Pierre Bensusan’s “Encore” Wins at 2014 Independent Music Awards

Guitarist Pierre Bensusan, who completed a lengthy North American tour this past spring, was recently honored at the 13th annual IMA’s (Independent Music Awards) for best performance with “Encore”.

The Independent Music Awards (IMA’s) is an international program that honours top ranked independent artists in more than 80 Album, Song, EP, Producer, Music Video and Design categories.  The IMA’s were created in 1999 by Music Resource Group (MRG). The program features previous major-label artists as well as self-released and indie lable talent from more than 70 countires on six continents.

“Encore” – Pierre’s IMA Award winnning release, contains 35 tracks taken from concert recordings between 1974 and 2013, including two fascinating duets with world renowned keyboard wizard Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), and several ‘early years’ bluegrass recordings with banjo great Bill Keith.

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