9th IMA Winners Announced!
All That Remains, Spinnerette,
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs and
State Radio Among The Judges Picks In
The 9th Annual Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards Page
Launches on iTunes® Today
For Immediate Release
January 26, 2010 – All That Remains, Gemma Ray, Holly [...]
TommyBoy vs TuneCore
January 22, 2010 by IMA James
Filed under IMA Buzz, Industry Talk
DIY success is alive and thriving on the Internet says TuneCore’s Jeff Price in response to Tommy Boy Silverman’s claim reported in digital music news that fewer than 8 DIY artists broke since 2008. Are album sales really the benchmark of success in the new music biz?? Agree or disagree?
(Reposted from TuneCorner. More [...]
The Flatlanders Help Austin Help Haiti
January 21, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
The Flatlanders (9th IMA Alt. Country Album nominee) will be performing at Help Austin Help Haiti, a benefit concert in Austin, Texas on Sunday, January 24.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to The Clinton-Bush Fund and OXFAM.
Festivities begin at 2 p.m. at Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St.) and continue until midnight.
Banding together [...]
Define DIY success! Internet has Hurt Not Helped New Music Succeed says Silverman of Tommy Boy Records. Agree?
January 21, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz, Industry Talk
(Reposted from Digital Music News. More at http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012010silvermandiy)
Define DIY success! Internet has hurt not helped new music succeed says Silverman of Tommy Boy Records. Agree?
Tommy Boy Records Tom Silverman says fewer than 10 new DIY artists really broke through since 2008.
The Incredibly Small Number of ‘Breaking’ DIY Artists…
Just how many [...]
IMA Nominees Performing at Sundance!
January 20, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
VOTE NOW FOR EMILY ARIN IN THE 9th IMA VOX POP POLL.
VOTE NOW FOR NIVE NIELSEN IN THE 9th IMA VOX POP POLL.
9th IMA Nominees Emily Arin (Story Song) and Nive Nielsen (Folk/Singer Songwriter Song) will both be performing at the Sundance Film Festival this coming Sunday, January 24 in support of Greenland’s first [...]
Old Crow Medicine Show Re-releases debut CD in USA Indie Record Stores
January 19, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
Greetings From Wawa, IMA artist Old Crow Medicine Show’s first album, is now available.
Originally released in 2000, this CD has been out of print for seven years. It includes the fan favorites “Gospel Plow” and “Reuben’s Train”.
This is a limited edition pressing. It is available at indie record shops in the USA on Tuesday, [...]
Kara Suzanne Releases “Parlor Walls” at Joe’s Pub, NYC
January 18, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
IMA Nominee (Folk/Singer-Songwriter – Album 2007) Kara Suzanne’s latest CD, Parlor Walls, will be released January 26 at 9:30pm at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette Street, NYC).
Brooklyn’s Americana songstress embodies the essence of Dolly and Emmylou with a dash of modern-day Lucinda combining Blues, Country and roots Rock. Parlor Walls was produced and engineered [...]
The Very Best Releases Video for IMA Nominated Song
January 15, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
MTVu has posted the”Warm Heart Of Africa” video by The Very Best (Feat. Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend). Stereogum called the video a “little gem” and says “You don’t need to see the Very Best live to know that Esau Mwamwaya is the human manifestation of sunshine.”
Check it out and then VOTE for [...]
Wake Up the Snakes with Johnny Dowd
January 13, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
7th annual IMA Alt. Country Album Winner Johnny Dowd has announced a March 2010 release date for his new album, Wake Up the Snakes.
Here’s what he posted on his official site:
Message from Johnny: We just completed our new record, Wake Up the Snakes, which will be released by Munich Records in Europe in March. I’m [...]
Origivation Magazine Interviews IMA Artists – Read it now
January 12, 2010 by IMA Joelle
Filed under IMA Buzz
“For the last 9 years, The Independent Music Awards has given respect, credit and voice to the most exceptional acts in the universal indie scene. In other words: it caters to the artistry and not the show.”- Origivation Magazine
We just got a hold of a really great article about The IMAs that ran in the [...]






