News Roundup (Jane's Party, Ian Andrews, Awards, Cartoons)

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Local

• CHCH Video: Jane's Party
  
  
  Links: Jane's Party , Video above courtesy of CHCH
  
  
• Ian Andrews is the winner of the 2018 Brian Griffith Bursary
  
  
  
  Links: Ian Andrews, More Ian Andrews Stories, Video above courtesy of Angelo NotoCampanella
  

Canada

• Fantavious Fritz Wins $15K Prism Prize

Canadian Songwriting Contest Winners

Winners

• Grand Prize - The Royal Foundry: Running Away
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of TheRoyalFoundry
  
  
• Adult Contemporary - Stacey Kay: Weight (On My Shoulders)
• Canadiana - Nico Tobias: Anthracite
• Country - Troy Castellano: I Can’t Blame Her
• Electronic - Talltale: Kill My Darlings (written by Tatiana Zagorac, Ari Rhodes)
• Francophone - Nicolas Gémus: Bunker De Tes Bras
• Hip Hop - Sadia: Gospels
• Jazz - Laila Biali: Satellite
• Live Performance - Kelsey Hayes: Is It Like That?
• Lyrics Only - John Kelly: Four Colours
• Pop - Running Red Lights: Salt 
• Rock - Liam Lewis-Sing: If I Gave You One More Day
• Singer Songwriter/Folk - Big Little Lions: Find Your Tribe
• Under 18 - Moscow Apartment: Orange
• Undiscovered: Aaron B. Thompson: Into the West

Local Honourable Mention

• Singer Songwriter/Folk: Safe as Houses (Kitchener): Alive
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Safe as Houses
  

BMI Pop Music Award Winners

Canadian winners listed below. Click title for full list.

• Alessia Cara: 1-800-273-8255 + Scars to Your Beautiful, Stay
• The Weeknd: I Feel it Coming, Starboy
• Niall Horan: Slow Hands (co-written by Canadian Tobias Jesso, Jr.)
• Shawn Mendes: There's Nothing Holding Me Back, Mercy

Talkin' Blues Podcast

• Samantha Martin
• Raoul Bhaneja

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News Roundup (Arkells, Iskwe, Smoke Wagon Blues Band)

Cool Music Cartoons

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News

Local

• CBC Music Video: Arkells Discuss Taylor Swift
  
  
  Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music
  
  
• Spec Story on Ron Sexsmith's Book
• Two videos of Iskwe on CBC's q Juno show: Part 1, Part 2
  
  
  
  
  
  Links: Iskwé, More Iskwé Stories, More q Stories, Videos above courtesy of CBC Music
  
  
• Hamilton Arts Award Nominees
• Terra Lightfoot and Arkells receive SOCAN No. 1 song awards
• Fraser Lovemen (of the Modbeats) passes

Canada

• April 2018 issue of Maple Blues
• Talkin Blues Podcast w Producer Dick Shurman
• Top 10 Finalists in the Canadian Songwriting Competition

World

• Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble named to Country Music Hall of Fame
• Peanuts Hucko 100th Birthday

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef popped to Stonewalls to check rock out to the Smoke Wagon Blues Band!

Click here for more pictures from the event



Links: Smoke Wagon Blues Band, More Smoke Wagon Blues Band Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B.Lous

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CONGRATS! Local Winner/Honourees of the 1st Canadian Songwriting Competition!

The inaugural Canadian Songwriting Competition finished up on May 2017 and songs by a number of area musicians were honoured by this fantastic contest. There were multiple categories and a huge grand prize.

The only local artist to win was Cambridge musician Shae Dupuy, who earned the top spot in the Country genre. Like all category winners, she wins $250 cash, recording time for a single, professional consultation and a subscription to Canadian Musician Magazine.



Links: Shae Dupuy, More Shae Dupuy Stories, Video above courtesy of Shae Dupuy

Three area songwriters were given honourable mentions in their categories: Burlington's Abby Hall (Under 18), JoJo Worthington (Gospel) from Waterloo and Guelph performer Mikalyn Hay (Pop).

Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Click here if you can't see the player above

Links: Abby Hall, Video above courtesy of Abby J Hall

Links: Mikalyn Hay, Video above courtesy of Mikalyn Hay Music

The Grand Prize winner was Ottawa's the Free whose song Freedom Island impressed the judges. His spoils include $5,000 cash, a round trip flight anywhere in Canada, consulting services, recording, mixing and mastering time, professional photography, a radio campaign and much more.

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Below is a complete list of winners and honourable mentions:

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Grand Prize Winner -  The Free: Freedom Island 

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Country

Winner - Shae Dupuy: Wishing On You (co-written by Mike Little, Drew Gregory)

Honourable Mentions

• Terry Maxwell: Made A Believer Out Of Me (co-written by Gary Lloyd)
• Beth Marie Anderson: Grow Up (co-written by Melissa Megan Nantais)

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Gospel/Inspiration

Winner – Kelly Bado: Hallelujah

Honourable Mentions

• JoJo Worthington: Pool of Bethesda
• Ayo Oni: Wonderful is Our God
• Jesse David Weeks: Somewhere In The Distance (co-written by Paul Burns)

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Pop

Winner – Ivory Hours: Warpaint (written by Luke Melnik aka Luke Roes)

Honourable Mentions

• Mikalyn Hay: Save Yourself (co-written by Tyler Simmons, Murray Daigle)
  
• Lovecoast: Motion (Written by Danielle Sweeney, Andrew Fraser, Jesse McNeill, Phil Hamelin, Mike Clement)
• Soul and Sister: La Cabane (written by Maude Lapierre)

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Under 18

Winner – Mathew Magneson: Mrs. Politeness

Honourable Mentions

• Keltie Monaghan: Someone Tell Her
• Gus McMillan: Young
• Abby Hall: One Word

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Folk/Singer/Songwriter

Winner – AHI: Ol’ Sweet Day

Honourable Mentions

• Ken Yates: Keep Your Head Down
• Luke Nicholson: Long May He Reign
• James Forest and the East Road: 10,000 Mornings (written by Jean-Michel Renaud)
• Michelle Willis: It’ll Rain Today

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Jazz/Soul

Winner – Elizabeth Shepherd: Seven Bucks

Honourable Mentions

• Shirantha Beddage: Momentum (for Bernard Hermann)
• Amanda Tosoff: Living in the Past (co-written by by Lloyd Tosoff  + Ted Tosoff)
• The Jessica Stuart Few: Shame On You

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Rock

Winner – Ria Jade: Number One

Honourable Mentions

• Terence Jack: Eastern Rise
• Matt Blais: Everything Connected (co-written by Brian Moncarz)
• Government Town: Home (written by Michael Harmel)
• Julian Taylor Band: Heard Good Things (co-written by Jeremy Elliott, Denis Martel)

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Adult Contemporary

Winner – Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs: Act Like We’re In Love

Honourable Mentions

• Michael Kaeshammer: Late Night Train (co-written by John Goodwin)
• Michael Kaeshammer: Sweet Grace (co-written by Ron Lopata, Joel Parisien)
• Tiffany Desrosiers: Love’s a Losing Game

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Musique Francophone

Winner – Yao: Dans le sang (co-wwritten by Sonny Black)

Honourable Mentions

• Yao: Nomade (co-written by Wilson Jr Leon, Alexandre Duguay, Mikail Standjofski, Sonny Black
• Devin Ashton-Beaucage: La Chute de l’idéalisme
• Mélanie Brulée: Antidote du doute (co-written by Anique Granger)

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Aboriginal

Winner – Julian Taylor Band: Just A Little Bit (co-written by Kinnie Starr, Robert Priest)

Honourable Mentions

• Alexis Lynn: Weak
• Electric Religious: Marionette (written by Brandon Baker)

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Celtic/Maritime

Winner – Kyle Burghout: The Kettle Valley Railway / Clouds in the Kootenays

Honourable Mentions

• John Palmer: Pender Island
• Dale Boyle: My Birmingham
• Government Town: Christmas Song (written by Michael Harmel)

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Electronic

Winner – I M U R: Swirl (written by Jenny Lea)

Honourable Mentions

• The Free: Mango
• Jonathan Hughes: Daughters
• Global Party Starters: Tonight (written by Hussein Alidina, Adam H, Don Wolf)
• Torro Torro: Designed 4 U (written by Evan Norton, Mike Gonek, Andrew Lin)

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Hip-Hop/RnB

Winner - Damian La Grange: Beautiful Distraction

Honourable Mentions

• Global Party Starters: Is It Too Late (written by Hussein Alidina, Faze Jumani)
• Jenna: Drunk and Dreamin (written by by Jenna Glatt, Kinetics & One Love
• Damian La Grange: Handouts
• Kokophonix: Gone (written by Nikolas Hook Nilsson)
• Malika Tirolien: Revolution (co-written by Emrical, Rawn Cana)

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Live Performance

Winner - Rebecca Hope: The Light

Honourable Mentions

• Henry Norwood: There But for the Grace of God
• Claire Kuzmyk: Puzzle Pieces
• Jim Schaming: Up Up and Away

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