Congratulations to all of our winners!

1ST PLACE - FOLK

song title: Talking to a Stone

songwriter: Gene Mills

Gene Mills is a songwriter, guitarist, and singer based in Richmond, Virginia. He plays acoustic Americana—folk tinged with bluegrass and country. After making a living as a solo and ensemble musician in and around Charlottesville, Virgin...
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1ST PLACE - POP

song title: DRUM DRIVING

songwriter: NICHOLAS CONNELL

Nicholas Connell is a Boston based singer/songwriter with a B.M. from Berklee College of Music. Originally from Las Vegas, Nick grew up playing the piano and writing music from an early age. His music is an electrified blend of dance pop wi...
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1ST PLACE - AMERICANA/COUNTRY

song title: Got A Mind

songwriter: D.B. Rielly

American Roots Music artist, D.B. Rielly was only six months old when, upon hearing David Hasselhoff sing, he immediately soiled his diaper and vowed to bring good music back to a starving generation. Since then, he has tirelessly pursued h...
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1ST PLACE - ROCK

song title: Someone Else's Bed

songwriter: Justina Shandler

SEE THE MUSIC VIDEO OF "SOMEONE ELSE'S BED" HERE!! ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_vVChx0dLM "The only thing in life that is entirely bad is writers' block. Everything else bad can have a good song written about it." Justina wa...
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1ST PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL

song title: Ying Yang Fish

songwriter: Anthony Espina

Anthony Espina, a 23 year-old composer from West Palm Beach, Florida, is a self-taught pianist who has composed music since the age of twelve. Writing music that mainly incorporates classical and new age genres, you will find that though th...
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2ND PLACE - POP

song title: Had I Known

songwriter: Matt Zarley & Chris Curtis

MATT ZARLEY Matt Zarley has received critical acclaim as a singer/songwriter; has been named one of People Magazineʼs “Hottest Bachelors”; has performed on Broadway; and, has had three Billboard Dance hits. Now, the handsome singer is...
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2ND PLACE - AMERICANA/COUNTRY

song title: Your Flight HAs Just Been Canceled

songwriter: Lenny Solomon

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Lenny Solomon's style has been compared to early Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Solomon began his career in the late 1960s. A fixture in the old Idler Coffeehouse in Harvard Square, Cambridge, he re...
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2ND PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL

song title: Sunday Morning Carriage Ride

songwriter: Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins

Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins is a Colorado-based harp teacher and composer of harp music. Although her first love was piano, she went through college on a clarinet performance scholarship. She took up harp as an adult. She is the President o...
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2ND PLACE - ROCK

song title: Omega

songwriter: Mik Dempsey

Stemming from a blend of inluences including Hard Rock, Metal, Punk and Pop, the Hyrax delivers enough high energy and fun with enough variety that will still keep you on your toes. Founded in 2008, they have made their presence known by c...
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2ND PLACE - FOLK

song title: The Pilgrim

songwriter: Sara Kelly and Kevin Kelly

Los Angeles’s husband/ wife duo Homesick Elephant consistently impresses critics with their “devastatingly charming harmonies” (Flagpole Weekly) and “sunny-side up live sets” (Deli Magazine). They have been gaining momentum touri...
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