Hamilton Blues Lovers

CBC's Annual Searchlight competition recently whittled down the thousands of entries to pick the top 100 (50 that are chosen by public vote and the other half judged by CBC Music). Local communities have a few area musicians on the list.

The top 10 will be chosen by March 8, 2018 and the winner will be announced on March 19, 2018. Click here to vote for the top ten.

Below is a list of local nominees. Click here for the complete list.

Gareth Inkster (Hamilton)

Video above courtesy of Catch The Breeze
Lorena Morcone (Hamilton)
Bryce Thomas (Hamilton)

Video above courtesy of Bryce Thomas
James Blonde (Niagara)

Links: Video above courtesy of James Blonde
Lo-Fi Mind (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Thorn and Roses (Kitchener-Waterloo)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winner

Links: Searchlight, More Searchlight Stories

Previous (Burlington Post Readers Choice Award Winners) - - - Next (JoJo Worthington Earn Silver in Global Music Awards)

It's time to get out and vote for the 2018 Hamilton Community News Reader's Choice Awards. Deadline to get your vote out is Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 11:59pm.

There are two main categories of interest to our music-loving readers: Live Entertainment and Professional Entertainers.

Here's the full list of nominees from both categories.

Professional Entertainers

Live Entertainment

Other music-related categories include: Music Instruction (we suggest our sponsor, Pick & Sticks Music), Favourite Event or Festival, CD-Music Store (New), CD-Music Store (Used) and Musical Instrument Store,

Since you'll be voting, we'd like to ask you to please vote for our sponsors as well. Please click the category below to vote.

First Choice Computer Solutions: Computer Service
St. Charles Adult and Continuing Education Centres: Adult Education (not a sponsor but it is our blogger's workplace)

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Hamilton Community News Reader's Choice Awards, More HCN Awards Stories

Previous (News Roundup: Harrison Kennedy, Ags Connolly Covers Sexsmith, The Crystals, Aaron Goldstein) - - - Next (Burlington Post Readers Choice Award Winners)