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2008: BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION 2007: BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION 2007: BMI MUSICMAKER COMPETITION WINNER 2007: WFNX/BOSTON PHOENIX BEST SONGWRITER NOMINEE 2003-2006: BMA NOMINEE FOR BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER & BEST ROOTS AMERICANA ACT 2003: JAM MAGAZINE LISTS ALBUM 'DRAMA CITY' AT 2 IN BEST 100 ALBUMS OF LAST 10 YEARS 2000: ABE OLEMAN SONGWRITER AWARD FROM SONGWRITING HALL OF FAME & SESAC 2000: BOSTON MUSIC AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT ALBUM In 2007, Jabe Beyer won the BMI Music Maker Songwriting Competition and was nominated for two Boston Music Awards as well as a nomination in the WFNX Best Music Poll. His namesake band, JABE, has won the Abe Oleman Songwriting Award from The Songwriting Hall of Fame as well as Boston Music Awards. Four self-produced, self-released albums along with extensive U.S. and European tours have earned JABE a reputation as one of Boston's best and hardest working live acts. Beyer's side project, The Benders, bloomed into alt-country-bluegrass favorites, embraced nationally by the press and a hardcore fanbase. With great songs and honest-to-the-bone live shows, The Boston Globe hailed JABE as 'a leader in the roots music renaissance,' and Jam Magazine listed his 2-disc album Drama City at Number 2 in their Best 100 Albums of The Last 10 Years. A multi-instrumentalist, producer and prolific writer, Beyer is releasing his 4th album, Where Are We Going & When Do We Get There on Hi-N-Dry records. With the help of the area's best musicians and mixed by sonic wizard Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, The Pixies), Where Are We Going & When Do We Get There shows that Beyer has grown beyond his cowpunk past and continues to evolve as an inspired songwriter and musician.
