The upcoming A2IM Libera Awards, taking place June 10 in New York, NY, will honor Louis Posen of Hopeless Records with a lifetime achievement award. The ceremony, focused on "independent music visionaries" has 38 categories.
Hopeless draws attention due to a commitment to a positive community impact, highlighted by Sub City, a non-profit project of The Hopeless Foundation. The 30 year-old label initially focused on punk/ska bands in the 1990s and has more than 400 releases thus far, including records from a wide range of artists such as Guttermouth, Dillinger Four, Mustard Plug, Thrice, Avenged Sevenfold, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Neck Deep, and The Wonder Years.
Previous winners include Martin Mills (Beggars Group), Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy Records), Bruce Iglauer (Alligator Records), Patricia Chin (VP Records), Mike Curb (Curb Records), Ani DiFranco (Righteous Babe Records), Brett Gurewitz (Epitaph/ANTI-), Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop), Seymour Stein (Sire Records) and Al Bell, Estelle Axton, Jim Stewart, and Deanie Parker (Stax Records).
