2006 Independent Music Awards - Finalists


  Applications for the next IMA program will be accepted from January 1, 2006
  thru midnite, August 25, 2006.
 
   

2006 Album of the Year Finalists
    
Americana
     Jackie Frost - Calliope
     Donal Hinely - Giants
     Maura Fogarty - Every Now and Then   Winner
     Lauren Sheehan - Two Wings
     Andrew McKnight - Beyond Borders
Blues
     Mike Andersen Band - Tomorrow
     Jimmy Norman - Little Pieces   Winner
     Ronnie Earl & Duke Robillard - The Duke Meets The Earl
     Maria Muldaur - Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul
     Dan Treanor - African Wind
Country
     Andrew Swann - The Braves
     Fisk & Cristian - The Big Picture
     Becky Hobbs - Songs From the Road of Life
     Jonah's Road - Hold On   Winner
     Liz Carlisle - Five Star Day
Contemporary Christian
     Sonia V. - A Thing or 2   Winner
     Markus Pruitt - Revelation of My Soul
Dance / Electronica
     Pleqq - Psychoanarchitecture
     Muza - Cambio de Estacion   Winner
     Sonic Adventure Project - Exergonic
Folk - Singer/Songwriter
     Chris Volpe - Refugee Blues   Winner
     John Dyer - Gostayplay
     Kristin Cifelli - So Long My Love
     Nathan Clark George - Slam The Door
     Woody Russell - Salt
Hard Rock / Metal
     The Greatest Fear - The Coronation of the Locust Queen   Winner
     Inner Turbulence - Crush
Jam
     Aja West & Cheeba - Flash & Snowball   Winner
     HyJinX - HyJinX
     Catherine Dail - Choice
     Totem Maples - Trip to the Sun
     Totem Maples - Ars Poetica
Jazz
     Jim Pearce - Washington Square Park
     James Gordon Williams - Unrepeatable Life
     Jay Geils - Jay Geils Plays Jazz!
     Pascal LeBoeuf feat. Remy LeBoeuf - Migration   Winner
     Rosana Eckert - At the End of the Day
Latin
     Antonio Restucci - Crisol
     Manzanares - Nuevo Latino   Winner
Live Performance
     Jason Ricci & New Blood - Live at Checkers Tavern
     Sara Brindell - Live at the Paradise Lounge
     KJ Denhert - Another Year Gone By (Live)   Winner
     Billy Porter - At the Corner of Broadway & Soul
     Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble - Passage to Armenia
New Age
     Rob Costlow - Woods of Chaos
     Rob Costlow - Sophomore Jinx
     Tomas Michaud -  New World Flamenco Jazz
     Suzanne Ciani - Silver Ship   Winner
     Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach - A New Day
Pop / Rock
     Balthazar - Mi Volki
     Charlene Ava - The Only Way Out is Through
     Gilli Moon - Extra Ordinary Life
     Spottiswoode & His Enemies - Building a Road
     The Blank Tapes - Landfair   Winner
R&B
     Thaddeus Hogarth - Live at Bose   Winner
     Debbi Walton - Still Your Fool
Rap / Hip-Hop
     Jerze' - You in KY Now   Winner
     Spud - Thug Religion
     Totem Maples - Trip to the Sun
World Fusion
     Mia Miata - Urban Arias
     Steve Calafati - Mediterra
     Andy Robinson - Exotic America
     Amir Beso - Fatamorgana
     Madrigaia - Pleiades   Winner
World Traditional
     Mamadou and Vanessa - Nacama
     Muna Mingole - Dipita
     Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble - Passage to Armenia
     Winner