CONGRATS! Waterloo's Juneyt Wins Toronto Independent Music Award

Picture courtesy of Juneyt's Facebook page

On Friday, October 13 at Revival in Toronto, talented Waterloo musician, Juneyt won in the Best Instrumental or Classical  category of the 2017 Toronto Independent Music Awards



Links: Juneyt, More Juneyt Stories, Video above courtesy of Canadian Tesla Technical Museum

He had the following to say on his Facebook page:

It’s an amazing feeling and I'm so blessed to share this news with all of you.

I am incredibly proud & lucky to call this beautiful region, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge & Guelph, my home...

I love each and every one of you, you all mean so much to me. I can’t thank you enough for your support, I have so much to look forward to, stay tuned

CONGRATS!

Here's a complete list of winners. Local artists are bolded.

• Instrumental or Classical: Juneyt
• Song: MONOWHALES - Home
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of MONOWHALES
  
  
• Song 1st Runner Up: Amai Kuda and Y Josephine - She Said
• Song 2nd Runner Up: Dahlia – Dreamlova
• Folk or Roots: Amai Kuda and Y Josephine
• Singer Songwriter: Dahlia
• Jazz Vocal: Mike Field
• Jazz Instrumental: Snaggle
• Young Songwriter: Moscow Apartment
• Country: The Argues
• Adult Contemporary: Angela Saini
• Indie: MONOWHALES
• World: Johannes Linstead
• Rock or Loud: Eden Warsaw
• Music Video: Mimi O’Bonaswin: Beautiful Place
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Mimi O’Bonaswin
  
  
• Pop: Roveena
• Urban: DRAE
• Electronic: Honey Beard
• Out of Province: The Wolfe
• USA: Amy Guess
• International: Napkin Play

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Toronto Independent Music Awards, More TIMA Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local Toronto Independent Music Award Nominees!

Nominations for the 2017 Toronto Independent Music Awards were recently revealed and, as always, a number of local artists are in the running! These include Brad Cheeseman (Hamilton)

Tianna Woods (Burlington), Polarity (Oakville), Monty Greig (Acton), Girl Pow-R (Thorold), 

The Natrolites (Niagara Falls), Benjamin Dakota Rogers (Brantford), Wes Mason (Rockwood), 

Mikalyn Hay (Guelph) Jace Martin (Osweken) and Juneyt (Waterloo).

We're keeping our fingers crossed that many of them will be winning at the ceremony on Friday, October 13, 2017 at Revival in Toronto.

Here's a complete list of nominees. Local artists are bolded.

Folk or Roots

• Benjamin Dakota Rogers
• Amai Kuda and Y Josephine
• Carl Lorusso Jr.
• Abigail Lapell
• Sweet Roger
• Frank Deresti and the Lake Effect

Singer Songwriter

• Wes Mason
• Annie Bonsignore
• Dahlia
• Mark Martyre
• Mimi O’Bonsawin

Jazz Vocal

• Monty Greig
  
  
  
  Links: Monty Greig, More Monty Greig Stories, Video above courtesy of Monty Greig
  
  
• Twin Fin
• Ori Dagan
• Mike Field
• Gorilla Tophat

Jazz Instrumental

• Brad Cheeseman
• Chelsea McBride
• Snaggle
• Brownman Electryc Trio

Young Songwriter

• Mikalyn Hay
• Girl Pow-R
• Lyric Dubee
• Xtro
• Moscow Apartment

Country

• Tianna Woods
• Dani Strong
• Sohayla Smith Band
• The Argues
• Alessia Cohle
• Cheryl Casselman
• Campbell Woods

Instrumental or Classical

• Juneyt
  
  
  
  Links: Juneyt, More Juneyt Stories, Video above courtesy of Andy Borges
  
  
• Hogtown Brass Quintet
• The Roger Chong Quartet
• NUA
• Lukus Benoit

Adult Contemporary

• Jace Martin
  
  
  
  Links: Jace Martin, More Jace Martin Stories, Video above courtesy of Vee Tee
• Dennis Sy
• Late Night Conversations
• Angela Saini
• Sarah Smith
• Emily Mac

Indie

• The Natrolites
• MONOWHALES
• FXRRVST
• Dress Black
• Lemon Cash
• Mermaids Exist

World

• Lady Freyja
• Johannes Linstead
• Meg Moonbeam
• The Achromatics

Rock

• Polarity 
• Floating Floors
• Eden Warsaw
• Holy Smokes
• Mully Jacksons
• Rose Cora Perry
• The Dreamboats

Music Video

• Lauren Haze: Flatline
• Abigail Lapell: Night Bird and Morning Bird
• Mimi O’Bonaswin: Beautiful Place
• Mermaids Exist: Call Me A Liar
• KAIS: Ain't Goin Nowhere

Pop

• Stephanie Braganza
• Roveena
• Porsha
• Sam Louis
• Azeem Haq

Urban

• ColinResponse
• Mickey Blue
• Temi
• Jae Cabrera
• DRAE

Electronic

• Honey Beard
• Romeo Taylor
• Silver Lining
• Miss Tara
• Computronic

Out of Province

• The Wolfe
• Familiar Wild
• Kiérah
• KAIS
• Alex Maher
• Delhi 2 Dublin

USA

• Amy Guess
• Brown Kid
• Almond and Olive
• Teresa Eggertsen Cooke
• Patrick Joseph
• The Fallen Stars

International

• Johanna EstHer
• Carito Plaza
• Simon Meola TLE
• Napkin Play
• Dino Miranda

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Toronto Independent Music Awards, More TIMA Stories

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CONGRATS! Local Toronto Independent Music Award Winners!

A number of local artists made their hometowns proud at the Toronto Independent Music Awards on Friday, September 30, 2016.

Hidden Roots Collective (ft Hamilton's Annie Sumi) took home two prizes (Folk or Roots/Best Song (2nd Place). Waterdown's Emma Elena Grace won the Singer-Songwriter category. Tianna Woods from Burlington got the top spot for Country Artist  and Port Colbourne's Extreme Flute received Best Instrumental or Classical.

Links: Hidden Roots Collective, More Annie Sumi Stories, Song courtesy of Hidden Roots Collective (Bandcamp)



Links: Emma Elena Grace, More Emma Elena Grace Stories, Video above courtesy of Emma Elena Grace

Links: Tianna Woods, More Tianna Woods Stories, Video above courtesy of TiannaWoods

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

• Folk or Roots: Hidden Roots Collective
• Singer-Songwriter: Emma Elena Grace
• Country: Tianna Woods (Click to view her acceptance speech)
• Instrumental or Classical: Extreme Flute
• Best Song (Second Prize): Hidden Roots Collective – Let You Go
• Best Song (Top Prize): Lori Nuic – Dark Side of the Moon
• Best Song (Third Prize): girlongirl – Beach Bum
• Jazz Instrumental: Brownman Electryc Trio
• Jazz Vocal: Adam David Halsey with vocalist Nitasha Randhawa
• World: Vandana Vishwas
• Indie: girlongirl
• Music Video (Long List): The Nursery: Digital Ashes
• International:Holy Bouncer
• Adult Contemporary: Mermaids Exist
• Urban: Michael Mazze
• Rock or Loud: Seven Symphonies
• Pop or Electronic: Lori Nuic
• Out-Of-Province: Brittany McQuinn
• USA: Frank Castle
• Best Overall Presskit: Red Handed Denial

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners (and more news items)

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GOOD LUCK! Tons of Local Nominees at 2016 Toronto Independent Music Awards

There are quite a few local nominees at 2016's Toronto Independent Music Awards! They'll be up for some major hardware on Friday, September 30 at the Revival Bar in T.O.

In the jazz categories, both Hamilton jazz sensation Brad Cheeseman Group and Erin Jazzman Monty Greig are up for Best Jazz Instrumental  and Best Jazz Vocal respectively.



Links: Monty Greig, More Monty Greig Stories, Video above courtesy of Monty Greig

Country music is also well represented with nods for Emma Elena Grace (Waterdown), Tianna Woods (Burlington), and Anthony Tullo (Oakville).  Emma's also in the running for Best Singer Songwriter.



Video above courtesy of Anthony Tullo

Other nominees include Hidden Roots Collective (ft Hamilton's Annie Sumi), Oakville's Ivy James, St. Catharine's indie band, Limestone Chorus, Rockwood singer/songwriter Wes Mason, Waterloo Flamenco guitarist Juneyt (2 nominations) and Port Colbourne duo Extreme Flute (2 nominations).



Links: Hidden Roots Collective, More Annie Sumi Stories, Video above courtesy of Sudbury.com

GOOD LUCK!

Here's a complete list of nominees.

Folk or Roots:

• Hidden Roots Collective
• The Marrieds
• Taylor Holden
• Chanelle Albert

Singer-Songwriter:

• Emma Elena Grace
• Sarah Smith
• Sydney Delong
• Lauren Haze
• Samara York

Country:

• Emma Elena Grace
• Anthony Tullo
• Tianna Woods
• Leah Daniels
• Gina Horswood

Jazz Instrumental:

• Brad Cheeseman Group
• Turbo Street Funk
• Mike Field
• Brownman Electryc Trio
• Roger Chong Quartet

Jazz Vocal:

• Monty Greig
• Ori Dagan
• Turbo Street Funk
• Natasha Roldan
• Adam David Halsey with vocalist Nitasha Randhawa

World:

• Bill McBirnie and Bruce Jones, Extreme Flute
• Juneyt Yetkiner
• Vandana Vishwas
• Trinity Mpho
• Los Poetas

Young Songwriter:

• Wes Mason
• Melanie Frade
• Karina Wipper
• Lyric Dubee
• Brighid Fry
• Sophia Radisch

Instrumental or Classical:

• Extreme Flute
• Juneyt Yetkiner
• NUA
• Luau or Die

Indie:

• Limestone Chorus
• girlongirl
• VALLEY
• Sky Terminal
• Dress Black

Music Video (Long List):

• The Nursery: Digital Ashes
• Countermeasure: Opera Somnia
• Leah Daniels: Your Kiss is Killing Me
• Danielle Knoll: Alive
• Lyric Dubee: Young and Restless
• We Are: Dufferin 83
• The Marrieds: Fingers Crossed
• Jutes: Cocaine Cinderella
• Honey Beard: Hummingbird
• Pyramid Theorem: Drive
• Tremayne: City Lights
• Last Bullet: Sin
• KINK: In My Eyes
• Red Handed Denial: Collector

International:

• Gov
• Caritos Plaza
• Napkin
• Holy Bouncer
• The Recipe

Adult Contemporary:

• Julian Taylor Band
• Ivy James
• Mermaids Exist
• Angela Saini
• Park Eddy

Urban:

• Leondro
• Michael Mazze
• Jae Ari
• Jutes
• Fresh Kils
• Promise

Rock or Loud:

• Van Halst
• Fallen Heirs
• Last Bullet
• ONFIILM
• Seven Symphonies

Pop or Electronic:

• Tafari Anthony
• Lori Nuic
• Michael Mazze
• Countermeasure
• Jo3Y Q

Out-Of-Province:

• Bridgeway
• Brittany McQuinn
• Cynthia Hamar
• ERA9
• We Were Lovers
• The Statistics

USA:

• Wolkoff
• International Show
• Kevin Chambers
• Lucky Patrick
• The Wolves of Chernobyl
• Frank Castle

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners (and more news items)

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Great Local Musicans win Toronto Independant Music Awards

As part of their 10th year celebration, the Toronto Independant Music Awards chose three of our amazing local musicians to win their song competitions!  The names was announced on September 25, 2014.

Dundas's Maggie Szabo took home Best Pop as Jane Baker from Grimsby won for Best Young Songwriter.  The only multiple winner of the night was Waterloo's JoJo Worthington who received both the Best Folk and Best Song Awards. CONGRATULATIONS!



Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Video above courtesy of 106.9 the X



Links: Jane Baker, More Jane Baker Stories, Video above courtesy of Jane Baker



Links: Maggie Szabo, Video above courtesy of Balcony TV

Here is a complete list of the winners

• Best Folk: JoJo Worthington
• Best Young Songwriter: Jane Baker
• Best Pop: Maggie Szabo
• Best Song: JoJo Worthington
• Best Country: Emily Reid
• Best World: Eliana Cuevas
• Best Jazz or Instrumental: Micah Barnes
• Best Adult Contemporary or Singer-Songwriter: Tobias The Owl
• Best Rock and Best Indie: The Beaches, The Nursery, Silvergun and Spleen
• Best Urban: Allan Rayman
• Best Metal, Punk, Ska, or Surf: Hallows Die
• Best Out-Of-Province: Jai Nitai Lotus 

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