CONGRATS! 2021 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards Winners!

The Ancaster Fairgrounds were home to this year's Country Music Association of Ontario Awards ceremony on September 5, 2021.

Below is complete list of winners. Local acts are bolded. 

• Single: “No Truck Song” – Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
  
  
  
  Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Video above courtesy of Tim Hicks
  
  
• Radio Station (Large Market): CKDK COUNTRY 104, Woodstock
• Album: Highway Mile – Aaron Allen
• Songwriter(s): Owen Barney: “Thank Her For That” (co-written by Jamie Appleby, Alyssa Reid, Dave Thomson)
• Female Artist: Meghan Patrick
• Male Artist: Aaron Allen
• Group or Duo: Buck Twenty
• Music Video: “Girls Like Me” – Meghan Patrick
  
  
  
  Links: Meghan Patrick, More Meghan Patrick Stories, Video above courtesy of Meghan Patrick
  
  
• Fan's Choice: Meghan Patrick
• Record Producer: Jeff Dalziel – Aaron Allen, David Boyd Janes, River Town Saints
• Roots Artist or Group: The Abrams
• Radio Station (Small Market): CICX PURE COUNTRY 106, Orillia
• Francophone Artist: Les Rats D’Swompe
• Rising Star: Robyn Ottolini
• Music Industry Person: Randy Owen, Radio Host/Personality
• Radio Station (Medium Market): CHCQ-FM COOL 100.1 FM, Belleville

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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CONGRATS! Local 2019 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards Winners

Ottawa was abuzz with musical goodness on June 16, 2019. The Country Music Association of Ontario Awards were held at our nation's capital. A number of local artists took home some hardware.

St. Catharines superstar Tim Hicks won two awards (Male Artists of the Year and the Nelson Compass Award). 

Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Video above courtesy of LR Baggs

Cambridge group The Reklaws brought home two as well (Group or Duo of the Year and Single of the Year)



Links: Reklaws, More Reklaws Stories, Video above courtesy of The Reklaws

Also, Record Producer of the Year winner Jeff Dalziel worked with Niagara's Ryan Langdon in 2019.



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

CONGRATS EVERYBODY!

Here's a complete list of winners. Area musicians are highlighted.

• Group or Duo: The Reklaws
• Single: The Reklaws: Feels Like That
• Male Artist: Tim Hicks
• Nelson Compass Award: Tim Hicks
• Record Producer: Jeff Dalziel (Ryan Langdon: Leave Me Right, The Washboard Union: What We’re Made Of)
• Album: Meghan Patrick: Country Music Made Me Do It
• Songwriter(s): Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down (co-written by Kelly Archer, Justin Weaver)
• Female Artist: Meghan Patrick
• Music Video: Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down
• Fan’s Choice: Meghan Patrick
• Roots Artist or Group: The Abrams
• Rising Star: Jade Eagleson
• Radio Station (Large Market): CKBY Country 101.1, Ottawa
• Radio Station (Medium Market): CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 FM, Belleville
• Radio Station (Small Market): CICX KICX 106, Orillia
• Francophone Artist: Gabrielle Goulet
• Industry Person: Ron Kitchener, RGK Entertainment
• Impact Award: The Good Brothers
• Generous Spirit Award: Cadence Grace

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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CONGRATS! Tim Hicks and Jason Barry Win 2017 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards

Two local boys took home Country Music Association of Ontario Awards this year!  On June 11, 2047 at Centennial Hall (London), St. Catharines superstar Tim Hicks  and the talented Jason Barry from Waterloo won Male Artist of the Year and Record Producer of the Year awards respectively. Jason produced the work of Burlington's Tianna Woods and Waterloo's The Western Swing Authority, among others.

Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories,  Video above courtesy of TimHicksVEVO, Video of Tim talking about his win

The big winner of the might was Bowmanville's Meghan Patrick, who 4 awards.



Links: Meghan Patrick, More Meghan Patrick Stories, Video above courtesy of Meghan Patrick

Click here for the FYI Music News Story 

Here's the complete list of winners

• Male Artist: Tim Hicks
• Record Producer: Jason Barry (Dean Brody, Genevieve Fisher, The Western Swing Authority, Tianna Woods)
• Female Artist: Meghan Patrick
• Rising Star: Meghan Patrick
• Album: Meghan Patrick: Grace and Grit
• Music Video: Meghan Patrick: Bow Chicka Wow Wow
• Songwriter(s): Deric Ruttan, Craig Wiseman (Blake Shelton: Came Here to Forget)
• Fan's Choice: James Barker Band
• Roots Artists or Group: The Abrams
• Single: River Town Saints: Cherry Bomb
  
  
  
  Links: River Town Saints, Video above courtesy of River Town Saints
  
  
• Group or Duo: Cold Creek County
• Industry Person: Steve Coady (Warner Music Canada)
• Radio Station (Major Market): BX 93 FM, London
• Radio Station (Medium Market): Cool 101.1, Belville
• Radio Station (Small Market): KICX 106, Orillia

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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