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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

2025 Juno Nominations Including Local Artists


The 2025 Juno Award nominations were revealed a while back and a number of local acts were given the nod. The awards will be handed out on March 29 & 30 in Vancouver.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Below is the complete list of nominees. Local artists are bolded.

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR 

  • Kevin Hearn (Grimsby) , Lauchlan Reid (Art Director, Illustrator), Antoine Jean Moonen (Designer): Basement Days – The Glacials 
  • Erik M. Grice (Art Director), Vanessa Elizabeth Heins (Photographer): Chandler – Wyatt C. Louis
  • Gabriel Noel Altrows (Art Director, Illustrator) Good Kid 4 – Good Kid 
  • Kee Avil, Jacqueline Beaumont (Art Director), Fatine-Violette Sabiri (Photographer): Spine – Kee Avil
  • Keenan Gregory (Art Director): Altruistic – Royal Tusk 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • Inuktitut - Elisapie 
  • Submergé - Roxane Bruneau 
  • UNDISPUTED - Sukha 
  • THINK LATER - Tate McRae 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • Kaytranada 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Nemahsis (Milton)
  • Alexander Stewart 
  • AP Dhillon 
  • AR Paisley 
  • Chris Grey 
  • EKKSTACY 
  • Owen Riegling 
  • Sukha 
  • Tony Ann 

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Buon Appetito - Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats (Burlington) 
  • Shun Beh Nats’ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs - Kym Gouchie 
  • Penny Penguin - Raffi & Good Lovelies 
  • Riley Rocket: Songs From Season One - Riley Rocket and Megablast 
  • Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro “Rhyme Travellers” - Young Maestro 

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • The Compass Project – West Album - Brett Kissel 
  • Dallas Smith - Dallas Smith 
  • Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart - MacKenzie Porter 
  • Going Home - Tyler Joe Miller 

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Honey - Caribou (Dundas)
  • Union - ÈBONY 
  • Love, Care, Kindness & Hope - Fred Everything 
  • Timeless - Kaytranada 
  • This but More - Priori 

FAN CHOICE

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • bbno$ 
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Karan Aujla 
  • Les Cowboys Fringants 
  • Preston Pablo 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR/ALBUM 

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR ***

  • Nemahsis (Milton)
  • The Weeknd
  • AP Dhillon
  • Jessie Reyez
  • Mustafa
  • Evan Blair
  • Lowell
  • Nathan Ferraro
  • Shaun Frank
  • Tobias Jesso Jr.

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • One Guitar Woman - Sue Foley (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  • This Old Life - Big Dave McLean 
  • New Orleans Sessions - Blue Moon Marquee
  • YEAH! - David Gogo 
  • Samantha King and the Midnight Outfit - Samantha King & The Midnight 

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Crash Adams 
  • Mother Mother 
  • Spiritbox 
  • Sum 41 
  • The Beaches 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR SOLO ARTIST 

  • Signature Philip Glass - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
  • Messiaen - Barbara Hannigan 
  • freezing - Emily D’Angelo
  • Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth - India Gailey 
  • Williams Violin Concerto No. 1; Bernstein Serenade - James Ehnes 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE) 

  • Known To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song  - Canadian Art Song Project
  • Rituæls - collectif9 
  • East is East - Infusion Baroque 
  • Marie Hubert : Fille du Roy - Karina Gauvin 
  • Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars - St. John–Mercer–Park Trio 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

  • Ispiciwin - Luminous Voices 
  • Alikeness - Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer 
  • Sibelius 2 & 5 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
  • Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte - Nacht Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare 
  • Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

  • Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) - André Leroux 
  • The Head Of A Mouse - Audrey Ochoa 
  • Portrait of Right Now - Jocelyn Gould
  • Slice of Life - Larnell Lewis
  • The Antrim Coast - Mark Kelso 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

  • Time Will Tell - Andy Milne and Unison 
  • Reverence - Carn Davidson 9 
  • Harbour - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra 
  • Gravity - Jeremy Ledbetter Trio 
  • Jaya - Raagaverse 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Oh Mother - Andrea Superstein 
  • Hello! How Are You? - Caity Gyorgy 
  • Winter Song - Kellylee Evans 
  • Wintersongs - Laila Biali 
  • Magpie - Sarah Jerrom 

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Disaster Pony - Disaster Pony 
  • Distant Places - Eric Bearclaw 
  • Ginger Beef - Ginger Beef 
  • memory palace - Intervals 
  • Confluencias - Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong 

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Anniversary - Abigail Lapell 
  • For Eden - Boy Golden 
  • Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now - Donovan Woods 
  • Pathways - Julian Taylor 
  • Strange Medicine - Kaia Kater 

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Beyond the Reach of the Sun - Anciients 
  • PowerNerd - Devin Townsend 
  • Fire Kittie - Sumerian
  • The Fear of Fear - Spiritbox 
  • ULTRAPOWER - Striker 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Roses - Aphrose 
  • Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal 
  • Transitions - Kellie Loder 
  • Songs of Love & Death - Maddee Ritter 
  • Lovers’ Gothic - Maïa Davies 

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • bleeding heart - Alexander Stewart 
  • if this is it… - Jamie Fine 
  • Anywhere But Here - Preston Pablo 
  • Shawn Shawn - Shawn Mendes 
  • THINK LATER - Tate McRae 

UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

  • Bamboo - Ciel 
  • Keepsake - Destrata 
  • Distant Memories - Hernan Cattaneo, Hicky & Kalo 
  • La Vérité - Jesse Mac Cormack, Charlie Houston & Brö 
  • WTP - Suray Sertin 

RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • People - Classified Independent
  • Double The Fun - Haviah Mighty 
  • SHUT UP - Jessie Reyez 
  • BBE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids 
  • Hier encore - Souldia & Lost 

TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Limbo - Aqyila 
  • The Worst - Benita 
  • Cyan Blue - Charlotte Day Wilson 
  • Halfway Broken - Luna Elle 
  • VELVET SOUL - THEHONESTGUY 

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Bloom - Aqyila 
  • Noire - Avenoir 
  • FOR THE BOY IN ME - Dylan Sinclair 
  • LOONY - LOONY 
  • Eastend - Confessions 

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Born to Be Free - Exco Levi 
  • FALLBACK - King Cruff & Runkus 
  • Destiny - Lee “Scratch” Perry & Bob Riddim 
  • Sky’s The Limit - Skystar
  • Rise - Tonya P 

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Wonder Woman - Courtney Gilmour 
  • Honourable Intentions - Debra DiGiovanni 
  • Popcorn - Ivan Decker 
  • Sad Witch - Jess Salomon 
  • Down With Tech - Nathan Macintosh 

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • New Comings - Black Bear Singers 
  • Winston & I - Brianna Lizotte 
  • Travelling Home - Cree Confederation 
  • REZilience - Northern Cree 
  • Ostesihtowin “Brotherhood” - Young Spirit 

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Precious Diamonds - Adrian Sutherland 
  • Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal 
  • Brown Man - Sebastian Gaskin 
  • RED FUTURE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids
  • Pretty Red Bird - Tia Wood 

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Aliocha Schneider - Aliocha Schneider 
  • Demain il fera beau - Fredz La 
  • Toutes les rues sont silencieuses - Jay Scøtt 
  • Abracadabra - Klô Pelgag 
  • Pub Royal - Les Cowboys 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • elenee. - Elenee 
  • My Foundation - Jordan St. Cyr 
  • Restore - Ryan Ofei 
  • Miracle In The Making - Tehillah Worship 
  • Hymns Alive (Live) - Toronto Mass Choir 

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Aarambh - Abby V 
  • Kanzafula - Ahmed Moneka 
  • Malak - Didon 
  • Dankoroba - Djely Tapa 
  • Niebla - Ramon Chicharron 

SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR

  • The Brownprint - AP Dhillon 
  • COOLIN - Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga & Jazzy B 
  • Love Like That - Jonita Gandhi 
  • Tauba Tauba (From “Bad Newz”) - Karan Aujla 
  • Arul Yanchan - Produced & Sandeep Narayan 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

  • Human - Adrian Villagomez Apashe & Wasiu 
  • Nasty - Jonah Haber Tinashe 
  • GRAVITY - Jorden Lee Sean Leon 
  • Name of God - Mustafa Mustafa 
  • Jump Cut - Winston Hacking Corridor 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 

  • Aaron Paris
  • Akeel Henry
  • Evan Blair
  • Jack Rochon
  • Shawn Everett

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

  • George Seara
  • Hill Kourkoutis
  • Mitch McCarthy
  • Serban Ghenea
  • Shawn Everett

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

  • Angmalukisaa Deantha Edmunds 
  • the fog in our poise - Gabriel Dharmoo 
  • L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées » - Keiko Devaux 
  • Dark Flower - Linda Catlin Smith 
  • String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” - Vivian Fung 

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

GOOD LUCK! 2021 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees

For details on the event, please scroll down.

Here is a complete list of nominees (local acts are bolded)

Contemporary Album

  • Are You in Love? by Basia Bulat 
  • At the Edge of the World by Mike McKenna Jr. 
  • Drifters by Joe Nolan  
  • Reliever by William Prince
  • Sugar & Joy by The Dead South 
  • Yours To Break by The East Pointers 

Contemporary Singer

  • Catherine MacLellan for Coyote (Burlington)
  • Coco Love Alcorn for Rebirth 
  • Basia Bulat for Are You in Love? 
  • Tim Chaisson for Yours To Break
  • William Prince for Reliever 

Solo Artist 

  • Coyote by Catherine MacLellan (Burlington)
  • Lynn Miles for We'll Look For Stars 
  • William Prince for Reliever 
  • Riit for ataataga 
  • Julian Taylor for The Ridge 

Single

  • K'eintah Natse Ju by Leela Gilday (Producer: Hill Kourkoutis)
  • Some Kind of Hell by Burnstick (Producers: Jason & Nadia Burnstick)
  • The Spark by William Prince (Producers: Scott Nolan, Dave Cobb)
  • Wintergreen by The East Pointers (Producer: Gordie Sampson)

Indigenous Songwriter(s) 

Instrumental Group

  • Beòlach for All Hands 
  • Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow for Safar-E-Daroon
  • Jessica Deutsch and Ozere for Traces 
  • Rhizome for Double Capture 

Children’s Album

English Songwriter(s)

  • Coco Love Alcorn for Rebirth
  • Basia Bulat for Are You in Love? 
  • William Prince for Reliever 
  • Pharis and Jason Romero for Bet On Love 
  • Sarah Jane Scouten for Confessions 
  • Julian Taylor for The Ridge  

Ensemble

  • OKAN for Sombras
  • Pharis and  Jason Romero for Bet On Love 
  • Sultans of String for Refuge
  • Sussex for The Ocean Wide
  • The Dead South for Sugar and Joy 

French Songwriter(s) 

  • Guillaume Arsenault for La partie de moi qui tremble 
  • Raphaël Delahaye for Le sens de la dérive
  • Marie-Ève Lapierre-Lemoyne for Onze
  • Flavie Léger-Roy for Ce chapeau est trop grand pour moi 
  • Alexandre Poulin for Nature humaine

Instrumental Solo Artist 

  • Marc Atkinson for Solo 
  • Benjamin Barrile for Esperando el Alba 
  • Gordon Grdina for Prior Street 
  • Nick Hornbuckle for 13 or So
  • Natalie MacMaster for Sketches 

New/Emerging Artist(s) 

  • Noah Derksen for America, Dreaming
  • Marie-Ève Laure for Onze 
  • Maya Rae for Can You See Me? 
  • Emily Rockarts for Little Flower
  • Rum Ragged for The Thing About Fish
  • Emily Triggs for Middletown 

Producer(s)

  • Dave Clarke and  Bill Garrett for Coming Home (Steel Rail) 
  • Roy Forbes for Edge of Blue (Roy Forbes) 
  • Marc Jenkins for Bet On Love (Pharis and Jason Romero) 
  • Dayna Manning for Morning Light (Dayna Manning) 
  • Chris McKhool & John 'Beetle' Bailey for Refuge (Sultans of String)  

Pushing the Boundaries Award 

  • Aerialists for Dear Sienna 
  • Mélisande [Électrotrad] for Les myriades 
  • Riit for ataataga 
  • The East Pointers for Yours To Break 
  • The Henrys for Paydirt 

Traditional Singer 

  • Mike Bravener for Depends Upon The Pay
  • Kevin Harvey for Hand Me Down Blues 
  • Mark Manning for The Thing About Fish 
  • Lou Natale for Workin' the Mystery 
  • Pharis Romero for Bet On Love 

Vocal Group

  • Beauséjour for Beauséjour 
  • Big Little Lions for Inside Voice 
  • Kennedy Road for A Little Fight Left Yet
  • Pharis and Jason Romero for Bet On Love 
  • The Barrel Boys for Mainline 

World Album 

  • Africa Without Borders by Okavango African Orchestra 
  • Kora flamenca by Zal Sissokho 
  • La Serena by Aviva Chernick 
  • Patria by Mazacote 
  • Sombras by OKAN 

Young Performer(s)

  • Maya Rae for Can You See Me? 
  • Moscow Apartment for Better Daughter 
  • Paige Penney for Watch Out For Your Step
  • Quin With One N for Out of the Blue 
  • The Gilberts for The Gilberts: One  

From the newsletter:

(December 1, 2020 - HALIFAX) The Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrates its 16th edition, with a roster of nominations that celebrates the breadth and depth of Canadian folk music.  This year’s nominees span the country from Baie-Egmont, Prince Edward Island to Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and from Horsefly, British Columbia to St. John's, Newfoundland — celebrating the diversity and talent of artists and musicians across Canada.

Established by Canada’s vibrant and internationally-recognized folk music community, the awards currently boasts 19 categories. Nominees are chosen for each category through a two-stage jury process. More than 100 jurors, located across Canada, representing all official provinces, territories and languages, determine the official recipients in each category.

CFMAs are pleased to present two NEW Award categories for 2021. A new award for “Single of the Year” recognizes an artist or group, and their producer(s) for a single release recording, or a track from an album that was released as a single, open to all folk genres, songs and instrumentals.  Another award has been added, “World Music Album Of The Year,” which replaces the former awards for “World Solo Artist of the Year,” and “World Group of the Year.”

The 16th edition of the Canadian Folk Music Awards Celebration will take place online again this year, and will present all 19 Awards, plus the Unsung Hero Award bringing the total to 20 Awards, virtually, over the weekend of April 9-10, 2021. The Awards were originally scheduled in-person over this weekend in Charlottetown, PEI, however, the CFMAs have made the difficult decision to cancel the live shows and weekend celebrations due to COVID-19. The health and safety of our patrons, artists, staff and the general public remains paramount, more information will be shared in early 2021. 

The Awards Weekend online presentations will capture the true heart of the folk community, while celebrating the 2021 nominees and the category recipients. The virtual CFMA Awards show will announce the recipients of the 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Our bilingual hosts will review all the CFMA categories, nominees, and announce recipients, including the Unsung Hero Award Presentation, along with announcing where our 2022 event will take place. Please be sure to “like” our facebook page here for easier access to the live stream → https://www.facebook.com/prixfolkawards/