Black Music Month Videos by Harrison Kennedy, Errol Starr Francis, Jon Corbin

Update of 2020 Post 

Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories, Video above courtesy of Harrison Kennedy - Topic



Links: Errol Starr Francis, More Errol Starr Francis Stories, Video above courtesy of ErrolStarrFrancis



Links: Jon Corbin, Video above courtesy of Jon Corbin

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Throwback Thursday: Melissa McClelland - Victoria Day

Original Post: April 14, 2009

Updated Post: May 29, 2025

Local Singer/Songwriter Melissa McClelland (now part of Whitehorse) released her newest album, Victoria Day on April 14, 2009.

According to her website: "The songs capture all of the beauty and charm of the girl next door while lacing the punch at the sock hop with home-made moonshine."

Information:

• Label: Six Shooter Records
• Available on: YouTube, Spotify, Six Shooter Records (also on Vinyl)

Personnel

• Melissa McClelland – vocals, backup vocals, acoustic guitar, piano on "Segovia"
• Luke Doucet – producer, electric and acoustic guitars, Rhodes piano, lap steel, banjo, piano on "Brake", background vocals
• Rich Levesque – upright bass, electric bass guitar, background vocals
• Al Cross – drums and percussion on multiple tracks 
• Glen Milchem – drums on multiple tracks 
• Barry Mirochnick – drums multiple tracks
• Horns – Jim Bish on saxophone, Bryden Baird on trumpet, William Carn on trombone
• Steve O'Connor – piano on "A Girl Can Dream" and B3 organ on "God Loves Me"
• Ron Sexsmith – vocals on "Seasoned Lovers"
• David Travers-Smith – horns and vibes on "Seasoned Lovers"
• Kevin Fox – string arrangements, cello
• Karen Graves – violin
• Kathryn Sugden – violin
• Johann Lotter – viola

You can stream the album below

Links: Whitehorse, More Whitehorse Stories, Album Above courtesy of Melissa McClelland - Topic,  More Releases

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Hamilton Arts Awards Short List, Including Our Very Own Marketing Queen

We here at the Hamilton Blues Lovers are proud to announce that our very own marketing queen,  Linda Fraser is on the 2025 Hamilton Arts Awards Short List. We'll be rooting for her to win at the June 12th ceremony.

Arts Champion Awards

• Linda Fraser (Hamilton Blues Lovers, Ensemble!, Escarpment Blues Society)
• Dayna Gedney (founder and operator of Hamilton Craft Studios)
• Karen Logan (visual artist)
• Lisa La Rocca (Chair of the Hamilton Music Advisory Team and Co-chair of the new Women in Music Hamilton/Halton chapter)
• MaryAnn Demsar and Sandi Richardson (fundraising council members at the St Thomas Aquinas Centre for the Arts)
• Nancy Cabral-Leverton (curating and volunteering)
• Rachel Conduit (runs art gallery, music venue, two bars, a restaurant, and two artist studio spaces)
• Smokestack (limited-edition prints)
• Steven Hilliard (curator and organizer)

Creator Award

• Alfie Smith (musician)
• Emma Rush (musician)
• Luckystickz (musician)
• Priyanka Tope (dancer, choreographer, vocalist, and educator)
• Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon (musician, author)
• Adrien Crossman (artist, educator, and curator)
• Ardyn Gibbs (digital new media artist, designer)
• Casa Studio (small-batch ceramics studio)
• Clarence A. Porter (artist)
• Danielle Hitchcock (multidisciplinary graphic designer)
• David Hudson (choreographer, educator, and Executive Director of Hamilton Arts Council)
• David Trautrimas (multi-media artist)
• Deborah Sloboda (Professor and reproductive biologist at McMaster University)
• Delio E. Delgado (artist)
• Eli Nolet (artist)
• Hexe Noire (drag artist)
• Kaime Sherman (arts educator, founder of the Academy of Imagination & Dramatic Arts)
• Kamaldeep Kaur (artist and art instructor)
• Kiera Boult (interdisciplinary artist and performer)
• Lester Coloma (artist)
• Marta Hewson (photographer)
• Myke Hutchings (clown, storyteller)
• Radha S. Menon (multi-disciplinary artist)
• Same Boat Theatre
• Sonali Menezes (artist, writer)
• Tania LaCaria (artist)
• Tanis Sydney Macarthur (costumer, dance artist, choreographer, aerialist, stilt walker, prop maker and creature designer)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Lyla Miklos (broadcast journalist, community organizer, education worker, publicist, vocalist and writer)
• Tom Beckett (musician, Beckett art galleries and studios)
• Ardyth Brott (Brott Music Festival, National Academy Orchestra of Canada and BrottOpera)
• Gary Smith (director, choreographer, critic, author, teacher, dramaturge)
• John Terpstra (Writer, poet, publisher)

Links: Hamilton Arts Awards, More Hamilton Arts Awards Stories

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Throwback Thursday: Groove Corporation Debut Album - Record Prophets

Original Post: April 4, 2009

Updated: May 22, 2025

Update: The band is no longer active so it will be hard finding a CD version of this recording. This was the band's only album.

On April 4, 2009, Hamilton's Groove Corporation released their debut album, Record Prophets. This is a recording to play and boogie. Their funk, soul, R&B sound is infectious and will have you dancing.

Consisting mainly of cover tunes (Jungle Boogie, James Brown's Cold Sweat, a swing version of KISS's Detroit Rock City, and more) - the collection also has three incredible originals by the band.

The album is available through You Tube, Spotify, and Apple Music.

Band members: 

• Bass – Steve Hilbert
• Drums – Frank Vignanello
• Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Mixer – Alex MacDougall
• Keyboards, Vocals – Lily Sazz
• Lead Vocals, Congas – Kim Campagnaro
• Saxophone – Peter McFarland
• Saxophone, Vocals – Cole G. Benjamin
• Trumpet – Rich Sumstad, Rob Gellner

More information

• Engineer, Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Ian Nielsen
• Mastered By – Nick Blagona

Stream the album below.

Links: Groove Corporation, More Groove Corporation Stories, Album above courtesy of Groove Corporation - Topic, More Releases

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Victoria Day Videos by Mayor McCa aka CA Smith, John Cale, Roger Glover

Update of 2021 Post

Links: CA Smith (new name for Mayor McCa), More CA Smith Stories, Video above courtesy of Sonic Unyon Records

Links: John Cale of Velvet Underground, More Velvet Underground Stories, Video above courtesy of contrebandier

Links: Roger Glover, More Deep Purple Stories, Video above courtesy of kneelandpray2

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Winners of the 2025 East Coast Music Awards

The East Coast Music Awards: Festival and Conference (May 7-11, 2025) ended in a number of talented Eastern Canadian artists earning accolades in St. Johns, NFLD. This included Nova Scotia's Old Man Luedecke, a musician signed to Waterdown's True North Records.

• Songwriter of the Year: Old Man Luedecke - “The Raven and The Dove” (signed to Waterdown's True North Records)
  
  
  
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• Acadian or Francophone Artist of the Year: Les Hay Babies
• African Canadian Artist of the Year: Maggie Andrew
• Album of the Year: Vishtèn Connexions - Expansion
• Artist Management of the Year: Hurricane Music Artist Management
• Blues Release of the Year: Campbell & Johnston - “Find Your Way”
• Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Loviet
• Bucky Adams Memorial Award: Marc Perry
• Innovator of the Year: Chelsi Madonna
• Children’s Artist of the Year: Heather Feather
• Classical Composer of the Year: India Gailey - “Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth: I. SKY”
• Classical Release of the Year: Suzie LeBlanc - “pour une Amérique engloutie”
• Content Creator of the Year: Jud Haynes
• Country Release of the Year: Brett Matthews - “If I Die Today (feat. Classified)”
• Dance Release of the Year: Summer Bennett - “Just a Phase - Dave Aude Remix”
• Electronic Release of the Year: Rich Aucoin - “Sonica”
• Entertainer of the Year: Kellie Loder
• Event of the Year: Congrès mondial acadien 2024
• Folk Release of the Year: Vishtèn Connexions - “Kouma”
• Fusion Release of the Year: Vishtèn Connexions - “Kouma”
• Global Music Release of the Year: Ana Luísa Ramos - “Clouds”
• Group of the Year: Neon Dreams
• Indigenous Artist of the Year: Deantha Edmunds
• Industry Builder Award: Wade Pinhorn
• Instrumental Release of the Year: Mark Fewer - “The Simple Life (Arr. for Violin & String Orchestra by Andrew Downing)”
• Jazz Release of the Year: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee - “Zombie Blizzard”
• Lifetime Achievement Award: The Ennis Sisters
• Loud Release of the Year: The Order of the Precious Blood - “Suffer & Die”
• Media Person of the Year: Zach Snow
• Musician’s Achievement Award: Chris Ryan
• Pop Release of the Year: Noah Malcolm - “January”
• Producer of the Year: Classified
• Rap / Hip-Hop Release of the Year: Classified - “Sure Enough”
• R&B/Soul Release of the Year: Jah’Mila - “Never Fail”
• Release of the Year: Classified - “Amnesia”
• Rock / Alternative Release of the Year: Maggie Andrew - “DAY JOB”
• Roots Release of the Year: Quote The Raven - “Already Gone”
• Solo Artist of the Year: Classified
• Traditional Release of the Year: Rum Ragged - “Paddy Hyde”
• Venue of the Year: Shore Club
• Video of the Year: Kellie Loder - “Can't Go Back” (Directed by: Ashlea Wessel)
  
  
  
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• Vocal Release of the Year: Laura Roy - “Lucy”

Stompin’ Tom Awards

• Newfoundland and Labrador: Korona Brophy
• Cape Breton: Monica MacNeil
• New Brunswick: Heidi Baird
• Nova Scotia: Mike Campbell
• Prince Edward Island: Ghislaine Cormier

Links: East Coast Music Awards, More ECMA Stories

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World Fiddle Day Videos ft Shane Guse

Update of 2019 post

Roger Schmidt



Mark Wood



More Queen Covers/Stories



Links: Western Swing Authority (Shane's Band), More WSA Stories, Videos above courtesy of Shane Guse, More Fiddle Day Videos

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Throwback Thursday: Laid Off Stelco Worker Records Heartfelt YouTube Videos

Original Post: April 9, 2009

Updated Post: May 15, 2025

Remo Cino, who was laid off from Stelco in November of 2009, wrote and recorded heartfelt songs about Hamilton steel industry's woes. The Hamilton mountain resident has posted them on YouTube.

Click here for his CHCH Interview

Click here for his YouTube page.

Video above courtesy of rcino

Video above courtesy of rcino

Links: Remo Cino, Video above courtesy of rcino

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46th Annual Blues Music Award Winners including Canada's Sue Foley

On May 8, 2026, The Blues Foundation announced the winners of their 46th Annual Blues Music Awards winners in Memphis, Tennessee. The only Canadian artist to win was Ottawa's Sue Foley, who is signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records. 

Below is the new report from Blues Rock Review:

Links: Blues Music Awards, More Blues Music Awards Stories, Video above courtesy of Blues Rock Review

Below is a complete list of winners.

• Traditional Blues Female Artist: Sue Foley (Ottawa) (signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
• Acoustic Blues Album: One Guitar Woman, Sue Foley (Ottawa) (signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
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• Acoustic Blues Artist: Keb’ Mo’
  
• Album of the Year: Blame It On Eve, Shemekia Copeland
• Band of the Year: Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
• Best Emerging Artist Album: Revelation, Piper & The Hard Times
• BB King Entertainer of the Year: Mr. Sipp
• Blues Rock Album: Life is Hard, Mike Zito
• Blues Rock Artist: Tommy Castro
• Contemporary Blues Album: Blues In My DNA, Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Contemporary Blues Female Artist: Ruthie Foster
• Contemporary Blues Male Artist: Ronnie Baker Brooks
• Instrumentalist - Bass: Bob Stroger
• Instrumentalist - Drums: Kenny ”Beedy Eyes” Smith
• Instrumentalist - Guitar: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Instrumentalist - Harmonica: Billy Branch
• Instrumentalist - Horn: Vanessa Collier
• Instrumentalist - Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player): Eden Brent
• Instrumentalist - Vocals: Ruthie Foster
• Song of the Year: “Blues In My DNA”- Ronnie Baker Brooks
  
  
  
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• Soul Blues Album: Fine By Me, Curtis Salgado
• Soul Blues Female Artist: Thornetta Davis
• Soul Blues Male Artist: Curtis Salgado
• Traditional Blues Album: Crawlin’ ’Kingsnake, John Primer & Bob Corritore
• Traditional Blues Male Artist: John Primer

Links: Blues Music Awards, More Blues Music Awards Stories

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Mother's Day Videos by Dan Edmonds, Jamie Shea, Reid Jamieson, Elvis

Update of 2020 Post 

Links: Dan Edmonds, More Dan Edmonds Stories. Video above courtesy of dan edmonds



Links: Jamie Shea, More Jamie Shea Stories, Video above courtesy of Jamie Shea



Links: Reid Jamieson, Video above courtesy of Reid Jamieson



Links: Elvis, More Elvis Stories, Video above courtesy of AlfaBee2010

More Mother's Day Music

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Train Day Videos by Roly Platt, Teenage Head, The Band

Links: Roly Platt, More Roly Platt Stories, Video above courtesy of Roly Platt

Links: Teenage Head, More Teenage Head Stories, Video above courtesy of steve laminger

Links: The Band, More Stories of The Band, Video above courtesy of Just A Account

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Throwback Thursday: 2009 Juno Award Winners + Nominees

Original Post: March 29, 2009

Expanded & Updated Post: May 8, 2025

On Sunday, March 29, the 2009 Junos were handed out.

Below is a complete list of winners (bolded and at the top of the category) and nominees.

Local artists are in italics.

Producer of the Year

• Daniel Lanois (Hamilton): "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore" 
  
  
  
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• Stuart Brawley, "Don't Stop Now" and "Falling" (Emmy Rossum)
• David Foster, "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Seal), "Silent Night" (Josh Groban)
• k.d. lang, "I Dream of Spring" and "Coming Home" (k.d. lang)
• Nickelback and Joey Moi (co-producer Mutt Lange), "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Something in Your Mouth" (Nickelback)

Songwriter of the Year

• City and Colour (St. Catharines), "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl"
  
  
  
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• Nathan Ferraro, "Never Again", "Change For You", "Unaware" (The Midway State)
• Hedley, "Old School", "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (with Dave Genn), "Never Too Late" (with Greig Nori) (Hedley)
• Alanis Morissette, "Underneath", "Not As We", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" (Alanis Morissette)
• Gordie Sampson, "When I Said I Would" (Whitney Duncan), "Just A Dream" (Carrie Underwood), "Davey Jones" (Gordie Sampson)

Dance Recording of the Year

• "Random Album Title", Deadmau5 (Niagara Falls)
  
  
  
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• "Move For Me", Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade
• "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", James Doman
• "Get Blahsted", Hatiras and MC Flipside
• "Yes We Can", House Music United

Music DVD of the Year

• Blue Road (Blue Rodeo) (member from Hamilton)
• Here Is What Is (Daniel Lanois) (Hamilton)
• It All Started With A Red Stripe (Moneen)
• Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... (Céline Dion)
• A MultiMedia Life (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

Children's Album of the Year

• Snacktime!, Barenaked Ladies (member from Grimsby)
• FiddleFire!, Chris McKhool (Burlington)
• Catchy Tune, Jack Grunsky
• The Kerplunks, The Kerplunks
• Oui!, Gregg LeRock

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

• Lucky, Molly Johnson (Waterloo's John "Beetle" Bailey, producer)
• If the Moon Turns Green..., Diana Panton (Hamilton)
• Ella...Of Thee I Swing, Nikki Yanofsky
• Ima, Yvette Tollar
• Parkdale, Elizabeth Shepherd

Blues Album of the Year

* released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)

• Ramblin' Son, Julian Fauth *
• Acoustic Blues: Got 'Em from the Bottom, Big Dave McLean*
• Mess of Blues, Jeff Healey*
• Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield, Amos Garrett
• Love & Sound, Garrett Mason

Artist of the Year

• Sam Roberts
• City and Colour (St. Catharines)
• Bryan Adams
• k.d. lang
• Serena Ryder

Group of the Year

• Nickelback
• The Trews (Hamilton)
• Great Big Sea
• Simple Plan
• Tokyo Police Club

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

• Is It O.K., Serena Ryder
• Asking for Flowers, Kathleen Edwards (Hamilton)
• Exit Strategy of the Soul, Ron Sexsmith (St. Catharines)
• The Baroness, Sarah Slean
• Between the Beautifuls, Hawksley Workman

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Kevin Churko, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins)
• John "Beetle" Bailey (Waterloo), "Lucky" and "If I Were A Bell" (Molly Johnson)
• Mike Fraser, "Rock N' Roll Train" (AC/DC), "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)
• Joey Moi, "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Never Gonna Be Alone" (Nickelback)
• Randy Staub, "Something in Your Mouth" (Nickelback)

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

• Ending Is Beginning, Downhere
• Salvation Station, newworldson (St. Catharines)
• Colors and Sounds, Article One
• I Will Go, Starfield
• Roar of Heaven, Life Support

Rock Album of the Year

• Love at the End of the World, Sam Roberts
• No Time for Later, The Trews (Hamilton)
• Terminal Romance, Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Hamilton)
• Fortress, Protest The Hero
• Parallel Play, Sloan

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

• Proof of Love, Old Man Luedecke
• Happy Here, Suzie Vinnick (Vineland)
• Tinderbox, Fred Eaglesmith (Hamilton)
• Ghost Notes, Matthew Barber (Hamilton)
• The Contradictor, Ndidi Onukwulu

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

• Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine
• Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood (Hamilton)
• Fast Paced World, The Duhks
• Highway Prayer, Twilight Hotel
• XOK, NQ Arbuckle

Video of the Year

• Anthony Seck, "Honey Honey" (Feist)
  
  
  
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• Davin Black, "Blond Kryptonite" (Saint Alvia) (Burlington)
• Wendy Morgan, "Going On" (Gnarls Barkley)
• Dave Pawsey, "Detroit '67" (Sam Roberts)
• Dave Pawsey, "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)

New Artist of the Year

• Lights
• Jessie Farrell
• Crystal Shawanda
• Kreesha Turner
• Nikki Yanofsky

New Group of the Year

• The Stills
• Beast
• Cancer Bats
• Crystal Castles
• Plants and Animals

Fan Choice Award

• Nickelback
• Céline Dion
• Feist
• Hedley
• The Lost Fingers

Album of the Year

• Dark Horse, Nickelback
• Famous Last Words, Hedley
• Lost in the 80's, The Lost Fingers
• 70’s Volume 2, Sylvain Cossette
• Simple Plan, Simple Plan

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

• Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie (has since been stripped of the award)
• Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
• First Law of the Land, Billy Joe Green
• No Lies (album)|No Lies, Tracy Bone
• The World (And Everything In It), Team Rezofficial

Alternative Album of the Year

• Oceans Will Rise, The Stills
• The Chemistry of Common Life, Fucked Up
• In the Future, Black Mountain
• Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
• Soft Airplane, Chad VanGaalen

CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

• Anouk Pennel and Stéphane Poirer, En concert dans la forêt des mal-aimés avec l'Orchestre Métropolitain, Pierre Lapointe
• Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet, Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood (Hamilton)
• John Cook, Kelly Ferguson, John James Audubon, Koko Bonaparte, Sugarbird, Paul Reddick
• Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, Leda & St. Jacques, Productions l'Éloi, Pulse of the Planet, Slim Williams
• Dallas Wehrle, Robyn Kotyk, Alex vs. Alex, Kensington Heights, Constantines

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)

• Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano
• Bach: Métamorphoses, Orchestre symphonique de Québec and Yoav Talmi
• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8, Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil
• Bruckner: Symphonie No 9, Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
• Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108, Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Kevin Mallon

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

• Homage, James Ehnes
• Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano, Anton Kuerti
• Schubert: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
• Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske, Angela Hewitt
• Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87, David Jalbert

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

• Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels, Ensemble Caprice
• Bach and the Liturgical Year, Shannon Mercer and Luc Beauséjour
• Handel: Arias, Karina Gauvin
• Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings, Gerald Finley
• The Voice of Bach, Daniel Taylor

Francophone Album of the Year

• Tous les sens, Ariane Moffatt
• L'arbre aux parfums, Caracol
• Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
• Tradarnac, Swing
• Le volume du vent, Karkwa

Instrumental Album of the Year

• Nostomania, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra
• Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
• The Furniture Moves Underneath, Inhabitants
• The Soundtrack, Creaking Tree String Quartet
• Telescope, Steve Dawson

International Album of the Year

• Viva La Vida, Coldplay
• Black Ice, AC/DC
• Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses
• Death Magnetic, Metallica
• Sleep Through the Static, Jack Johnson

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

• Embracing Voices, Jane Bunnett
• A Bend in the River, Roberto Occhipinti
• Existential Detective, Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble
• Rasstones, François Bourassa Quartet
• The Sicilian Jazz Project, Michael Occhipinti

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

• Second Time Around, Oliver Jones
• For Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson Quartet
• Small Wonder, Brad Turner Quartet
• Solo, Chris Donnelly
• TV Trio, John Stetch

Pop Album of the Year

• Flavors of Entanglement, Alanis Morissette
• Holes, The Midway State
• No Sleep at All, Creature
• Passion, Kreesha Turner
• Wake Up and Say Goodbye, David Usher

World Music Album of the Year

• Africa to Appalachia, Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
• The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun, George Dimitri Sawa
• Cairo to Toronto, Maryem & Ernie Tollar
• Contrabanda, Lubo and Kaba Horo
• Shivaboom, Eccodek

Single of the Year

• "Dangerous", Kardinal Offishall
• "Gotta Be Somebody", Nickelback
• "Lay It on the Line", Divine Brown
• "Lost", Michael Bublé
• "Taking Chances", Céline Dion

Classical Composition of the Year

• "Flanders Fields Reflections", John Burge
• "From the Dark Reaches", T. Patrick Carrabré
• "Manhattan Music", Bramwell Tovey
• "Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written", Timothy Corlis
• "Song of Songs", Sid Robinovitch

Country Recording of the Year

• Beautiful Life, Doc Walker
• Chasing the Sun, Tara Oram
• Dawn of a New Day, Crystal Shawanda
• Thankful, Aaron Pritchett
• What I Do, George Canyon

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

• The Love Chronicles, Divine Brown
• Elise Estrada, Elise Estrada
• Money, Zaki Ibrahim
• The Promise, Deborah Cox
• TONY, Ivana Santilli

Rap Recording of the Year

• Not 4 Sale, Kardinal Offishall
• A Captured Moment in Time, DL Incognito
• The Book, D-Sisive
• I Rap Now, Famous
• Point Blank, Point Blank

Reggae Recording of the Year

• "Everything", Humble
• "Jah Lift Me Up", Blessed
• "Renegade Rocker", Dubmatix
• "The Peacemaker's Chauffeur", Jason Wilson
• "Truth Will Reveal", Souljah Fyah

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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Community Votes Milton - Deadline is May 18

From April 16 to May 18, citizens of Milton can cast a ballot in Community Votes Milton 2025.

Below are the music-related nominees.

Local Band

• 2 Dollar Bills Band
• Bourbon & Co
• Bourbon Brown Trio
• Dadbodz
• Fiddlestix
• Merritt Driven     
• Pulse X
• Station 31 Band
• The Loonie Tunes Acoustic Duo
• Tree Top Poets

Entertainer

• 2 Dollar Bills Band
• 16 Miles Out Band
• ACME Hi-Fi
• Bourbon & Co
• Bourbon Brown
• Dan Kennedy
• Fiddlestix
• Magic Of Tyler Fergus
• Pulse X
• Station 31 Band
• Steve Bowen (Fiddlestix)
• The Good Boys
• The Loonie Tunes Acoustic Duo
• The Starlite Dreamers
• Tree Top Poets

Live Entertainment

• 2 Dollar Bills Band
• 16 Miles Out Band
• Bourbon & Co
• Bourbon Brown
• Fiddlestix
• Milton Youth Theatre Productions
• Pulse X
• Station 31 Band
• The Good Boys
• The Loonie Tunes Acoustic Duo
• The Nutcracker Holiday Spectacular
• Tree Top Poets

Night Club

• Blue Suede Sue's
• Club 54 Nightclub
• Connections Lounge
• NYX Lounge
• Partytown

Radio Stations

• Arise Christian Radio AM1380
• Byrnes Media
• FM 101 Milton
• Jewel 92 - CKPC FM
• JOY 1250
• KLCA
• Radio Islam Global
• Rayovac Canada
• Time Plus Canada

Music Lessons

• Academy of Music (Milton)
• Betty-Ann Burgoyne
• Brent Pilgrim Music
• Gracelene's School of Music
• House of Chords - Music Centre
• Milton Youth Theatre Productions
• Rick Imus Music Studio
• Sweet Sounds Music School 
• Tiptoe Music

Youth Music Lessons

• Betty-Ann Burgoyne
• Gracelene's School of Music
• Milton Youth Theatre Productions
• Rick Imus Music Teacher
• Sweet Sounds Music School

Music Retailer

• Back of The Barn Vinyl
• CMA Music
• Get Loud Music
• JamSchool
• Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
• Mojo Music
• The Beat Goes On
• Toyratt Retro

Musical Instruments

• CMA Music
• Gear Music
• Get Loud Music
• JamSchool
• Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
• Mojo Music
• Rick Imus Music Studio
• Walters Music Centre

Links: Community Votes, More Community Votes Stories

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World Accordion Day Videos by Jordan Abraham

Update of 2020 Post

Links: Touch of  Klez, Two videos above courtesy of Codetski Jaigobin





Links: Johannes Linstead, More Johannes Linstead Stories, Two videos above courtesy of Johannes Linstead

Links: Jordan Abraham, More Jordan Abraham Stories, More Accordion Day Videos

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Community Votes Niagara Region - Deadline is May 18

From April 16 to May 18, citizens of the Niagara area can cast a ballot in Community Votes Niagara Region 2025.

Below are the music-related nominees.

Local Band

• 4 Ounce Pour
• Blackwire Band
• Blues Etc
• Caitlin Miller
• Cottage Brew
• Crooked Control
• Figure Four
• Jammr
• Jay Diem Band
• Maple Jam Band
• Nt1078
• Scott & Terry Duo
• Slider
• Soul Street Band
• Steve Grisbrook 
• The Hard Rock Hooligans
• Thunderclap!

Entertainer

• Allie Moore (Comedian)
• Caitlin Miller
• Comedy in The Crawlspace
• CWF Wrestling
• David Green (Comedian)
• Garden City Comedy Festival
• Jeff Gale (Comedian)
• Jeff Stroop (Comedian)
• Jesse Bieber (Wrestler)
• Joel Van Vliet (Comedian)
• Keh Dee (Comedian)
• Levi Mann (Comedian)
• Maple Jam Band
• Marty The Magic Guy
• Nik Duncan (Comedian)
• Off Topic With Brandy Ford (Podcast)
• Pistol Pete (Pro Wrestler)
• Primo Scordino (Pro Wrestler)
• Rick Legacy
• Scott & Terry Duo
• Soul Street Band
• Steve Grisbrook 
• The Hard Rock Hooligans
• Thunderclap!

Live Entertainment

• Blues Etc
• Caitlin Miller
• Comedy in The Crawlspac
• Crooked Control
• Crossfire Wrestling
• CWF Wrestling
• Greg Frewin Theatre
• Jammr
• Jay Diem Band
• Jesse Bieber (Wrestler)
• Maple Jam Band
• Merrittville Speedway
• NEO Pro Wrestling
• NSW Wrestling
• NWX Wrestling
• Regency Athletic Resort
• Rick Legacy
• Scott & Terry Duo
• Soul Street Band
• The Hard Rock Hooligans

Entertainment

• Blues Etc
• Caitlin Miller
• Comedy in The Crawlspace
• Crooked Control
• CWF Wrestling
• Garden City Comedy Festival
• Greg Frewin Theatre
• Jammr
• Maple Jam Band
• Merrittville Speedway
• NEO Pro Wrestling
• Off Topic With Brandy Ford (Podcast)
• Rick Legacy
• Spotlight Comedy Club
• Strong Water Singers
• The Armchair GM's Sports Network
• The Hard Rock Hooligans
• Regency Athletic Resort
• Yuk Yuk's

Night Club

• Bank Art House, Welland
• Club Se7en
• Comedy in The Crawlspace
• Dragonfly Nightclub
• Level
• Peppermints - Mints
• The Moose & Goose
• Trappers Sports Bar
• Xii Mile Lounge
• Yuk Yuk's

Radio Stations

• 97.7 Htzfm
• 105.7 EZ Rock
• CHRE Radio
• Country 89
• Fort Erie Radio
• Giant FM 91.7
• Newstalk 610 CKTB
• Radio Broadcasting
• Raiderradio.Ca

Music Lessons

• Creative Keys With Emily
• Daryl Gray Music
• Encore Violin Academy
• Font Hill Music Academy
• Fort Erie School Of Music   
• Grimsby's Fun School Of Music
• Jonathan Reeves Guitar
• Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
• Maria Vetere Soprano
• Music With Amelia
• Niagara Conservatory Of Music
• Niagara Region Private School Of Music
• Niagara School of Music
• Ontario Conservatory of Music
• Ryan Lunn Music
• Steiger Guitar Academy

Youth Music Lessons

• Creative Keys With Emily
• Crystal Ridge Community Center
• Jonathan Reeves Guitar
• Music With Amelia
• Niagara School of Music
• Strong Water Singers

Music Retailer

• Accent
• Chapters
• Dunbar Bagpipes
• Encore Violin Academy
• Fort Erie School Of Music
• Long & McQuade Musical Instruments
• Mike's Music
• Mindbomb Records
• Murphy's Music
• Music Niagara
• Niagara Conservatory Of Music
• Niagara Institute Of Music & Arts
• Niagara School of Music 
• Ontario Conservatory of Music
• Strive Studios Professional Music School
• Sunrise Records

Musical Instruments

• AJ's Music
• Beamsville Music
• Central Music
• Dunbar Bagpipes
• Mike's Music
• Murphy's Music
• Niagara Conservatory Of Music
• Out Of The Rabbit Hole
• Thorold Music

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