GOOD LUCK! Local Country Music Association of Ontario Award Nominees

Local Country stars are in the spotlight thanks to the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards Nominations that were recently unveiled. The ceremony itself will be held in Ottawa on June 16, 2019. Hopefully a number of our area talent will bring home the hardware.

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Hamilton is represented by popular group the Redhill Valleys. They were nominated for Group or Duo of the Year as well as Roots Group or Duo of the Year. 

Also from the Hammer, Brad James is up for the Rising Star award.



Links: Brad James, More Brad James Stories, Video above courtesy of bradjamesmusic

Burlington's Tebey is up for 5 awards (Single of the Year, Album of the Year, 2 songwriting nods, Male Artist of the Year and Fan's Choice).

Another Burlingtonian, Tianna Woods was nominated for Female Artist of the Year and her record producer is in the running for an award as well.



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

St. Catharines superstar Tim Hicks will also get a chance to his already impressive list of trophies. He was nominated for 6 awards (Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Fan's Choice and Music Video of the Year).

Another nominee from the Niagara region, Ryan Langdon is also up for the Rising Star category and his record producer was nominated for an award too.

Welland's CKYY Country 89FM was nominated for Radio Station of the Year (Small Market) as well.



Links: Ryan Langdon, More Ryan Langdon Stories, Video above courtesy of Ryan Langdon

Waterloo's The Western Swing Authority are also up for Roots Group or Duo of the Year and their producer/band-member, Jason Barry is up for Record Producer of the Year.

Cambridge group, The Reklaws earned 5 nods (Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriters of the Year, Group or Duo of the Year and Fan's Choice)



Links: Western Swing Authority, More WSA Stories, Video above courtesy of The Western Swing Authority - Topic

As for the Woodstock area, country station CKDK 104FM is in the running for Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)

Single

• Tebey: Denim on Denim
• Tim Hicks: Loud
• The Reklaws: Feels Like That
• Kira Isabella: Little Girl 
• Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down

Album

• The Reklaws: Feels Like That
• Tim Hicks: New Tattoo
• Meghan Patrick: Country Music Made Me Do It
• Jessica Mitchell: Heart of Glass
• Leah Daniels: The Story

Songwriter(s)

• Tebey: Who’s Gonna Love You (co-written by Ryan Lafferty)
• Kira Isabella: Little Girl (written by Tebey, Sam Ellis, Elizabeth Elkins)
• Tim Hicks: Loud (co-written by Todd Clark, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood)
• The Reklaws: Feels Like That (co-written Todd Clark, Travis Wood, Donovan Woods)
• Jason Blaine: Ain’t Got Growin’ Up Down Yet (co-written by Deric Ruttan, Brett Beavers
• Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down (co-written by  Kelly Archer, Justin Weaver)

Female Artist

• Tianna Woods
• Jessica Mitchell
• Kira Isabella
• Leah Daniels
• Meghan Patrick

Male Artist

• Tebey
• Tim Hicks
• Andrew Hyatt
• Eric Ethridge
• Jason Blaine
• Jim Cuddy

Group or Duo

• Redhill Valleys
• The Reklaws
• Cold Creek County
• James Barker Band
• Johnson Crook

Roots Artist or Group

• Redhill Valleys
• The Western Swing Authority
• Jessica Mitchell
• Mackenzie Leigh Meyer
• The Abrams

Rising Star

• Brad James
• Ryan Langdon
• Jade Eagleson
• Kris Barclay
• Robyn Ottolini

Music Video

• Tim Hicks (feat. Lindsay Ell): The Worst Kind
• Leah Daniels: 1st 
• Kansas Stone: Blaze of Nothing
• Jade Eagleson: Got Your Name On It
• Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down

Fan’s Choice

• Tebey
• The Reklaws
• Tim Hicks
• James Barker Band
• Meghan Patrick

Record Producer

• J. Richard Hutt (Tianna Woods: My Eyes Are Up Here)
• Jason Barry (The Western Swing Authority: Big Deal)
• Jeff Dalziel (Ryan Langdon: Leave Me Right, The Washboard Union: What We’re Made Of)
• Karen Kosowski (The Common Cause Collective: Rise Up Redux, Kira Isabella: I Don’t Wanna Know, Jessica Mitchell: Heart of Glass, Leah Daniels: The Story)
• Scott Cooke, Doug Oliver (Cold Creek County: Money)

Radio Station (Large Market)

• CKDK NEW Country 104, Woodstock
• CJBX BX 93, London
• CJKX KX96, Oshawa
• CKBY Country 101.1, Ottawa
• CKKL COUNTRY 94, Ottawa

Radio Station (Small Market)

• CKYY Country 89FM
• CHAW Country 103, Little Current
• CICX KICX 106, Orillia
• CJDL-FM Country 107.3, Tillsonburg
• CKYC Country 93, Owen Sound

Francophone Artist

• Gabrielle Goulet
• Kristine St-Pierre
• Les Rats d’Swompe
• Reney Ray
• Stef Paquette

Industry Person

• Amanda Kingsland, Country 101.1
• Dave Woods, In The Country
• Mike Denney, MDM Recordings
• Ron Kitchener, RGK Entertainment
• Steve Coady, Warner Music Canada

Radio Station (Medium Market)

• CFCO Country 92.9, Chatham
• CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 FM, Belleville
• CICS KICX 91.7, Sudbury
• CKQM Country 105, Peterborough
• CKXC Country 93.5, Kingston

Impact Award

• The Good Brothers

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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