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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Throwback Thursday: 2009 Juno Award Winners + Nominees

Original Post: March 29, 2009

Expanded & Updated Post: May 8, 2025




On Sunday, March 29, the 2009 Junos were handed out.

Below is a complete list of winners (bolded and at the top of the category) and nominees.
Local artists are in italics.

Producer of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
  • City and Colour (St. Catharines), "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl"



    Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy [PIAS]

  • Nathan Ferraro, "Never Again", "Change For You", "Unaware" (The Midway State)
  • Hedley, "Old School", "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (with Dave Genn), "Never Too Late" (with Greig Nori) (Hedley)
  • Alanis Morissette, "Underneath", "Not As We", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" (Alanis Morissette)
  • Gordie Sampson, "When I Said I Would" (Whitney Duncan), "Just A Dream" (Carrie Underwood), "Davey Jones" (Gordie Sampson)
Dance Recording of the Year
Music DVD of the Year
Children's Album of the Year
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Blues Album of the Year
* released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
Artist of the Year
Group of the Year
Adult Alternative Album of the Year
Recording Engineer of the Year
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year
Rock Album of the Year
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)
Video of the Year
New Artist of the Year
  • Lights
  • Jessie Farrell
  • Crystal Shawanda
  • Kreesha Turner
  • Nikki Yanofsky
New Group of the Year
  • The Stills
  • Beast
  • Cancer Bats
  • Crystal Castles
  • Plants and Animals
Fan Choice Award
Album of the Year
  • Dark Horse, Nickelback
  • Famous Last Words, Hedley
  • Lost in the 80's, The Lost Fingers
  • 70’s Volume 2, Sylvain Cossette
  • Simple Plan, Simple Plan
Aboriginal Recording of the Year
Alternative Album of the Year
  • Oceans Will Rise, The Stills
  • The Chemistry of Common Life, Fucked Up
  • In the Future, Black Mountain
  • Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
  • Soft Airplane, Chad VanGaalen
CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year
Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)
Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)
  • Homage, James Ehnes
  • Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano, Anton Kuerti
  • Schubert: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
  • Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske, Angela Hewitt
  • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87, David Jalbert
Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)
  • Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels, Ensemble Caprice
  • Bach and the Liturgical Year, Shannon Mercer and Luc Beauséjour
  • Handel: Arias, Karina Gauvin
  • Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings, Gerald Finley
  • The Voice of Bach, Daniel Taylor
Francophone Album of the Year
Instrumental Album of the Year
International Album of the Year
  • Viva La Vida, Coldplay
  • Black Ice, AC/DC
  • Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses
  • Death Magnetic, Metallica
  • Sleep Through the Static, Jack Johnson
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
  • Embracing Voices, Jane Bunnett
  • A Bend in the River, Roberto Occhipinti
  • Existential Detective, Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble
  • Rasstones, François Bourassa Quartet
  • The Sicilian Jazz Project, Michael Occhipinti
Traditional Jazz Album of the Year
Pop Album of the Year
World Music Album of the Year
Single of the Year
Classical Composition of the Year
  • "Flanders Fields Reflections", John Burge
  • "From the Dark Reaches", T. Patrick Carrabré
  • "Manhattan Music", Bramwell Tovey
  • "Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written", Timothy Corlis
  • "Song of Songs", Sid Robinovitch
Country Recording of the Year
  • Beautiful Life, Doc Walker
  • Chasing the Sun, Tara Oram
  • Dawn of a New Day, Crystal Shawanda
  • Thankful, Aaron Pritchett
  • What I Do, George Canyon
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
Rap Recording of the Year
Reggae Recording of the Year
  • "Everything", Humble
  • "Jah Lift Me Up", Blessed
  • "Renegade Rocker", Dubmatix
  • "The Peacemaker's Chauffeur", Jason Wilson
  • "Truth Will Reveal", Souljah Fyah
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Friday, September 22, 2023

Happy First Day of Fall! Videos by Matt Mays, Loralee McGuirl, Diana Panton


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Thursday, April 27, 2023

2023 Hamilton Arts Awards Shortlist Nominees (including our founder/blogger)


Recently, the 2023 Hamilton Arts Awards Shortlist was announced, celebrating all the great artistic talent the Hammer has to offer. Luis Pereira, our founder and blogger is also up for an Arts Champion award.

A word from Luis:
I'm honoured to be nominated among such great company. Hamilton's such a creatively diverse city and this recognition really helps get the word out that there's amazing art emmanating from Hamilton. Good luck to every one.
Below is the complete Shortlist


Arts Champion (up to 4 awards, non-monetary award)
Lifetime Achievement (1 award to be won, $2,500)
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! 

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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Spring Begins! Videos by Sarah Harmer, Boxcar Ben, Diana Panton

Links: Sarah Harmer, More Sarah Harmer Stories, Video above courtesy of Mysticlies

Links: Boxcar Ben, Video above courtesy of Boxcar Ben

Links: Diana Panton, More Diana Panton Stories, Video above courtesy of Diana Panton - Topic

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

2023 Juno Nominees (including tons of local acts)


Nominees for the 2023 Junos were recently announced and lots of local artists are in the running. Good luck on March 12-13 during the ceremony in Edmonton.

Below is a complete list of winners. Local acts are bolded.

Adult Contemporary Album

Alternative Album

Blues Album

Breakthrough Group

  • Harm & Ease (Burlington)
  • Banx & Ranx 
  • Rare Americans 
  • Tommy Lefroy 
  • Wild Rivers 

Children's Album

Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

  • Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley 
  • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec, conducted by Matthias Maute, featuring Karina Gauvin 
  • Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, “Los Angeles” I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni 
  • Viola Borealis Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault 

Contemporary Roots Album

  • O Glory - Blackie and The Rodeo Kings (Hamilton, Guelph)
  • That Was You and Me - Fortunate Ones 
  • Hold on to Love - Shakura S’Aida Independent
  • Come Morning - The Bros. Landreth 
  • House of Dreams - The East Pointers

Country Album

  • Good Ol’ Days - The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Way Back - High Valley 
  • Honkytonk Revival - Jade Eagleson 
  • Bronco - Orville Peck 
  • Masquerades -  Tenille Townes 

Dance Recording

  • Spiral - Rezz (Niagara Falls)
  • Afterglow - Bob Moses and Kasablanca 
  • Shinigami Eyes - Grimes 
  • These Nights feat. KIDDO - Loud Luxury 
  • CTRL + ALT + DEL - Rêve 

Electronic Album

Fan Choice 

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Avril Lavigne 
  • Lauren Spence-Smith 
  • MacKenzie Porter 
  • Preston Pablo 
  • Rêve
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd 
  • Tyler Shaw 

Group

Instrumental Album

Producer

  • Murda Beatz (Fort Erie)
  • Akeel Henry 
  • Banx & Ranx
  • KAYTRANADA
  • Mike Wise

Rap Single

Vocal Jazz Album

  • blue - Diana Panton (Hamilton)
  • Featuring - Caity Gyorgy 
  • Venez donc chez moi - Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer 
  • Nikki By Starlight - Nikki Yanofsky 
  • The Ostara Project - The Ostara Project 

Adult Alternative Album

  • Born Losers - Altameda
  • The Garden - Basia Bulat 
  • Being Somewhere - Dan Mangan 
  • Colder Streams - The Sadies 
  • How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars - The Weather Station 

Album

  • WHO HURT YOU? - Ali Gatie
  • Love Sux - Avril Lavigne 
  • Demons Protected By Angels - NAV 
  • i used to think i could fly - Tate McRae 
  • Dawn FM - The Weeknd 

Album Artwork

  • Emy Storey (Art Director, Designer, & Photographer), Becca McFarlane and Pamela Littky (Photographer): CRYBABY – Tegan and Sara 
  • Ian Ilavsky (Art Director & Designer), Maciek Szczerbowski (Illustrator): EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE – Esmerine 
  • Jud Haynes (Art Director & Designer): KUBASONGS – Kubasonics 
  • Kee Avil (Art Director), Lawrence Fafard (Photographer): CREASE – Kee Avil 
  • Lights (Art Director & Illustrator), Virgilio Tzaj (Designer), Matt Barnes (Photographer): PEP – Lights 

Artist

  • Avril Lavigne 
  • Lauren Spencer-Smith
  • Michael Bublé 
  • Shawn Mendes
  • The Weeknd 

Breakthrough Artist

  • Dax 
  • Devon Cole 
  • Preston Pablo 
  • RealestK 
  • Rêve

Classical Album (Small Ensemble) 

  • Nagamo - Andrew Balfour and musica intima 
  • Hemsi: Chamber Works - ARC Ensemble 
  • Vagues et ombres - collectif9 
  • Early Italian Cello Concertos - Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme 
  • De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle - Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron 

Classical Album (Solo)

  • Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 - Bruce Liu 
  • Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 - David Jalbert 
  • La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland - Isabel Bayrakdarian 
  • Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - James Ehnes 
  • Fables - Philip Chiu 

Classical Composition

  • An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being - Anthony Tan 
  • Bestiary I & II - Bekah Simms 
  • The Black Fish - Keyan Emami 
  • Prayers for Ruins - Nicole Lizée 
  • Supervillain Études - Vincent Ho 

Comedy Album

  • Let Me Hold Your Baby - Courtney Gilmour 
  • Splash Pad - Jackie Pirico 
  • A Person Who Is Gingerbread - Jon Dore 
  • Here Live, Not A Cat - Matt Wright 
  • Things Black Girls Say – The Album -  Zabrina Douglas 

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album

  • Into The Wild - Dan Bremnes 
  • TRUST - Daniel Ojo 
  • Jordan St. Cyr - Jordan St. Cyr 
  • Only Ever Always - Love & The Outcome 
  • The Church Will Rise - Tehillah 

Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group

  • Watin - Aysanabee 
  • Zhawenim - Digging Roots 
  • Code Red - Indian City 
  • Beyond The Reservoir - Julian Taylor 
  • The Crossing - Susan Aglukark 

Contemporary R&B Recording

  • When Flowers Bloom - Adria Kain 
  • If I Get Caught - dvsn 
  • No Longer in the Suburbs - Dylan Sinclair 
  • YESSIE - Jessie Reyez 
  • WTF - Savannah Ré  

Francophone Album

  • medium plaisir - Ariane Roy 
  • Mercure en mai - Daniel Bélanger 
  • PICTURA DE IPSE : Musique directe - Hubert Lenoir 
  • Crash Les - Louanges 
  • Chiac Disco - Lisa LeBlanc

Global Music Album

  • In the Footsteps of Rumi - Ghalia Benali Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian 
  • Thieves of Dreams - Lenka Lichtenberg
  • José Louis And The Paradox Of Love - Pierre Kwenders 
  • Vox.Infold - Ruby Singh 
  • Tradisyon - Wesli  

International Album

  • = - Ed Sheeran 
  • Harry’s House - Harry Styles 
  • MONTERO - Lil Nas X 
  • Midnights - Taylor Swift 
  • Red (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift 

Jazz Album (Group)

  • Semantics - Andrew Rathbun Quintet 
  • Talk Memory - BADBADNOTGOOD 
  • The History of Us - Carn Davidson 9 
  • Desert Bloom - Florian Hoefner Trio 
  • The Dragon’s Tail - Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles 

Jazz Album (Solo)

  • Joy - Ernesto Cervini 
  • A Little Louder Now - Lauren Falls 
  • El Tinajon - Luis Deniz 
  • Rumba - Rafael Zaldivar 
  • Kinds of Love - Renee Rosnes 

Metal/Hard Music Album

  • Psychic Jailbreak - Cancer Bats 
  • Merciless Destruction - Get The Shot 
  • Paid In Full - Skull Fist 
  • Synchro Anarchy - VOIVOD 
  • Thought Form Descent - WAKE 

Music Video

  • Fraud - Jessie Reyez (directed by Emma Higgins)
  • Unholy feat. Kim Petras  - Sam Smith and Kim Petras (directed by Floria Sigismondi)
  • Have Mercy - Chlöe (directed by Karena Evans)
  • Different Than Before - Amanda Sum (directed by Mayumi Yoshida)
  • Remember Me For Me feat. Lily Moore  - SonReal and Lily Moore (directed by Sterling Larose)

Pop Album

  • In The Meantime - Alessia Cara 
  • Love Sux - Avril Lavigne 
  • The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen 
  • i used to think i could fly - Tate McRae 
  • Dawn FM - The Weeknd 

Rap Album/EP

  • GONZO - Boslen 
  • Retrospected (Acoustic) - Classified 
  • The Fleur Print Vol. 2 - Jazz Cartier 
  • Demons Protected By Angels - NAV
  • Shall I Continue? - TOBi

Recording Engineer

  • Derek Hoffman
  • George Seara
  • Gus van Go
  • Jason Dufour
  • Serban Ghenea

Reggae Recoding

  • Water Ammoye - Lulaword
  • Like A Star - Celena 
  • Jah Love - Exco Levi 
  • In The Streets - Kairo McLean 
  • Reggae Party feat. Kairo McLean & Finn - Kirk Diamond, Kairo McLean and Finn

Rock Album

  • Otherness - Alexisonfire
  • Crisis Of Faith - Billy Talent 
  • Get Rollin’ - Nickelback 
  • Outta Sight - The Sheepdogs 
  • EXPLOSIONS - Three Days Grace 

Single

  • Bite Me - Avril Lavigne 
  • Flowers Need Rain - Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx 
  • When You’re Gone - Shawn Mendes 
  • she’s all i wanna be - Tate McRae 
  • Sacrifice - The Weeknd 

Songwriter

  • The Weeknd
  • CITIZENS
  • Tate McRae
  • Tenille Townes
  • TOBi

Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group

  • kâkîsimo ᑳᑮᓯᒧᐤ - Cikwes 
  • Katajjausiit - Iva & Angu
  • Mikwanak Kamôsakinat - Joel Wood 
  • Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning - Northern Cree 
  • Unbreakable - The Bearhead Sisters 

Traditional R&B/Soul Recording

  • Please Do Not Lean feat. BADBADNOTGOOD - Daniel Caesar 
  • PALISADE - Jon Vinyl 
  • All I Need - SAFE 
  • Last One feat. Dylan Sinclair - Savannah Ré 
  • HOW TO MAKE LOVE - THEHONESTGUY 

Traditional Roots Album

  • Hurricane Clarice - Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves 
  • 20 printemps - Le Vent du Nord 
  • Narrow Line - Mama’s Broke 
  • Tell ‘Em You Were Gold - Pharis & Jason Romero 
  • The Empress - The McDades 

Underground Dance Single

  • Debonair - Bensley 
  • Aye Aye - BLOND:ISH and Cameron Jack 
  • The Time Is (Now) - Fred Everything 
  • I Knew Techno - Greg Gow 
  • Easy - Tiga 

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Sunday, May 22, 2022

GOOD LUCK! 2022 Hamilton Arts Awards Short List

From the Hamilton Arts Awards website:

These remarkable local artists, arts collectives, arts community leaders and volunteers have been named to the 2022 City of Hamilton Arts Awards Short List in three categories:

Creator Award (29 shortlisted)

Conferred to individual artists and artistic collectives (including bands) working in any artistic discipline and at any career level.

Arts Champion Award (3 shortlisted)

Honours the work of arts sector volunteers, advocates, or board members who are essential in supporting success in the arts community.

Lifetime Achievement Award (5 shortlisted)

Recognizes those who have contributed substantially to the artistic vitality of the city over the course of a career.

Award recipients will be selected by a jury of leading arts professionals. Recipients to be announced in the coming weeks all will be celebrated at a multi-venue celebration on June 9, 2022 as part of Hamilton Arts Week in association with the Hamilton Arts Council.

Here's the complete short list. Music-related nominees are bolded.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Arts Champion

Creator Awards
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Thursday, January 30, 2020

GOOD LUCK! Local 2020 Juno Nominees


Hopefully, at the next Juno ceremony on March 15, 2020 we'll see a number of local acts winning the coveted awards. There are quite a few nominees from the area.

CLICK HERE FOR THE WINNERS

As always, Hamilton is well represented with Lee Harvey Osmond (Contemporary Roots Album of the Year), Whitehorse (Blues Album of the Year), iskwē (Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year), Dirty Nil (Rock Album of the Year), Electric Youth (Electric Album of the Year),  Ernesto Cervini (Jazz Album of the Year - Group), Diana Panton (Children's Album of the Year).

The surrounding area also has its share of artists who got the Juno nod: Burlington's Walk off the Earth (Group of the Year, Pop Album of the Year), City and Colour from St. Catharines (Adult Alternative Album of the Year) and Cambridge Country stars the Reklaws (Group of the Year).

Click here for the Hamilton Spectator Story

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

 Contemporary Roots Album
Blues Album
  • The Northern South Vol. 2 by Whitehorse 
  • Pocket Full Of Nothin’ by Big Dave McLean 
  • Mad Love by Dawn Tyler Watson
  • Hand Me Down Blues by Durham County Poets
  • That’s Where It’s At by Michael Jerome Browne 
Adult Alternative Album
Music Video
Rock Album
  • Master Volume by The Dirty Nil 
  • …but for the sun by Big Wreck
  • PEOPLESKILLS by Headstones
  • Order In Decline by Sum 41 
  • A War On Everything by The Glorious Sons
Electric Album
Jazz Album (Groups)
Children's Album
Group
Pop Album
Juno Fan Choice
  • Alessia Cara
  • Ali Gatie
  • Avril Lavigne
  • bbno$ 
  • Justin Bieber 
  • Loud Luxury 
  • NAV
  • Shawn Mendes
  • The Weeknd
  • Tory Lanez
Single
  • Out Of Love by Alessia Cara
  • Sweet Little Lies by bülow
  • La Di Da by Lennon Stella
  • Hang Ups by Scott Helman
  • Señorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
International Album
  • Thank U, Next vy Ariana Grande
  • WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish
  • No.6 Collaborations Project by Ed Sheeran
  • Free Spirit by Khalid
  • Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone
Album
  • The Pains Of Growing by Alessia Cara
  • INSCAPE by Alexandra Stréliski 
  • Shine A Light by Bryan Adams
  • love by Michael Bublé
  • Bad Habits by NAV
Artist
  • Alessia Cara
  • Bryan Adams
  • Jessie Reyez 
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Tory Lanez
Breakthrough Artist
  • Alexandra Stréliski
  • Ali Gatie
  • bbno$
  • Lennon Stella
  • Tenille Townes
Breakthrough Group
  • Hunter Brothers
  • Neon Dreams
  • Palaye Royale
  • The Blue Stones
  • Valley
Songwriter
  • Alessia Cara
  • bülow
  • Patrick Watson
  • Tenille Townes
  • Tim Baker
Country Album
  • V by Aaron Goodvin
  • The Fall by Dallas Smith
  • Black Sheep by Dean Brody
  • State of Mind by Hunter Brothers
  • Wild As Me by Meghan Patrick
Alternative Album
  • Destroyer by Black Mountain
  • Foxwarren by Foxwarren 
  • Here Comes The Cowboy by Mac DeMarco 
  • Pony by Orville Peck 
  • Morbid Stuff by PUP
Vocal Jazz Album
  • Nothing Never Happens by Bria Skonberg 
  • Stay Tuned! by Dominique Fils-Aimé 
  • MONTRÉAL vy Elizabeth Shepherd 
  • Wishes by Jazz Affair
  • Friday by Monkey House 
Jazz Album (Solo)
  • MiGRATIONS by Jacques Kuba Seguin 
  • UNSTOPPABLE by Joel Miller 
  • Black Sea Suite by John Stetch
  • Absolutely Dreaming by Ted Quinlan 
  • The Chronicles of Fezziwig by The Mark Kelso Jazz Project
Instrumental Album
  • INSCAPE by Alexandra Stréliski
  • The Silent Wish by Bill McBirnie with Bernie Senensky 
  • Calm and Cents by Kevin Hearn 
  • SymphRONica UpfRONt by Ron Davis’ SymphRONica 
  • Toothsayer by Tanya Tagaq
Francophone Album
  • Après by Fred Pellerin 
  • L’étrange pays by Jean Leloup Grosse 
  • La nuit des longs couteaux by Koriass 
  • La nuit est une panthère by Les Louanges
  • Tout ça pour ça by Loud Joy Ride
Classical Album (Solo or Chamber)
  • detach by Angela Schwarzkopf 
  • Alone and Unalone by Ensemble Paramirabo 
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12 by James Ehnes
  • Elles Marina Thibeault and Marie-Ève Scarfone 
  • John Zorn: Cat O’Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori and Kol Nidre Quatuor Molinari 
Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
  • The Bound of our Dreams by Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada, conducted by Alexander Shelly 
  • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos by Jan Lisiecki with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 
  • Sibelius 1 by Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin  
  • The John Adams Album by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano 
  • Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin 
Classical Album (Vocal or Choral)
  • When There Is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio by Chor Leoni Men’s Choir 
  • Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge by Gerald Finley 
  • Handel: Dixit Dominus; Bach and Schutz: Motets Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted by Lisette Canton 
  • Summer Night by Peter Barrett, Martha Guth, Allyson McHardy, Helen Becqué 
  • Schubert: Winterreise by Philippe Sly with Le Chimera Project 
Classical Composition
  • Evta by Ana Sokolović ATMA*Naxos
  • “Everything Is… Distorted” by Bekah Simms 
  • Under Sea, Above Sky by Jared Miller 
  • The Coming of Sobs by Rose Bolton 
  • Kickin’ It 2.0 by Vincent Ho 
Rap Recording
  • 88GLAM2 by  88Glam 
  • Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change by Classified 
  • Light Path 8 by KILLY 
  • Bad Habits by NAV 
  • Freaky by Tory Lanez 
Dance Recording
  • Love Me by Felix Cartal and Lights 
  • Only When It Rains by Frank Walker x Astrid 
  • I’m Not Alright by Loud Luxury and Bryce Vine
  • Gravity by RALPH 
  • We Found Love by Sultan + Shepard x Showtek 
RnB/Soul Recording 
  • Black Dove by Amaal 
  • CASE STUDY 01 by Daniel Caesar 
  • Feel It Too by Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez and Tainy
  • The Gumption by Tanika Charles 
  • Chixtape 5 by Tory Lanez 
Reggae Recording 
  • Wah Gwaan by Exco Levi 
  • Jah Children by Jay Douglas 
  • The Warning Track by Lyndon John X 
  • Never Broken by Petraa Fearless 
  • Another Man by STORRY 
Indigenous Artists or Group
  • Stories from a Downtown Apartment by Celeigh Cardinal
  • Yellowstone by Digawolf I
  • nipiy nêhiyawak 
  • Siqinnaarut by Northern Haze 
  • ataataga Riit 
Traditional Roots Album
  • Once A Day by April Verch 
  • By Appointment Or Chance by Miranda Mulholland 
  • Sketches by Natalie MacMaster 
  • Sugar and Joyby  The Dead South 
  • Assiniboine and The Red by The Small Glories
Contemporary Gospel or Christian
  • The Heart Of Christmas by Brian Doerksen 
  • Pursue by Brooke Nicholls
  • Wherever I Go by Dan Bremnes 
  • ILL Street Blues by Fresh IE 
  • The Advent Of Christmas by Matt Maher 
World Music Album
  • BAROKAN Djely by Tapa Disques 
  • Sombras by OKAN 
  • Africa Without Borders by Okavango African Orchestra
  • Risorgimento by Romina Di Gasbarro 
  • Galactic Gala by Silla and Rise 
Producer 
  • Ben Kaplan
  • Derek Hoffman
  • Jon Levine
  • Michael Wise
  • Steve Bays
Recording Engineer
  • George Seara
  • Jason Dufour
  • Ryan Worsley
  • Vic Florencia
Album Artwork
  • SELECTIONS FROM CUPHEAD by Kristofer Maddigan 
  • THE SUPERHERO SUITE by Kevin Hearn and Friends 
  • BLOODCRUSH/BLOODMYTH by Ensign Broderick 
  • CASE STUDY 01 by Daniel Caesar 
  • MALICE, MERCY, GRIEF and WRATH by Belle Plaine 
Metal/Hard Music Album
  • Evolution by Kobra And The Lotus
  • Martyr by Lindsay Schoolcraft 
  • Through A Wall by Single Mothers 
  • Play to Win by Striker 
  • Orphans by The Agonist
Adult Contemporary Album
  • Shine A Light by Bryan Adams
  • Unplugged Vol. 1 by Lauren 
  • Both Sides by Marc Jordan 
  • Melt by Nuela Charles
  • Empower by Renée Lamoureux
Comedy Album
  • General Anxiety Disorder by Adam Christie 
  • Straight White Fail by Jarrett Campbell 
  • The Abyss Stares Back by Monty Scott
  • Lil Bit of Buddle by Sophie Buddle
  • I’m Not Well by Steph Tolev 
Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

 Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories
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Friday, February 22, 2019

News Roundup (Covenant Awards, James Anthony, Brant Parker, Blues Pirates)

Reality Check

More Musical Toons

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  • Collaboration: Infinitely More and Drew Brown - My Soul Is Spoken For



    Links: Infinitely More, Drew Brown, Video above courtesy of InfinitelyMoreBand

  • Instrumental Song: Drew Brown- Shadows and Light
  • Rap Song: Drew Brown and Cyril Guerette - Good Friday
  • Seasonal Album: Drew Brown - Beauty Bright
  • Artist: The Color
  • Album: The Colour - First Day Of My Life
  • Album Artwork Design: Brian Doerksen - Grateful (art by Roberta Landreth)
  • Children's Album: Q-Town - Break Free
  • Children's Song: Brad Guldemond and Greg Sykes - Even More
  • Country Song: Rosemary Siemens, Billy Sprague and Joe Beck: Heavenly Harvest
  • Country/Southern Gospel Album: Canada's Double Portion - There Is More
  • Female Vocalist: Brooke Nicholls
  • Folk Album: Infinitely More - The Beauty Of The One
  • Folk Song: Brian Doerksen - Scars On His Hands
  • Francophone Album: Mylen Quéry - Amour
  • Francophone Song: Sandie M - A La Croix
  • Gospel Album: Warren Dean Flandez - Speak
  • Gospel Song: Brian Doerksen and  Jaylene Johnson - If Jesus Is The Face Of God
  • Group: The Color
  • Inspirational Album: Brian Doerksen - Grateful
  • Inspirational Song: Mat Crisp, Joanna Lafleur, Steve Lensink, Brooke Nicholls and Chris Vacher: I Will Sing
  • Instrumental Album: Steve Wingfield - Amazing Grace - Songs Of Inspiration
  • Jazz/Blues Song: Johnny Summers - My God, He Said
  • Male Vocalist: Jordan St.Cyr
  • New Artist: Jordan St.Cyr
  • Pop/Rock Album: The Colour - First Day Of My Life
  • Pop Song: Jordan St.Cyr and Ben Calhoun - In My Lifetime
  • Praise and Worship Album: C4 Worship - What Is A Mountain - EP
  • Praise and Worship Song: Greg Sykes and Darren Mulligan - No Greater Love (How Marvelous)
  • Producer: Roy Salmond
  • Radio Single: The Color - Let It Be Love
  • Recorded Song: Jordan St.Cyr - In My Lifetime
  • Rock Song: West Of Here - The Other Side
  • Seasonal Song: Derin Bello and Andrew Horrocks: A Merry Christmas To You
  • Song: Jordan St.Cyr and Ben Calhoun - In My Lifetime
  • Southern Gospel Song: Christina Hemmerling, Debbie Hemmerling and Duncan A Hemmerling - Hands
  • Urban/Rap Album: Warren Dean Flandez - Speak
  • Urban Song: Chelsea Amber and Nate Savage - Face The Waves
  • Video: The Color - Let It Be Love
            Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

            Trebleclef visited the Uptown Social House in Burlington for the first time. He checked out the incredible James Anthony Band's weekly Saturday Blues matinee. The guest that week was the electrifying Brant Parker.




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            The next day, he went back to Stonewalls in Hamilton, They've got a weekly Sunday Blues matinee. The Blues Pirates were the stars of the show. Treble had lots o' fun!


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            Friday, February 1, 2019

            GOOD LUCK! Local 2019 Juno Nominees


            Whether it's Rock, Blues, Classical, Country or any other genre, Hamilton (and the surrounding areas) are well represented in the 2019 Juno nominees list. On March 16-17, 2019 in London, the awards will be handed out and hopefully a few of our local musical heroes will bring home some hardware.

             The Rock Album of the Year category alone has three Hammertown bands: The Arkells, Monster Truck and The Trews. The Arkells are also up for Group of the Year, Producer of the Year and Album Artwork of the Year.

            Links: The Trews, More Trews Stories, Video above courtesy of THE TREWS

            As for Blues Album of the Year, Hamilton Bluesman Jack de Keyzer is one of the nominees and is also a guest on another nominated recording: Myles Goodwyn: Friends of the Blues. Steeltown artists Jesse O'Brien and Steve Pelletier work on the nominated Colin James album Miles To Go.



            Links: Jack de Keyzer, More Jack de Keyzer Stories, More Robert Jordan Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Jack de Keyzer

            Other Hamilton musicians up for Junos include Whitehorse (Adult Contemporary Album of the Year), Diana Panton (Vocal Jazz Album of the Year) and  David Braid (Classical Album, Vocal or Choral, of the Year).



            Links: Diana Panton, More Diana Panton Stories, Video above courtesy of Diana Panton - Topic

            St. Catharines Country superstar Tim Hicks and and the Reklaws from Cambridge are both in the running for Country Album of the Year. Elora's Kevin Breit is also nominated for Instrumental Album of the Year.

            Links: Kevin Breit, More Kevin Breit Stories, Video above courtesy of Stony Plain Records

             GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

            Here's a complete list of nominees.

            Blues Album
            Rock Album 
            Group
            Country Album
            Fan Choice
            • Alessia Cara
            • Avril Lavigne
            • bülow
            • Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
            • KILLY
            • Loud Luxury
            • NAV
            • Shawn Mendes
            • The Weeknd
            • Tory Lanez
            Single
            • Alessia Cara: Growing Pains
            • bülow: Not A Love Song
            • Loud Luxury: Body
            • Shawn Mendes: In My Blood
            • The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar: Pray For Me
            International Album
            • Camila Cabello: Camila
            • Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy
            • Maroon 5: Red Pill Blues
            • Post Malone: beerbongs and bentleys
            • Travis Scott: ASTROWORLD
            Album
            • Hubert Lenoir: Darlène
            • Jann Arden: These Are The Days
            • Shawn Mendes: Shawn Mendes
            • The Weeknd: My Dear Melancholy
            • Three Days Grace: Outsider
            Artist
            • Alessia Cara
            • Michael Bublé
            • Shawn Mendes
            • The Weeknd
            • Tory Lanez
            Breakthrough Artist
            • bülow
            • grandson
            • Johnny Orlando
            • KILLY
            • Meghan Patrick
            Breakthrough Group
            • 88Glam
            • Dizzy
            • Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine
            • Loud Luxury
            • The Washboard Union
            Songwriter
            • Bahamas
            • Donovan Woods
            • Frank Dukes
            • Jessie Reyez
            • Shawn Mendes
              Adult Alternative Album
              • Bahamas: Earthtones
              • Dan Mangan: More Or Less
              • Gabrielle Shonk: Gabrielle Shonk
              • Rhye: Blood
              • The Barr Brothers: Queens Of The Breakers
              Alternative Album
              • Destroyer: ken
              • Dizzy: Baby Teeth
              • Fucked Up: Dose Your Dreams
              • Tokyo Police Club: TPC
              • U.S. Girls: In A Poem Unlimited
              Pop Album
              • bülow: Damaged
              • Chromeo: Head Over Heels
              • Hubert Lenoir: Darlène
              • Shawn Mendes: Shawn Mendes
              • Tyler Shaw: Intuition
              Jazz Album (Solo)
              • Alexis BaroL Sandstorm
              • Alison Young: So Here We Are
              • Larnell Lewis: In the Moment
              • Renee Rosnes: Beloved of the Sky
              • Robi Botos: Old Soul
              Jazz Album (Group)
              • Allison Au Quartet: Wander Wonder
              • Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble: Atwood Suites
              • Andy Milne and Dapp Theory: The Seasons of Being
              • Liebman/Murley Quartet: Live at U of T
              • Quinsin Nachoff's FLUX: Path of Totality
              Francophone Album
              • Cœur de pirate: en cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé
              • Hubert Lenoir: Darlène
              • Loud: Une année record
              • Philippe Brach: Le silence des troupeaux
              • Tire le coyote: Désherbage
              Children's Album
              • Beppie: Let's Go Bananas
              • Ginalina: It Takes a Village
              • Raffi: Dog on the Floor
              • Sonshine and Broccoli: It's Cool To Be Kind
              • Splash'N Boots: You, Me and the Sea
              Classical Album (Solo or Chamber)
              • Andrew Wan and Richard-Hamelin: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7, 8
              • Angela Hewitt; Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol.2
              • Blake Pouliot with Hsin-I Huang: Ravel and Debussy: Sonates
              • Gryphon Trio: The End of Flowers: Works by Clarke and Ravel
              • Marc-André Hamelin: Schubert: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major D.960; Four Impromptus D.935
              Classical Album (Large Ensemble)
              • Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada conducted by Alexander Shelley: New Worlds/Nouveaux Mondes
              • James Ehnes with Seattle Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Newton Howard and Kernis: Violin Concertos; Tovey: Stream of Limelight
              • Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic: Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4
              • Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arthur Post with Gryphon Trio: Into the Wonder
              • Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian featuring Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, and Teng Li: Vaughan Williams
              Classical Composition
              • Ana Sokolović: Golden Slumbers Kiss your Eyes
              • Bekah Simms: Granitic
              • Cassandra Miller: About Bach
              • Nicole Lizée: Katana of Choice
              • Vincent Ho: Arctic Symphony
              Rap Recording
              • 88Glam: 88GLAM RELOADED
              • Belly: IMMIGRANT
              • KILLY: Surrender Your Soul
              • NAV: RECKLESS
              • Tory Lanez: LoVE me NOw
              Dance Recording
              • AZARI: Gotasoul
              • Dzeko and Tiësto: Jackie Chan (ft. Preme and Post Malone)
              • Jacques Greene: Avatar Beach
              • Keys N Krates: CURA
              • Loud Luxury: Body
              RnB/Soul Recording 
              • Anders: Twos
              • Black Atlass: Pain and Pleasure
              • Charlotte Day Wilson: Stone Woman
              • Jessie Reyez: Being Human In Public
              • The Weeknd: My Dear Melancholy
              Reggae Recording 
              • Blessed:Money Don't Grow on Trees
              • Chelsea Stewart: Genesis
              • Dubmatix: Sly and Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed
              • Exco Levi: Narrative
              • Kafinal ft. Queen Ifrica: Talk Or No Talk
              Indigenous Music Album
              • Elisapie:  The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
              • Jeremy Dutcher: Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
              • Leonard Sumner: Standing in the Light
              • Northern Cree: Nitisanak - Brothers and Sister
              • Snotty Nose Rez Kids: The Average Savage
              Contemporary Roots Album
              • AHI: In Our Time
              • Donovan Woods: Both Ways
              • Kaia Kater: Grenades
              • Megan Nash: Seeker
              • The Deep Dark Woods: Yarrow
              Traditional Roots Album
              • David Francey" The Broken Heart of Everything
              • Pharis and Jason Romero: Sweet Old Religion
              • The Slocan Ramblers: Queen City Jubilee
              • The Wailin' Jennys: Fifteen
              • Vishtèn: Horizons
              Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album
              • Brian Doerksen: Grateful
              • LOVECOLLIDE: Tired Of Basic
              • Manic Drive: Into the Wild
              • Tim Neufeld and The Glory Boys: The Buffalo Roadshow
              • Warren Dean Flandez: Speak
              World Music Album 
              • Ayrad: Zoubida
              • Boogát: San Cristóbal Baile Inn
              • Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach: Naath
              • Telmary y Habana Sana: Fuerza Arara
              • Wesli: Rapadou Kreyol
              Recording Engineer
              • Ben Kaplan
              • Jason Dufour
              • Robbie Lackritz
              • Shawn Everett
              • Steve Bays
              Video
              • No Depression -- Bahamas
              • Places -- Alaskan Tapes
              • Powerless -- Classified
              • Hang Ups -- Scott Helman
              • Have A Nice Day - SonReal
              Electronic Album
              • Ekali: Crystal Eyes
              • Felix Cartal: Next Season
              • iamhill: Give It a Rest
              • Milk and Bone: Deception Bay
              • REZZ: Certain Kind of Magic
              Metal/Hard Music Album
              • Beyond Creation: Algorythm
              • Cancer Bats: The Spark That Moves
              • KEN Mode: Loved
              • Kobra And The Lotus: Prevail II
              • Voivod: The Wake
              Comedy Album
              • Chanty Marostica: The CHANTY Show
              • Dave Merheje: Good Friend Bad Grammar
              • Debra DiGiovanni: Lady Jazz
              • Mayce Galoni: Awkwarder
              • Pat Thornton: Chicken!
              Misc
              • Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Corey Hart
              • Humanitarian Award : David Foster
              • Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award: Duff Roman
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