CONGRATS! Local Artists on Polaris Prize Long List

Dundas Electronic music artist Caribou, Burlington's Sarah Harmer and WHOOP-Szo from Guelph were among the many talented musicians announced as part of the 2020 Polaris Prize Long List.  Hopefully they will make the Short List (announced July 15) and then move on to win the big prize (gala is September 21 at The Carlu in Toronto)



Links: Caribou, More Caribou Stories, Video above courtesy of CaribouVideos



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

Links: WHOOP-Szo, Video above courtesy of youvechangedrecords

Here's a complete list of winners:

• Caribou – Suddenly
• Sarah Harmer – Are You Gone
• WHOOP-Szo – Warrior Down
• Allie X – Cape God
• Anachnid – Dreamweaver
• Aquakultre – Legacy
• Marie-Pierre Arthur – Des feux pour voir
• Backxwash – God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
• Badge Époque Ensemble – Badge Époque Ensemble
• Begonia – Fear
• P’tit Belliveau – Greatest Hits Vol. 1
• Daniel Caesar – CASE STUDY 01
• Chocolat – Jazz engagé
• Louis-Jean Cormier – Quand la nuit tombe
• Corridor – Junior
• dvsn – A Muse In Her Feelings
• Jacques Greene – Dawn Chorus
• Ice Cream – FED UP
• Junia-T – Studio Monk
• Kaytranada – Bubba
• Flore Laurentienne – Volume 1
• Cindy Lee – What’s Tonight To Eternity?
• Men I Trust – Oncle Jazz
• nêhiyawak – nipiy
• OBUXUM – Re-birth
• Owen Pallett – Island
• Pantayo – Pantayo
• Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia
• Joel Plaskett – 44
• William Prince – Reliever
• Jessie Reyez – Before Love Came To Kill Us
• Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline
• Riit – ataataga
• Super Duty Tough Work – Studies in Grey
• U.S. Girls – Heavy Light
• Leif Vollebekk – New Ways
• Wares – Survival
• The Weeknd – After Hours
• Witch Prophet – DNA Activation
• Zen Bamboo – GLU

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Short List

Links: Polaris Music Prize, More Polaris Stories

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Danny Michel's Space Van Season 5 Videos

We here at the Hamilton Blues Lovers recently discovered that Waterloo singer/songwriter Danny Michel has a wonderful webcast series Dan's Space Van where he interviews amazing musicians in his vehicle.

Season 6 recently started up so we're posting videos of the 5th season to catch you up. We'll be posting future episodes through our News Roundup series.



Links: Bahamas, Video above courtesy of Danny Michel



Links: Skye Wallace, Video above courtesy of Danny Michel



Links: Joel Plaskett, More Joel Plaskett Stories, Video above courtesy of Danny Michel



Links: Irish Mythen, More Irish Mythen Stories, Video above courtesy of Danny Michel



Links: Kevin Breit, More Kevin Breit Stories, Video above courtesy of Danny Michel

Links: Danny Michel, More Danny Michael Stories, More Space Van Episodes

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News Roundup (Terra Lightfoot, The Schotts, Hailee Rose w Dave Rave, ECMA's)

East Coast Music Award Winners

• Album: Rose Cousins: Natural Conclusion
• Song: Rose Cousins: Grace
  
  
  
  Links: Rose Cousins, More Rose Cousins Stories, Video above courtesy of Rose Cousins
  
  
• Fans' Choice Entertainer: Matt Minglewood
• Fans' Choice Video: KINLEY: Microphone
• Pop Recording: Jenn Grant: Paradise
• Songwriter: Joel Plaskett
• Francophone Recording: Jacques Jacobus: Le retour de Jacobus
• Group Recording: Les Paiens: Carte noire
• Indigenous Artist: City Natives
• Rap/Hip Hop Recording: Quake Matthews: Celebrate the Struggle
• Rising Star Recording: KINLEY: Letters Never Sent
• Bucky Adams Memorial Award: Measha Brueggergosman
• Directors' Special Achievement Award: Sloan

Links: East Coast Music Awards, More ECMA Stories

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News

Local

• CBC's q Interviews Terra Lightfoot
  
  
  
  Links: Terra Lightfoot, More Terra Lightfoot Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music
  
  
• CHCH Videos: The Schotts
  
  
  Links: The Schotts, More Schotts Stories, Video above courtesy of CHCH
  
  
• Conductor Russ Weil Retires from Hamilton All-Star Jazz Band
• Erbie Bowser 100th Birthday

Canada

• Western Canadian Music Award Nominees
• May 2018 Issue of Maple Blues

Cartoons

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef  was a very busy monkey last weekend.

First, he popped by Big B Comics for Free Comic Day. That's always a blast!

Click here for more photos from the event!

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The next day, he visited the Black Bull in Burlington for the first time. He rocked out to Hailee Rose, Dave Rave and friends!

Click here for more photos from the event

Links: Dave Rave, More Dave Rave Stories, Hailee Rose, More Hailee Rose Stories, More Beatles Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B. Lous 

MORE NEWS ROUNDUPS

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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!

Click here for the winners.

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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CONGRATS! Local Artists on CBC's Best Canadian Songwriters List

To mark the Canada's 150th birthday CBC Music has been posting a few music charts. Their latest, the 25 Best Canadian Songwriters Ever List has a number of area musicians.

St. Catherines' own amazing Ron Sexsmith is in the highest position for a local act (#11) 

Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of Ron Sexsmith

Legendary rockers The Band (featuring members from the Norfolk and Six Nations) follows closely behind at #12.



Links: The Band, More Stories of The Band, Video above courtesy of MelkortheMorgoth

Completing the local trio is the late, great Hamiltonian Stan Rogers at lucky number 13.



Links: Stan Rogers, More Stan Rogers Stories, Video above courtesy of pudops

1. Joni Mitchell
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Neil Young
4. Buffy Sainte-Marie
5. Gordon Lightfoot
6. Gord Downie (Tragically Hip)
7. Bruce Cockburn
8. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings (Guess Who)
9. Feist
10. Drake
11. Ron Sexsmith
12. The Band
13. Stan Rogers
14. Alanis Morissette
15. Stompin' Tom Connors
16. Shania Twain
17. Bryan Adams
18. k.d. lang
19. Sarah McLachlan
20. Shad
21. John K. Samson (The Weakerthans)
22. Patrick Watson
23. Susan Aglukark
24. Joel Plaskett
25. Tegan and Sara

Blast from the Past: CBC's Top Canadian Singers List

Links: CBC Music, More CBC Lists

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GOOD LUCK! Five Hamilton Acts on Polaris Prize Long List

The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List was unveiled recently and five Hamilton acts are up for the prestigious award.  Folk rockers Lee Harvey Osmond and Whitehorse along with rockers the Arkells and B.A. Johnston plus electronic act Caribou will be representing the Hammer!



Links: Lee Harvey Osmond, More Lee Harvey Osmond Stories, Video above courtesy of Lee Harvey Osmond



Links: B.A. Johnston, Video above courtesy of Dougjnesbitt

The Short List will be announced July 16, 2015 and the winner will be revealed in September.  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Click here to see who got into the Short List.

Here is the complete list

• Lee Harvey Osmond: Beautiful Scars
• Whitehorse: Leave No Bridge Unburned
• Arkells: High Noon
• B.A. Johnston: Shit Sucks
• Caribou: Our Love
• Absolutely Frees: Absolutely Frees
• The Acorn: Vieux Loup
• Lydia Ainsworth: Right From Real
• Alvvays: Alvvays
• Rich Aucoin: Ephemeral
• BADBADNOTGOOD with Ghostface Killah:  Sour Soul
• Bahamas: Bahamas is Afie
• The Barr Brothers: Sleeping Operator
• BRAIDS: Deep In The Iris
• Steph Cameron: Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
• Jazz Cartier:  Marauding in Paradise
• Jennifer Castle: Pink City
• Cold Specks: Neuroplasticity
• Louis-Jean Cormier: Les grandes artères
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Power in the Blood
• Death From Above 1979: The Physical World
• Drake:  If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
• Frazey Ford: Indian Ocean
• Tobias Jesso Jr.: Goon
• Pierre Kwenders: Le dernier empereur bantou
• Jean Leloup:  À Paradis City
• METZ: II
• Milk and Bone: Little Mourning
• Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985
• The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers
• Joel Plaskett and The Park Avenue Sobriety Test: Joel Plaskett and The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
• Elizabeth Shepherd: Signal
• Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld: Never were the way she was
• Tre Mission: Stigmata
• Viet Cong: Viet Cong
• Patrick Watson: Love Songs For Robots
• The Weather Station: Loyalty
• White Lung: Deep Fantasy
• Young Guv: Ripe 4 Luv

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Long List

Links: Polaris Music Prize, More Polaris Prize Stories

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CBC's Top Canadian Songs List (1-25)

Well, CBC has finally finished its 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever list by revealing numbers 1-25 earlier this week.  Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now took top honours.  Unfortunately, no local musicians were included this time. A few made it on the previous lists though.  See below for more.

1. Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now



Links: Joni Mitchell, More Joni Mitchell Stories, Video above courtesy of Blues Anders

2. Neil Young: Helpless
3. Tragically Hip: Wheat Kings
4. The Band: The Wait
5. Arcade Fire: Wake Up
6. Guess Who: American Woman
7. Rush: Tom Sawyer
8. Leonard Cohen: Suzanne
9. Feist: Mushaboom
10. Maestro Fresh Wes: Let Your Backbone Slide
11. Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
12. Bryan Adams: Summer of '69
13. Ian and Sylvia Tyson: Four Strong Winds
14. Buffy Sainte-Marie: Universal Soldier
15. Bruce Cockburn: Lovers in a Dangerous Time
16. Blue Rodeo: Lost Together
17. Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown
18. Sloan: Coax Me
19. Neil Young: Needle and the Damage Done
20. k.d. lang: Constant Craving
21. Guess Who: These Eyes
22. Joel Plaskett: Nowhere With You
23. Joni Mitchell: River
24. Anne Murray: Snowbird
25. Traditional: Un Canadien Errant

More from the List

• 26-50 
• 51-75 
• 76-100
• More CBC Lists

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Tom Wilson and Suzie Vinnick Co-Write for the New Matt Andersen CD: Weightless

New Brunswick artist Matt Andersen, enlisted quite a few co-writers for his latest album, Weightless (his first for True North Records).  He even included some local musicians to help create his wonderful CD.

Hamilton legend Tom Wilson and Niagara's incredible Suzie Vinnick lend their songwriting talents to this amazing disc. Other co-writers include Joel Plaskett, David Myles, Dave Gunning, and Keith Mullins.

Accompanied by Paul Rigby of the Neko Case Band (Guitar), Amy Helm (background vocals) and others, Matt shows his wonderful ability to blend genres as he masters blues, folk, rock and more.  On this CD, it's all about the tunes as he forgoes the usual guitar solos to concentrate on crafting the songs. 

You can pick up the disc at many physical and online shops, include his own shop.  It's also available on vinyl through his official store.

Downloads are available through eMusic and iTunes.

Videos below courtesy of CBC Music.



Links: Suzie Vinnick, More Suzie Vinnick Stories



Links: Tom Wilson, More Tom Wilson Stories



Links: Matt Andersen, More Matt Andersen stories, More Releases

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