MUMBAI: Shaa’ir + Func and Sanjay Divecha have been nominated for the fourth edition of the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards ’08-’09.
Shaa’ir + Func have been nominated in the Band of the Year, Song of the Year (Together Again) and Album of the Year (Light Tribe) categories while Sanjay Divecha’s Full Circle has been nominated in the Album of the Year Category.
The Winner of the Best Band of Year title will get a chance to go to the Legendary Mash festival at Lynchburg, Tennessee, in April 2009 where a round of studio auditions will take place before the final selection. This year, Jack Daniel’s Legendary Mash International Grand Finale at Tennessee has thrown open the stage to young, upcoming bands from around the world.
In 2008, Menwhopause won the Best Band of the Year Award at the third JD Legendary Mash and went to Lynchburg, Tennessee to compete with other winners from across the globe at the Legendary Mash event. The stage is now set for the 4th year of the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards ’08-’09.
The JD Rock Awards is based on popular votes and the recommendations of a specially formed jury. To get more music lovers to participate in the process, online voting for all nominated categories was made possible last year through the website www.jdrockawards.com. The final winners will be declared and will receive their Awards at the Grand Finale on 12 February 2009.