Showing posts with label Jim Byrnes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Byrnes. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Help Local Artists Win the 2017 No Depression Readers Poll! VOTE! Deadline Dec 15


International Americana online magazine No Depression is holding their annual year-end readers poll (for best album) and a few local artists on on the ballot.

This includes:
Other Canadians on the ballot include:
Acts can also be added to the ballot during the voting process so if there are any artists you'd like recognized, this is your chance!


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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

2014 Maple Blues Award Winners

http://www.mapleblues.ca/
 
Drummer Tom Bona of Kitchener's Soulstack and Downchild bassist Gary Kendall (who is also part of St. Catharines' Mighty Duck Blues Band) were among the winners of the 2014 Maple Blues Awards.  Congratulations guys!  The hardware was dished out on January 20, 2014 in Toronto.



Links: SoulStack, More Soulstack Stories, Video above courtesy of Jon Knight



Links: Gary Kendal, More Downchild Stories, Video above courtesy of Garmalken

The big winners of the night were Ottawa's MonkeyJunk, who took home five awards. Montreal musician Paul Deslauriers won two.



Links: MonkeyJunk, More MonkeyJunk Stories, Video above courtesy of Blues is Feeling

Below is a complete list of winners:
Blast from the Past: 2013 Maple Blues Award Winners

Links: Maple Blues Awards, More About the Maple Blues Awards

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Daniel Lanois, Neil Young, Jim Byrnes Big Winners at Junos

Hamilton's own Daneil Lanois won for best producer at the Juno Awards on March 27, 2011. He was recognized for his work with Neil Young on the CD, Le Noise - which also won for for best adult alternative.

Congratulations!

Here are other wins of note:

Roots & Traditional Album, Solo: My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs, Old Man Luedcke

Roots & Traditional Album, Group: La part du feu, Le Vent du Nord

Blues Album: Everywhere West, Jim Byrnes

Below is a bit of Lanois's acceptance speech


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