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Results for the Iowa Music Project’s 2016 Songwriting Showcase are in! After fielding more than 200 submissions, curators at the Iowa Music Project have narrowed their list down to 25 finalists (plus two bonus tracks from Halfloves and Middle Western, performing at the June. 2 IMP launch party). The 25 finalists — listed below — will receive one half-day recording session at Flat Black Studios. A selection of these 25 tracks will also be included in a vinyl pressing released by Maximum Ames Records.
The compilation includes two Listeners’ Choice honorees, Matt Van and Mason Greve & the Pork Tornadoes. Music aficionados across Iowa cast more than 14,000 votes in the poll, which featured hundreds of submissions by Iowa-based artists.
Join us at the IMP Launch Party
Join Little Village and the Iowa Music Project on June 2, 2016 at the Des Moines Social Club for an IMP launch event featuring two opening acts and headliners The Middle Western, an Iowa songwriting supergroup led by William Elliott Whitmore and David Zollo. Iowa Public Radio will broadcast and emcee the event. Stay tuned for more details!
IMP Songwriting Showcase honorees
| Artist / Group | Track |
|---|---|
| 1. Elizabeth Moen | State Lines |
| 2. Middle Western | Help Me |
| 3. Mason Greve and The Pork Tornadoes | One Stop Shop * |
| 4. Blake Bogenrief | A Changed Man (feat. Jamie Eberhart) |
| 5. Curt Oren | Bing Bong |
| 6. Annalibera | Basic Writer |
| 7. Tambourine | Words |
| 8. Ben Dunegan | Liberation |
| 9. Mutilated by Zombies | The Tenth Man |
| 10. Flash in a Pan | Skunk River Blues |
| 11. Peter Rolnick | Brooklyn Girl |
| 12. A.J. Worden | Saying Yes to Everything |
| 13. Jim Swim and Mary Bozaan | Recently Lately |
| 14. Maiden Mars | I Dare You |
| 15. Jenny Lynn Stacy and the Dirty Roosters | Two Pennies for the Boatman |
| 16. The Fuss | Becoming the Worm |
| 17. Doc Miller | Pale Ale (Beware) |
| 18. Squirrel Flower | Midwestern Clay |
| 19. Rick Burke | Lazarus |
| 20. Vanessa Ellsbury | Lay Me Down |
| 21. Matt Van | I Don’t Wanna * |
| 22. MarKaus | Fallout |
| 23. Halfloves | No More Secrets |
| 24. Victor Ayara | Mfina Ibaha |
| 25. Juni West | Creeping Eyes |
| 26. Calle Sur | Tilín, Tilán |
| 27. Justin Alan Cox & Jeremy Bos | Old Northender |
* Listeners’ Choice Winner
Listen: IMP Songwriting Showcase honorees (SoundCloud & Youtube)
About the IMP
The Iowa Music Project is made possible through by the Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, and presented in partnership with Flat Black Studio, Little Village Magazine, the Des Moines Social Club, and Maximum Ames Records. Additional support is provided by Adamantine Spine Moving.
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