{"id":8704,"date":"2013-11-06T07:02:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2013-11-04T22:23:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T03:23:26","slug":"coatesville-area-entertainer-receives-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8704","title":{"rendered":"Coatesville-area entertainer receives award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Jiggley Jones named Songwriter of Year by international association<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8708\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8708\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8708   \" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" alt=\"Country artist, Amy Rose wins Country Entertainer of the Year and Americana singer-songwriter, Jiggley Jones wins Songwriter of the Year at the International Music and Entertainment Association awards last night. MTS Management Group is Best Manager.\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-11-300x216.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-11-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Image-11.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MTS Management Group&#8217;s Michael Stover (from right) shows off his award from the International Music and Entertainment Association with two of his honored artists: Amy Rose and Jiggley Jones.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Coatesville-area entertainer was honored Saturday, Nov. 2, as Songwriter of the Year at the 2013 International Music and Entertainment Association Awards (IMEA) ceremony in Ashland, Ky.<\/p>\n<p>Jiggley Jones of East Fallowfield Township, an Americana singer-songwriter who was also nominated for Best music Video for \u201cBaby Blue,\u201d accepted the award while his management company, MTS Management Group, was named Manager of the Year, an MTS press release said. Another MTS artist, Amy Rose, won Country Entertainer of the Year, the release said.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imeaawards.com\/about\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Stover of MTS Management Group said the honors were humbling and surprising. \u201cWe were so thrilled, just to be nominated,\u201d he said. \u201cOur artists received a total of 13 nominations, this year. Last night was an unbelievable night, filled with incredible performances and touching award presentations \u2026 I will never forget it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Jones previously won the Graffiti Radio Songwriters Contest. His debut EP, \u201cNo Spring Chicken,\u201d has earned Top 3 status on several airplay charts. He has performed in New York City, Philadelphia, Nashville and others. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jiggleyjones.com\">http:\/\/www.jiggleyjones.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The IMEA Awards are presented by the International Music and Entertainment Association, Inc. The mission of the IMEA Awards is to honor and recognize international individuals and organizations in the music, theatre, and film industries. This year, music awards are presented in the following genres: country, pop, rock, hip-hop, and gospel\/Christian. For more information, including a list of award categories, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imeaawards.com\/about\/\">http:\/\/www.imeaawards.com\/about\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jiggley Jones named Songwriter of Year by international association A Coatesville-area entertainer was honored Saturday, Nov. 2, as Songwriter of the Year at the 2013 International Music and Entertainment Association Awards (IMEA) ceremony in Ashland, Ky. Jiggley Jones of East Fallowfield Township, an Americana singer-songwriter who was also nominated for Best music Video for \u201cBaby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,91],"tags":[3058,1786,3057],"class_list":["post-8704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arts-entertainment","tag-2013-international-music-and-entertainment-association-awards-imea","tag-jiggley-jones","tag-mts-management-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}