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Thursday, February 8, 2024

2024 Juno Nominations Including Many Local Artists


As always, there are quite a number of local acts nominated for a Juno this year. We're keeping our fingers crossed for them. The main ceremony will be televised on March 24, 2024.

Below is a video of the official announcement.



Links: Juno AwardsMore Juno Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR

  • Kit King (Illustrator), Vanessa Heins (Photographer/Photographe) for THE LOVE STILL HELD ME NEAR – City and Colour (St. Catharines)
  • Carolyne De Bellefeuille (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Jessica Ledoux (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Mali Savaria-Ille (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Veronique Lafortune (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Leeor Wild (Photographer/Photographe) for INUKTITUT – Elisapie 
  • Heather Goodchild (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Colby Richardson (Designer/Concepteur), Colin Fletcher (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Sara Melvin (Photographer/Photographe) for MULTITUDES – Feist 
  • Nicolas Lemieux (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Mykaël Nelson (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Albert Zablit (Photographer/Photographe) for RIOPELLE SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 
  • Quinton Nyce (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Brodie Metcalfe (Designer/Concepteur), Davis Graham (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Kaylee Smoke (Photographer/Photographe) for I’M GOOD, HBU? – Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN | GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Bekka Ma’iingan by Zoon (Hamilton)
  • Here and Now by Aysanabee 
  • Scream, Holler & Howl by Blue Moon Marquee
  • Inuktitut by Elisapie 
  • Revolution by Shawnee Kish

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • A Light in the Attic by Logan Staats (Brantford)
  • The Returner by Allison Russell 
  • We Will Never Be The Same by Good Lovelies
  • Beyond The Reservoir by Julian Taylor 
  • Stand in the Joy by William Prince 

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

FAN CHOICE 

  • Walk off the Earth (Burlington)
  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Charlotte Cardin
  • Daniel Caesar
  • DVBBS
  • Karan Aujla 
  • Shubh 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd
  • ThxSoMch 

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Reverie by The Red River Ramblers (Halton Hills)
  • Sing. Pray. Love. by Joel Wood
  • LFS5 by Nimkii & the Niniis 
  • Mitòòdebi (For My Relatives) by The Bearhead Sisters 
  • Drum Nation by Young Scouts 

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Powder Blue by Begonia 
  • Multitudes by Feist 
  • Are We Good by Hayden 
  • Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher 
  • Revolution by Shawnee Kish 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Heavy Lifting by Amanda Marshall 
  • I Wish I Was Flawless, I’m Not by BANNERS 
  • To Be Loved, Vol. 1 by Josh Sahunta 
  • Run Where the Light Calls by Luca Fogale 
  • Wildflower by Steph La Rochelle 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Néo-Romance by Alexandra Stréliski 
  • 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin 
  • NEVER ENOUGH by Daniel Caesar 
  • Mirror by Lauren Spencer Smith
  • Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees by TALK

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Charlotte Cardin
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Lauren Spencer Smith
  • Shania Twain 
  • Tate McRae

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Connor Price 
  • Karan Aujla
  • LU KALA 
  • Shubh
  • TALK 

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Busty and the Bass 
  • Crash Adams
  • Good Kid 
  • Men I Trust
  • New West 
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
  • Big Words by ABC Singsong 
  • Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs, Vol. 1 
  • Love-a-By by Splash’N Boots 
  • Welcome to the Flea Circus by The Swinging Belles Independent
  • Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro Stick To Your Vision For Young Athletes

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

  • Bekah Simms: Bestiaries Cryptid Ensemble conducted byby Brian Current 
  • Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas Orchestre classique de Montréal, conducted by Jacques Lacombe 
  • Sibelius 3 & 4 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted byYannick Nézet-Séguin 
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, conducted by Rafael Payare
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)

  • Mythes by Andrew Armstrong & James Ehnes
  • Portrait: Alex Baranowski by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
  • Portrait by Cheng² Duo 
  • Il Ponte di Leonardo byConstantinople 
  • Basta parlare! by Les Barocudas 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)

  • Infinite Voyage by Barbara Hannigan 
  • Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4 by James Ehnes
  • Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles by Marc-André Hamelin
  • De Hartmann: Cello Concerto by Matt Haimovitz
  • mouvance by Suzie LeBlanc 

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

  • Simulacra by Amy Brandon
  • Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling by Dinuk Wijeratne
  • …and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them… by Emilie Cecilia LeBel
  • Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra by Iman Habibi 
  • Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Hands by Nicole Lizée

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Life of Leisure by Derek Seguin 
  • Never Was by Graham Clark 
  • A Lylebility by Kyle Brownrigg 
  • Sexiest Fish in the Lake by Laurie Elliott
  • SAP by Mae Martin

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR

  • For the Better by Aqyila
  • Never Enough by Daniel Caesar 
  • Heartbreak Hill by Jon Vinyl 
  • When It Blooms by Nonso Amadi
  • FACETS by Shay Lia

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • The Compass Project – South Album by Brett Kissel 
  • Right Round Here by Dean Brody
  • Do It Anyway by Jade Eagleson 
  • Ahead Of Our Time by James Barker Band 
  • Spillin’ My Truth by Tyler Joe Miller 

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • INFINITY CLUB by Bambii 
  • Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees by Harrison 
  • Creatures of the Late Afternoon by Kid Koala 
  • Synthetic Season 2 by Rich Aucoin 
  • No Highs by Tim Hecker 

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Zayon by FouKi 
  • Dans la seconde by Karkwa 
  • En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc) by Les Cowboys Fringants & l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
  • À boire deboutte by Salebarbes 
  • Non conventionnel by Souldia 

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Donte sann yo by Bel and Quinn 
  • Kizavibe by Kizaba 
  • SMS for Location Vol. 5 by Moonshine 
  • Okantomi by OKAN 
  • Soap Box by Waahli

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Néo-Romance by Alexandra Stréliski 
  • When we were that what wept for the sea by Colin Stetson
  • Calibrating Friction by Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis 
  • Fourth Album by Markus Floats 
  • Tesseract by Meredith Bates 

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Gettin’ Old by Luke Combs 
  • HEROES & VILLAINS by Metro 
  • One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen 
  • SOS by SZA 
  • 1989 (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

  • Migrations by Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble 
  • Septology-The Black Forest Session by Canadian Jazz Collective
  • Cry Me A River by Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band 
  • Recent History by Mike Murley & Mark Eisenman Quartet 
  • Convergence Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali Browntasauras/Independent

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

  • Day Moon by Christine Jensen 
  • Walls Made of Glass Gentiane MG TPR*Propagande/A-Train
  • Sonic Bouquet by Jocelyn Gould 
  • Twelve by Noam Lemish 
  • The South Detroit Connection by Russ Macklem 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR 

  • Of Woods and Seas by Alaskan Tapes (Andrew De Zen - Director)
  • Demons by  Allison Russell (Ethan Tobman - Director)
  • onetwostep (feat. juicelover) by des hume (Jordan Clarke - Director)
  • DAMN RIGHT by Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Sterling Larose - Director)
  • feral canadian scaredy cat by young friend (Sterling Larose & Zachary Vague  - Directors)

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin 
  • Mirror by Lauren Spencer Smith 
  • Saturn Return by Rêve 
  • Queen Of Me by Shania Twain 
  • Lost In Translation by Valley

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 

  • Hill Kourkoutis
  • Jason Brando, Lubalin, Mathieu Sénéchal & Sam Avant
  • Joel Stouffer
  • Shawn Everett
  • Wondagur

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR

  • bag or die by bbno$ 
  • Spin the Globe by Connor Price 
  • Crying Crystals by Haviah Mighty 
  • KAYTRAMINÉ by KAYTRAMINÉ 
  • PANIC by TOBi 

RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • American Nightmare by Belly 
  • Spinnin (feat. Bens) by Connor 
  • Honey Bun by Haviah Mighty 
  • Minimum Wage by Pressa 
  • Someone I Knew  by TOBi 

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR 

  • Denis Tougas
  • George Seara
  • Matty Green
  • Serban Ghenea
  • Shawn Everett

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

  • Stir This Thing by Ammoye 
  • Feel Like Home by Exco Levi 
  • Roots Girl by Jah’Mila
  • Dread by Kirk Diamond & Finn
  • Rush Dem (feat. 4Korners, Haviah Mighty) by Omega Mighty 

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Fearless by Crown Lands 
  • Formentera II by Metric
  • Blame My Ex by The Beaches 
  • Pretty Monster by The Blue Stones 
  • Glory by The Glorious Sons

SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

  • Confetti by Charlotte Cardin
  • Always by Daniel Caesar Republic*Universal
  • Pretty Girl Era by LU KALA 
  • A Little Bit Happy by TALK
  • greedy by Tate McRae 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

  • Allison Russell
  • Aysanabee
  • Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando & Lubalin
  • Nicholas Durocher & Connor Riddell
  • William Prince

TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Hello by Aqyila
  • Unbreakable by Jhyve
  • Where To Find Me by Katie Tupper
  • 9 to 5 by Luna Elle
  • Real World by RealestK

UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • Call My Name by BLOND:ISH Warner
  • Mad Mess by DJ Karaba
  • Could Be Wrong by LOSTBOYJAY
  • Eclipse by Peach 
  • Concorde Groove by Smalltown DJs 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Songwriter by Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe
  • You’re Alike, You Two by Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher 
  • Little Bit a’ Love by Denielle Bassels 
  • Our Roots Run Deep by Dominique Fils-Aimé 
  • Your Requests by Laila Biali 

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

GOOD LUCK! Local 2022 Juno Nominees + Complete List

Nominees for the 2022 Junos were announced recently. The televised ceremony will take place on May 15.

Links: Juno AwardsMore Juno Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR LOCAL NOMINEES!

Below is a complete list of nominees. Local nominees are bolded.

Album Artwork

  • Lyle Bell: STRIKE ME DOWN – Whitehorse (Hamilton)
  • Mykaël Nelson, Nicolas Lemieux , Albert Zablit - HISTOIRES SANS PAROLES – HARMONIUM SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Simon Leclerc 
  • Roberta Landreth - WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO KNOW? – Steve Bell 
  • Sarah Marcotte-Boislard: LA CIEL EST AU PLANCHER – Louis-Jean Cormier 
  • Sarah Marcotte-Boislard , Jules Boislard-Gauthier: ASTRONOMIE(SUITE) – Dany Placard 

Blues Album

Breakthrough Artist

  • 347aidan (Cambridge)
  • Faouzia 
  • JESSIA 
  • Pressa 
  • Tesher 

Children's Album

Comedy Album

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album

  • Moments - Movement Worship (Woodstock)
  • Songs Of The Lord - Jennifer Lewin 
  • For The Kingdom - Kevin Adams & Voices of Praise 
  • Vol 1 - Manic Drive 
  • No Greater Love - The Color 

Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group

  • War Club - DJ Shub (Six Nations)
  • When The Magic Hits - Adrian Sutherland 
  • Wild Whisper - Jayli Wolf 
  • Shawnee Kish - Shawnee Kish
  • Life After - Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

Country Album

Dance Recording

Group

Juno Fan Choice

  • 347aidan (Cambridge)
  • bbno$ 
  • Charlotte Cardin 
  • Forest Blakk 
  • JESSIA 
  • Justin Bieber 
  • Loud Luxury 
  • Pressa 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • The Weeknd 

Metal/Hard Music Album

  • Power Trio - Danko Jones (released by Hamilton's Sonic Unyon)
  • Bleed the Future - Archspire 
  • Lifeblood - Brand of Sacrifice 
  • Eternal Blue - Spiritbox 
  • Days Before The World Wept - The Agonist 

Recording Engineer

Rock Album

Traditional Roots Album

Adult Alternative Album

  • Wilds - Andy Shauf 
  • Live To Tape: Volume I – EP - Bahamas 
  • Inwards & Onwards - Half Moon Run 
  • All That Emotion - Hannah Georgas 
  • Ignorance - The Weather Station 

Adult Contemporary Album

  • Meet You at The Light - Desirée Dawson
  • Nothing is Lost - Luca Fogale 
  • The Outer Circle - Mathew V 
  • The Art of Falling Apart - Serena Ryder 
  • The Way You See Me - Tafari Anthony 

Alternative Album

  • Hope For Sale - Chiiild 
  • Death Of An Optimist - grandson 
  • When Smoke Rises - Mustafa 
  • If It Comes Down To It - Ruby Waters 
  • The Fool - SATE 

Artist

  • Charlotte Cardin 
  • JP Saxe 
  • Justin Bieber 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • The Weeknd

Breakthrough Group

  • Black Pistol Fire 
  • cleopatrick 
  • MONOWHALES 
  • Ocie Elliott 
  • Spiritbox

Classical Album (Solo)

  • Remote Together - Catherine Lee 
  • enargeia - Emily D’Angelo  
  • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes - Jan Lisiecki 
  • Songs for Murdered Sisters - Joshua Hopkins 
  • Introspection: Solo Piano Sessions - Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

Classical Album (Small Ensemble)

  • Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5  and Charles Richard-Hamelin 
  • Immersion - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
  • Klebanov: Chamber Works - ARC Ensemble 
  • No Time for Chamber Music - Collectif9 
  • 20C Remix - Standing Wave 

Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

  • Messiah/Complex - Against the Grain Theatre with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Debus 
  • Solfeggio L’Harmonie des saisons, conducted by Eric Milnes ft. Hélène Brunet 
  • Sibelius 3 Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 
  • L’HOMME ARMÉ Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, conducted by Andrew McAnerney 
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 & Symphonic Dances The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 
Classical Composition
  • Flight - Dorothy Chang 
  • Chamber Symphony No. 2 “Children’s War Diaries” - Jaap Nico Hamburger
  • Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra - Kati Agócs
  • Arras - Keiko Devaux 
  • Breathing in the Shadows - Saman Shahi 

Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording

  • Tabula Rasa - a l l i e 
  • Vibe for Me (Bob for Me) - Aqyila
  • Gifted - KALLITECHNIS 
  • Supernovas - k-os 
  • Take My Breath - The Weeknd 

Contemporary Roots Album

  • Prospect - AHI 
  • Outside Child - Allison Russell 
  • Without People - Donovan Woods 
  • My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider - Suzie Ungerleider 
  • Open House - The Fretless

Electronic Album

  • Out Here With You - ATTLAS 
  • Conviction - Sydney Blu Blu 
  • One More Saturday Night - The Halluci Nation 
  • Oasis Sky - TOR 
  • Catching Z’s - Zeds Dead 

Francophone Album

  • Impossible à aimer - Cœur de pirate 
  • Grignotines de Luxe - FouKi 
  • Le ciel est au plancher - Louis-Jean Cormier 
  • Acrophobie - Roxane Bruneau 
  • Toute beauté n’est pas perdue - Vincent Vallières 

Global Music Album

  • Kalasö Afrikana - Soul Sister 
  • Mendó - Alex Cuba 
  • Northside Kuisi, A New Tradition VOL.3 - Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music 
  • OYA - Donné Roberts 
  • SMS for Location Vol.4 - Moonshine 

Instrumental Album

  • Perséides - Cœur de pirate 
  • That Tall Distance - David Myles 
  • Madison Archives - Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick 
  • Then is Now Rhapsody in Blue - Jens Lindemann with Jon Kimura Parker, Matt Catingub & Canadian All Star JazzPops Orchestra Riverdale 
  • Hemenetset - Jorane L-A 

International Album

  • 30 - Adele
  • Planet Her - Doja Cat
  • SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo 
  • evermore - Taylor Swift Universal
  • F*ck Love 3+: Over You The Kid - LAROI 

Jazz Album (Group)

  • Worldview - Avataar 
  • Voyage intérieur - Christine Tassan Quintette 
  • The Prophet Esteban - Herrera Quintet 
  • Vegetables - Lina Allemano Four 
  • Arancina - The David Restivo Trio 

Jazz Album (Solo)

  • When Is Ancient? - Andrés Vial 
  • Aesthetics - Efajemue 
  • Bridges - Jesse Ryan 
  • Stranger Than Fiction-  Jon Gordon 
  • Change of Plans - Will Bonness 

Music Video

  • Ta main - Adrian Villagomez Ariane Roy 
  • Meaningless - Norman Wong Charlotte Cardin 
  • Neeye - Oli Shan Vincent de Paul & Kalainithan Kalaichelvan Shan Vincent de Paul, Navz-47 & Santhosh Narayanan 
  • La nuée - Vincent René-Lortie Simon Leoza 
  • Easy On Me - Xavier Dolan Adele 
  • Album
  • Phoenix - Charlotte Cardin 
  • Dangerous Levels of Introspection - JP Saxe 
  • Justice - Justin Bieber 
  • Wonder - Shawn Mendes 
  • TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD - Tate McRae 

Pop Album

  • Phoenix - Charlotte Cardin 
  • How Are You? - JESSIA 
  • Justice - Justin Bieber 
  • Wonder - Shawn Mendes 
  • TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD - Tate McRae 

Producer

  • Charlotte Day Wilson 
  • Chromeo
  • Kaytranada
  • WondaGurl
  • YogiTheProducer

Rap Album

  • See You Next Wednesday - Belly
  • Stock Exchange - Haviah Mighty 
  • Emergency Tsunami - NAV 
  • The Extravagant Collection - NorthSideBenji 
  • Gardner Express (Deluxe) - Pressa 

Rap Single

  • What I Like - anders and FRVRFRIDAY
  • edamame ft. Rich Brian - bbno$ 
  • BOLD - Charmaine 
  • 30,000 ft. NorthSideBenji & Dj Charlie - B NRTHRN 
  • Attachments ft. Taliban Glizzy - Pressa 

Reggae Recording

  • Herb Dream - Blessed 
  • By Any Means - Exco Levi 
  • Don’t Let It Get To You - Josemar 
  • Easy Now - Kairo McLean 
  • Too Ruff - Kirk Diamond and Finn 

Single

  • Make a Life, Not a Living - Brett Kissel
  • Meaningless - Charlotte Cardin
  • I’m not Pretty - JESSIA 
  • Peaches ft. GIVĒON - Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar 
  • Take My Breath - The Weeknd 

Songwriter

  • The Weeknd
  • Allison Russell
  • Charlotte Day Wilson
  • Mustafa Ahmed
  • TOBi
Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group
  • Kakike Fawn - Wood 
  • Singing Is Healing - Joel Wood 
  • Manitou Mkwa Singers II - Manitou Mkwa
  • Nang Giizhigoong - NIMKII & THE NINIIS 
  • Angel Eagle – Cree Round Dance Songs Young Spirit 

Traditional R&B/Soul Recording

  • ALPHA - Charlotte Day Wilson 
  • Alt Therapy - Emanuel 
  • Lost In You - Jon Vinyl 
  • 24hrs - Savannah Ré 
  • Love and Be Loved - Zenesoul ft. Aaron Ridge 

Vocal Jazz Album

  • You Are the Light and the Way - Alex Bird and The Jazz Mavericks
  • Earth Voices - Amanda Tosoff 
  • Now Pronouncing: Caity Gyorgy - Caity Gyorgy 
  • The Weight Of Hope - Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti 
  • Montreal (Live) - Holly Cole ft. Holly Cole Trio 

Underground Dance Single

  • Waves ft. Grace Tither - BLOND:ISH 
  • Hood Shit - Carlo Lio ft. MC Flipside 
  • Shadows In The Dark ft. Elliot Moss - HNTR 
  • All I Need (DJ-Kicks) - Jayda G 
  • Sobriety - KOREA TOWN ACID 

Links: Juno AwardsMore Juno Stories


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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Kitchener's Brian Vollmer (Helix) Forges a Dazzling, Classic Solo Album


Kitchener's Brian Vollmer has stepped out from the shadow of his legendary metal band Helix to forge a dazzling new solo disc, Get Yer Hands Dirty. He goes for a more classic rock vibe with lots o' boogie thrown in for good measure. The album's hard driving and guitar driven but there's a lot of soul and funkiness in its veins.

This remarkable collection features kick ass covers of The Sensational Alex Harvey BandRose TattooTerry ReidLong John Baldry, Slade, Fleetwood Mac and more. To top it off, there's two thrilling originals: When the Bitter’s Got the Better of You and Get Yer Hands Dirty

Vollmer's aided and abetted by a team of sensational musicians, including:
You can pick up a copy at the Helix online shopcdbaby and iTunes then crank it up!







Blast from the Past: Helix Nominated for Music Express Award

Links: Helix, More Helix Stories, Videos above courtesy of helixrockband

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