Randy Kohrs receives IAMA Award

Randy KohrsRandy Kohrs has been named the recipient of the Country/Bluegrass songwriting prize for 2008 from the International Acoustic Music Association in the 4th Annual IAMA Awards.

The award is for the song Rockwell’s Gold from his current CD, Old Photograph on Rural Rhythm. You can hear an audio sample on Randy’s web site.

A compilation CD with all of the winning songs will be distributed to radio stations worldwide. Stations/hosts interested in receiving a copy can contact IAMA online.

UPDATE 2/7: We should also mention that banjoist Jake Schepps was a runner up in the Instrumental category in this year’s IAMA awards for his song Todo Buenos Aires, from his Ten Thousand Leaves CD.

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