1st annual Association of Independent Reggae Music (AIRM) Awards on Thursday 2/28/12

Update:  As of 2/22, the event has been postponed. A new date will be announced once a larger venue has been secured.  The first annual Association of Independent Reggae Music (AIRM) is holding it’s first annual President’s Choice Awards and Indie Reggae Red Carpet Affair on February 28, 2013 (10pm – 2am) at the live concert venue DROM in downtown Manhattan. The AIRM is a New York based professional trade and membership organization committed to promoting, exposing, educating and honoring independent reggae music industry professionals. 

For more information, view the full press release below or follow AIRM on facebook at www.facebook.com/airmusa.indiereggaemusic   Fans can cast their Vote for their favorite artists and bands on the official website http://airmblog.wordpress.com

AIRM PRESIDENTS CHOICE AWARD 2012 Category for:

1. BEST “NEW” INDIE REGGAE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2012 (MALE/FEMALE) and the NOMINEES ARE: 

*MARTEI KORLEY
*ABIJAH LIONESS
*CHADDY ROYAL
*JENNIFER KHAN
*RAS DAVE
*EMPRESS NOLA
*DA FUCHAMAN
*EMPRESS ZANA
*ISHMAEL TURNER
*LAVAAH GOODAZ
*TIANA
*EMPRESS JAHALIA

2. BEST ON THE RISE INDIE REGGAE FEMALE SINGER OF 2012 and the NOMINEES ARE:

*AFIYA WILSON
*MEAGAN SIMONE
*LESLINE KIDD
*VINNITA GLANVILLE
*LADY GLAMMOORE

3. BEST INDIE DANCEHALL ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2012(MALE/FEMALE) and the NOMINEES ARE:

*LRAZOR
*HALO JONES THE YOUNG PHAROAH
*TILLY BENG
*TIANA
*NAKETA JACKSON
*SINISTA REVIVED
*LAVAAH GOODAZ
*DON JIGGY
*BAD GAL BAMBI
*DI ULTIMATE

4. BEST REGGAE/ROOTS & CULTURE DJ OF THE YEAR 2012 and the NOMINEES ARE:

*DJ STYFF STRUGGLERS
*DJ MYSTERY
*DJ BONGO NATTY frm GANJA KING INTL
*QUEEN MEECA
*3 KINGS PRODUCTION
*NITE NURSE
*FADDA GERMAN frm KING LION SOUND
*SWEET V
*MUMMA LIONESS

5.MOST SUPPORTING REGGAE MEDIA OUTLET IN 2012 and the NOMINEES ARE:

*REGGAE REFLECTION 
*COM CHAT WI MI TV
*GENTRIX TV
*CARIBBEAN BILLBOARD TV
*WHAT’S UP NY TV
*BACKYARD TV

6.MOST IMPROVED INDIE REGGAE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2012(MALE/FEMALE) and the NOMINEES ARE:

*JAHFIYAH KUSH
*AYA HIGUMA
*KONFIDENCE
*ILLSPREE
*RAS ISSACHAR
*JENNIFER KHAN
*JAH LOVE