IAMA Results
Results of the 17th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards)
We thank all entrants and sponsors. Congratulations to our winners and finalists. Here are the list of winners and finalists:
Overall Grand Prize Winner
“My Father Was A Quiet Man” by Rod Abernethy
INSTRUMENTAL
FIRST PRIZE: “Fourteen Days” by John McMillan
RUNNER-UP: “A Thousand Days Like This” by Dave Clarke
OPEN
FIRST PRIZE: “Full Moon” by Diane Patterson
RUNNER-UP: “Glass Ceilings” by Joanie Leeds
AAA/ALTERNATIVE
FIRST PRIZE: “Bed of Waves” by Marco Perfetti
RUNNER-UP: “Lighthouse” by Simon Söfelde
FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS
FIRST PRIZE: “My Father Was A Quiet Man” by Rod Abernethy
RUNNER-UP: “Say Can You See” by Scott Cook
BEST GROUP/DUO
FIRST PRIZE: “Thar sem enginn fer” by Árstíðir
RUNNER-UP: “Jesus Had The Blues” by Danny Brooks & Lil Miss Debi
BEST MALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “The Last Cowboy in Hutchinson County” by James Baker
RUNNER-UP: “Lose Your Soul” by Dave Berg
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
FIRST PRIZE: “Not The Only One In This Town” by Brooke Hatala
RUNNER-UP: “Petticoat Whalers” by Éilís Kennedy
COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS
FIRST PRIZE: “God’s Got This” by Frank Myers
RUNNER-UP: “Cold November Rain” by Downhill Bluegrass Band
The list of Finalists of the 17th Annual IAMA:
Category/Song Title | Finalist Name(s) |
INSTRUMENTAL | |
Cyber Hypnosis | Bruce Gertz |
Fourteen Days | John McMillan |
Green Fields | John McMillan |
A Thousand Days Like This | Dave Clarke |
Song for Sheila | Ellsworth McMeen |
Tsiaro Tsara | Omar Sosa |
Fallen | Justin Man |
Convo with Senator Flowers | Jerome Jennings |
Lost in Paradise | Eric Carlson |
Strawberry Boat | Lynn Patrick |
OPEN | |
Amanha (Tomorrow) | Guilherme Arantes |
Glass Ceilings | Joanie Leeds |
Full Moon | Diane Patterson |
Stay With Me Tonight | Damien Hosken |
I Know Who She Is | Robyn Slade |
Ticket to Yawnsville | Franz Mang |
The Ballad of Dorian Gray | Carl Baldassarre |
Outta My Shoes | Kate Bankston |
So Hard to Sleep | Haraldur Sveinbjörnsson & Red Barnett |
Nothing Left To Lose | Henry Lees & Sean Thomas |
AAA/ALTERNATIVE | |
Maya | Goldfynch Gavin & Niyati Libotte |
Dairy Queen Queen | Sam Levin |
Bed of Waves | Marco Perfetti |
No More Hiding | Gina Brooklyn |
Thar sem enginn fer | Árstíðir |
Blue Sky Days | Rachael Sage |
Lighthouse | Simon Söfelde |
When I Feel Like Hiding | Mavenne |
Street Sleeping | John Baker |
A Dance | Madeline Clark |
FOLK/AMERICANA/ROOTS | |
Ballad of Jimmie Rawls | Jeffrey Davidsmeyer |
In A Small Town | William Livesay |
The Old Man and the Sea | Bertie Higgins |
Say Can You See | Scott Cook |
100 Summers | James Baker |
Santa Barbara | James Baker |
Whatever’s Next | Megan Slankard |
Tattooed Love Song | Kristen Grainger & True North |
My Father Was A Quiet Man | Rod Abernethy |
Bethany | Hayley Reardon |
BEST GROUP/DUO | |
Not Ready (To Leave Just Yet) | Leaving Lennox |
Heartstrings | The Royce Twins |
Some Kind Of Lonesome | Herrick |
4 U 2 Know As U Grow | Sweet Honey in the Rock |
Square Dance | Lance Beavers & WesternBoy |
Jesus Had The Blues | Danny Brooks & Lil Miss Debi |
The Wheel Keeps Turning | Cherry Pill |
Thar sem enginn fer | Árstíðir |
A Virtue and a Call | Crowes Pasture |
Just a Rainy Day | Alex Sino, Al Di Meola & Leonid Agutin |
BEST MALE ARTIST | |
The Last Cowboy in Hutchinson County | James Baker |
Morning Light | Jeffery Straker |
The Soul of It | David Wilcox |
Prisoner 18152 | Ridge Banks |
Home | Joe Matzzie |
Her Faith in Me | Shane Martin |
Finding Your Way Home | Don Campbell |
Berlin | Ben Kunder |
On This Rock | James Keen |
Lose Your Soul | Dave Berg |
BEST FEMALE ARTIST | |
6 Feet Apart | Skyler Day |
The Wedding Song | Loryn Taggart |
The King’s Fool | Siobhan M Brien |
Better Without You | India Thieriot |
You and I | Evangeline Gentle |
Petticoat Whalers | Éilís Kennedy |
Bravery’s On Fire (Acoustic) | Rachael Sage |
Salem | Andrea Turk |
Sweet October | Aoife Scott |
Not The Only One In This Town | Brooke Hatala |
BEST COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS | |
God’s Got This | Frank Myers |
The Dash | Brooke Hatala |
Sally Sunday | Daniel Crabtree |
Slow Burn | Clayton Saunders |
Cold November Rain | Kenneth Kjellgren & Downhill Bluegrass Band |
Sand On The Dashboard | Matt Santry & Michael Walton |
Suns Gonna Shine | Kevin Serey |
The Left Can’t Always Be Right | Buddy Guido & Paul Kelly |
Corona Christmas | Brett Perkins, Liva Perkins & Tamra Rosanes |
Homa | Kyle Dillingham |