WTF is up with ilyAIMY.com?
It’s “Pending”. It’s “In Progress”. It’s complicated. ilyAIMY.com will celebrate its 25th year in August, and over that time the…
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“ilyAIMY are insanely good… it’s the sound of someone about to break down in tears or start a fight. Everything emo wishes it could be [but] far more powerful, unsettling, emotional and brilliant”
Booking
ilyAIMY is naturally modular and performs in a number of different formats depending on venue size, budget, and which players are available. We are a folk band, a rock band, an intimate duo, a barbershop quartet, a ferocious sextet and everything in between, making us flexible enough to play coffeehouses and colleges, festivals and fields, boats and baitshops, jazz clubs and rock clubs and weddings and everything in between.
“Imagine, if you will, the rhythm section of Earth Wind and Fire teamed up with the folk sensibilities of Steeleye Span and you will have ilyAIMY,” says Vance Gilbert. “Being partial to their amazing and unstoppable rhythm as well as their sheer originality, I see ilyAIMY being a force in our community for a very long time!” – Cheryl Prashker (former Northeast Regional Folk Alliance President)
If you’re interested in booking ilyAIMY, please contact us with your available dates and budget at rob@ilyaimy.com or 301.910.2575.
HONORS & AWARDS
2023
–FORMAL SHOWCASE Folk Music Ontario
2022
–FORMAL SHOWCASE (Virtual) NERFA
2019-2020
–SILVER -Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, Adult Contemporary*
–GRAND PRIZE WINNER -Bernard Ebb Songwriting Award*
2017-2018
–SERFA -Formal Showcase
–Nat’l Women’s Music Fest -Emerging Artist*
–Falcon Ridge Folk Fest -Most Wanted*
–Telluride Folk Fest -(4th) Troubadour*
–Mid-Atlantic Song Contest -Director’s Award, Album of the Year*
–Rocky Mtn. Folks Fest -Hon. Mention*
EARLIER
–WASHINGTON AREA MUSIC AWARDS
Best Contemp. Folk/Acoustic ‘14, ’15, ’16
–American Songwriter Lyric Contest -2016 Hon. Mention
–NERFA -2011 DJ Showcase & 2012 Formal Showcase
–Falcon Ridge Folk Fest -2011 Emerging Artist 2011 & 2012 Most-Wanted
–NACA -2010 Mid-Atlantic Formal Showcase
–Lilith Fair -2009 DC Talent Search Finalist
–Eddie’s Attic Acoustic Shootout -2009 Finalist
–Kerrville Folk Festival -2005 NewFolk Finalist**
–Mountain Stage Newsong Fest -2005 Semifinalist
*Heather Aubrey Lloyd **Rob Hinkal (Recognized Songwriter)
“ilyAIMY is people I love and respect immensely – who also shred like mother******s”
– Andrew McKnight
Contact Us
Let us bug YOU….
I know, there’s Instagram and there’s Facebook and there was Twitter but now there’s X and there was even, once upon a time, Myspace – but that’s the point. We’ve had the Mailing List since 1999. We lost a lot of fans with Myspace, lost a lot of fans over Facebook. Be on our mailing list. Then They (whoever THEY are) can’t take you away from us! (ugh, and THEN we can talk about spam filters…)
Or just bug US….
We tend to prefer email – but do as you will! If this is about a booking, please include the venue, event and desired dates. Thanks!
rob@ilyaimy.com
heather@ilyaimy.com
Phone / Text : rob @ 301.910.2575