Eleven Smithsonian Folkways projects were selected as finalists in 18 categories for the 12th Independent Music Awards. The Smithsonian Folkways website was also nominated.

Finalists are also eligible for the Vox Populi awards as determined by fan voting. Click here to submit your votes right now. Voting is open through July 19, 2013.

Here is the complete list of Smithsonian Folkways Album/Song Finalists:

• Chip Taylor & The Grandkids – "Golden Kids' Rules" – Children's Music Song
• The Dust Busters with John Cohen – Old Man Below – Bluegrass Album
• The Dust Busters with John Cohen – “Because He Loved Her So” – Bluegrass Song
• Elizabeth Mitchell – Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie – Children’s Music Album
• La Sardina de Naiguatá – ¡Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music – Latin Album
• La Sardina de Naiguatá – "Volveré (I Will Return)" – Latin Song
• Los Texmaniacs – Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds – Latin Album
• Los Tres Reyes – Romancing The Past – Latin Album
• Louis Armstrong, Tyree Glenn, Tommy Gwaltney – Satchmo at the National Press Club: Red Beans and Rice-ly Yours – Reissue Album
• Pete Seeger – The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 – Live Performance Album
• Stephen Wade – Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition – Bluegrass Album
• Visual Dialogue – Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" – Album Packaging
• Visual Dialogue – folkways.si.edu – Music Website
• Visual Dialogue – "Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection" – Poster
• Visual Dialogue – "Woody at 100 Limited–Edition T-Shirt" – Swag
• Woody Guthrie – Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection – Compilation Album
• Wu Man & Abdulla Majnun – "Shadiana (Celebration)" – World Traditional Song
• Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route – Music of Central Asia Vol. 10: Borderlands – Long Form Music Video