CONGRATS! Local 2017 Indigenous Music Award Winners

Logan Staats with his awards. Picture courtesy of Logan Staats

Winnipeg hosted this year's Indigenous Music Awards and three talented artists won at the ceremony on May 19, 2017! Brantford singer/songwriter Logan Staats won for Best Folk Album for his amazing recording  Goodbye Goldia. Six Nations Bluesman Derek Miller won Best Producer for his work on that album too. Fort Erie's DJ Shub also took home the Best Instrumental Album trophy.



Links: Logan Staats, More Logan Staats Stories, Video above courtesy of Logan Staats



Links: DJ Shub, Video above courtesy of DJ Shub

Here's a complete list of winners.

• Folk Album: Logan Staats: Goodbye Goldia
• Producer/Engineer: Derek Miller (Logan Staats: Goodbye Goldia)
• Instrumental Album: DJ Shub: PowWowStep
• Music Video: District Avenue: Revival
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of District Avenue
  
  
• Radio Single: Black and Grey: Pretty Little Nightmare
• Blues Album: Cary Morin: Cradle to the Grave
• Country Album: Jade Turner: North Country
• Pop Album: Mariame: Bloom
• Hand Drum Album: Northern Cree: It's A Cree Thing
• Inuit, Indigenous Language or Francophone Album: Rhonda Head: Kisakihitan
• Peyote Album: Wanita Bird and Joe PoorThunder: Water Is Life
• Pow Wow Album (Contemporary): Blackstone: Celebration of Life
• Pow Wow Album (Traditional): Young Bear: Belongs to the People
• Rock Album: Kristi Lane Sinclair: Dark Matter
• New Artist: Carsen Gray
• Rap/Hip Hop Album: Joey Stylez: #GREYMAGIC
• Best Radio Station Program – Promoting Indigenous Music: Unreserved: Radio Indigenous
• International Indigenous Release: The Imbayakunas: Imbaya Full Flavour
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Northern Cree

Blast from the Past: The 2015 Winners

Links: The Indigenous Music Awards, More IMA stories

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