News Roundup (Piper Hayes, Saga, International Folk Award Nominees)

Oakvilles's Saga to call it quits



Video above courtesy of Stig Dragholm

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Piper Hayes
  
  
  
  Links: Piper Hayes, More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
  
  
• Part of the Harvest Picnic Lawsuit Dropped
• Hamilton's Lindy one of Now Magazine's Folk Musicans to watch
• FYI Music News Stories: Danny Michel, Steve Strongman
• Spencer Mackenzie Wins Maple Blues Award
• Jay Pollmann Debut CD
• Amy King and Diana Panton up for Hamilton Women of Distinction Awards

Canada

• Junos rename category to Indigenous Music Album of the Year

International Folk Music Award Nominees

Canadian nominees listed below

• Album: Ten Strings and a Goat Skin: Auprès du Poêle
• Album: Kaia Kater: Nine Pin
• Song: The Once: We Are Love
  
  
  
  
  Links: The Once. More Once Stories, Video above courtesy of The Once
  
  
• Artist: Irish Mythen, Tanya Tagaq

World

• Complete Weird Al Box Set Packaged in Accordion

Passings

• Overend Watts (Mott the Hoople founding bassist)
• Steve Wright (Greg Kihn Band bassist)
• William Onyeabor (Nigerian funk artist)
• Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth drummer)
• Howard Kaufman (Aerosmith, Eagles, Steve Nicks manager)

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef is resting up.  He'll be back soon.

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GOOD LUCK! Hamilton-Born Ben Caplan Earns 3 East Coast Music Award Nominations

The East Coast Music Awards will have little Steeltown colour this year. Hamilton-Born Easterner Ben Caplan is in the running for three categories: Album, Folk Recording and Song.

Hopefully, he'll be bringing home som hardware at the ECMA gala on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, NS.  GOOD LUCK BEN!



Links: Ben Caplan, More Ben Caplan Stories, Video above courtesy of Ben Caplan

Indie Rockers Hey Rosetta! lead with seven nominations. Folk singer/songwriter Jenn Grant earned six.

GOOD LUCK!

Click here for the winners

Here are some of the nomination highlights:

Album

• Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings 
• Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
• Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight 
• Jenn Grant Compostela 
• Mo Kenney: In My Dreams 

Folk Recording

• Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings
• Amelia Curran: They Promised You Mercy
• Jenn Grant: Compostela
• Gabrielle Papillon: The Tempest of Old
• Old Man Luedecke: Domestic Eccentric

Song

• Ben Caplan: Birds With Broken Wings
• Amelia Curran: Somebody Somewhere
• Christina Martin: It'll Be Alright
• Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
• Hey Rosetta!: Soft Offering (For the Oft Suffering)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Sonic Records
  

Blues Recording

• The Carson Downey Band: Catch Me If You Can
• Ced Marty and Dave: To Our 3%
• Dan Doiron: Stand Back I Don't Know How Loud This Thing Gets
• John Campbelljohn: Chin Up
• The Matt Landry Band: Are You Ever Gonna Go?

Roots/Traditional Group Recording

• Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald: A Day at the Lake
• Danny Boudreau: DANNY PARTY
• The East Pointers: Secret Victory
• The Ennis Sisters: Stages
• Vishtèn: Terre Rouge

Country Recording

• The BackYard Devils: Honky Tonk Heartbreaker
• Pretty Archie: North End Sky
• Quentin Reddy: Diamond In the Rough
• Tim Chaisson: Lost In Light
• Whitney Rose: Heartbreaker of the Year

Gospel Recording

• Glenn Vincent Breen: Waiting
• Informants: Ezekiel
• Josh Lake: 40cm of Funk
• Kelley Mooney: Still
• Marcell Symonds: Just A Closer Walk

Jazz Recording 

• Gypsophilia: Night Swimming
• Jerry Granelli: What I Hear Now
• Kirk MacDonald: Vista Obscura
• Matt MacDougall: Boy Goes to City
• Ouroboros: Ouroboros

Rock Recording 

• Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight
• Jerry Stamp: Rogue Doubt
• Racoon Bandit: Close Your Eyes
• Rain Over St. Ambrose: Still Waking Up
• The Stanfields: Modem Operandi

Group Recording of the Year

• Coyote: Proof of Life
• Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
• Gypsophilia: Night Swimming
• Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight
• Rain Over St. Ambrose: Still Waking Up

The Bucky Adams Memorial Award

• Ced Marty and Dave: To Our 3%
• Chelsea Amber: Introducing Chelsea Amber
• Marcell Symonds: Just A Closer Walk
• Samm Splash: The Breakup EP

Rising Star Recording

• Alana Yorke: Dream Magic
• Brianna Gosse: AERA
• Coyote: Proof of Life
• Fortunate Ones: The Bliss
• Kat McLevey: Evergrown

Solo Recording

• Amelia Curran: They Promised You Mercy
• Gabrielle Papillon: The Tempest of Old
• Jenn Grant: Compostela
• Mo Kenney: In My Dreams
• Ryan Hemsworth: Alone For the First Time

Songwriter

• Andrew James O'Brien/Catherine Allan (Fortunate Ones)
• Amelia Curran
• Chris Luedecke (Old Man Luedecke)
• Jenn Grant
• Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!)

Traditional Instrumental Recording 

• Aaron Collis and Duane Andrews: The Mallard Cottage Sessions
• DOC: DesRoches Ouellette Chaisson
• Jeff Jodrey: Carnival
• Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: One
• Nuallan: The EP

Fans' Choice Entertainer

• Amelia Curran
• Christina Martin
• Hey Rosetta!
• In-Flight Safety
• Jenn Grant
• Joel Plaskett
• Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
• The Once
• Ryan Hemsworth
• Tim Chaisson

Fans' Choice Video

• David Myles: Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo
• Everglow: Feel Your Heart
• Hey Rosetta!: Soft Offering (For The Oft Suffering)
• In-Flight Safety: Animals
• Jenn Grant: Bring Me A Rose
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Outside Music
  
  
• Mo Kenney: Telephones
• Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: The Chase
• The Once: We Are All Running
• Raphaël Butler: Harley 1970
• Ria Mae: Clothes Off
• Tomato/Tomato: Toss It All Away

Video

• Christina Martin: Take Me Back In A Dream
• David Myles: Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo
• Mo Kenney: Telephones
• Ria Mae: Clothes Off
• Ryan Hemsworth: Snow In Newark

Click here for the complete nominee list

Blast From the Past: Ben Wins Rising Star Award at 2013 ECMAs

Links: East Coast Music Awards, More ECMA stories

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Christmas Videos

Links: Shawn Brush, More Shawn Brush Stories, Video above courtesy of Neil Mason



Links: The Once, More Once Stories,  Video above courtesy of Balcony TV



Links: Ella Fitzgerald, More Ella Fitzgerald Stories, Video above courtesy of Purple0Accident

Check out our other Christmas videos

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Hamilton's Ben Caplan a Rising Star at the East Coast Music Awards

A few months after winning a Nova Scotia Music Award, Hamilton-born Ben Caplan has earned the "Rising Star Recording of the Year" honour at the 2013 East Coast Music Awards.  Thanks for showing the East Coast what a Steeltown boy can do!

Blast From the Past: Ben Caplan Wins Nova Scotia Music Award

Video below courtesy of Martin Hickey



Links: Ben Caplan, More Ben Caplan Stories

Other wins of note:

• Album: Matt Mays - Coyote
• Blues Recording: Charlie A'Court - Triumph & Disaster
• Folk Recording/Solo Recording/Songwriter: Rose Cousins - We Have Made A Spark
• Roots/Traditional Group: The Once - Row Upon Row of the People They Know
• Roots/Traditional Solo: Tim Chaisson - The Other Side
• Country Recording:  RyLee Madison - Where Does The Time Go
• Video: George Canyon - Saddle Up

Video below courtesy of George Canyon

Video below courtesy of Rose Cousins

Click here for the full list of winners

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Harrison Kennedy Nominated for Juno

Hamilton Blues legend Harrison Kennedy has received a nomination for the upcoming 2012 Juno Awards. His latest CD, Shame the Devil is up for the Blues album of the year.

Harrison is up against David Gogo, Bill Johnson, MonkeyJunk and Suzie Vinnick. We wish him luck!

For the Roots category, we have Bruce Cockburn, Craig Cardiff, Dave Gunning, David Francey, and Lindi Ortega vying for the Best Solo CD. The Good Lovelies, The Deep Dark Woods, The Once, The Wailin' Jennys, and Twilight Hotel are up for best Roots Group CD.

Other Hamilton-area nominees include the Arkells (Group, Rock CD), David Braid (Traditional Jazz), Diana Panton (Jazz Vocal), Junior Boys (Electronic).

The award ceremony will be broadcast live from Ottawa on April 1 on CTV.

Click here for the complete list of nominees

Click here for the Spectator article

Blasts from the Past: Our review of Shame the Devil, 2009 Juno Award Winners, Jack DeKeyzer Wins 2010 Juno, Daniel Lanois Wins 2011 Juno, All of our Juno Stories

Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories

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