CONGRATS! 2016 Hamilton Music Award Winners

Here's to the amazing volunteers for the HMAs

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It was an unforgettable night at  Theatre Aquarius on Sunday, May 29, 2016. The Hamilton Music Awards ceremony was filled with laughs (courtesy of host Ian Thomas) amazing music (including a rare live performance from Lifetime Achievement recipient Dallas Harms) and much more.

Links: Dallas Harms, More Dallas Harms Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B.Lous

Multiple winners (with two each) included Lee Harvey Osmond, Terra Lightfoot and Monster Truck.  Including the previous day's Gala Awards, the big winner of the year was Monster truck with 7 trophies followed by radio station CFMU and Terra Lightfoot with 4, then folk rock duo Whitehorse with 3.

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Here's the complete list of winners:

Female Artist: Terra Lightfoot
Male Artist: Lee Harvey Osmond
Local Group (People's Choice): The Retroaction

Group: Monster Truck

New Artist/Group: Jennifer Budd

Songwriter: Terra Lightfoot

Album: The Dirty Nil: Higher Power
Blues Recording: Ian Andrews and the Smokin' Scoundrels: Foreplay
Folk/Traditional Recording: The Vaudevillian: Barton Street Blues

Contemporary Folk Recording: Benjamin: The Bear And The Barn Owl

Roots Recording: Lee Harvey Osmond: Beautiful Scars

Jazz Recording: Haolin Monk: HMEP2
Rock Recording: Monster Truck: Sittin' Heavy
Adult Alternative Recording: Whitehorse: Leave No Bridge Unburned
Pop Recording: Walk off the Earth: Sing It All Away

Alternative/Indie Rock Recording: The Dirty Nil: Higher Power

Punk Recording: TV Freaks: Good Luck Charms

Loud/Metal Recording: Anniversary: Anniversary

Rap/Hip Hop Recording: Lee Reed: The Butcher, the Baker, the Bitumen Tanker
Lifetime Achievement: Dallas Harms, Jim Skarratt

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Hamilton Music Awards, More HMA Stories

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Hamilton's Haolin Munk Serves up FREE Album That Will Surprise and Astonish

If Jekyll and Hyde needed a soundtrack, HMEP1, the new FREE recording by Hamilton's Haolin Munk would be a great choice.  The band can play amazing, traditional, funky jazz with the best of them.  They can also burst into some unique, crazy improvs.  Both sides of the musical coin blend well.

Listeners will be pleasantly surprised but what you hear from these instrumentals.  You'll never know when frenetic, wonderful noise will break out. Hip Hop beats pop in occasionally too.  It's no wonder is got a nod for Best Jazz in the 2015 Hamilton Music Awards.

Best of all, Haolin Munk is offereing this incredible album for FREE as a download via their Bandcamp page.



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Links: Haolin Munk, More Releases

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