GOOD LUCK! Tons of Local Nominees at 2016 Toronto Independent Music Awards

There are quite a few local nominees at 2016's Toronto Independent Music Awards! They'll be up for some major hardware on Friday, September 30 at the Revival Bar in T.O.

In the jazz categories, both Hamilton jazz sensation Brad Cheeseman Group and Erin Jazzman Monty Greig are up for Best Jazz Instrumental  and Best Jazz Vocal respectively.



Links: Monty Greig, More Monty Greig Stories, Video above courtesy of Monty Greig

Country music is also well represented with nods for Emma Elena Grace (Waterdown), Tianna Woods (Burlington), and Anthony Tullo (Oakville).  Emma's also in the running for Best Singer Songwriter.



Video above courtesy of Anthony Tullo

Other nominees include Hidden Roots Collective (ft Hamilton's Annie Sumi), Oakville's Ivy James, St. Catharine's indie band, Limestone Chorus, Rockwood singer/songwriter Wes Mason, Waterloo Flamenco guitarist Juneyt (2 nominations) and Port Colbourne duo Extreme Flute (2 nominations).



Links: Hidden Roots Collective, More Annie Sumi Stories, Video above courtesy of Sudbury.com

GOOD LUCK!

Here's a complete list of nominees.

Folk or Roots:

• Hidden Roots Collective
• The Marrieds
• Taylor Holden
• Chanelle Albert

Singer-Songwriter:

• Emma Elena Grace
• Sarah Smith
• Sydney Delong
• Lauren Haze
• Samara York

Country:

• Emma Elena Grace
• Anthony Tullo
• Tianna Woods
• Leah Daniels
• Gina Horswood

Jazz Instrumental:

• Brad Cheeseman Group
• Turbo Street Funk
• Mike Field
• Brownman Electryc Trio
• Roger Chong Quartet

Jazz Vocal:

• Monty Greig
• Ori Dagan
• Turbo Street Funk
• Natasha Roldan
• Adam David Halsey with vocalist Nitasha Randhawa

World:

• Bill McBirnie and Bruce Jones, Extreme Flute
• Juneyt Yetkiner
• Vandana Vishwas
• Trinity Mpho
• Los Poetas

Young Songwriter:

• Wes Mason
• Melanie Frade
• Karina Wipper
• Lyric Dubee
• Brighid Fry
• Sophia Radisch

Instrumental or Classical:

• Extreme Flute
• Juneyt Yetkiner
• NUA
• Luau or Die

Indie:

• Limestone Chorus
• girlongirl
• VALLEY
• Sky Terminal
• Dress Black

Music Video (Long List):

• The Nursery: Digital Ashes
• Countermeasure: Opera Somnia
• Leah Daniels: Your Kiss is Killing Me
• Danielle Knoll: Alive
• Lyric Dubee: Young and Restless
• We Are: Dufferin 83
• The Marrieds: Fingers Crossed
• Jutes: Cocaine Cinderella
• Honey Beard: Hummingbird
• Pyramid Theorem: Drive
• Tremayne: City Lights
• Last Bullet: Sin
• KINK: In My Eyes
• Red Handed Denial: Collector

International:

• Gov
• Caritos Plaza
• Napkin
• Holy Bouncer
• The Recipe

Adult Contemporary:

• Julian Taylor Band
• Ivy James
• Mermaids Exist
• Angela Saini
• Park Eddy

Urban:

• Leondro
• Michael Mazze
• Jae Ari
• Jutes
• Fresh Kils
• Promise

Rock or Loud:

• Van Halst
• Fallen Heirs
• Last Bullet
• ONFIILM
• Seven Symphonies

Pop or Electronic:

• Tafari Anthony
• Lori Nuic
• Michael Mazze
• Countermeasure
• Jo3Y Q

Out-Of-Province:

• Bridgeway
• Brittany McQuinn
• Cynthia Hamar
• ERA9
• We Were Lovers
• The Statistics

USA:

• Wolkoff
• International Show
• Kevin Chambers
• Lucky Patrick
• The Wolves of Chernobyl
• Frank Castle

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners (and more news items)

Links: Toronto Independent Music Awards, More TIMA Stories

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