{"id":735,"date":"2009-05-18T07:53:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/05\/the-winners-of-the-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-05-18T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T07:53:12","slug":"the-winners-of-the-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/05\/the-winners-of-the-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Momentum Awards Honor Best In Indie Christian Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"momentumawards.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/momentumawards.JPG\" width=\"254\" height=\"237\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>IndieHeaven, the leading independent Christian musician\/artist resource agency, recently announced the winners of the 2009 Momentum Awards during the 6th Annual CIA Summit. The annual conference is geared towards encouraging Christian independent artists to create momentum and pursue passion and excellence in their music mission while educating them on what it takes to be successful in today&#8217;s marketplace.<br \/>\nThe winners of the 2009 Momentum Awards:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFrances Drost, Female Artist of the Year<br \/>\nGabriel, Male Artist of the Year<br \/>\nJaime Thietten, Song of the Year (for &#8220;My Chance&#8221;)<br \/>\nNathan Clark George, Album of the Year (for Pull Up A Chair)<br \/>\nNathan Clark George, Acoustic Artist of the Year<br \/>\nStevvi Alexander, Contemporary Artist of the Year<br \/>\nChris Filer, Country Artist of the Year<br \/>\nAnna Gilbert, Inspirational Artist of the Year<br \/>\nChris Lucas, Instrumental Artist of the Year<br \/>\nDrew Davidsen, Jazz Artist of the Year<br \/>\nJustpassingthru, Rock Artist of the Year<br \/>\nCathy J Reynolds, Southern Gospel Artist of the Year<br \/>\nJourney Home, Worship Artist of the Year<br \/>\nDavid Michael Carillo, Hardest Working Indie Artist Award<br \/>\nSlater Armstrong, Musicianary Award<br \/>\nDavid Linn, The Spirit of Unity Award<br \/>\nLarry French, Indie Friend Award<br \/>\nSweet Crystal, Perseverance Award.<br \/>\nThe 2009 Momentum Awards were the culmination of a successful conference that saw Christian independent artists gather in Nashville from across the U.S. and from as far away as Australia.<br \/>\nTo learn more about these and more artists, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indieheaven.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">visit the IndieHeaven website.<\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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