GOOD LUCK! Local Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees

The Canadian Folk Music Awards recently unveiled the nominees for their 10th annual celebration and three talented, area musicians will be up for awards. Hopefully, a few of them will take home the hardware on November 19, 2017 at the ceremony in Ottawa.

The Hidden Roots Collective (featuring Hamilton's Anni Sumi) is in the The New/Emerging Artist of the Year category. 

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

Former Guelphite Stephen Fearing leads the pack of nominees with four nods (Solo Artists of the Year, English Songwriter of the Years, Contemporary Singer of the Year and Producer of the Year).



Links: Stephen Fearing, More Stephen Fearing Stories, , Video above courtesy of Lucky Dice

Last, but not least, Waterloo's Danny Michel is in the running for Producer of the Year and The Oliver Schroer Pushing The Boundaries Award)



Links: Danny Michel, More Danny Michael Stories, Video above courtesy of  Danny Michel

GOOD LUCK GUYS!

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Here's a complete list of nominees

The New/Emerging Artist

• Hidden Roots Collective (ft Hamilton's Anni Sumi)
• Silent Winters
• Ken Yates
• Braden Gates
• The Bombadils

Solo Artist

• Stephen Fearing
• Zachary Lucky
• BEYRIES
• Leeroy Stagger
• Amelia Curran

English Songwriter(s)

• Stephen Fearing
• Oh Susanna
• Scott Cook
• Ken Yates
• Amelia Curran

Contemporary Singer

• Stephen Fearing
• Oh Susanna
• Abigail Lapell
• Lisa LeBlanc
• Coco Love Alcorn

Producer(s)

• Stephen Fearing and David Travers-Smith (Stephen Fearing: Every Soul’s A Sailor)
• Danny Michel and Rob Carli (Danny Michel: Khlebnikov)
• Jim Bryson (Oh Susanna: A Girl In Teen City)
• Joel Plaskett (Bill and Joel Plaskett: Solidarity
• Amelia Curran and Chris Stringer (Amelia Curran: Watershed)

Pushing The Boundaries

• Danny Michel
• Shreem
• Mélisande
• Turkwaz
• Tanya Tagaq

Young Performer

• Moscow Apartment
• Quin Etheridge-Pedden
• Keltie Monaghan
• The Wolfe
• John Muirhead

French Songwriter(s)

• Patrice Michaud
• Luc De Larochellière
• Les Hay Babies
• Philippe B
• Catherine Durand

Aboriginal Songwriter(s)

• Lisa Muswagon
• Julian Taylor Band
• Twin Flames
• Cindy Paul
• Desiree Dorion

World Group

• MAZ
• Turkwaz
• Beyond The Pale
• Twin Flames
• Kobo Town

World Solo Artist

• Louis Simão
• Farnaz Ohadi & The Mashregh Ensemble
• Kelly Bado
• Briga
• Maneli Jamal

Traditional Album

• Jayme Stone: Folklife
• André Brunet: La grosse maison rouge
• Còig: Rove
• Jenny Whiteley: The Original Jenny Whiteley
• Cassie and Maggie: The Willow Collection

Traditional Singer

• Dave Penny
• Hannah Shira Naiman
• Mélisande Gélinas-Fauteux (Mélisande)
• Maggie MacDonald (Cassie and Maggie)
• Sarah Jane Scouten

Contemporary Album

• The Fretless: Bird’s Nest
• Abigail Lapell: Hide Nor Hair
• Tomato Tomato: I Go Where You Go
• Braden Gates: Much Rather Be Sleeping
• Leif Vollebekk: Twin Solitude

Instrumental Group

• Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
• The Fretless
• Scott Macmillan and Colin Grant
• Beyond The Pale
• MacIsaac and MacKenzie

Instrumental Solo Artist

• Don Ross
• Roberto López
• Glenn Chatten
• André Brunet
• Maneli Jamal

Vocal Group

• The Big East
• The Bombadils
• Twin Flames
• Coco Méliès
• Cassie and Maggie

Ensemble 

• Mama’s Broke
• Silent Winters
• 100 mile house
• The Jerry Cans
• Cassie and Maggie

Children’s Album

• Jessie Farrell: Chirp Chirp Happy
• Fred Penner: Hear The Music
• Ginalina: Home Is Family
• Stella Swanson and the Rosie Joyfuls: Pants on Backwards
• Madame Diva et Micah le jeune voyageur: Zing-E-Zing!

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: CFMA, More CFMA Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local and Canadian Native American Music Award Nominees! VOTE!

Fort Erie's DJ Shub was recently nominated for three 2017 Native American Music Awards (Song/Single + 2 Music Video nominations).  Many other Canadian artists were also given nods in various categories.



Links: Carsen Gray, DJ Shub, More DJ Shub Stories, Video above courtesy of Carsen Gray

You can help our local talent by voting (CLICK HERE)! Winners will be announced October 14, 2017.

Here's a complete list of nominees. Canadians are bolded:

Song/Single

• Carsen Gray ft DJ Shub: Wanna See You
• Joey Stylez and Sten Joddi: Urban Nativez
• Calina Lawrence: Alcatraz
• Melissa Doud with the Mambo Surfers: Bullet Dress 
• Spencer "Lightfoot" Wiley Wizick:  Father
• Marcia Chum-Sackaney: If Only
• Wolfsheart, Roy Pete, Jose Feliciano: Red Dust On Route 66
• Mickie James: Shooting Blanks
• Kelly Jackson: Wake Up

Music Video (Conceptual )

• DJ Shub ft Northern Cree Singers: Indomitable
• Carsen Gray ft DJ Shub: Wanna See You
• B. of Dakota South Records: Come and Get Your Love
• Painted Raven: Lady of the Lake
• Son of Hweeldi: Me and The 99
• Lucas Ciliberti: Springfields

New Artist or Debut Artist

• Billy Simard
• Jean Albert Renaud (JAR)
• JuQ
• Kokopelli Girl
• Lucas Ciliberti
• Rose Angel

Female Artist 

• Cindy Paul
• Kelly Derrickson
• Rhonda Head
• Callie Bennett
• Danielle Egnew
• Radmilla Cody

Country Recording 

• Billy Simard: Being Free
• Kelly Derrickson: I Am
• Jean Albert Renaud (JAR): I Ride Horses
• Rob Saw: Native Americana Volume 1
• Lucas Ciliberti: Rainmaker
• Danielle Egnew: You’ve Got to Go Back the Way That You Came

Folk Recording 

• Cindy Paul: The Flight
  
  
  
  Links: Cindy Paul, Video above courtesy of Cindy Paul
  
  
• Sayani: Desert Wind
• Shining Woman and Otsigeya: Keeper of the Family 
• Joanne Shenandoah and Bambi Niles: One World Christmas
• Josh Halverson: Year of the Thunderbird

Record 

• Various: Music From Turtle Island: Songs of Freedom
• Cherokee National Youth Choir: Celebration
• Nahko and Medicine For The People: Hoka
• Various: One World Many Voices 
• Various Artists: Sacred Inspirations
• Josh Halverson: Year of the Thunderbird

Music Video (Performance)

• Kelly Derrickson: Suicide Song 
• Shining Soul: All Day
• Looking Wolf: Ascension
• Josh Halverson: Just Enough
• The Cody Blackbird Band: Promised Land
• Kelly Jackson: Wake Up

Best Pop Recording 

• Broken Walls: The Path
• Cherokee National Youth Choir: Celebration
• Irv Lyons Jr: Doing It All
• NDN Soul: Give It My All
• JuQ: Tempo: A Short Story by juQ

Music Video (Narrative)

• Rellik: The Hour (Mama’s Song)
• Prolific The Rapper w/ A Tribe Called Red: Black Snakes (Six Nations)
• Nahko and Medicine For The People: Love Letters To God
• Artson ft Supaman and Quese Imc: Never Give Up
• Komplex Kai: Rise Up
• Taboo and Various Artists: Stand Up/Stand N Rock #NoDAPL

Duo/Group

• Northern Cree 
• Broken Walls
• Cherokee National Youth Choir
• Looking Wolf
• R. Carlos Nakai Quartet
• The Cody Blackbird Band

Gospel/Inspirational Recording 

• Rhonda Head: Kisahkihitan
  
  
  
  Links: Rhonda Head, Video above courtesy of Rhonda Head
  
  
• Elvis Ballantyne: Victory Road
• Conrad Benally: Always and Forever 
• Callie Bennett: Awake, Arise and Shine
• Redleaf Ministries: Embraced by The Light
• Verdell Primeaux and Leon Skyhorse: The Storm Awakens

Pow Wow Recording

• Northern Cree: It’s A Cree Thing
• Young Bear: Belongs to The People
• Southern Style: Blacked Out
• Cheevers Toppah: Sing To Your Lady
• Black Bear Brothers: Songs from Cheyenne Creek

Rap/Hip Hop/RnB Recording 

• Rellik: The Dream
• Shining Soul: Politics Aside
• Artson: Reverse Through Time
• Sten Joddi: The 7th Generation Prophecy
• Gabriel Yaiva and DJ SOE: Vision

Artist

• C.C. Murdock
• James Edmund Greeley
• Josh Halverson
• Perry Cheevers Toppah
• Randy McGinnis
• Vince Redhouse

New or Debut Duo/Group 

• Black Bear Brothers 
• Craig Elkshoulder, Janelle Turtle, Nelson Turtle Jr.
• Crazy Flute
• Joanne Shenandoah and Bambi Niles 
• Shining Soul
• Steven Rushingwind and The Native Groove

Flutist

• Looking Wolf
• Jonah Littlesunday
• Matthew Tooni
• Randy McGinnis
• Steven Rushingwind and The Native Groove
• Vince Redhouse

Male Artist

• Artson
• Anthony Benally
• Clark Tenakhongva
• Conrad Benally
• Jonah Littlesunday
• Levi Platero

Rock/Blues Recording 

• Son of Hweeldi: 019910 
• The Cody Blackbird Band: Live From Chicago 
• Bluedog: Red-White and Blues
• C.C. Murdock: Resistance
• Cecil Gray Native Blues: Saddle Mountain Blues
• Levi Platero: Take Me Back

Native Heart (Non Native)

• Bearheart Kokopelli: Native Heart
• Jefferson Svengsouk: Peaceful Journey
• Jonny Lipford: Waves of Serenity
• Lex Nichols: Songs of the Plains
• Peter Phippen: Solace
• Timothy J.P. Gomez: The Awakening

Instrumental Recording

• Painted Raven: Crossroads
• Michael Longrider and Lester “Seven Star” Greenwood: Empty Cradle 
• Steven Rushingwind and The Native Groove: Fuego
• Vince Redhouse: Songs of the Earth
• Randy McGinnis: The Journey  - hi a vi si i
• R. Carlos Nakai Quartet: What Lies Beyond

Native American Church Recording 

• Craig Elkshoulder, Janelle Turtle, Nelson Turtle Jr.: Cheyenne Peyote Songs
• Jarvis Hunter: Family Tradition 
• Kelly Daniels: Maskiki Awasis 
• DonJay Nelson: New Beginning
• Cheevers Toppah: Simplicity
• Irvin Bahe: Songs of the Good Way of Life

Traditional Recording 

• James Edmund Greeley: Before America 
• Anthony Benally: Humble Expressions
• Jiiniikwe: Joyful
• Radmilla Cody: Ke’ Hasin
• Cheevers Toppah: Sing To Your Lady
• Long and Steady Drizzle: Su’Vu’Yo’ Yungw

Waila Recording 

• Papago Warrior: 10 Years of P-Dub’n
• Native Creed: Creed and Culture 
• Pick-Up Kings: From Us to You
• Native Creed: Otra
• Famous Ones: Versatile Music 2

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Native American Music Awards, More NAMA Stories

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