Summer Videos by Tebey & Una Healy, Teenage Head, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, More Gordon Lightfoot Stories/Covers, Video above courtesy of Aljoshaaa

Links: Tebey, More Tebey Stories, Video above courtesy of Tebey

Links: Teenage Head, More Teenage Head Stories, Video above courtesy of FranticRomantic88

More Summer Videos

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World Radio Day Videos by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Age of Mirrors, Colin James

Update of 2022 Post

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Video above courtesy of The Rodeo Kings - Topic

Links: Bob Bryden (AOM singer), More Bob Bryden Stories, Video above courtesy of Bob Bryden

Links: Colin James, More Colin James Stories, Video above courtesy of Colin James - Topic

More World Radio Day Videos

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Victoria Day Videos by Rodeo Kings, Melissa McClelland x2

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK Stories, Video above courtesy of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Video above courtesy of Melissa McClelland - Topic

Links: Melissa McClelland, More Melissa McClelland Stories, Video above courtesy of Melissa McClelland - Topic

More Victoria Day Videos

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National Train Day Videos by Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Rob Lamothe, Tianna Woods

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK Stories, Video above courtesy of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings 

Links: Rob Lamothe, More Rob Lamothe Stories, Video above courtesy of Rob Lamothe - Topic

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

More Train Day Videos

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The Local Music Scene Honours the Legendary Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot passed away Monday, May 1, 2023. The legendary singer/songwriter left an indelible mark in the international music scene. Our condolences to his family friends and fans.

The world is still reeling from the loss of Lightfoot and this is also being felt in the local music scene where quite a few musicians knew and worked with the musical giant.

Local Media

• CHCH TV
• Hamilton Spectator: Story 1, Story 2, Story 3, Sylvia Tyson remembers Gordon

Local Social Media Reaction

Bill Dillon (Boomers, Robbie Robertson, Gordon Lightfoot, more)

Long before recording with Gord, long before singing and playing this song (Home From the Forest) in Ronnie (Hawkins)'s room after a gig, and I was still just learning to play guitar a little when I'd first heard it.

How many thousands of songs have I heard and how many I've loved so much how many have I played?

There is one song that from the very first time went beyond anything I knew about anything from a song, inside myself somehow,

I'd spent many a quietly desperate night roaming the dark lonely streets of Toronto when I was young, my dad was also a deeply alcoholic individual, I had an uncle that suffered the same fate in Toronto as the storyline in this song depicts.

I'd spent lonely nights looking down on various Toronto streets at night thru many different windows, I'd watched with heartache Native brothers staggering in rags with paper bags of booze, and many older men huddled in doorways sleeping on steps, these things and much more were in some sense just too hard for my inexperienced mind to come to terms with, somehow in a strange way, it helped me thru the personal pain and hardship of home life knowing I wasn't alone, what's going to become of me? will I wind up like that? them?

And that's just one small angle of the picture 

My heart was broken long before it had a chance to experience it's own growth 

To this day and to my grave this is the one song of them all that taught me the meaning of life and death in my heart, its taken a lifetime of proof of it's truth 

For this one song I've been and will always be grateful for Gord's insight and ability to put it so simply and deeply in words.

Links: Gordon Lightfoot, More Gordon Lightfoot Stories/Covers, Video above courtesy of  hankgwe

Tom Wilson (Junkhouse, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Lee Harvey Osmond)

Rave On Gordon Lightfoot - My Mother used to come and visit me from time to time when I was a kid. I was maybe six years old or so.  One time she showed up with an old portable record player with a shitty needle that made every record I played sound like it had a five o’clock shadow in the grooves.

She came through the door one day with a copy of a record by a guy she used to go see at Steele’s Tavern on Yonge Street. Across the top of the record in big letters LIGHTFOOT and a photo of a guy leaning back in a studio chair holding a guitar up towards the ceiling and looking cool as shit.

The photo alone captured my young imagination. He looked serious, like he knew something that he wanted to tell me.

Dropping the needle on that record changed my life immediately. It was responsible for igniting the devil in me and stirring the sludge up at the bottom of my lake. Everything sounded so real like the guy was standing right there beside me in my bedroom fingerpicking that guitar and singing in my ear. He opened up the doors of possibilities with the haunting Oh Linda, Steel Rail Blues and Rich Man's Spiritual.

Gordon Lightfoot has left us but he lives in our blood. His voice will always  raise up our ghosts and reunite us with a tremendous  joy we all hold in our hearts but may have forgotten about. Thank you Gordon.  

Brian Mee (local fan) 

I was in attendance at the Grand Hall at Hamilton Place in Nov 2004  for his first concert back after suffering  / recovering from a life threatening  aneurysm he incurred in 2002.

Gordon was treated at McMaster Health sciences and he showed his appreciation by donating many tickets to the medical staff that could attend and publically thanked the surgeon that headed the operation that saved hid life.

Understandibly, Gordon was initally a bit shaky to start off with, however the audience positive reaction to see him back on stage soon brought him back to form.

A memorable night and a win win for McMaster Health Sciences since Lightfoot also gave a generous donation to them as well as raised their  reputation with the life saving surgery they gleaned with a celebrity patient such as Lightfoot.

Local Covers

Links: Stephen Fearing, More Stephen Fearing Stories,Video above courtesy of Stephen Fearing - Topic

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Video above courtesy of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

 

Links: Evan Cameron, More Evan Cameron Stories, Video above courtesy of Evan Cameron

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Throwback Thursday! Tom Wilson Edition!

Picture courtesy of Ron Ferroni of Steelore-Hamilton Rock History 1970’s to 2010’s

Links: Florida Razors, Video above courtesy of I Don't Wanna Cry

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Picture courtesy of Ron Ferroni of Steelore-Hamilton Rock History 1970’s to 2010’s

Links: Lee Harvey Osmond (Tom Wilson), More Lee Harvey Osmond Stories, Video above courtesy of LeE HARVeY OsMOND

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Lou, our blogger goes down memory lane: 

I remember seeing the mighty Junkhouse live for the first time in the late 90's at a festival in Spencer Smith Park, Burlington. The guys played a then-unreleased tune called Lean on Your Peers and I was really blown away by it and looked forward to hearing it on CD. Unfortunately, the band broke up not that long after.

A while later, I discovered the track on Blackie and the Rodeo Kings' 1999 album, Kings of Love and was grateful that this amazing song finally saw the light of day. Years after, I managed to experience a reformed Junkhouse rock the tune live again.

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Video above courtesy of LeE HARVeY OsMOND

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CONGRATS! Canadian Bluesman Colin Linden Wins Grammy

Canadian Bluesman Colin Linden (member of local group Blackie and The Rodeo Kings) made his country proud when he won a Grammy on Sunday, January 26, 2020. He was the co-producer of  Keb' Mo's latest album Oklahoma, winner of the Best Americana Album award. The pair even accepted the hardware together.

CONGRATS



Links: Colin Linden, More Colin Linden Stories, Keb' Mo', More Keb' Mo' Stories, Video above courtesy of Recording Academy / GRAMMYs



Video above courtesy of Keb' Mo'

His Rodeo Kings bandmate, Tom Wilson had this to say on Facebook:

I am bustin’ with Joy and yes that is in fact how it’s done baby!!!!

Congratulations to my brother Colin Linden and my friend KEB ‘MO for winning a damn Grammy last night in LA for the poetic genius of #Oklahoma

Stephen Fearing (also from the Rodeo Kings) was proud his buddy as well"

So excited to watch my fellow Rodeo King, Colin Linden walk onstage with Keb Mo who accepted the Grammy for his Americana Album of the year “Oklahoma”, which Colin co-produced.

Click here for the FYI Music News story

Other Canadian nominees included: Drake, Shawn Mendes, Jessie Reyez and Daniel Caesar.

Blast from the Past: Rodeo Kings CD Review

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News Roundup (Alex Whorms, Alex Bird, Havens, Fern Viola Passes)

Off the Mark

More Musical Toons

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News

Local

• CHCH Video: Alex Whorms, Alex Bird, Havens
• Hamilton Spectator: Fern Viola "The Voice of Hamilton" passes,
  
  
  
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• Our vacation photos (and videos) from Cuba
• Exclaim: Rodeo Kings sign recording deal with Warner
• Thorold News: Canal Bank Blues Shuffle highlights
• Dallas Harms Passes

Canada

• FYI Music News: Music industry vet Arnold Gosewich passes

World

• Art Blakey's 100th Birthday

Passings

• Larry Junstrom (38 Special, Skynyrd guitarist)
• Larry Willis (Blood, Sweat and Tears keyboardist)
• George "Pops" Chambers (Chamber Brothers)

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Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef made his very first visit to the incredible Canal Bank Blues Shuffle in Thorold. He was thoroughly impressed!

Click here for more pictures from the event: Friday, Saturday

MORE NEWS ROUNDUPS

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings on Americana Music Association's Top 100 Airplay Chart

Recently, the Americana Music Association revealed their 2017 Americana Airplay Chart Top 100 Albums List. Kings and Kings, the latest disc from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (ft Hamilton's Tom Wilson, Guelph's Stephen Fearing and Toronto's Colin Linden) was on the list along with a few of their fellow Canadian artists.

Click here for the full list

Top 10

1. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound
   
   
   
   Video above courtesy of Jason Isbell
   
   
2. Chris Stapleton: From A Room: Volume 1
3. Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
4. Ryan Adams: Prisoner
5. Steve Earle: So You Wannabe An Outlaw
6. Band Of Heathens: Duende
7. Justin Townes Earle: Kids In The Street
8. Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real: Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real
9. Son Volt: Notes of Blue
10. Old 97s: Graveyard Whistling

Canadians on the List

58. Bruce Cockburn: Bone On Bone (Released by Waterdown's True North Records)



Links: Bruce Cockburn, More Bruce Cockburn Stories, Video above courtesy of The Indie Folk Music Channel

66. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: Kings and Kings



Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Rodney Crowell, More Rodney Crowell Stories, Video above courtesy of File Under: Music

69. Neil Young: Peace Trail



Links: Neil Young, More Neil Young Stories, Video above courtesy of neilyoungchannel

Blast from the Past: 2015's List

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Help Local Artists Win the 2017 No Depression Readers Poll! VOTE! Deadline Dec 15

International Americana online magazine No Depression is holding their annual year-end readers poll (for best album) and a few local artists on on the ballot.

This includes:

• Whitehorse: Panther in the Dollhouse (Hamilton)
  
  
  
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• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: Kings and Kings (ft Hamilton's Tom Wilson, Guelph's Stephen Fearing and Toronto's Colin Linden)
  
  
  
  Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Video above courtesy of Austin Peacock
  
  
• Stephen Fearing: Every Soul's A Sailor (Guelph)
  
  
  
  Links: Stephen Fearing, More Stephen Fearing Stories,  Video above courtesy of muziekpodium bakkeveen

• Ron Sexsmith: The Last Rider (St. Catharines)
  
  
  
  Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of Ron Sexsmith

Other Canadians on the ballot include:

• Jim Byrnes: Long Hot Summer Days
• Bruce Cockburn: Bone on Bone (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• Rose Cousins: Natural Conclusion
• New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions
• The Wailin' Jennys: Fifteen (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• Neil Young: Hitchhiker
• Brock Zeman: The Carnival is Back in Town (released on Kitchener's Busted Flat Records)

Acts can also be added to the ballot during the voting process so if there are any artists you'd like recognized, this is your chance!

Click here to vote (you can pick the top ten)

Blast from the Past: 2015 No Depression Nominees

Links: No Depression, More No Depression Stories

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News Roundup (Polaris Prize, Chris Mercer, Rodeo Kings)

Lido Pimienta Wins Polaris Prize

Links: Lido Pimienta,  More Polaris Prize Stories, Video above courtesy of lido tv

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Chris Mercer
  
  
  
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• CHCH Video: Thompson Wilson
• Local and Canadian Global Music Award Winners
• Spectator Readers' Choice Award Nominees
• Niagara Music Award Nominees

Canada

• Toronto Blues Society welcomes new Office Manager Hüma Üster and Project Manager Amanda Rheaume
• Gary Slaight Earns Inaugural Changemaker Award
• September 2017 issue of Maple Blues

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The Adventures of Trebleclef the Music Loving Monkey

We recently put up pics of Trebleclef's visit to Supercrawl 2017.

Treble takes a selfie with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Click here for more pictures from the event



Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories,, Video above courtesy of JeanetteG

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Sunrise Records to Buy 70 HMV Locations

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Eyerollers
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Links: Eyerollers,  More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast

• Caledonia Folk Club Founder Bill Crawford Passes (Full post to come)
• Guelph Jazz Festival Announces New Artistic Director
• Cashbox Canada Story on Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
• Burlington Post Readers' Choice Award Winners
• Hamilton Community News Readers' Choice Awards

Passings

• David Axelrod
  
  
  
  Links: David Axelrod, Video above courtesy of MsFunkhead
  
  
• Ilene Berns (Bang Record Pioneer)
• Alan Aldrige (Album Cover Artist)
• Larry Coryell (Miles Davis Guitarist)
  
  
  
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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef loved seeing Steve Strongman and Alec Fraser team up for an amazing show at the Anchor Bar in Burlington.

Click here for more pictures from the event.

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Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Images

Phil Chess of Chess Records Passes

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News

Local

• Festival of Friends to Return to Gage Park
• FYI Music News Story on Lindy Vopnfjord
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w drummer Jimmy Boudreau (Western Swing Authority, Mel Brown)
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Tim Hicks and Tebey on Oct 24 Canadian Country Charts
• For Bass Players Only Interview with Jason Raso
• 3 New Barbershop Podcast Episodes (Ron Baumber, Foster Pottery Company, Judi Rideout)
• Blue Rodeo (ft Hamilton's KimDeschamps) Wins 2016 PolarisHeritage Prize
• 3 Finalists Vying to Play Six String Nation Show in St. Catharines
• View Magazine Readers' ChoiceAward Winners

Canada

• Reasons Steppenwolf Should be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Blues Tribe Podcast w Samantha Martin
  
  
  
  Links: Samantha Martin, More Samantha Martin Stories, Video above courtesy of Blues Tribe
  
  
• Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inducts Colin James
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w Chris Whiteley: Part 1, Part 2

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef will be back next week.

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Links: Garnet Rogers, More Garnet Rogers Stories, Video above courtesy of Patriot Ledger

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GOOD LUCK! Local Artists Receive Indie Award Nominations!

Once again, a number of talented local artists have received Indie Award nominations.

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, featuring Hamilton's Tom Wilson, Guelph's Stephen Fearing and Toronto's Colin Linden) are up for the Folk/Roots category.  Other nominees from the Hammer include Whitehorse (Songwriter), Diana Panton (Jazz) and Caribou (Artist, Electronic Artist).

Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Video above courtesy of StellaBlu477

You+Me, the alt-folk duo featuring St. Catharines boy Dallas Smith (aka City and Colour) with international superstar P!nk, is in the running for both the Songwriter and Alternative categories. Also from St. Catharines, Tim Hicks was nominated for Best Country.

Links: You+Me, More You+Me Stories, Video above courtesy of You+Me



Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Video above courtesy of csChicago

Hopefully they will be taking home some hardware on Saturday May 9th, 2015 when the awards are handed out at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto.  GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Here are some nomination highlights:

FOLK/ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP

• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
• Del Barber
• Oh Susanna
• The Bar Brothers
• The Bros. Landreth

SONGWRITER

• Whitehorse
• You+Me
• July Talk
• The New Pornographers
• The Weeknd

JAZZ ARTIST OR GROUP

• Diana Panton
• BadBadNotGood
• Elizabeth Shepherd
• Myriad3
• The Souljazz Orchestra

COUNTRY ARTIST OR GROUP

• Tim Hicks
• Dallas Smith
• Jess Moskaluke
• Kira Isabella
• The Road Hammers

ALTERNATIVE ARTIST OR GROUP

• You+Me
• Alvvays
• Bahamas
• Dan Mangan + Blacksmith
• Timber Timbre

ARTIST 

• Caribou 
• Mac DeMarco
• Owen Pallett
• Tanya Tagaq
• The Weeknd

ELECTRONIC ARTIST

• Caribou 
• Art Department 
• Operators 
• Plastikman 
• Zeds Dead

ALBUM

• Alvvays: Alvvays
• Death From Above 1979: The Physical World 
• Mac DeMarco: Salad Day’s
• Owen Pallett: In Conflict 
• The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers

SINGLE

• [SEBELL]: Till the Sun Burns Out
• Chromeo: Jealous (I Ain’t With It)
• Death From Above 1979: Trainwreck 1979 
• MAGIC!: Rude
• USS: Yin Yang

GROUP OR DUO

• Alvvays
• Death From Above 1979
• The Glorious Sons
• The New Pornographers
• Tokyo Police Club

FEMALE ARTIST

• Jenn Grant
• Lisa LeBlanc
• Lowell
• Steph Cameron
• Tanya Tagaq

MALE ARTIST 

• Chad VanGaalen (Flemish Eye)
• Jay Malinowski and the Deadcoast
• Kevin Drew
• Owen Pallett
• Rich Aucoin

EMERGING ARTIST (ENGLISH

• Alvvays
• BESTiE
• Close Talker
• Cousins
• Gay Nineties
• JPNSGRLS
• Royal Tusk
• The Barr Brothers
• The Dying Arts
• The Mohrs

Blast from the Past: 2014 Winners

Links: Indie Awards, More Indie Awards Stories

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2015 Hamilton Music Award Nominations Announced!

Recently, the 2015 Hamilton Music Award nominations were announced.  Once again, the best musical artists in the Hammer will get a chance to shine.  The hardware will be divvied up on May 24, 2015.

Singer/Songwriter Laura Cole leads the way with 5 nods (Female, Songwriter, Record, New Artist, and Adult Alternative). Jeremy Fischer is next in line with 4, The Arkells, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, and Elliott Brood all have three nominations apiece.

Click here for the Industry Award nominations - including one for this site!

Nominees for the industry categories will be announced in early April.

Click here for the Spectator story.

Click here for the results

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Here are a few highlights:

Female Artist

• Bianca Bernardi
• Katie Bulley
• Laura Cole
• Diana Panton
• Mimi Shaw
• Ginger St. James

Male Artist

• Jeremy Fischer
• Hachey the MouthPEACE
• Harrison Kennedy
• Jacob Moon
• Bud Roach
• Steve Strongman

Songwriter

• The Arkells
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
• Laura Cole
• The Dinner Belles
• Elliott Brood
• Jeremy Fischer

Record

• The Arkells: High Noon
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: South
• Caribou: Our Love
• Laura Cole: Dirty Cheat
• Elliott Brood: Work And Love
• Jeremy Fischer: The Lemon Squeeze

New Artist/Group of the Year

• Ash and Bloom
• Laura Cole
• Dirty Jeans
• Mississippi Bends
• Tongue FU

Blues Recording 

• Jack de Keyzer: Voodoo Boogie
• Joel Johnson: Blues Joose Volume II
• Harrison Kennedy: This Is From Here
• Shawn O'Halloran: Jumpin' The Gun On Mardi Gras
• Steve Strongman: Let Me Prove It To You

Folk/Traditional Recording

• Ash and Bloom: Let the Storm Come
• John and Sheila Ludgate: Northern Soul
• Scott Orr: A Long Life
• Matt Paxton: Mountain Eyes
• Alfie Smith and Nicole Christian: Come On In My Kitchen
• The Vaudevillian: Salty Dog

Roots Recording (Group) 

• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: South
• Elliott Brood: Work And Love
• The Folk Sinners: Move That Rock
• Tim Gibbons and the Swampbusters: Swamp Tooth Comb
• Harlan Pepper: Take Out A Twenty And Live Life To The Fullest

Roots Recording (Solo) 

• Katie Bulley: Sun Wolf
• Fred Eaglesmith: Tambourine
• Low Country Hill: Low Country Hill
• Mark McNeil: Flashbacks
• Peter Tigchelaar: Better Things

Alt/Country Recording

• Rae Billing and the Unpayable:, Walls and Fences
• The Dinner Belles: The River And The Willow
• Mississippi Bends: Mississippi Bends
• Mimi Shaw: Niagara
• Ginger St. James: Diesel and Peas

New Country Recording

• Ty Baynton: Good Ol' Boy
• Billy J White: Damn Fool Thing

Jazz Recording

• Brenda Brown: Brenda Brown
• Diana Panton: Red 
• Haolin Munk: HMEP
• The Out of Towners: Dirty. Organ. Jazz
• Karen Thornton: Rain Down On Me

Alternative/Indie Rock Recording

• Beautiful Nothing: Beautiful Nothing
• The Dirty Nil: Smite
• Pet Sun: Feel Like I'm Going Away
• Dave Rave and the Governors: Ashtray Makeup
• Thought Beneath Film: Cartographers
• The Zilis: Sketches II

Rock Recording

• The Arkells: High Noon
• Bob Bryden: Yorkville Days
• Live How You Live: Live How You Live
• Social Animals: Innominate
• Sons of Revelry: Fractal

Adult Alternative Recording

• Laura Cole: Dirty Cheat
• Justin Dunlop: Black Bay Nocturnes
• The DoneFors: Lush Life Below The Poverty Line
• Jeremy Fisher: The Lemon Squeeze
• Jacob Moon: Fascination
• Whitehorse: Éphémère Sans Repère

Pop Recording

• Allotrope: Allotropic
• Among Millions: Among Millions
• Bianca Bernardi: Bianca
• Kojo "Easy" Damptey: Daylight Robbery
• Jordan Haller: Drifting
• Hello Harvard: EP

Click here for a complete list of nominees.

Blast from the Past: Last Years; Winners

Links: Hamilton Music Awards, More HMA Stories

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