Joanna Pearl Nominated for Pop Artist of the Year 2015 for Los Angeles Music Awards

TEMECULA, Calif. - March 28, 2015 - PRLog -- Singer/Songwriter Joanna Pearl has been nominated for Pop Artist of the Year 2015 for the Los Angeles Music Awards. The LA Music Awards is the longest running independent music awards and first event of its kind that presented a Grammy style format for independent artists.

Pearl, whose album, “Sensitive Material”, was released on August 24, 2014 was nominated for four 2014 music awards – three from the Los Angeles Music Awards – Female Vocalist of the Year, Hot AC (Adult Contemporary)  Artist of the Year and taking home Hot AC Album of the Year . She also held a nomination for Best Pop Genre for the Temecula Valley Music Awards.

On being nominated by the board of the Los Angeles Music Awards for Pop Artist of the Year, Joanna had to say “It’s a complete honor and I feel very blessed. I was totally shocked when I got the news! I don’t think there is a better feeling than to have your work being accepted.”

Al Bowan, founder and executive producer of the LA Music Awards, broke the news to Joanna Thursday night via Facebook. He had this to say about Joanna, “There are so few artists I would actually like to help. Joanna just happens to be one that I do want to assist. I like her and her attitude. She is a winner.” Bowman also confirmed that after twenty-five years he will be stepping down as executive producer, “[The Los Angeles Music Awards] will continue on as a TV show under new owners. Spike TV will carry it on.”

The two major events marked this year are the Red Carpet Nominee Night and Press Event be held on June 18^th 2015 at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Hollywood, Calif. and the Red Carpet 25^th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards scheduled for September 17^th 2015, location to be announced. Worldwide online voting is now open. Online votes carry the most weight and can be done at http://www.lamusicawards.net/nominees.html  and are $1 per vote. Paper ballots and number of online votes will be combined with votes from a panel of judges to determine the winners.

About Joanna Pearl

Joanna Pearl is an award winning singer/songwriter living in Temecula, Calif. She describes her sound as a mix between Rhythm and Blues and Soul and Pop.  Joanna is a member of The Recording Academy, Grammy Museum and a founding member of Songwriting Camps. Her original song "Whispers in the Wind" (released on iTunes) was placed in "Murphy", a Hollywood Independent Film currently showing in major film festivals. Joanna Pearl’s debut EP, “Sensitive Material” is available on iTunes , AmazonMP3 and streaming on Spotify.

For more information visit www.joannapearl.com