanzaburo Araki |
| Nim Zajdzie Slonce | Ludwik Konopko |
| Arcing To Arcturus | R Olaf Siegers & Duo Meridian |
| Squirrelville | Tony Furtado |
| Sweglish & Modally Challenged | Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas |
| OPEN | |
| (S.O.S) We need help | Pedro Cordero |
| Nameless Wonders | Elizabeth Cuite |
| Aerial Views | Todd Mosby |
| Earthbound Angels | Robert Jude Romero |
| In the Shadow of the Seven Stars | Jeff Crandall |
| Garden of Eden | Michelle Rose Bergh |
| The Judas Tree | Jeff Hartman & Kit Worton |
| Heavy | Elatrasi |
| A Desordem dos Templarios | Guilherme Arantes |
| Två Systrar | Garmarna |
| AAA/ALTERNATIVE | |
| Epidemication | Adam Buller & Thunderclap! |
| Imposter | Natalie Duque |
| Bang at the Door | Donna Herula |
| Never Been To War | Lisa Jeanette |
| Tourniquet Of Love | Jayne Sachs & Chris Robbins |
| Retrograde | Jeff Hartman & Kit Worton |
| Glitter & Gold | Sarah Peterson |
| WLjóð í sand | Árstíðir |
| Elephant | J Edna Mae Thomas |
| It’s All Good | Patricia Bahia |
| FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS | |
| Thing of Beauty | Dave Nachmanoff |
| Right Where I Am | Jonathan Edwards |
| When Vernon Moved From Tupelo | Mark Stepakoff |
| Stone by Stone | Tret Fure |
| Emergency Use Only | Abby Posner |
| Risin’ of the Sea | James Kahn |
| Blood On The Mountain | Angie Haze |
| This Land Is Your Land | Elizabeth Vice |
| Lessons Of Your Life | Tom MacLear |
| Start With Your Sock Drawer | Joe Topping |
| The Ridge | Julian Taylor |
| BEST GROUP/DUO | |
| Kiss the Day | Porter Smith & Home Port |
| Could’ve Been A Good Thing | Stone & Snow |
| Diamonds To Dust | John Cirillo, Dan O’Rourke & Raquel Cole |
| Midnight In Birmingham | Herrick |
| No Easy Way Out | Danny Brooks & Lil Miss Debi |
| Fragments | Cherry Pill |
| Vitamin U | Poppyiris |
| The Soil and the Seed | Buffalo Rose |
| Heiðin | Árstíðir |
| Två Systrar | Garmarna |
| BEST MALE ARTIST | |
| One Kind Word | Geoff Bartley |
| Fair-Weather Friend | Jim Wolf |
| Hold Me Up | Jeremy Voltz |
| Illusion | Matt Santry |
| Big Table | Timothy Scott |
| Swollen | Francisco Martin |
| Ballad Of A Young Troubadour | Julian Taylor |
| Trecolpas | Jeff Mailfert |
| Inside Out and Backwards | Nick Kitsopoulos |
| Where Corn Don’t Grow | Don Farris |
| BEST FEMALE ARTIST | |
| These Hard Days | Casii Stephan |
| Golden Hour | Brittany Jean |
| Covetous | Nia Williams |
| Campfires | Kelly Brouhaha |
| Shadows (Acoustic) | RinRin Hipe |
| Houses of Sand | Sarah Vitort |
| Who’s Been Cookin’ in My Kitchen | Donna Herula |
| Sanctuary | Rebecca Folsom |
| Led Myself On | Liddy Clark |
| Grow Older | Ada Pasternak |
| BEST COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS | |
| Stand Up and Dance | Hattie Wilcox |
| Everybody’s Best Friend | Buddy Guido |
| Circle of Friends | David Kuncicky |
| I Think I Like You Most of All | Kevin Serey |
| Smokey Mountain Railway | Joakim Borgen & Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra |
| Apt to Drown | Dwight L. Wilcox, II |
| Where Are You Now | Helen Townsend |
| Make It Up | Randall Hanson & MohaviSoul |
| Jaded Heart | Beth Marie Anderson |
| Hills of Swannanoa | Anya Hinkle |