GOOD LUCK! 2016 Junos Get Local!

The nominees for the 2016 Junos were recently announced and, as always, quite a few local artists earned some much-deserved recognition.  Hopefully, they'll be boasting a few awards come April 3, 2016 when the ceremony is televised from Calgary this year.

Industry veterans, LeE HaRVeY OsMOND (Contemporary Roots Album) and Harrison Kennedy (Blues Album) will be representing Hamilton.  So will Whitehorse (Adult Alternative Album, Producer, Recording Engineer) and The City Harmonic (Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album).



Links: Lee Harvey Osmond, More Lee Harvey Osmond Stories, Video above courtesy of Latent Recordings



Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories, Video above courtesy of Andrea Cassis

Other local nominees include Burlington rockers Walk Off The Earth (Fan Choice, Group, Producer), St. Catharines' City and Colour (Artist, Songwriter, Producer), Daniel Romano (Adult Alternative Album) from Welland and Six Nations performer Derek Miller (Aboriginal Album).



Links: Derek Miller, More Derek Miller Stories, Video above courtesy of Silverheels Records

Top nominees include The Weeknd (6), rapper Drake (5) and pop sensation Justin Bieber (5).

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!

Click here for the winners: Part 1, Part 2

From the Media: Hamilton Spectator, Burlington Post

Here are some highlights:

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM 

• LeE HaRVeY OsMOND: Beautiful Scars
• Alan Doyle: So Let’s Go
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Power In The Blood
• Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
• Frazey Ford: Indian Ocean

BLUES ALBUM 

• Harrison Kennedy: This Is From Here
• Big Dave McLean: Faded But Not
• Blackburn: Brothers In This World
• David Gogo: Vicksburg Call
• Michael Jerome Browne: Sliding Delta

ARTIST 

• City and Colour
• Drake
• Justin Bieber
• Shawn Mendes
• The Weeknd

SONGWRITER

• Dallas Green (City and Colour)
• Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)
• Béatrice Martin (Cœur de Pirate)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Tobias Jesso Jr. (Adele, Solo)

FAN CHOICE

• Walk Off The Earth
• Alessia Cara
• Carly Rae Jepsen
• Cœur de Pirate
• Dean Brody
• Drake
• Justin Bieber
• Shawn Hook
• Shawn Mendes
• The Weeknd

GROUP

• Walk Off The Earth
• Hedley
• Marianas Trench
• Metric
• Three Days Grace

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM

• Whitehorse: Leave No Bridge Unburned
• Daniel Romano: If I’ve Only One Time Askin’
• Joel Plaskett: The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
• Mo Kenney: In My Dreams
• Tobias Jesso Jr.: Goon

ABORIGINAL ALBUM 

• Derek Miller: Rumble  
• Armond Duck Chief: The One
• Black Bear: Come and Get Your Love: The Tribe Session
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Power In The Blood
• Don Amero: Refined

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM 

• The City Harmonic: We Are
• Amanda Cook: Brave New World 
• Dan Bremnes: Where The Light Is
• Matt Maher; Saints and Sinners 
• Tim Neufeld: TREES - Chapter 2 

PRODUCER

• Dallas Green (City and Colour) (co-producer Karl Bareham) 
• Thomas "Tawgs" Salter (Scott Helman, Walk Off The Earth)
• Bob Ezrin (Johnny Reid)
• Henry "Cirkut" Walter (R. City, Maroon 5)
• Steve Webster and Emilie-Claire Barlow

RECORDING ENGINEER

• Gus Van Go (Whitehorse)
• Liam O'Neil (Metric)
• Noah "40" Shebib (Drake)
• Serban Ghenea (The Weeknd)
• Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes)

SINGLE

• Alessia Cara: Here
• Drake: Hotline Bling
• Justin Bieber: What Do You Mean?
• Ria Mae: Clothes Off
• The Weeknd: Can’t Feel My Face

ALBUM

• Drake: If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
• Jean Leloup: À Paradis City
• Justin Bieber: Purpose
• Shawn Mendes: Handwritten
• The Weeknd: Beauty Behind the Madness

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

• Alessia Cara
• Francesco Yates
• Scott Helman
• Tobias Jesso Jr.

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP

• Dear Rouge
• Half Moon Run
• Milk and Bone
• The Elwins
• Young Empires

COUNTRY ALBUM

• Autumn Hill: Anchor
• Brett Kissel: Pick Me Up
• Dean Brody: Gypsy Road
• High Valley: County Line
• Paul Brandt: Frontier

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM 

• Diana Krall: Wallflower
• Don Amero: Refined
• Jann Arden: A Jann Arden Christmas
• Johnny Reid: What Love Is All About
• The Tenors: Under One Sky

ROCK ALBUM

• Bryan Adams: Get Up
• Death From Above 1979: The Physical World
• Matthew Good: Chaotic Neutral
• Nickelback: No Fixed Address
• The Sheepdogs: Nostalgia 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM

• Alex Pangman: New
• Dan Brubeck Quartet: Live from the Cellar
• Emilie-Claire Barlow: Clear Day
• Jaclyn Guillou: This Bitter Earth
• Tara Kannangara: Some Version of the Truth

JAZZ ALBUM: SOLO

• Al Muirhead: It's About Time
• Curtis Nowosad: Outside Dialectics
• Rich Brown: Abeng
• Robi Botos: Movin' Forward
• Tara Davidson: Duets

JAZZ ALBUM: GROUP 

• Allison Au Quartet: Forest Grove
• Brad Turner Quartet: Over My Head
• Jerry Granelli Trio: What I Hear Now
• Mark Kelso and The Jazz Exiles: Stealing From My Youth
• Peripheral Vision: Sheer Will of Tyranny

TRADITIONAL ROOTS 

• J.P. Cormier: The Chance
• Jayme Stone: Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project
• Old Man Luedecke: Domestic Eccentric
• Pharis and Jason Romero: A Wanderer I’ll Stay
• The Wainwright Sisters: Songs In The Dark

WORLD MUSIC ALBUM 

• Alex Cuba: Healer
• Boogat: Neo-Reconquista
• Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra: Revuelta Danza Party
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra: Moorka
• The Souljazz Orchestra: Resistance

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM

• Adele: 25
• Hozier: Hozier
• Meghan Trainor: Title
• One Direction: Four
• Vance Joy: Dream Your Life Away

VIDEO (director in parenthesis)

• Death From Above 1979: Virgins (Eva Michon)
• Pup: Dark Days (Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Chandler Levack)
• Sonreal: For the Town (Peter Huang)
• Kalle Mattson: Avalanche (Philip Sportel)
• Adele: Hello (Xavier Dolan)

Click here for the complete list

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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