GOOD LUCK! 2016 Niagara Music Award Nominations

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 will be a big night for the Niagara region.  The 9th Annual Niagara Music Awards takes place at Battlefield Centre (United Church) and there'll be a huge celebration of the local music scenes.

Nominations were release a while back and the top nominee was Thorold singer/songwriter Cory Cruise with 8 nods.  St Catharines Rockers Savour The Moment are second with 7 nominations.

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Here's a complete list of nominees

Folk Artist:

• Deborah Frappier
• Ron Hurst

Country Artist:

• Cory Cruise
• Deborah Frappier
• Jay Diem Band

Adult Contemporary Artist:

• Bryan Sorensen Groove Trio
• Cory Cruise
• Jay Diem Band

Rock Group:

• Avenue Inn
• Blindside Incentive
• The Advancing Low Lives
• The Maysides
• The Rogue Collective
• Savour The Moment
• Vinyl Flux

Original Group:

• Avenue Inn
• Bryan Sorensen Groove Trio
• Back In The Daze
• Savour The Moment
• Theatre Crisp

Female Vocalist:

• Chloe Rabideau
• Spitt

Male Vocalist:

• Chris Scott
• Cory Cruise
• Jay Diem 
• Josh
• Kevin Teng
• Savour The Moment
• Thunderclap!

Original Song:

• Bryan Sorensen Groove Trio: Jealous Of Your Phone 
• Chloe Rabideau: Blossom
• Deborah Frappier:  Where I Belong
• Cory Cruise: Always Be My Girl
• Kevin Teng: Poison
• Mel Monaco: You’re Mine
• MJ Laflair: Country Soul
• Savour The Moment: Closer
• Spencer Mackenzie: Devil Under Her Skin
• Theatre Crisp: Growing Up
• The Rob Graham Band: Biological Waste
• The Rogue Collective: Stagnant Stereo

Music Video:

• Kevin Teng: Pray For The World
• Limestone Chorus: Words and Water
• Mel Monaco: Single Again
• The Rogue Collective: Stagnant Stereo
• Thunderclap!: The Future Is Here
• Spurts: Moving Along

New Group:

• Eklectik
• The Maysides
• Too Much Of Jon
• Savour The Moment

New Artist:

• Deborah Frappie
• Jakob Bell
• Josh
• Kevin Teng
• Ron Hurst
• Savour The Moment
• Spitt
• The Maysides

Songwriter:

• Cory Cruise
• Mel Monaco
• Savour The Moment
• Spencer Mackenzie
• Spitt
• Theatre Crisp
• The Rob Graham Band
• Thunderclap!

Album:

• Cory Cruise: 1221
• Jae Ari: #TCBW
• Josh Mills: From The Heart
• Spencer Mackenzie: Infected With The Blues
• The Jay Diem Band: Off The Floor
• The Maysides: Loved And Lost

Best Bar Band:

• Cory Cruise
• Off The Record
• Renegade
• Rock Of ‘80s
• 351 Cleveland
• The Rogue Collective
• Spencer Mackenzie and Band

People’s Choice:

• Cory Cruise
• David Dablock Tyrell
• Josh Coulter
• Spitt
• The Rob Graham Band

Instrumental:

• Kevin Richard Hotte
• Paul Layton

Producer Of The Year:

• Chris Dipardo
• Dean Malton
• Kyle Whittaker
• Rabby Teng

Engineer:

• Chris Curry
• Daniel Belasco
• Jay Baty
• Kyle Whittaker

Progressive Rock:

• Avenue Inn
• Blindside Incentive

Electronic Dance Music:

• Glass Apple Bonzai
• Kevin Teng
• Ryan Smith
• The Status Update
• Todd Murphy
• Unit 42

Hip Hop Artist:

• Awol
• Ezec
• Josh
• Kevin Teng
• Theatre Crisp
• Sese

Heavy Metal Artist:

• Blindside Incentive
• Dorian Gray

Punk Artist:

• Blindside Incentive
• Lost Generation
• The Maysides

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Links: Niagara Music Awards, More NMA Stories

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