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 |