GOOD LUCK! Local 2022 Canadian Country Music Award Nominees

A number of area artists were nominated for 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA). Hopefully, a few of them will return home with the hardware after the ceremony on September 11, 2022 in Calgary.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Below is a complete list of nominees (local artists are bolded) 

Click here for the winners.

Creative Director(s)

• Austin Chaffe (Reklaws - Cambridge) 
• Mitchell Nevins (Tim Hicks - St. Catharines)
• Alee
• Chris Cavill, Chris Doi, Kyle McKearney, Jeffrey Ojeda
• Bronwin Parks

Fan's Choice

• The Reklaws (Cambridge)
• Tenille Arts
• Dean Brody
• Jade Eagleson
• High Valley
• James Barker Band
• Brett Kissel
• Tyler Joe Miller
• Robyn Ottolini
• Dallas Smith
• Tenille Townes

Fiddle

• Linsey Beckett (Brantford)
• Tyler Beckett (Brantford)
• Denis Dufresne
• Julie Kennedy
• Mike Sanyshyn

Group or Duo

• The Reklaws (Cambridge)
• High Valley
• Hunter Brothers
• James Barker Band
• Tim & The Glory Boys

Interactive Artist

• The Reklaws (Cambridge)
• Hailey Benedict
• Aaron Goodvin
• Hunter Brothers
• James Barker Band

Radio Station (Large Market)

• CHKX-FM – Hamilton, ON
• CFCW – Edmonton, AB
• CJJR-FM – Vancouver, BC
• CJKX-FM – Oshawa, ON
• CKKL-FM – Ottawa, ON

Radio Station (Medium/Small Market)

• CKDK-FM – Woodstock, ON
• CHCQ-FM – Belleville, ON
• CJXL-FM – Moncton, NB
• CKGY-FM – Red Deer, AB
• CKLJ-FM – Olds, AB

Record Producer

• Danick Dupelle, Tebey Ottoh (Burlington) - Single: Tebey - What Was I Drinking 
• Deric Ruttan - Single: Tim Hicks - Whiskey Does
• Dan Davidson - Single: Hailey Benedict - Wanted You To
• Danick Dupelle - Single: Tyler Joe Miller- Wild As Her
• Joey Moi- Single: Dallas Smith - Hide From A Broken Heart

Rising Star

• Nate Haller (Waterloo)
  
  
  
  Links: Nate Haller, Reklaws, More Reklaws Stories, Brett Kissel, More Brett Kissel Stories, Video above courtesy of Nate Heller
  
  
• Josh Ross (Burlington)
  
  
  
  Links: Josh Ross, Video above courtesy of JOSS ROSS
  
  
• Hailey Benedict
• Andrew Hyatt
• Sacha

Songwriter(s)

• Whiskey Does - Tim Hicks (St. Catharines) (Co-written by Monty Criswell, Deric Ruttan)
• Girl Who Didn’t Care  - Tenille Townes) (co-written by Steph Jones, David Pramik)
• Pickup  - MacKenzie Porter (co-written by Will Bundy, Lydia Vaughan)
• Rebel Phase - The Prairie States (written by Matthew Cardinal, Doc de Groot, Jay Der, Jeff Dick, Mike Nash, Aaron Pollock, Chris Yurchuck) 
• Right On Time - Lindsay Ell (co-written by Jordan Schmidt, Geoffrey Warburton)

Specialty Instrument

• Shane Guse (Waterloo)
• Johnny Gasparic
• Mitch Jay
• Connor Riddell
• Katie Rox

Steel Guitar Player

• Chris Altmann (Hamilton)
• Doug Johnson
• Mitch Jay

Video

• Whiskey Does – Tim Hicks
  
  
  
  Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Video above courtesy of Tim Hicks
  
  
• Girl Who Didn’t Care – Tenille Townes
• Heaven On Dirt – Gord Bamford
• High School – Nice Horse
• More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’ – Jade Eagleson, Dean Brody
• Pickup – MacKenzie Porter
• Relationship Goals – Steven Lee Olsen

Video Director

• Ben Knechtel (One of the videos: Somewhere To Drink by Nate Haller, The Reklaws - Cambridge, Brett Kissel)
• Stephano Barberis
• Codi McIvor
• Travis Nesbitt
• Ryan Nolan 

Album

• Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass – Gord Bamford
• Heart On My Glass – Meghan Patrick
• Honkytonk Revival – Jade Eagleson
• Masquerades – Tenille Townes
• Nothing Is Meaningless – Don Amero

Alternative Country Album

• Diamonds In The Desert – Jason Blaine
• Down-Home – Kyle McKearney
• Homebound – Twin Kennedy
• Songs My Friends Wrote – Corb Lund
• Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection. Vol 4: Let’s Smile Again – Stompin’ Tom Connors

Bass

• Lisa Dodd
• Justin Kudding
• Mark Rynkun
• Brandi Sidoryk
• Holt Stuart-Hitchcox

Booking Agency

• Action Entertainment Collaborative
• The Feldman Agency
• Invictus Entertainment Group
• Paquin Artists Agency
• Sakamoto Agency

Country Music Program or Special

• Christmas Time With Tenille Townes – Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
• A Kissel Country Christmas – Bak 2 Bak Entertainment Inc., CFCW
• Pure Country Top 50 Of 2021 Hosted By Shannon Ella With Special Guests Dustin Lynch & MacKenzie Porter – Bell Media
• The Road Less Travelled – Stingray
• Wise Woman, The Show – Mallory Johnson, Twin Kennedy

Country Personality

• Wendy Boomer – CKBY-FM
• Shannon Ella – Pure Country
• Paul Ferguson – CHCQ-FM
• Jason McCoy – Pure Country
• Greg Shannon, Stella Stevens – CFCW

Drummer

• Matthew Atkins
• Spencer Cheyne
• Flavio Cirillo
• Rich DaSilva
• Krista Wodelet

Entertainer

• Tenille Arts
• James Barker Band
• Brett Kissel
• Dallas Smith
• Tenille Townes

Female Artist

• Tenille Arts
• Lindsay Ell
• Robyn Ottolini
• Meghan Patrick
• MacKenzie Porter
• Tenille Townes

Guitar

• Ryan Davidson
• Matt McKay
• Tara McLeod
• Chad Murphy
• Brennan Wall

Industry Person

• Paul Biro – Sakamoto Agency – Vice President and Operating Partner
• Steve Coady – Warner Music Canada – Vice President, Radio Promotion
• Mike Denney – MDM Recordings Inc. – President
• Brianne Deslippe – Big Loud Records – VP International
• Bobby Wills – Willing Entertainment – Director and General Manager

Keyboard

• Mike Little
• Brendan Waters
• Scott Wilkinson

Male Artist

• Dean Brody
• Jade Eagleson
• Brett Kissel
• Tyler Joe Miller
• Dallas Smith

Management Company

• Big Loud Management
• The Core Entertainment
• Invictus Entertainment Group
• MDM Artist Management Services
• Starseed Entertainment

Music Publishing Company

• Anthem Entertainment
• Big Loud Publishing
• Sony ATV Music Publishing
• Warner Chappell Music Canada

Record Company

• Big Loud Records
• MDM Recordings Inc.
• Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
• Universal Music Canada
• Warner Music Canada

Recording Studio

• Barrytone Studios – Miramichi, NB
• Bart McKay Productions – Saskatoon, SK
• MCC Recording Studio – Calgary, AB
• OCL Studios – Chestermere, AB
• Revolution Recording – Toronto, ON

Retailer

• Amazon Music
• Apple Music
• Spotify Canada Inc.

Single

• All Night To Figure It Out – Jade Eagleson
• Boy Like Me – Aaron Goodvin
• Girl Who Didn’t Care – Tenille Townes
• Make A Life, Not A Living – Brett Kissel
• More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’ – Jade Eagleson, Dean Brody
• Over All Over Again – James Barker Band
• Tailgate To Heaven  – Shawn Austin (Feat. Chris Lane)

Talent Buyer or Promotor

• Paul Biro – Sakamoto Agency
• Dan Clapson – Blue Jay Sessions
• Jim Cressman – Invictus Entertainment Group
• Brooke Dunford – Republic Live
• Adam Oppenheim – Stampede Entertainment Inc.

Links: Canadian Country Music Association, More CCMA Stories

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