Thursday, July 25, 2024

Nominees for the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards, Including Local Musicians


As always, there were many local musicians among the nominees for the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards. The main awards ceremony will be broadcast on TV on Saturday, September 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET through CTV. 

Two categories, Fans' Choice & Breakthrough Artist or Group, are voted on by the public. Click here to vote.

Below is a complete list of nominees. Local musicians are bolded.

Album of the Year 

  • Complicated – Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dallas Smith – Dallas Smith
  • Do It Anyway – Jade Eagleson
  • Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart – MacKenzie Porter
  • Spillin’ My Truth – Tyler Joe Miller

Alternative Country Album of the Year

Creative Team or Designer of the Year

  • Design Team: Mitchell Nevins (Guelph)
    EP: Burning Down The Barn (Artist: Hunter Brothers)
    Single: Yee To The Haw by Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
    Albums: Throw Down (Deluxe Remastered – 10th Anniversary), Campfire Troubador Vol. 2Talk To Time (Deluxe) by Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
    Singles: The Way You Lie, This House by Dayna Reid

  • Design Team: Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt
    Album: Nineteen Eighty Something by Dan Davidson

  • Design Team: Kyle McKearney, Roberta Landreth, Chris Doi, Jeff Ojeda
    Single: Lonesome by Kyle McKearney

  • Design Team: Bronwin Parks (Feisty Creative)
    Singles: Intruder, Flowers by Amanda Rheaume
    Album: Fire It Up by Gord Bamford
    EP: Ahead of Our Time by James Barker Ban
    Single: On The Water by James Barker Band ft. Dalton Dover
    Single: Things I Wish I Didn’t Know by Nice Horse

  • Design Team: Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design)
    Single: The Country Kind by Chad Brownlee

Entertainer of the Year 

Fans’ Choice (CLICK HERE TO VOTE)

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • High Valley
  • James Barker Band
  • Tyler Joe Miller
  • Steven Lee Olsen
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Dallas Smith

Fiddle Player of the Year 

Group or Duo of the Year

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • High Valley
  • Hunter Brothers
  • James Barker Band
  • The Washboard Union

Innovative Campaign of the Year 

  • Blinding Lights” Case Study (Tebey - Burlington)
  • “Country Dance” Line Dance Campaign (Aaron Goodvin)
  • “Do It Anyway” Album Setup & Release Campaign (Jade Eagleson)
  • Festival Launch Campaign (Boots and Hearts Music Festival)
  • “Right Round Here” Album Setup & Release Campaign, Canadian Tour of the Same Name (Dean Brody)

Male Artist of the Year

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Owen Riegling
  • Dallas Smith

Musical Collaboration of the Year

Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market)

  • CFWC-FM (Brantford, ON)
  • CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)
  • CJGX-940 (Yorkton, SK)
  • CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB)
  • CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)

Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)

  • CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)
  • CFCW (Edmonton, AB)
  • CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)
  • CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON)
  • CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)

Record Producer(s) of the Year 

Single of the Year

Specialty Instrument Player of the Year

Steel Guitar Player of the Year

  • Chris Altmann (Hamilton)
  • Doug Johnson
  • Matt McKay
  • Kevin Neal
  • Marcus Ramsay
Video Director of the Year

  • Ben Knechtel (Cambridge), Chad Tennies, Mac Grant
  • Stephano Barberis
  • Codi McIvor
  • Travis Nesbitt
  • Ryan Nolan

Video of the Year 

Bass Player of the Year

  • Lisa Dodd
  • Lisa Jacobs
  • Justin Kudding
  • Ben Miller
  • Holt Stuart-Hitchcox

Booking Agency of the Year 

  • Fame Group Agency
  • The Feldman Agency
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Paquin Entertainment Group
  • Sakamoto Agency

Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year (CLICK HERE TO VOTE)

  • Hailey Benedict
  • Dax
  • Teigen Gayse
  • Matt Lang
  • Owen Riegling

Country Club of the Year

  • Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)
  • King Eddy (Calgary, AB)
  • Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)

Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year

  • Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)
  • Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON)
  • Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)
  • Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)
  • LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)

Country Music Program or Special of the Year

  • Boomers Canadian Club (Rogers Sports & Media)
  • Heartstrings & Honkytonks (CFCW & SILVERPLOW Productions)
  • Home For The Holidays with High Valley (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
  • Jess Moskaluke’s Winter Wonderland Radio Special (Gunfighter Productions)
  • A Washboard Union Christmas Special (Washboard Union Prod Inc)

Country Radio Personality(ies) of the Year

  • Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM)
  • Dan Davidson & Stella Stevens (CFCW)
  • Shannon Ella (Pure Country)
  • Jackie Rae Greening (CFCW)
  • Gregg Reynolds & Josie Balka (CKRY-FM)

Drummer of the Year 

  • Matthew Atkins
  • Spencer Cheyne
  • Flavio Cirillo
  • Rich DaSilva
  • Brendan Lyons

Female Artist of the Year 

  • Lindsay Ell
  • Madeline Merlo
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Tenille Townes
  • Alli Walker

Guitar Player of the Year 

  • Chris Bray
  • Russell Broom
  • Jay Buettner
  • Ryan Davidson
  • Brennan Wall

Industry Person of the Year

  • Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
  • Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group)
  • Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)
  • Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment)
  • Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment)

Keyboard Player of the Year

  • Matt Koebel
  • Brendon Schmidt
  • Brendan Waters

Management Company of the Year

  • Big Loud Management
  • The Core Entertainment
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Starseed Entertainment
  • Willing Entertainment

Music Publishing Company of the Year

  • Anthem Entertainment Group
  • Big Loud Publishing
  • Sony Music Canada Publishing
  • Universal Music Publishing Canada
  • Warner Chappell Music Canada

Record Company of the Year

  • Big Loud Records
  • Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
  • Starseed Records
  • Universal Music Canada
  • Willing Records

Recording Studio of the Year

  • 80A Studios (Toronto, ON)
  • Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)
  • MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB)
  • OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)
  • Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)

Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year

  • Amazon Music
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify Canada Inc.

Songwriter(s) of the Year

  • Country Dance (Artist: Aaron Goodvin) – Aaron Goodvin, Catt Gravitt, Skip Black
  • Hey Mom I Made It (Artist: Sacha) – Sacha Visagie, Shawn Chambliss, Jake Saghi
  • Old Dirt Roads (Artist: Owen Riegling) – Owen Riegling
  • Rodeo Queen (Artist: Jade Eagleson) – Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott
  • Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens) – Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys

Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year

  • Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
  • Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)
  • Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)
  • Brooke Dunford (Republic Live)
  • Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)

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