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2009 JPF Music Awards has nominated "Radha Govinda Kirtan" by JALEBI Music as "Best Indian Song 2009"

2009 JPF Music Awards has nominated "Radha Govinda Kirtan" by JALEBI Music as "Best Indian Song 2009"

Indianapolis, IN, USA- World's Largest Music Awards Announces 2009 Nominations

Grassroots Music Organization Just Plain Folks (JPF) has announced their nominees for the 2009 edition of their music awards. After receiving a record setting 42,000 albums and over a half million songs from 163 countries around the world, the organization's staff and team of volunteers filtered the music down to both song and album nominees in 95 genres of music. This years nominees come from over 80 different countries around the world.

The song "Radha Govinda Kirtan" by JALEBI Music has been nominated as one of the twenty nominees for the "Best Indian Song 2009" category. JALEBI Music has some stiff competition coming from the likes of none other than AR Rahman, 2009 Oscar-winner for his "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack and hit song "Jai Ho". and other very talented artists such as Sandeep Raval, Sistashree, Ganpati, etc. but just having been selected from over 560K songs and then being nominated is already a sign of enormous success for all of the artists! Becoming a nominee is no easy matter! See the complete list of all the nominees and categories here .

HISTORY OF THE JFP Music Awards

It all started as a friendly effort to recognize some independent artists who made great music which had been overlooked by the mainstream media. Organization founder Brian Austin Whitney quickly realized there was a big empty gap and need in the world of music to recognize more than just the top commercial sellers. "We were getting amazing albums from unknown musicians and composers that screamed out for attention." He continues "Whereas larger televised awards are well suited to recognize music's most popular and commercially successful recordings, we felt we could fill the need to recognize the music made by the other 98% of the world." Whitney added "all the music that is judged is actually listened to in each round. Most awards, including the most famous, simply hand out a list of names and say 'vote' so it's based more on fame and name recognition than it is on their actual music."

The organization spent 14 months from the initial entry date to screen all the music and narrow down the field. JPF uses a unique mix of judges that come from the music industry, fellow artist and songwriter peers and music fans. "We feel that those groups mixed together make for a balanced and compelling process which identifies a lot of music that any one group might miss."

The 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards show will take place in Nashville, TN on August 29th, 2009 at the Wildhorse Saloon. Winners will be announced live at the show and then posted on the website the next day. For a complete listing of this year's nominees and more information, please visit www.justplainfolks.org.