Antha Sai nominated for Best Indian Album (2009)

2009 JP Folks Album Nominees List

2009 JP Folks Song Nominees List

Shabdalayam LLC is pleased to announce that its debut music production, Antha Sai, has been nominated for the Best Indian Album at the JPF Music Awards for the recording year 2008-09. Other nominees for this year include A R Rehman (Godfather - Tamil Sound Track) , IllayaRaja (live in Italy) and Devika (Devika). In addition to this honor, three of the album's songs have been nominated for Best Sound track in the year 2009.

Speaking on the ocassion, Sri Krishna, the album composer, expressed his gratitude to the Foundation for honoring his work and joy over being nominated in a category next to several celebrity music composers. He mentioned that it is a rare honor to be in the select few albums that have been hand picked from a huge list of 42,000 albums entered from over 160 countries around the world. Sri Krishna thanked all the singers and musicians who worked on this Album , especially - Dr. Balasubrahmanyam, Madhu Bala Krishnan, Sri Varada Rajulu, Lalitha Trinadh Jarajapu, Hema Chandra and Nitya Santoshini.

Just Plain Folks is the largest independent music community in the world whose awards are nominated and voted by several thousands of well respected indepedent musicians based on the single criterion - 'Does this music move you ?'. The organization is the largest grass roots music group in the world with over 51,500 Songwriters, Recording Artists, Music Publishers, Record Labels, Performing Arts Societies, Educational Institutions, Recording Studios and Engineers, Producers, Legal Professionals, Publicists and Journalists, Publications, Music Manufacturers and Retailers from 150 countries. Several JPF members have won Grammys, Emmys, CMA Awards, Academy Awards and other well recognized accolades. The organization itself runs active chapters in all 50 states across the USA and has been holding the JPF awards ceremony since 2000.

Shabdalayam LLC is a entertainment production house with a mission to provide the best possible production and distribution platform for the next generation of Indian & Indian American entertainers. The organization was established in 2006 and distributed several south Indian movies before producing its debut Album - 'Antha Sai'.