Bettye LaVette On Tavis Smiley Today, July 9!

IMA Judge Bettye LaVette went in to tape a 15-minute segment of the popular PBS talk show Tavis Smiley yesterday, and ended up doing the whole half-hour show. You can catch it today on your local PBS affiliate. Check those local listings here: www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201007/20100709.html For those of you in the New York/New Jersey Metro area, [...]

Brandi Carlile at Radio City Music Hall

Recently added 10th IMA Judge Brandi Carlile will be opening for Sheryl Crow at Radio City Music Hall in NYC on September 26th, and tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, June 18th via Ticketmaster here. Carlile also released her newest album, Give Up The Ghost (produced by the legendary Rick Rubin), on October 6th, 2009, [...]

Do You Digg The @#$%-ing Prince of Darkness?

Digg is doing a Digg Dialogg with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, heavy music legend, and 10th IMA Judge Ozzy Osbourne, and they’re giving you the chance to ask the man what makes him “Bark at the Moon.” Until tomorrow afternoon (Friday, June 11th, 4pm PT), you can go to Digg and submit your [...]

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Sign With Superball Music

9th Annual Pop/Rock Album (and Album Packaging) nominees and consummate Alt./Art Rockers …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead are bringing their next album, and Richter Scale Records imprint, to Superball Music. The new album, still a work-in-progress, will be their seventh, and the follow up to 2009’s critically acclaimed (and IMA-nominated) [...]

Bettye LaVette Releases British Rock Songbook Covers Album

Bettye LaVette, R&B legend and IMA Judge, has just released her new album, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, on Anti- Records. Known recently for performing Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” at President Barack Obama’s Inagural Celebration and for making Pete Townshend weep after her rendition of The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me” at [...]

Streetlab Kick Off “Stacked” In NYC Tonight, June 2nd!

Electronic remix-masters Streetlab, whose work has appeared on Entourage, The Eleventh Hour, and in the game Tap Tap Revenge 2, are helping kick off “Stacked” nights, Wednesdays at Stay NYC (244 E Houston, New York, NY 10002), tonight, June 2nd. You can RSVP for free admission at the Stacked website, www.stackednyc.com. Streetlab’s 9th IMA-nominated song, [...]

Return to Earth to Release New Album in August

9th IMA nominees Return to Earth are putting out their new album, Automata, on August 17th via metal stalwarts Metal Blade Records. The band features the talents of Ron Scalzo, Brett Aveni, and Chris Pennie of Coheed & Cambria (and formerly Dillinger Escape Plan). The album follows up their debut, Captains of Industry, which was [...]

Sweet Snacks Post Video for “Shanghai”

Sweet Snacks have released a video for their 9th IMA Dance/Electronica nominated song, “Shanghai.” You can view it here, or on their site at www.SweetSnacks.tv. The band filmed the video on tour in China last year in Shanghai.

Rocky Fretz – 9th Annual New Age Album Winner

THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS Winner Spotlight- NEW AGE ALBUM VOTE NOW FOR ROCKY FRETZ IN THE 9th IMA VOX POP POLL. – New Age Album ARTIST NAME: Rocky Fretz WEB SITE: www.rockyfretz.com ARE YOU SIGNED OR SELF-RELEASED? Self-Released. HOMEBASE/COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA ALBUM NOMINATED: The Path Ahead…and Steps Then Taken. WHERE WAS ALBUM RECORDED? Imaginary [...]

Austin McMahon – 9th Annual Jazz Song Winner

THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS Winner Spotlight- JAZZ SONG VOTE NOW FOR AUSTIN MCMAHON IN THE 9th IMA VOX POP POLL. – Jazz Song ARTIST NAME: Austin McMahon WEB SITE: www.AustinMcMahon.com ARE YOU SIGNED OR SELF-RELEASED? Signed to Fractamodi Records HOMEBASE/COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ALBUM NOMINATED SONG IS ON: My debut album, Many Muses [...]

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