A local Aussie Indie Pop Band, Echo and the Empress of South Australia join just four other artists from around the world in the nomination for best Pop Song Category in the 11th Annual Independent Music Awards. In total there are more than 300 exceptional self-released and independent label artists, as well as former major label acts named today by Music Resource Group (MRG) as Nominees in The 11th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent bands and fans.
Echo and the Empress is nominated for their song Balloon, among an eclectic mix of established artists and emerging artists.
Representing the broad spectrum of today’s global independent music scene, the Nominees in over 70 Song, Album, Music Video and Design categories were culled from thousands of submissions from North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe.
Winners will be determined by a panel of 77 influential artist and industry judges including:
Keith Richards, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Suzanne Vega, Joshua Redman,Tori Amos, Michael Franti, Bettye LaVette, Del McCoury, Ozzy Osbourne, Shelby Lynne, Alan Light (Live From The Artists Den), Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), Bill Bragin (Lincoln Center), Sara Beesley (Joe’s Pub), Chris Diaz (Knitting Factory Entertainment), and Evan Schlansky (American Songwriter). The results will be announced in April 2012.
In addition to industry-determined Winners, music fans from around the world have until Friday, July 20, 2012 to cast their votes at The IMA Vox Pop Jukebox to determine the fan-selected program winners.
The Independent Music Award Winners will be promoted to nearly 1 billion music fans worldwide.
Details and complete list of Nominees and Judges available at TheIndependentMusicAwards.com
More information on the Echo and the Empress nomination is available at: http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/11th/Song/Pop
Also check out Echo and the Empress website
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