We are less than two weeks away from the entry deadline for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the New Mexico Music Awards.  You will find a complete list of categories, rules, entry forms and drop off locations under the ENTER tab on this site. Mail in entries must be postmarked by January 31st, 2012 and all other entries must be dropped off at any of our drop off locations by close of buisness on February 4th, 2012. The awards will be presented at a banquet and show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Albuquerque on Sunday night, May 20th, 2012. Our primary sponsor will once be Grandma's Music & Sound. Quickbeam Systems Inc. will once again make you look and sound good with great audio and lighting. We hope to have additional sponsorships in place and a few surprise guests for our silver anniversary.

Consider letting us stream your music to the world. The NMMA is streaming about fifty New Mexico Artists. Click the link to the left and listen now or go to Live365.com from any computer and listen for free. You can also download the Smartphone app from Live365.com. Contact us to find out how you can stream your music online for free.

We've created a new page on Facebook for live performance. Search Live Music New Mexico on FB and like us and you'll be able to announce your live gigs anytime for free.

The New Mexico Music Awards in cooperation with the University of New Mexico will announce our latest Eric Larson Endowment Scholarship recipient at this year's banquet.Our thanks to professor Steven Block of the UNM Fine Arts Department, UNM Sound Engineer and instructor Manny Rettinger of UBIK Sound, Belinda Jenzen and Sandra Kosen of the UNM Foundation and Eric's mother Ressie and daughters Robbie and Toni for making this possible. Thanks also to Chuck Colter who maintains the Larson Endowment website.

Please consider a tax deductible gift to the endowment. Make your checks payable to:

UNM Foundation/Eric Larson Endowment
700 Lomas NE
Two Woodward Center
Albuquerque, NM, 87131

To donate online or for more information, go to ericlarsonendowment.com

OTHER NEWS

Congratulations to Shelly Morningsong on her recent Native American Music Award for her CD "Full Circle". The project took home Record of the Year honors. Mac Suazo and the Ox Boyz shared the Best Video Award with Jan Michael Looking Wolf. Also nominated was Michael Mucklow as Best Producer for the CD Ancient Elements.

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