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Thursday, February 8, 2024

2024 Juno Nominations Including Many Local Artists


As always, there are quite a number of local acts nominated for a Juno this year. We're keeping our fingers crossed for them. The main ceremony will be televised on March 24, 2024.

Below is a video of the official announcement.



Links: Juno AwardsMore Juno Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR

  • Kit King (Illustrator), Vanessa Heins (Photographer/Photographe) for THE LOVE STILL HELD ME NEAR – City and Colour (St. Catharines)
  • Carolyne De Bellefeuille (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Jessica Ledoux (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Mali Savaria-Ille (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Veronique Lafortune (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Leeor Wild (Photographer/Photographe) for INUKTITUT – Elisapie 
  • Heather Goodchild (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Colby Richardson (Designer/Concepteur), Colin Fletcher (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Sara Melvin (Photographer/Photographe) for MULTITUDES – Feist 
  • Nicolas Lemieux (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Mykaël Nelson (Designer & Illustrator/Concepteur & Illustrateur), Albert Zablit (Photographer/Photographe) for RIOPELLE SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 
  • Quinton Nyce (Art Director/Directeur artistique), Brodie Metcalfe (Designer/Concepteur), Davis Graham (Illustrator /Illustrateur), Kaylee Smoke (Photographer/Photographe) for I’M GOOD, HBU? – Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN | GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Bekka Ma’iingan by Zoon (Hamilton)
  • Here and Now by Aysanabee 
  • Scream, Holler & Howl by Blue Moon Marquee
  • Inuktitut by Elisapie 
  • Revolution by Shawnee Kish

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • A Light in the Attic by Logan Staats (Brantford)
  • The Returner by Allison Russell 
  • We Will Never Be The Same by Good Lovelies
  • Beyond The Reservoir by Julian Taylor 
  • Stand in the Joy by William Prince 

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

FAN CHOICE 

  • Walk off the Earth (Burlington)
  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Charlotte Cardin
  • Daniel Caesar
  • DVBBS
  • Karan Aujla 
  • Shubh 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd
  • ThxSoMch 

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Reverie by The Red River Ramblers (Halton Hills)
  • Sing. Pray. Love. by Joel Wood
  • LFS5 by Nimkii & the Niniis 
  • Mitòòdebi (For My Relatives) by The Bearhead Sisters 
  • Drum Nation by Young Scouts 

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Powder Blue by Begonia 
  • Multitudes by Feist 
  • Are We Good by Hayden 
  • Motewolonuwok by Jeremy Dutcher 
  • Revolution by Shawnee Kish 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Heavy Lifting by Amanda Marshall 
  • I Wish I Was Flawless, I’m Not by BANNERS 
  • To Be Loved, Vol. 1 by Josh Sahunta 
  • Run Where the Light Calls by Luca Fogale 
  • Wildflower by Steph La Rochelle 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Néo-Romance by Alexandra Stréliski 
  • 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin 
  • NEVER ENOUGH by Daniel Caesar 
  • Mirror by Lauren Spencer Smith
  • Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees by TALK

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Charlotte Cardin
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Lauren Spencer Smith
  • Shania Twain 
  • Tate McRae

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Connor Price 
  • Karan Aujla
  • LU KALA 
  • Shubh
  • TALK 

BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Busty and the Bass 
  • Crash Adams
  • Good Kid 
  • Men I Trust
  • New West 
CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR
  • Big Words by ABC Singsong 
  • Going Back: Remembered and Remixed Family Folk Songs, Vol. 1 
  • Love-a-By by Splash’N Boots 
  • Welcome to the Flea Circus by The Swinging Belles Independent
  • Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro Stick To Your Vision For Young Athletes

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

  • Bekah Simms: Bestiaries Cryptid Ensemble conducted byby Brian Current 
  • Maxime Goulet: Symphonie de la tempête de verglas Orchestre classique de Montréal, conducted by Jacques Lacombe 
  • Sibelius 3 & 4 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted byYannick Nézet-Séguin 
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, conducted by Rafael Payare
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE)

  • Mythes by Andrew Armstrong & James Ehnes
  • Portrait: Alex Baranowski by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
  • Portrait by Cheng² Duo 
  • Il Ponte di Leonardo byConstantinople 
  • Basta parlare! by Les Barocudas 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO ARTIST)

  • Infinite Voyage by Barbara Hannigan 
  • Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 4 by James Ehnes
  • Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles by Marc-André Hamelin
  • De Hartmann: Cello Concerto by Matt Haimovitz
  • mouvance by Suzie LeBlanc 

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

  • Simulacra by Amy Brandon
  • Portrait of an Imaginary Sibling by Dinuk Wijeratne
  • …and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the Last of the Sunlight’s Lingering Touch of Them… by Emilie Cecilia LeBel
  • Shāhīn-nāmeh, for Voice and Orchestra by Iman Habibi 
  • Don’t Throw Your Head in Your Hands by Nicole Lizée

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Life of Leisure by Derek Seguin 
  • Never Was by Graham Clark 
  • A Lylebility by Kyle Brownrigg 
  • Sexiest Fish in the Lake by Laurie Elliott
  • SAP by Mae Martin

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR

  • For the Better by Aqyila
  • Never Enough by Daniel Caesar 
  • Heartbreak Hill by Jon Vinyl 
  • When It Blooms by Nonso Amadi
  • FACETS by Shay Lia

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • The Compass Project – South Album by Brett Kissel 
  • Right Round Here by Dean Brody
  • Do It Anyway by Jade Eagleson 
  • Ahead Of Our Time by James Barker Band 
  • Spillin’ My Truth by Tyler Joe Miller 

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • INFINITY CLUB by Bambii 
  • Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees by Harrison 
  • Creatures of the Late Afternoon by Kid Koala 
  • Synthetic Season 2 by Rich Aucoin 
  • No Highs by Tim Hecker 

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Zayon by FouKi 
  • Dans la seconde by Karkwa 
  • En concert avec l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (sous la direction du chef Simon Leclerc) by Les Cowboys Fringants & l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
  • À boire deboutte by Salebarbes 
  • Non conventionnel by Souldia 

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Donte sann yo by Bel and Quinn 
  • Kizavibe by Kizaba 
  • SMS for Location Vol. 5 by Moonshine 
  • Okantomi by OKAN 
  • Soap Box by Waahli

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Néo-Romance by Alexandra Stréliski 
  • When we were that what wept for the sea by Colin Stetson
  • Calibrating Friction by Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis 
  • Fourth Album by Markus Floats 
  • Tesseract by Meredith Bates 

INTERNATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Gettin’ Old by Luke Combs 
  • HEROES & VILLAINS by Metro 
  • One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen 
  • SOS by SZA 
  • 1989 (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

  • Migrations by Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble 
  • Septology-The Black Forest Session by Canadian Jazz Collective
  • Cry Me A River by Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band 
  • Recent History by Mike Murley & Mark Eisenman Quartet 
  • Convergence Nick Maclean Quartet feat. Brownman Ali Browntasauras/Independent

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

  • Day Moon by Christine Jensen 
  • Walls Made of Glass Gentiane MG TPR*Propagande/A-Train
  • Sonic Bouquet by Jocelyn Gould 
  • Twelve by Noam Lemish 
  • The South Detroit Connection by Russ Macklem 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR 

  • Of Woods and Seas by Alaskan Tapes (Andrew De Zen - Director)
  • Demons by  Allison Russell (Ethan Tobman - Director)
  • onetwostep (feat. juicelover) by des hume (Jordan Clarke - Director)
  • DAMN RIGHT by Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Sterling Larose - Director)
  • feral canadian scaredy cat by young friend (Sterling Larose & Zachary Vague  - Directors)

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • 99 Nights by Charlotte Cardin 
  • Mirror by Lauren Spencer Smith 
  • Saturn Return by Rêve 
  • Queen Of Me by Shania Twain 
  • Lost In Translation by Valley

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 

  • Hill Kourkoutis
  • Jason Brando, Lubalin, Mathieu Sénéchal & Sam Avant
  • Joel Stouffer
  • Shawn Everett
  • Wondagur

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR

  • bag or die by bbno$ 
  • Spin the Globe by Connor Price 
  • Crying Crystals by Haviah Mighty 
  • KAYTRAMINÉ by KAYTRAMINÉ 
  • PANIC by TOBi 

RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • American Nightmare by Belly 
  • Spinnin (feat. Bens) by Connor 
  • Honey Bun by Haviah Mighty 
  • Minimum Wage by Pressa 
  • Someone I Knew  by TOBi 

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR 

  • Denis Tougas
  • George Seara
  • Matty Green
  • Serban Ghenea
  • Shawn Everett

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

  • Stir This Thing by Ammoye 
  • Feel Like Home by Exco Levi 
  • Roots Girl by Jah’Mila
  • Dread by Kirk Diamond & Finn
  • Rush Dem (feat. 4Korners, Haviah Mighty) by Omega Mighty 

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Fearless by Crown Lands 
  • Formentera II by Metric
  • Blame My Ex by The Beaches 
  • Pretty Monster by The Blue Stones 
  • Glory by The Glorious Sons

SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

  • Confetti by Charlotte Cardin
  • Always by Daniel Caesar Republic*Universal
  • Pretty Girl Era by LU KALA 
  • A Little Bit Happy by TALK
  • greedy by Tate McRae 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

  • Allison Russell
  • Aysanabee
  • Charlotte Cardin, Jason Brando & Lubalin
  • Nicholas Durocher & Connor Riddell
  • William Prince

TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Hello by Aqyila
  • Unbreakable by Jhyve
  • Where To Find Me by Katie Tupper
  • 9 to 5 by Luna Elle
  • Real World by RealestK

UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • Call My Name by BLOND:ISH Warner
  • Mad Mess by DJ Karaba
  • Could Be Wrong by LOSTBOYJAY
  • Eclipse by Peach 
  • Concorde Groove by Smalltown DJs 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Songwriter by Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe
  • You’re Alike, You Two by Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher 
  • Little Bit a’ Love by Denielle Bassels 
  • Our Roots Run Deep by Dominique Fils-Aimé 
  • Your Requests by Laila Biali 

Previous (Grammy Winners) - - - Next (Year of the Dragon Videos)

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

CONGRATS! Downchild Blues Band and Tom Bona Bring Home Maple Blues Awards


AMAZING! Two local artists brought home Maple Blues Awards this year. On February 3, 2020 at Koerner Hall in Toronto, the legendary Downchild Blues Band (whose lineup includes members from Brantford and Niagara) won Entertainer of the Year. 



Links: Downchild Blues BandMore Downchild StoriesVideo above courtesy of Downchild Blues Band - Topic

Also Tom Bona (from Waterloo band Soulstack) earned Drummer of the Year honours for his work with Sue Foley.



Links: Tom Bona, More Tom Bona StoriesSue Foley, More Sue Foley StoriesVideo above courtesy of Smoky

Here's a complete list of winners. Local musicians are bolded.
From the official new release:

Toronto, ON -- A dedicated and excited crowd of blues music fans filled Koerner Hall in Toronto to celebrate the nominees and winners of the 23rd annual Maple Blues Awards. The gala evening celebrated artists from coast-to-coast and featured rousing performances from nominees. Three artists took home two awards – Kingston’s Miss Emily won awards for Female Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year, New Brunswick’s Matt Andersen took home trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year and Acoustic Act of the Year while Montreal’s Dawn Tyler Watson was awarded Recording/Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

For only the second time in Maple Blues Awards history, there were tied winners in two categories - Harpdog Brown and Steve Marriner both won Harmonica Player of the Year and Chris Whiteley
and Mat “Moose” Mousseau each won the award for Horn Player of the Year.

The Blues with a Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) was awarded to Montreal-based Michael Jerome Browne, whose long and illustrious career has seen him tour around the world, recording seven albums and guesting on countless others, and recently was nominated for Blues Album of the Year at the upcoming JUNO Awards.  Also honoured for a long career dedicated to the preservation and promotion of blues music was Toronto Blues Society’s own Brian Blain, who received the Blues Booster of the Year Award.

A new addition to the Maple Blues Awards program is the inaugural Sapphire Video Award. Sapphire has one single category and both live performance and staged production/interpretive videos were accepted. The winner of the Sapphire Video Award was Miss Emily for her video for “Hold Back The River” with the runners up announced as Terra Hazelton for her video for “Anybody’s Baby” and Lucas Haneman Express for their video for the song “Ms. McGrim”. The winning artist received a cash prize of $1,500 while the two runners up each received $250.

A collaboration between The Toronto Blues Society and Paul Reddick, the sixth annual COBALT Prize for Contemporary Blues Composition Award is to promote blues music through exploration of its form. The winning composition was judged on its ability to creatively utilize blues traditions within the broad contemporary musical landscape. The winner of the Cobalt Prize for Contemporary Blues Composition was Rich Junco for his song "Cope", while the first runner up was Bad Luck Woman and Her Misfortunes for their song "Cruel Thing" and a tied win for the second runner up was Joe Nolan for "Paranoia Day 36 Blues” and Loryn Taggart for "In My Company". A cash prize of $1000 was presented to the winner and the runners up each received $250.

The 23rd annual Maple Blues Awards not only featured heart-warming moments and great speeches from the winners, but the audience was treated to exciting performances from Big Dave McLean, Matchedash Parish, Miss Emily, Dawn Tyler Watson, Michael Jerome Browne, and the evening’s hostess Raha Javanfar (Bad Luck Woman) with special guests, students from The Regent Park School of Music, all backed by the awards house band The Maple Blues Band.

Blast from the Past: Last Years's Winners