GOOD LUCK! 2015 Hamilton Arts Award Nominees

The arts in Hamilton are stronger than ever and the city is recognizing this through the Hamilton Arts Awards.  This year's nominee list has been released and, as always, music plays a big role.  Many talented musicians (divided into Established and Emerging categories) are up for these prestigious prizes.  Winners will be announced at a FREE ceremony at Theatre Aquarius on June 4, 2015.

Here are the music nominees:

Established

• Kojo “Easy” Damptey
• Bud Roach
• Philip Pip  Kummel 
  
  
  
  Links: More Pip Stories,, Video above courtesy of Pip
  
  
• Ruth Sutherland

Emerging

• Michael Dex Brown
• Steven McKay
  
  
  
  Links: More Steven McKay Stories, Video above courtesy of Southern Souls
  
  
• Marie Avery
  
  
  
  Links: More Marie Avery Stories, Video above courtesy of Angelo NotoCampanella
  
  
• Sara London

Click here for a full listing of the nominees. 

Click here for the results

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Hamilton Arts Awards, More Hamilton Arts Awards Stories

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News Roundup (Laura Cole, Ensemble!, MizA, Nick Doneoff, Cartoons)

by Mark Stivers

More cartoons below

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News 

Local

• Barbershop Podcast w Laura Cole
  
  
  
  Links: Laura Cole, More Laura Cole Stories, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
  
  

The Ensemble links below are no longer working, we're trying to see if it can be fixed.

• Ensemble Episode w Tia McGraff, Tommy Parham, Mimi Shaw and David Cavan Fraser
• Ensemble Episode w Raphael Smith Keelan, Sarah Farr, Annette Green, Marie Avery

Canada

• Western Canadian Music Awards

World

• 2015 Rock Hall of Fame Nominees
• Upbeat Songs that are Angrier Than You Realize

Cartoons

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Blasts From the Past 

• 2009: Tiny Bill Cody and the Liquormen CD
• 2010: Videos of Rae Billing@Roots and Rails Fest
• 2011: Bobby Hebert Experience Videos
• 2012: Videos of Russell de Carle (Prarie Oyster)@Pine Street Gardens
• 2013: View Magazine Reader's Poll Winners 2013

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Recently Added

Our Performer List

• MizA
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of MizA, More Aretha Franklin Covers/Stories
  
  
• Nick Doneff
  
  
  
  Links: More Nick Doneoff Stories, Video above courtesy of Exclaim TV
  
  
• Lionel Lodge

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Upcoming Birthdays

Thursday, October 16

• Danielle Beaudin

Friday, October 17

• Danny Lockwood

Monday, October 20

• Patti Warren (Crackers)

Tuesday, October 21

• Andrew Amoah
• Wayne Dagenais
• Chris Murphy

Wednesday, October 22

• Tyler Wilson

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New Marie Avery EP: The Fire

The Fire, the latest EP from local singer/songwriter Marie Avery is ignited by the artist's striking voice. Her accomplished piano work also adds fuel to the flame.

Though this blazing EP has an indie-pop ambiance, Marie still grounds it with solid, poetic songwriting and classic structure.  You can also hear a lot of jazz and a bit of broadway in the mix  What comes through is a beautiful, honest recording full of surprises.

Backing her up is a great team of area musicians, including Bill Majoros (Foreign Films) and Carl Jennings (Freedom Train) - both of whom produced the EP.  Kori Pop, Amber Edgar and Loretta Hale  (Loretta Hale Big Band, J-Tones) join in as well.

This collection is available as a download on her Bandcamp page.

Below is video from the EP courtesy of Marie Avery



You can also stream the EP here

Links: Marie Avery,  More Marie Avery Stories, More CD Releases 

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