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Check out the latest awards ceremony for independent music and you'll likely find Reverend Zen named among the nominees or winners. Since the release of their debut CD the rock, blues, jazz group has continuously garnered critical acclaim, receiving fifty-two music industry awards from around the world. John Schoenberger of Billboard's Radio and Records in Los Angeles reflects on the band's success stating, "Reverend Zen's Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon is simply a very good record."

Winning 2007/08 Song of the Year from ABC Radio Networks Fame Games Effigy Awards in Costa del Sol, Spain for "The Boston Shakedown," along with five Finalist Awards, is just a start. An Artist of the Year Nomination and seven Finalist Awards for "Bad Attitude," "Don't Try to Tell Me," "My Sigmund Freud," "Her Love," "Dangerous Times," "Boy Genius" and "The One in Love" followed from 2008/09's Effigy Awards. Two thousand seven saw Reverend Zen receive four Best Song Nominations from Hollywood's Los Angeles Music Awards for "The Boston Shakedown," "Bad Attitude," "Don't Try to Tell Me" and "Dangerous Times." The genre stretching band was subsequently named L.A. Music Award's 2007 Artist of the Year, with "Bad Attitude" named 2007 Song of the Year. More kudos followed as "Her Love" and "Bad Attitude" received Best Song Nominations from 2008's L.A. Music Awards and 2008's Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards respectively. The group concluded the year named recipients of 2008's Golden Wave Artist of the Year Award in Denver.

More European accolades followed with Reverend Zen receiving two Semi Finalist Awards and a Finalist nod for "Dangerous Times" from France's 2008 100% Song Contest in Paris and three Runners Up Awards from the BBC sponsored 2008 UK Song Contest in London. In Sydney the band was a Finalist Nominee in 2008's Australia Song Contest, while back in the United States "Bad Attitude" and "Magdalena" received Finalist Awards from 2007/08's Unisong International Song Contest in Los Angeles. Along the way there were multiple awards from 2006's Billboard World Song Contest in New York, 2006's Mid Atlantic Song Contest in Washington, D.C. and 2007's Singer-Songwriter Awards in London. Add to those WCH Radio's 2007 Artist of the Year Award in St. Louis and RGW Radio's 2006 Bronze Artist Award in Norfolk, U.K., but the list is still incomplete.

In 2008 and 2009 Reverend Zen bandleader-songwriter Jack Evans was the recipient of two prestigious ASCAP Plus Awards in New York.

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Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon

Read "Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon" reviewed by David King


The New York group Reverend Zen has released its debut album, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon (Blackjack Music, 2006), that is quickly garnering music industry acclaim around the world. Platitudes aside, Reverend Zen's true genius lies in its music. The album is everything a great album should be: melodies that hang in your head like an old friend, dead-on drum tracks, bad-ass guitar solos, and subtleties that slowly reveal themselves, supporting lyrics of wit, introspection and cultural commentary.

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With a Mix of Rock, Jazz and Blues, Reverend Zen Wins Artist of the Year at the Los Angeles Music Awards

With a Mix of Rock, Jazz and Blues, Reverend Zen Wins Artist of the Year at the Los Angeles Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz

By Rich Monetti Creating quality music takes time and patience - even if it doesn't always sound that way when we are inundated by commercial music played over and over on the radio. “I hear too much music that sounds like a first draft," said Jack Evans of Katonah, who recently won artist of the year at the Los Angeles Music Awards. Mr. Evans or Reverend Zen, along with the studio musicians who helped him put together the winning CD, ...

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Reverend Zen Receives Finalist Kudos from Unisong Contest in L.A.

Reverend Zen Receives Finalist Kudos from Unisong Contest in L.A.

Source: All About Jazz

N.Y.'s Reverend Zen takes home two Finalist Awards from 2008-09's Unisong International Song Contest in California. Katonah, NY -- The multi award winning rock/jazz/blues group Reverend Zen has just received two Finalist Awards from the 12th annual Unisong International Song Contest in California for their songs “Boy Genius" and “My Sigmund Freud". “Boy Genius", Reverend Zen's slamming ode of a larger than life prodigy, was named a Finalist in the Jazz/Blues Category of this year's Unisong Contest. “My Sigmund Freud", ...

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Reverend Zen's Jack Evans Interviewed at AAJ

Reverend Zen's Jack Evans Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz

New York group Reverend Zen has its debut album, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon (Blackjack Music, 2006), and it as quickly garnered music industry acclaim around the world. Platitudes aside, Reverend Zen's true genius lies in its music. The album is everything a great album should be: melodies that hang in your head like an old friend, dead-on drum tracks, bad-ass guitar solos, and subtleties that slowly reveal themselves, supporting lyrics of wit, introspection and cultural commentary.

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Reverend Zen Returns to Hollywood as 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee

Reverend Zen Returns to Hollywood as 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee

Source: All About Jazz

N.Y.'s Reverend Zen named Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee for the second consecutive year. Katonah, NY (Billboard Publicity Wire) - New York's award winning rock/jazz/blues group Reverend Zen will be returning to Hollywood November 20 as a 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards' Best Song Nominee. “Her Love", the band's ballad of a woman's emotional damage, has just been named a nominee in the AAA Category of this year's awards. The nomination marks the second consecutive year that Reverend ...

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New York's Reverend Zen Goes Global Winning Song of the Year at Spain's Effigy Awards

New York's Reverend Zen Goes Global Winning Song of the Year at Spain's Effigy Awards

Source: Just Roots PR

Reverend Zen wins Song of the Year from Meer Music's Effigy Awards in Spain.

Katonah, NY -- The New York group Reverend Zen continues to receive accolades as “The Boston Shakedown" was named Blues/Rock Song of the Year at the Effigy Awards ceremony held January 25 in Spain. In addition to their Song of the Year honors, Reverend Zen was one of the top five nominees in the Effigy Awards Best Artist in Style - Rock/Blues and was named a ...

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Reverend Zen Named Artist of the Year at 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards

Reverend Zen Named Artist of the Year at 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards

Source: Just Roots PR

Katonah, NY, January 25, 2008 -- The New York based rock/R&B/jazz band Reverend Zen is moving into 2008 with Artist of the Year honors from the 17th annual Los Angeles Music Awards. Recipients of four Best Song Nominations in the Adult Contemporary Artist and Blues Categories of the awards, genre stretching Reverend Zen was named 2007 Blues Artist of the Year at the LAMA ceremony held November 29, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Jack Evans of Reverend Zen Receives 2007 ASCAP Plus Award

Jack Evans of Reverend Zen Receives 2007 ASCAP Plus Award

Source: Just Roots PR

Jack Evans of the New York Based Group Reverend Zen Receives 2007 ASCAP Plus Award

Katonah, NY (Billboard Publicity Wire/PRWEB ) October 10, 2007 -- Jack Evans of the New York based rock/jazz/R&B group Reverend Zen has just been named the recipient of a prestigious 2007 ASCAP Plus Award. Mr. Evans was chosen as a recipient in the annual awards by a distinguished panel of music experts chaired in ASCAP's Jazz & Popular Music Division. The ASCAP Plus Awards are ...

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Reverend Zen Receives 2 Finalist Awards in the 2007 Unisong International Song Contest

Reverend Zen Receives 2 Finalist Awards in the 2007 Unisong International Song Contest

Source: All About Jazz

Katonah, NY -- The New York rock/jazz/R&B group Reverend Zen has just received two Finalist Awards in the 2007 Unisong International Song Contest for their songs “Magdalena" (Lyric Category) and “Bad Attitude" (Blues Category).

Both “Magdalena" and “Bad Attitude" are from Reverend Zen's debut CD Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon. The album has brought the band twenty nine song writing and performance awards from the Unisong Contest, the Billboard World Song Contest, the Mid Atlantic Song Contest and the ...

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