CONGRATS! Local Artists Bring Home Junos at 2017 Gala!

Diana Panton on the red carpet. Pic courtesy of Harrison Kennedy

Three talented Hamilton artists will be bringing home some much-deserved Juno hardware after the untelevised gala on April 1, 2017.  Local jazz singer Diana Panton adds one more to  her collection.  She won the Children's Album of the Year category for her recording: I Believe in Little Things. Hammertown rockers The Dirty Nil earned the Breakthrough Group of the Year award as well. Ex-Junkhouse and current Blue Rodeo member Colin Cripps produced and did guitar work on the Blues Album of Year winner Ride the One, from Toronto's Paul Reddick.




Links: Diana Panton, More Diana Panton Stories, Video above courtesy of eOne Music Canada



Links: The Dirty Nil, More Dirty Nil Stories, Video above courtesy of Dine Alone Records



Links: Paul Reddick, More Paul Reddick Stories, Video above courtesy of ContinentalRecSer

The big winner of the night was Gord Downie, who couldn't attend but won three awards: Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Recording Package of the Year and Rock Album of the Year (the latter with his band, The Tragically Hip).

CONGRATS EVERYBODY and GOOD LUCK to the remaining nominees for the televised portion on April 2nd!

Click here for the Spectator story.

Here's the complete list of winners

• Children's Album: Diana Panton: I Believe in Little Things
• Breakthrough Group: The Dirty Nil
• Blues Album: Paul Reddick: Ride the One (ft Hamilton's Colin Cripps)
• Traditional Roots Album: The East Pointers: Secret Victory
• Contemporary Roots Album: William Prince: Earthly Days
• Jazz Album: Group: Metalwood: Twenty
• Vocal Jazz Album: Bria Skonberg: Bria
• Adult Contemporary Album: Sarah McLachlan: Wonderland
• Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album: Tim Neufeld and the Glory Boys: Hootenanny!
• Indigenous Music Album: Quantum Tangle: Tiny Hands
• World Music Album: Okavango African Orchestra: Okavango African Orchestra
• Rock Album: The Tragically Hip: Man Machine Poem
• Adult Alternative Album: Gord Downie: Secret Path
• Recording Package: Gord Downie: Secret Path
• Reggae Recording: Exco Levi: Siren
• Alternative Album: July Talk: Touch 
• Artist: Leonard Cohen
• Single: The Strumbellas: Spirits
• Video of the Year: Grimes: Kill v Maim
• Instrumental Album: The Fretless: Bird’s Nest
• Francophone Album: Laurence Nerbonne: XO
• Metal/Hard Music Album: Mandroid Echostar: Coral Throne
• Producer: A Tribe Called Red
• Recording Engineer: Jason Dufour (July Talk)
• RnB/Soul Recording: The Weeknd: Starboy
• Rap Album: Jazz Cartier: Hotel Paranoia
• Electronic Album: KAYTRANADA: 99.9 %
• Dance Recording: Bit Funk: Off the Ground, ft. Shae Jacobs
• Classical Composition: Jordan Cartier: Immersion
• Classical Album (Solo or Chamber) New Orford String Quartet: Brahms: String Quartets
• Classical Album (Vocal or Choral): Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal: L'Aignon
• Classical Album (Large Ensemble): Steve Wood and the Northern Cree Singers: Going Home Star
• International Album of the Year: Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams

Click here for Sunday's winners

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Gala Winners

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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