The Independent Music Awards

01/12/2020

Only a VERY LIMITED supply of IMA Red Vinyl Awards remain in stock. Click the link below to learn more about this unique item. Makes a great holiday gift for the Winner in your life!! https://independentmusicawards.com/shop/

29/11/2020

IMA Winner and nominee Joanie Leeds was just nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Children's Album category for her "All The Ladies" album produced by Lucy Kalantari, yet another IMA Winner & nominee!! Congratulations to all involved with this project. We're proud of you and all IMA artists!!

30/10/2020

Sad news to report that 12th IMA Tribute Album Winner Lou Pallo passed away this week. Dubbed "the man of a million chords" by past IMA judging panelist Keith Richards, Pallo's honored album "Thank You Les" paid tribute to Les Paul with whom Pallo played for many years. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2020/10/28/lou-pallo-les-paul-trio-acclaimed-north-jersey-guitarist-dies/6052583002/

Guitarist Lou Pallo, who anchored the Les Paul Trio for decades and was once described by Keith Richards as "the man of a million chords," has died.

29/10/2020

Formative Joni. Archival recordings from an unequivocal master!

A five-disc archival collection traces the beginnings of one of the most daring trajectories in popular music.

29/10/2020

Building the new vaudeville circuit? Marc Geiger plans to invest in and own a majority stake in clubs across the country.

Many small venues where artists get their start are in peril. Marc Geiger, a longtime music executive, is starting a venture he hopes lives up to its name: SaveLive.

30/09/2020

Congratulations to 12th IMA Instrumental EP Winner Catherine Marie Charlton who was recently named Executive Director of two Philly-based arts groups for children: Musicopia and Dancing Classrooms Philly. Both organizations deliver music and ballroom dance education to Philadelphia area youths and serve more than 20,000 students each year through in-school and after-school programming.

30/07/2020

Columbia U student recreates Beatles’ rooftop concert to commemorate his last days in NYC apartment. Beatles cover band The Meetles supplies the music.

A Columbia grad student, new to the city, lost his lease. So he organized the perfect send-off.

20/07/2020

Hey All! 18th IMA Judging Panelist Chris Frántz releases his new memoir "Remain In Love" tomorrow. Guaranteed to be a great look back at the downtown scene back in the day and in-depth insight into his relationship with wife/bassist Tina Weymouth and Talking Heads (official). Order now!

Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

12/06/2020

“Bluegrass music is mysterious and deep rooted and you almost have to be born playing it. Just because you are a great singer, or a great this or that doesn’t mean you can be in a bluegrass band. It’s almost like classical music. It’s harmonic and meditative, but it’s out for blood.” So true.

In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”

02/06/2020

Thank You Billy Joel. Jazz returns safely and responsibly to NYC. Next comes a plan and strategy to bring audiences back to clubs and venues.

The Greenwich Village club Smalls is booking bands inside the venue again, but audiences will still have to stay home.

01/06/2020

Please join the music industry in our effort to effect change starting now. Read more and consider getting involved and donating to this most worthy cause on Black Out Tuesday and moving forward. https://colorofchange.org/

17/05/2020

07/05/2020

We’ll post more club news and ways to help support the small/medium venue sector as it becomes available.

Independent venues are critical to local scenes and artists on the rise. With concerts on hold during the pandemic, they’re struggling to hang on and fighting for government aid.

02/05/2020

MusicPro Insurance features six more artists in its MusicPro Cafe series tonight at 9pm EST. Tune in on the company's YouTube channel and discover some fine, new artists: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh4y_OJ1yDHK4-7QNKAAebg

02/05/2020

We’ve toured the new City Winery NYC and can’t wait to celebrate its launch with all the good folks there! Here are some thought from the organization’s chief (and IMA judging panelist) Michael Dorf.

As I scramble to keep my company afloat, some ideas that give me hope have bubbled to the surface. Before COVID-19, the concert industry was a delicate ecosystem among artists, their fans, and venues from stadiums to hole-in-the-wall bars. Always existing in precarious balance, that ecosystem has no...

30/04/2020

Thanks to Stevie Van Zandt for pulling this together for tonight. Listen in.

Crank it up! Steven Van Zandt, the Jersey icon and dual consiglieri to Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano, has used his clout at SiriusXM to convince the chief content officer Scott Greenstein to play the Bill Withers tune Lean on Me: on over 60 music SiriusXM channels Thursday at 7 PM ET. This is t...

28/04/2020

♪ Press Release: 18th IMA WINNERS Announced

Lucinda Williams, Jesse Malin, Jonatha Brooke, Heilung, Sofía Rei & JC Maillard, Kevin Hays & Chiara Izzi, Sawyer Fredericks, Jake La Botz, FLOW, John Fields, The Dollyrots, STORRY, Mary Fahl and Sekou Andrews are among The IMA Honorees

28/04/2020

The 18th annual The Independent Music Awards Has Moved Online!

The Year's Best Indie Music Projects From Around The Globe Announced today @ 2pm EST

At that time, branded playlists featuring music, interviews and other video content from IMA Honorees and Judges will be rolled out on The Independent Music Awards website and other online platforms including Youtube, Spotify and Facebook. Check our site 2pm at: https://independentmusicawards.com/