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In 2010, the Posi Awards accepted 500 submissions in seven categories, nominating three in each. Submissions undergo a four-phase judging process, including a final judging by a panel of professionals that includes Grammy winners.
Daniel Nahmod by Daniel Nahmod
Daniel Nahmod's music never fails to grab hold of my soul, and That One, the upbeat song for which he has been nominated in the Personal Transformation category, is no exception. In addition, his Inside (To Find My God) has been nominated in the Group/Chant category.
I first discovered Nahmod years ago, when I heard him perform at a Dennis Kucinich Presidential campaign rally in Phoenix, not long after he l eft behind a corporate cubicle to launch his music career . The minute I heard him sing One Power I was hooked. Later, I was glad to find him at other Kucinich rallies as well as new age church services. Nahmod won a Posi Award for One Power in the first year of the awards.
Marcy Baruch by Marcy Baruch
Marcy Baruch was also nominated twice, with Here I Am ( Healing category ) and Carry On ( Music That Matters category). Her sound and range is reminiscent of Joni Mitchell. Last year, her song This Inner Space won the Posi Award in the Healing category.
Faith Rivera by Faith Rivera
Faith Rivera's God Is was nominated in the Healing category. She won Most Uniting Song in 2006 with Colors of Praise , and shared an award with Harold Payne last year for a song they co-wrote, Stand Together. Faith was included in my OEN article 2012: The End of the World? Or the Beginning? at http://www.opednews.com/articles/2012-The-End-of-the-World-by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-090317-781.html
Greg Tamblyn by Greg Tamblyn
Greg Tamblyn has had six previous nominations and one win. I first heard him sing his 2010 nominated song, All These Atoms (Uniting category), last year in his concert, Saving the World From Whiny Victim Love Songs. It was an engaging evening of hilarity and wit, elegantly poetic lyrics, toe-tapping tunes, and captivating stories, reviewed for OEN at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Greg-Tamblyn-Saving-the-W-by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-091207-700.html
David Roth. Photo credit: Tom Collicott by www.davidrothmusic.com
David Roth's Nine Gold Medals (True Story category) is a stunning, deeply uplifting story. If you can listen to this song without needing a Kleenex, check for a pulse! David's Ahmed Al-Khatib won an award last year in the same category.
Liquid Blue by www.Liquid-Blue.com
Liquid Blue's nominated song, Earth Passport (Uniting category) features nine languages and won a Guinness Record for song sung in the most languages, Billboard. Their song, If You Gotta Ask won the Spiritual Social Action award in 2008.
Dennis and Kaye Persons at 2009 awards. Photo: Jim Downer by Dennis and Kaye Persons
The special emPower annual award for Outstanding Contribution to Positive Music will be presented to Dennis and Kaye Persons of Texas, who have created the innovative PosiLounge, to promote Posi Music through events sponsored by spiritual organizations and in private house concerts.
