Singer Songwriter Delaney Gibson Kicks Off 2009 With Twelve Award Nominations

Jan. 12, 2009 - PRLog -- LOS ANGELES, CA – Singer songwriter Delaney Gibson will kick off 2009 with a total of twelve award nominations, two from the 3rd Annual Rockwired Reader’s Poll Awards, and ten from the 2nd Annual MAVRIC Awards in Ventura County. Rockwired has honored her with nominations in the following categories: Best Female Artist, and Best Song (“The Worst Kind of Way”). The MAVRIC Awards has nominated Delaney in the following ten categories:  CD of the Year Overall (“The Worst Kind of Way”), Vocal Performance of the Year Female (“I’m Alive”), Song of the Year Overall (“Chicago”), Song of the Year Comedy / Humor (“I Think I Have OCD”), Song of the Year Foreign (“Je Ne T’aime Pas”), Song of the Year Jazz (“The Worst Kind of Way”), Song of the Year Pop (“I’m Alive”), Cover Song Performance of the Year (“Creep”), and Best Mixing of a Full Length CD and Best Production of a Full Length Album for “The Worst Kind of Way.”  

“I feel so incredibly blessed to have been nominated for so many fantastic awards, amongst so many other great artists,” says Gibson. “Making ‘The Worst Kind of Way’ was such an amazing experience for me, the album has done so well and I just want everyone to enjoy hearing it as much as I enjoyed making it. I hope that all my fans will go out and vote, it would be awesome to be able to win one of these awards!”

Over 1,500 songs and over 139 artists were submitted to be included in the MAVRIC Awards this year.  The awards celebrate the music community of Ventura County, California and are committed to getting the community as a whole to recognize the incredible art that is happening in their own backyards.  The awards ceremony is set to take place February 22, 2009 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Center in Thousand Oaks, California.  

Voting for the Rockwired Reader’s Poll Awards beings on January 5, 2009, and polling closes on February 28, 2009.  The winners will be announced on a special hour long broadcast of Rockwired Live which will air March 7, 2009 at 4:30 PM PST on www.KTSTFM.com.        

For more information on Delaney Gibson, please visit www.delaneygibson.com or www.myspace.com/delaneygibson.  

For more information about the Rockwired Reader’s Poll Awards, please visit www.rockwired.com.  For more information about the MAVRIC Awards, please visit www.mavric-awards.com.

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About Delaney Gibson

Fronting a new breed of music with substance and style, emerging artist Delaney Gibson is anything but ordinary, and is beyond the extraordinary.  With the perfect fusion of folk, alternative, and pop sounds, Delaney has become known for her remarkable and rare voice, signature acoustic rhythmic piano and intricate melodies.  After her debut six-song EP in 2007 entitled “Cruel and Beautiful,” Delaney was received with open arms into the music industry, quickly earning the respect of fellow musicians across the world as she toured through Europe, while performing with many notable artists including: Barbara Streisand, Barry Manilow, and the legendary Andrea Bocelli. After having a taste of success with her first EP, Delaney decided to head back to the studio to record her first, full-length album “The Worst Kind of Way.” Now, she has undeniably set the stage to become one of the most fascinating artists of her generation. With a style all her own, and with honesty, allure and grace behind her music, Delaney’s originality in each song and her music’s ability to transcend genres is a rare gem to find in today’s music scene.  “The Worst Kind of Way” was officially released on September 2, 2008.

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