The Irish Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2011 music awards! Celtic Woman has been nominated in the Top Traditional Performance category, as have present and past members of Celtic Woman individually! The High Kings have also been nominated in the Top Group category! http://www.irishmusicassociation.com/irishmusicawards/index.html
Here are the nominations in their entirety from the IMA website:
Irish Music Award Nominees for 2011
Top Solo Performer in Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Niamh Ní Charra, Méav, Michael Londra, Ryan Kelly
Top Solo Performer in a Pub Venue (US, IRE, EU, UK)
George Donaldson, Luka Bloom, Mickey Coleman, Tony Cummins
Top Duo in a Pub, Festival, Concert (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Ian Walsh and Kevin Buckley, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, The New Barleycorn, The Ryans Irish Band
Top Group (US, IRE & EU)
Gaelic Storm, Lúnasa, The Brock McGuire Band, The High Kings
Best New Irish Music Artist(s) (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Ciorras, Fieldstone, The Ryans, The Young Folk
Top Celtic Rock Band (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Barleyjuice, Roger Drawdy & the Firestarters, The Kreellers, The Roving Crows
Best Irish Tenor (individual)
Daryl Simpson, Finbar Wright, Michael Londra, Paddy Homan
Best Female Vocalist (individual/trad.)
Lisa Kelly, Méav, Órla Fallon, Siobhan Owen
Best Sean-nos Singer
Áine Meenaghan, Bríd Ní Mhaoileoin, Iarla Ó Lionáird
Top Traditional Performance Show
Celtic Woman, Kintra, Trad on the Prom, Wild Colonial Bhoys
Top Traditonal Group - In Festival, Pub & Concert
Frankie Gavin and Dedannan, McPeake, Slide, Téada
Tommy Makem Award
Enya, Máirtín de Cógáin, Mick Moloney, Tom Sweeney
Best New Irish CD
Cara - Long Distance Love
Donal McCague - Bits N Pieces
Órla Fallon - My Land
Royseven - You Say, We Say
Top Harpist (US, IRE & EU, UK)
Cormac De Barra, Kavan Donohoe, Órla Fallon, Seana Davey
Top Uilleann Piper (US, IRE, EU)
Diarmaid Moynihan, Michael "Piper" Cooney, Tiarnan O'Duinnchinn, Tommy Martin
Top Fiddle (US, IRE, EU, UK)
Caitlin Barrett, Cora Smyth, Donal McCague, Kevin Burke
Top Button Accordion (US, IRE, EU, UK)
James Keane, John Whelan, Liam O'Connor, Paddy O'Brien
Lifetime Achievement Award
Carmel Quinn, Paddy Keenan, Patrick Healy, Patsy Whelan
Hall of Fame
Phil Lynott
admin note: I went through and bolded the all the CW related names. aislin
Voting in the 2011 Irish Music Awards (IMA) is now over! Although winners will not be officially announced until the awards ceremony on January 26, unless the relative weighting of paid member and free member voting has changed from last year, it appears that all the Celtic Woman-related nominees have won in the categories for which they were nominated!
Celtic Woman won easily in the Top Traditional Performance Show category. The High Kings won in the Top Group category.
In the hotly-contested Best Female Vocalist category, it appears that Lisa Kelly has won! Fans were forced to choose in a category which included Lisa, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and Órla Fallon, as well as highly regarded Siobhan Owen.
Órla Fallon won in the Top Harpist and Best New Irish CD categories, garnering the most votes in both the paid member and free member voting.
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha appears to have won in the Top Solo Performer in Concert category, winning the majority of votes in the paid member category, although trailing Ryan Kelly in the free member voting.
Tommy Martin won as in the top vote getter in both the free and paid member voting for Top Uilleann Piper.
Those wishing to view the voting totals may do so at:
http://irishmusicassociation.com/phpBB3/ Congratulations to the winners and all nominees in the 2011! Everyone is encouraged to watch the IMA awards live when it is streamed live on January 26, 2012 at 3 p.m CT.
Thanks especially to all who stepped up and voted this year, making it possible for our Celtic Woman related artists to win the awards we all know they so richly deserved!
