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Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Susie McLean Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Susie McLean

Describe your nominated work: “Sing Your Song” is a song about the simple joy of falling in love for the first time. Some songs take months to write and some songs feel like they write themselves. That was the case with this tune. I wrote it in a day. Did you use any unusual effects or instruments in this recording?: No. It’s a simple classic... [Read more of this review]

Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Janice Whaley Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Janice Whaley

Describe your nominated work: The Smiths Project is a year-long project of reimagining every Smiths song as an a cappella cover. The arrangements are often vastly different than the originals and can stand on their own as unique works of art and a completely original tribute to The Smiths. Upon writing this, The Smiths Project is the most extensive... [Read more of this review]

Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Patrick Bernard Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Patrick Bernard

Describe your nominated work: A compilation of the Very Best of Patrick Bernard Did you use any unusual effects or instruments in this recording?: A synchronicity panoramic extension (my own device anti-stress in which some predetermined frequencies harmonize the two sides of the brain, giving to the listeners a graduual feeling or state of fulfillment). Were... [Read more of this review]

Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Lampa Ladino Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Lampa Ladino

Describe your nominated work: It’s our debut album – our own arrangements of traditional sefardic songs where each musician contribute his own mastery, ideas etc. to the music we were not initially familiar with (Gregory) Did you use any unusual effects or instruments in this recording?: dog’s bark, goat’s bleating, cries of the crowd at stadium.... [Read more of this review]

Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Andy Robinson Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Andy Robinson

Describe your nominated work: This song began life as a kalimba duet. I like to think it alternates between a peaceful, quietly joyful feeling, and then opens up into a slightly more “mysterious” vibe. Did you use any unusual effects or instruments in this recording?: Kalimba, mountain dulcimer, electric and acoustic guitars, synth. The hand drums... [Read more of this review]

Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Truman’s Ridge Q&A with 12th IMA Nominee: Truman’s Ridge

Describe your nominated work: Heather’s Gate is an instrumental influenced by Celtic music. Intertwining banjo and mandolin lead lines are embellished by the guitar and bass lines. Did you use any unusual effects or instruments in this recording?: We drum on the bodies of the bass and guitar to imitate the sound of the bodhran at the beginning of... [Read more of this review]

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