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'.