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John Prine and Alejandro Escovedo, Independent Icons

John Prine and Alejandro Escovedo will receive Independent Icon awards from the American Association of Independent Music June 18 in New York.

Both artists will perform at the event.

Prine is being recognized for “his enormously influential career as a country- and American-leaning singer-songwriter via his oft-covered hits” such as “Angel from Montgomery” and “Hello in There,” A2IM said in a statement.

Escovedo’s award honors his “40-plus-year career that has traversed the genres of Latino music, Americana, punk and rock ’n’ roll.”

This is the second big honor of 2020 for Prine, who’s also getting a Lifetime Achievement award at the Grammys this year.

“I’m really excited to be accepting this award alongside my friend, the great Alejandro Escovedo,” Prine tweeted.

Escovedo hadn’t commented as Sound Bites went to press.

ADDY media Captures New R&B sensation JNA at Birthday Blast

ADDY media has captured exciting video of the new R&B sensation JNA – Jonny and Aaron. The brothers won deserved fame via Tic Tok and are now turning out hit after hit. They are conquering the world with their smooth sound, charm, and good looks.  JNA celebrated their June 11th birthday with some renowned friends. The excitement was captured in an exclusive video by “Preditor”…

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‘The Most Curious Music Man’: Read Seymour Stein’s A2IM Lifetime Achievement Award Acceptance Speech

Seymour Stein was recently virtually presented the 2020 A2IM Lifetime Achievement Award for his trailblazing co-founding of Sire Records, where he signed such acts as the Talking Heads, the Ramones, the Pretenders, and Depeche Mode before going on to sign artists like Madonna and Ice-T when he was affiliated with Warner Music.

Earlier in his career, he worked at such legendary indie labels as Syd…

Top Independent Albums Chart Expands Inclusion Criteria With New A2IM Partnership

Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart is opening its arms a little wider: In partnership with A2IM, the chart’s inclusion parameters will now be expanded to allow more independently owned labels to appear in the ranking. As part of the change, Top Independent Albums will now also be acknowledged as the official album chart of A2IM.

Beginning with the chart dated July 18 (tracking the week of…