Cindy Morgan’s ‘Jubilee (featuring Tommy Sims)’ Wins Hollywood Independent Music Award
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (July 23, 2024) – Award-winning singer-songwriter, artist, producer and author Cindy Morgan won the Hollywood Independent Music Award for her single “Jubilee (feat. Tommy Sims)” in the Americana/Roots category at the ceremony in Los Angeles on July 18, 2024.
“Jubilee,” co-written and co-produced by Morgan, Sims and Stephen Leiweke, is the lively lead single on Morgan’s latest record “The Sounds of Jubilee” (November 2023), a 14-song soundtrack that compliments the stories and characters of Morgan’s semi-biographical novel "The Year of Jubilee" (Tyndale Publishers, 2023).
The album features some of Nashville's most notable singer-songwriters such as Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tom Douglas, Jonathan Kingham, Marcus Hummon, Phil Madeira, Seven Fold, Stephen Leiweke and Andrew Greer.
“I was excited, shocked and thrilled for ‘Jubilee’ and all the special artists involved on this record to be highlighted.. especially my co-writer and collaborator, the legendary Tommy Sims,” Morgan said. “‘The Sounds of Jubilee’ is a soundtrack for the novel ‘The Year of Jubilee,’ set in 1963 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, a movement we are still involved in today. I’m grateful that the album ‘The Sounds of Jubilee’ can be a part of that very important conversation, and I am so honored to receive this award for ‘Jubilee’ along with the incomparable Tommy Sims.”
The awards were presented on July 18 at the historic Avalon Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Morgan attended the awards ceremony with the album’s executive producer, Tim Sensabaugh, and her husband Jonathan Richardson.
“It was truly an honor to have Tommy Sims on the song ‘Jubilee.’ Within the music industry, Tommy’s bass playing, songwriting and production have been long admired as being in category unto itself. From Springsteen to Stevie Wonder, Tommy’s abilities as an artist have fans from music royalty—not to mention he’s one of the kindest and most generous people I’ve ever known,” Morgan said.
The complete list of HIMA nominees and awards can be found at himawards.com.
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Nashville singer/songwriter Cindy Morgan is a two-time GRAMMY® nominee, a fourteen-time Dove award winner, and a recipient of the prestigious Songwriter of the Year trophy. Morgan has 21 number one radio hits to her credit, and has penned songs for notable artists including David Archuletta, Vince Gill, India.Arie, TJ Shepherd, Rascal Flatts, Ricky Skaggs, Amy Grant, Glen Campbell, Mandisa, Natalie Grant, Michael W. Smith, Point of Grace, Brandon Heath, Britt Nicole, Sandra McCracken, Josh Garrels, Sierra Hull, Kris Allen, and EchoSmith among many others. In 2017, Morgan’s song “Bird in a Cage” was performed by Robert Redford and Sasha Lazard in the movie Blind starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. Cindy has authored four books, Barefoot on Barbed Wire (Harvest House Publishers, 2001), Dance Me Daddy (HarperCollins, 2009), her memoir, How Could I Ask for More (Worthy Inspired, 2015), and most recently The Year of Jubilee (Tyndale, 2023), in addition to being a co-creator of the charitable Hymns for Hunger Tour, which has raised awareness and resources for hunger relief organizations across the globe. Visit Cindy’s website for touring information, new music, masterclasses and more at cindymorganmusic.com.
The Hollywood Independent Music Awards (HIMA) is a global platform for independent music. Emerging and established artists, songwriters, composers, and audio recording professionals around the world are recognized for outstanding contributions to independent music. The HIMA is an extension of the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA), which is an annual event celebrating the songs and scores in all visual media including film, TV, video games, commercials, trailers, music videos, documentaries, and other new visual media.