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Mashpee Wampanoag Recording Artist & Producer Sweeps NEUMA Nominations!!!

BOSTON - "The Liberation Sessions" has definitely made an impression on the music scene in New England as a perusal of the New England Urban Music Awards nomination page will reveal. Mwalim received nominations for Best R&B CD, Best Spoken-word Artist, Best Producer, Best Caribbean Male Vocalist, Best R&B Single, and Best Caribbean Single for DEM BIG GIRLS.

In addition, artists appearing on the critically acclaimed CD also received nominations for their appearances on “The Liberation Sessions:” Soul singer, Phillip Aaron received a nomination for best R&B Male Vocals; Amaris nominations for best R&B Female Vocalist, Jazz Female Vocalist, and best Jazz Single for her appearance on The Bass Mint Bros “Awakened by a Noon Day Sun.” Tah Phrum Duh Bush earned a best Rap Single nomination for the remix of “Life & Death;” The Bass Mint Bros were nominated for Best Jazz Group; Tantra Zawadi got a nomination for best Female Spoken-word for her performance of “Tension;” and Robert Taylor, Jr. received a nomination for Best Latin Single for “YOU”. Liberation Music – MGM was also nominated for best production group.

The New England Urban Music Awards have posted their on-line ballot, allowing people to vote for their favorite artists. Please take a minute or two to support the artists on "The Liberation Sessions: Soul of the City".

http://ne.urbanmusicawards.org/vote/voting-ballot/

and Cast your votes for "The Liberation Sessions" Artists!!!

R&B FEMALE - Amaris
R&B MALE - Phillip Aaron
R&B CD/ SINGLE - DEM BIG GIRLS or The Liberation Sessions
RAP MALE - Mwalim
RAP SINGLE - Life & Death, by Tah Phrum Duh Bush
JAZZ FEMALE - Amaris
JAZZ MALE - Mwalim
JAZZ GROUP - The Bass Mint Bros
JAZZ SINGLE - Awakened by a Noon Day Sun
SPOKEN-WORD - Tantra
PRODUCER - Mwalim
CARIBBEAN MALE - Mwalim
CARIBBEAN SINGLE - DEM BIG GIRLS

The New England Urban Music Awards will take place on April 24, 2010 in Boston. Information including tickets and a complete list of nominees for the New England Urban Music Awards can be seen on-line at http://ne.urbanmusicawards.org

“The Liberation Sessions: Soul of the City” CD is available on http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mwalim, also as a download on iTunes.com, amazon.com, emusic.com and raphsody.com.

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Co-Editors and Editorial Board for NAIS Journal

Inaugural co-editors for the NAIS Journal were selected by NAISA Council in November 2012: Professors Jean O'Brien (White Earth Ojibwe, University of Minnesota) and Robert Warrior (Osage, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). The Inaugural Editorial Board was appointed by NAISA Council and the Co-Editors in March 2013: click on "Journal" in the left-hand column to see the list!