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| First Annual En Sound Music Awards Over the last five years, En Sound online radio has been providing a worldwide forum for unsigned and independent gospel recording artists. Within the last year alone, the www.ensoundentertainment.com site has experienced massive growth and received over 2.5 million hits. The station has regular online listeners in over 65 countries and spins virtually every type of gospel music including: urban, reggae, soca, Holy Hip Hop, CCM, traditional and Jazz. One of the first platforms of its kind for unsigned artists; the artists are profiled, interviewed and celebrated on this channel and can even listen to the music on their cell phones. In a further step to recognize indie artists, En Sound Entertainment has announced its first annual En Sound Music Awards (ESMA). The indie star-studded event will take place on Saturday August 19, 2006, at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ. Awards will be handed out in several categories including: Best Female Vocalist, Best Male Vocalist, Favorite Choir, Favorite Group, Best Holy Hip Hop Artist, Best Traditional Gospel Artist, and Best Caribbean Gospel Artist, among others. "The purpose of the ESMA is to honor and bring more exposure to independent gospel recording artists, " says En Sound Entertainment's founder, Delroy Souden, who got the idea for the awards program four years ago while he was watching the Grammy Awards on television. "I believe having such an awards program would boost the moral of these artists who sometimes spend their last dime to produce their recordings and get discouraged shortly thereafter because they can't get them played on the radio and because retail stores won't stock them." write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |