Bob Davoli

International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA):

We are excited to announce another songwriting award from the Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA).  Bob’s original song, “Hope”, was awarded a finalist in their 22nd Annual IAMA Songwriting Competition Country and Bluegrass category.  The contest receives entries from all over the world, with judging by major record labels like Sony/BMG, EMI, Warner, and Universal Music.

Song of the Year Awards:

Song of the Year has released the results of their latest songwriting contest.  Bob’s original song, “Still Sitting Backstage”, placed as a Finalist in the Folk category.  Only the top 5 songs in each category place as Finalists.  Some of the judges for Song of the Year included internationally esteemed artists such as Dave Grohl, Steven Tyler, Alicia Keys, Gwen Stefani, and U2’s The Edge. 

Additionally, his song, “Romancing the Ruins”, placed as a Semi-Finalist in the same contest.

Some good news from the songwriting trail.  My song “Longing” was named a Finalist - one of the Top 5 Folk songs - in the 2025 Song of the Year contest.  The song will now be shared with a circle of labels, publishers, promoters, and artist managers for further consideration.

Two more tunes, “Everything But Me” and “Elusive Underbellies,” earned Semi-Finalist nods - the highest tier just shy of finalist status.

These recognitions bring my total to 45 songwriting awards and nominations, each one a reminder of how grateful I am to keep writing, keep singing, and keep following the stories that rise and ask to be heard.

USA Songwriting Competition:

We're thrilled to share that Bob's song “Elusive Underbellies” has been selected as a Finalist in the 2025 USA Songwriting Competition, one of the most respected and longest running songwriting contests in the world.  The competition attracts thousands of entries each year, and over the decades many of its finalists have gone on to become Grammy nominees and Grammy winners, underscoring its status in the industry.

This recognition adds to Bob's creative journey - now 42 songwriting awards and nominations across 27 songs - and we're grateful that this piece found its way into the finals.

Thank you for listening, supporting, and sharing the music.
More songs are coming soon.

Song of the Year Awards:

Bob received two awards in the 2025 Song of the Year songwriting contest.  “Still Sitting Backstage,” his 26th song to be recognized, is a finalist.  And his new tune, “Sweet Solitude," placed as a semi-finalist in the Folk category, bringing his award-winning song count to 27.

Bob received is 41st award for his original song, “Elusive Underbellies”, featured on his upcoming album, “Longing for Afterglow”.  This is a first time win for Elusive Underbellies.

ISC Award:

Bob received his 37th award for “Don't You Let the Darkness Drag You Down” from the 2024 International Songwriting Competition (ISC).  His original tune has been named a semi-finalist.

IAMA Award:

Bob received his 36th award for "Hope" which was a finalist in the 21st annual International Acoustic Music Awards competition in the Country/Bluegrass category.

Song of the Year Award:

Bob received his 33rd, 34th and 35th award.  "It Still Hurts" was a finalist in the 2024 Song of the Year contest.  Also, "Frozen Juices" earned a semi-finalist honor and "Chestnuts and Love" was a runner-up.

Unsigned Only Award:

Another songwriting-contest win for Bob’s original song: “Fallen King of the Cool”! His song placed as a semi-finalist in the 2024 Unsigned Only songwriting contest, in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. This song was released on Bob’s album “Still Sitting Backstage”, and rose to the top 1,000 slots, with almost 5,000 entrants to this contest.

You can listen to the tune at http://www.BobDavoli.com/music , also on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and other streaming sites.

IAMA award:

Congratulations on another songwriting award from the Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA).  Bob’s original song, “Hope”, was awarded a finalist in their 20^th Annual IAMA Songwriting Competition.  The contest receives entries from all over the world, with judging by major record labels like Sony/BMG, EMI, Warner, and Universal Music.

Listen to the award-winning song here on www.bobdavoli.com/music, or on Spotify at this link:  https://open.spotify.com/track/6EoX7G7q3A7NxzfEGdJahQ.  You can check out the other finalists on the IAMA website:  https://inacoustic.com/winners/

ISC award:

Another songwriting award from the International Songwriting Competition (ISC).  Bob was awarded semi-finalist for his original song, “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down”.  

You can listen to “Don’t You Let the Darkness Drag You Down” at Bob’s website:  www.bobdavoli.com/music, or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/track/0HNelWUPnN08qjqYhUw5kd.

You can find all the semi-finalists in the International Songwriting Competition at https://songwritingcompetition.com/winners.

Song of the Year Songwriting Contest:

Check out these multiple wins for Bob’s original tunes from the Song of the Year Songwriting Contest! Bob’s original tune “Twilight Lady” won the finalist award in the “Folk” category in their latest contest, which means it scored in the top-5 of all entrants in the Folk category. Not only that, but three more tunes also won awards: Bob’s tunes “Hope” and “On the Same Day” won Semi-Finalist awards, and “Transistor Radio and Me” won a Runner-Up award. This brings Bob’s total number of songwriting awards to 30 awards, and 21 awarded titles in the past six years.

You can listen to all these tunes on the music page of this site: www.bobdavoli.com/music. “Twilight Lady” and “Hope” are from Bob’s latest album “Nowhere Near”, released in September 2023. You can listen to the full album here: /album/2540829/nowhere-near

Check out the rest of the contest winners and finalists here: https://www.songoftheyear.com/winners_2023d.htm

Indie International Songwriting Contest:

Congratulations on another songwriting award from the Indie International Songwriting Contest! Bob was awarded “honorable mention” for his original tune, “Blank Pages”.
You can listen to the award-winning tune “Blank Pages” on the music page of this site, or on Spotify at this link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1rGBDBloiDQxNBUzmKArvt?si=cc1d37545ef34f53

Listen to the contest’s winning songs and other honorable mentions at this link: https://indieinternational.com/2023-songwriting-contest/2023winners/

Unsigned Only:

Another songwriting-contest win for Bob’s original song: “Fallen King of the Cool”! The tune placed as a semi-finalist in the 2023 Unsigned Only songwriting contest, in the Folk/singer-songwriter category. This song was released on Bob’s album “Still Sitting Backstage”, and rose to the top 1,000 slots, with over 6,000 entrants to this contest. 
  
You can listen to the tune on the Music page of this site, also on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and other streaming sites. 
  
Contest Finalists and winners will be announced in the coming weeks – you can see them all at this link, and good luck to all! 
https://unsignedonly.com/winners

Song of the Year Songwriting Contest:

Great news, Bob’s original tune “After the Dust Bowl” was awarded as a finalist in the “Song of the Year” songwriting competition’s first contest of 2023, in the “Folk” category! Check out the other finalists and winners here: https://www.songoftheyear.com/winners_2023a.htm 
  
Check out the tune on the music page of this site, and on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, and other online streaming sites.

Great American Songwriting Contest:

 Congratulations to Bob for another songwriting award, this one from the 24th Annual Great American Songwriting Contest! Over 1800 songwriters from 41 countries participated in 2022, and Bob’s original tune “Transistor Radio and Me” beat out the competition for the top 100 finalists across all categories. 
  
Listen to the award-winning tune on the music page of this site, and other major streaming sites. You can also watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Lfdtbi7NfbQ