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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2025 Juno Nominations Including Local Artists

The 2025 Juno Award nominations were revealed a while back and a number of local acts were given the nod. The awards will be handed out on March 29 & 30 in Vancouver.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Below is the complete list of nominees. Local artists are bolded.

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Healing Power - Terra Lightfoot (Hamilton) (released by Hamilton's Sonic Unyon)
  
  
  
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• Inuktitut - Elisapie 
• Revelation - Leif Vollebekk 
• We were born here, what’s your excuse? - The Secret Beach 
• Never Better - Wild Rivers 

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR 

• Kevin Hearn (Grimsby) , Lauchlan Reid (Art Director, Illustrator), Antoine Jean Moonen (Designer): Basement Days – The Glacials 
• Erik M. Grice (Art Director), Vanessa Elizabeth Heins (Photographer): Chandler – Wyatt C. Louis
• Gabriel Noel Altrows (Art Director, Illustrator) Good Kid 4 – Good Kid 
• Kee Avil, Jacqueline Beaumont (Art Director), Fatine-Violette Sabiri (Photographer): Spine – Kee Avil
• Keenan Gregory (Art Director): Altruistic – Royal Tusk 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
• Inuktitut - Elisapie 
• Submergé - Roxane Bruneau 
• UNDISPUTED - Sukha 
• THINK LATER - Tate McRae 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Verbathim - Nemahsis (Milton)
  
  
  
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• When a Thought Grows Wings - Luna Li 
• Magpie - Peach Pit 
• What’s The Point - Ruby Waters
• Water The Flowers, Pray For A Garden - Ruby Waters

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
• Kaytranada 
• Shawn Mendes 
• Tate McRae 
• The Weeknd

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

• Nemahsis (Milton)
• Alexander Stewart 
• AP Dhillon 
• AR Paisley 
• Chris Grey 
• EKKSTACY 
• Owen Riegling 
• Sukha 
• Tony Ann 

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Buon Appetito - Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats (Burlington) 
• Shun Beh Nats’ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs - Kym Gouchie 
• Penny Penguin - Raffi & Good Lovelies 
• Riley Rocket: Songs From Season One - Riley Rocket and Megablast 
• Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro “Rhyme Travellers” - Young Maestro 

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
• The Compass Project – West Album - Brett Kissel 
• Dallas Smith - Dallas Smith 
• Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart - MacKenzie Porter 
• Going Home - Tyler Joe Miller 

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• Give in to you - REZZ (Niagara Falls), Virtual Riot & One True God 
• UH HUH - DijahSB 
• No Time - Interplanetary Criminal & SadBoi 
• Call Me When - So Sus 
• FOUL TASTE - WAWA 

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Honey - Caribou (Dundas)
• Union - ÈBONY 
• Love, Care, Kindness & Hope - Fred Everything 
• Timeless - Kaytranada 
• This but More - Priori 

FAN CHOICE

• Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
• bbno$ 
• Dean Brody
• Jade Eagleson
• Karan Aujla 
• Les Cowboys Fringants 
• Preston Pablo 
• Shawn Mendes 
• Tate McRae 
• The Weeknd

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR/ALBUM 

• See You When I See You… - Dom Vallie (Kitchener)
• 96 Miles From Bethlehem - Belly 
• Luke’s View - Classified 
• The Flower That Knew - DijahSB 
• RED FUTURE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Vices - JJ Wilde (Kitchener) 
  
  
  
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• Pages - Big Wreck (released by Hamilton's Sonic Unyon Records)
• Grief Chapter - Mother Mother 
• Set Your Pussy Free - NOBRO 
• Heaven :x: Hell - Sum 41 

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

• Single Again - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  
  
  
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• Winning Speech - Karan Aujla 
• Why Why Why - Shawn Mendes 
• exes - Tate McRae 
• Timeless - The Weeknd & Playboi Carti 

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR ***

• Nemahsis (Milton)
• The Weeknd
• AP Dhillon
• Jessie Reyez
• Mustafa
• Evan Blair
• Lowell
• Nathan Ferraro
• Shaun Frank
• Tobias Jesso Jr.

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• One Guitar Woman - Sue Foley (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
• This Old Life - Big Dave McLean 
• New Orleans Sessions - Blue Moon Marquee
• YEAH! - David Gogo 
• Samantha King and the Midnight Outfit - Samantha King & The Midnight 

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• At The End Of The Day - Sylvia Tyson (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
• Hemispheres - Inn Echo 
• Retro Man … More and More (Expanded Edition) - Jake Vaadeland 
• Domino! - La Bottine Souriante 
• The Road Back Home (Live) - Loreena McKennitt 

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

• Crash Adams 
• Mother Mother 
• Spiritbox 
• Sum 41 
• The Beaches 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR SOLO ARTIST 

• Signature Philip Glass - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
• Messiaen - Barbara Hannigan 
• freezing - Emily D’Angelo
• Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth - India Gailey 
• Williams Violin Concerto No. 1; Bernstein Serenade - James Ehnes 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE) 

• Known To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song  - Canadian Art Song Project
• Rituæls - collectif9 
• East is East - Infusion Baroque 
• Marie Hubert : Fille du Roy - Karina Gauvin 
• Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars - St. John–Mercer–Park Trio 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

• Ispiciwin - Luminous Voices 
• Alikeness - Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer 
• Sibelius 2 & 5 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
• Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte - Nacht Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare 
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

• Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) - André Leroux 
• The Head Of A Mouse - Audrey Ochoa 
• Portrait of Right Now - Jocelyn Gould
• Slice of Life - Larnell Lewis
• The Antrim Coast - Mark Kelso 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

• Time Will Tell - Andy Milne and Unison 
• Reverence - Carn Davidson 9 
• Harbour - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra 
• Gravity - Jeremy Ledbetter Trio 
• Jaya - Raagaverse 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Oh Mother - Andrea Superstein 
• Hello! How Are You? - Caity Gyorgy 
• Winter Song - Kellylee Evans 
• Wintersongs - Laila Biali 
• Magpie - Sarah Jerrom 

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Disaster Pony - Disaster Pony 
• Distant Places - Eric Bearclaw 
• Ginger Beef - Ginger Beef 
• memory palace - Intervals 
• Confluencias - Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong 

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Anniversary - Abigail Lapell 
• For Eden - Boy Golden 
• Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now - Donovan Woods 
• Pathways - Julian Taylor 
• Strange Medicine - Kaia Kater 

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Beyond the Reach of the Sun - Anciients 
• PowerNerd - Devin Townsend 
• Fire Kittie - Sumerian
• The Fear of Fear - Spiritbox 
• ULTRAPOWER - Striker 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Roses - Aphrose 
• Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal 
• Transitions - Kellie Loder 
• Songs of Love & Death - Maddee Ritter 
• Lovers’ Gothic - Maïa Davies 

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• bleeding heart - Alexander Stewart 
• if this is it… - Jamie Fine 
• Anywhere But Here - Preston Pablo 
• Shawn Shawn - Shawn Mendes 
• THINK LATER - Tate McRae 

UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

• Bamboo - Ciel 
• Keepsake - Destrata 
• Distant Memories - Hernan Cattaneo, Hicky & Kalo 
• La Vérité - Jesse Mac Cormack, Charlie Houston & Brö 
• WTP - Suray Sertin 

RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR

• People - Classified Independent
• Double The Fun - Haviah Mighty 
• SHUT UP - Jessie Reyez 
• BBE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids 
• Hier encore - Souldia & Lost 

TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

• Limbo - Aqyila 
• The Worst - Benita 
• Cyan Blue - Charlotte Day Wilson 
• Halfway Broken - Luna Elle 
• VELVET SOUL - THEHONESTGUY 

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

• Bloom - Aqyila 
• Noire - Avenoir 
• FOR THE BOY IN ME - Dylan Sinclair 
• LOONY - LOONY 
• Eastend - Confessions 

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

• Born to Be Free - Exco Levi 
• FALLBACK - King Cruff & Runkus 
• Destiny - Lee “Scratch” Perry & Bob Riddim 
• Sky’s The Limit - Skystar
• Rise - Tonya P 

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Wonder Woman - Courtney Gilmour 
• Honourable Intentions - Debra DiGiovanni 
• Popcorn - Ivan Decker 
• Sad Witch - Jess Salomon 
• Down With Tech - Nathan Macintosh 

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

• New Comings - Black Bear Singers 
• Winston & I - Brianna Lizotte 
• Travelling Home - Cree Confederation 
• REZilience - Northern Cree 
• Ostesihtowin “Brotherhood” - Young Spirit 

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

• Precious Diamonds - Adrian Sutherland 
• Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal 
• Brown Man - Sebastian Gaskin 
• RED FUTURE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids
• Pretty Red Bird - Tia Wood 

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

• Aliocha Schneider - Aliocha Schneider 
• Demain il fera beau - Fredz La 
• Toutes les rues sont silencieuses - Jay Scøtt 
• Abracadabra - Klô Pelgag 
• Pub Royal - Les Cowboys 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• elenee. - Elenee 
• My Foundation - Jordan St. Cyr 
• Restore - Ryan Ofei 
• Miracle In The Making - Tehillah Worship 
• Hymns Alive (Live) - Toronto Mass Choir 

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

• Aarambh - Abby V 
• Kanzafula - Ahmed Moneka 
• Malak - Didon 
• Dankoroba - Djely Tapa 
• Niebla - Ramon Chicharron 

SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR

• The Brownprint - AP Dhillon 
• COOLIN - Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga & Jazzy B 
• Love Like That - Jonita Gandhi 
• Tauba Tauba (From “Bad Newz”) - Karan Aujla 
• Arul Yanchan - Produced & Sandeep Narayan 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Human - Adrian Villagomez Apashe & Wasiu 
• Nasty - Jonah Haber Tinashe 
• GRAVITY - Jorden Lee Sean Leon 
• Name of God - Mustafa Mustafa 
• Jump Cut - Winston Hacking Corridor 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 

• Aaron Paris
• Akeel Henry
• Evan Blair
• Jack Rochon
• Shawn Everett

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

• George Seara
• Hill Kourkoutis
• Mitch McCarthy
• Serban Ghenea
• Shawn Everett

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

• Angmalukisaa Deantha Edmunds 
• the fog in our poise - Gabriel Dharmoo 
• L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées » - Keiko Devaux 
• Dark Flower - Linda Catlin Smith 
• String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” - Vivian Fung 

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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Kids' Music Day Videos by Walk of the Earth & Romeo Eats, Barenaked Ladies with Jeremy & Jazzy, Ronno

Links: Walk Off The Earth, More WOTE Stories, Video above courtesy of Walk off the Earth

Links: Jeremy and Jazzy, Jeremy Fisher, More Jeremy Fisher Stories, More Jazzy Stories, Barenaked Ladies, More BNL Stories, Video above courtesy of Jeremy and Jazzy

Links: Ronno, Video above courtesy of Kids-Move/RONNO

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2021 SOCAN Award Winners

On May 27, 2021 the winners of the 32nd SOCAN Music Awards were announced.

A number of visionaries received special awards (including a few local people). Click here for those.

Here's a complete list. Local artists are bolded.

Rock

• JJ Wilde (Kitchener): the Rush
  
  
  
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• The Blue Stones: Shakin' Off the Rust
• The Beaches: Want What You Got

Viral Song

• 347aidan (Cambridge): Dancing in my Room
  
  
  
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• Curtis Waters feat. Harm Franklin: Stunnin'
• Powfu feat. Beabadoobee: death bed (coffee for your head)
• Benee feat. Gus Dapperton: Supalonely

Domestic Television Music 

• Fiction: Robert Carli (Kitchener) (Murdoch Mysteries) / Keith Power (Heartland, Hawaii Five-0)
• Non-Fiction: Stephan Moccio (St. Catharines), Murray Fleming (Oakville) (SportsNet Central) / Christopher Nickel, Paul Airey, Mark Miller (Highway Thru Hell)
• Animated: Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, Brian Pickett, David Kelly (Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood) / Asher Lenz, Stephen Skratt (Rusty Rivets)

International Film Music

• Andrew Lockington (Burlington)(Rampage)
• Terry Frewer (Princess Switch)
• Jeffrey Morrow (Ant-Man and The Wasp, Jumanji: The Next Level)

Main Awards

• Folk/Roots: Bahamas
• Cultural Impact: Eddie Schwartz – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” performer by Pat Benetar
• Songwriter – Performer: The Weeknd
• Songwriter – Producer: Frank Dukes
• Breakout Songwriter: Tate McRae
• International Song - The Weeknd: Blinding Lights
• Hargood Hardy Award: Lido Pimienta
• New Classical Music: Ian Cusson
• Screen Composer: Keith Power
• Publisher: peermusic Canada Inc. 
• Licensed to Play: Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Country

• Tyler Joe Miller: Pillow Talkin’
• Jade Eagleson: Lucky
• High Valley: Grew Up On That
• The Washboard Union: Country Thunder
• Mackenzie Porter: These Days
• Maddie & Tae: Die From a Broken Heart
• Tenille Arts: Somebody Like That
• Lady A: Champagne Night
• Ingrid Andress: More Hearts Than Mine

Pop

• The Weeknd: Blinding Lights, Heartless
• Camila Cabello feat. DaBaby: My Oh My
• JP Saxe feat. Julia Michaels: If the World Was Ending
• Dua Lipa feat DaBaby: Levitating
• Tate McRae: You Broke Me First
• Lennon Stella: Kissing Other People
• Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber: Monster
• Trevor Daniel: Falling
• Shawn Mendes: Wonder
• Niall Horan: Nice To Meet Ya 

Dance

• Felix Cartal feat. Sophie Simmons: Mine
• Loud Luxury & Bryce Vine: I'm Not Alright

Rap

• Drake feat. Lil Durk: Laugh Now Cry Later
• Drake: Toosie Slide
• Travis Scott: Highest in the Room
• DJ Khaled feat. Drake: Popstar
• Future feat. Drake: Life is Good

International Television Series Music

• Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) (Big Bang Theory)
• Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, Brian Pickett, David Kelly (Paw Patrol)
• Keith Power (Hawaii Five-0)

Achievement in Made-For-TV Movie Music

• Daryl Bennett (I Am MLK Jr.)
• Laurel Macdonald, Philip Strong (You Are Here)

Most Streamed Production

• Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, Brian Pickett, David Kelly (Paw Patrol)
• Timothy Foy, Paul Koffman (Wild Kratts)

Links: SOCAN Awards, More SOCAN Award Stories

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News

Local

• Local Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees
• HBL Blogger/Founder Nominated for Maggie Award
• New Hamilton Musicians' Guild Honourees

Spectator Stories

• Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull) Comes to Hamilton
• Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top)
• Noname's Debut Album
• Steven Page

Canada

• Watch Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert on CBC

Americana Award Winners

• Americana Trailblazer: k.d. lang
  
  
  
  Links: kd lang, More kd lang Stories, Video above courtesy of zen4ever
  
  
• Album: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
• Artist: John Prine
• Song: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires
  
  
  
  Links: Jason Isbell, More Jason Isbell Stories, Video above courtesy of Jason Isbell
  
  
• Duo/Group: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• Emerging Artist: Tyler Childers
• Instrumentalist: Molly Tuttle
• Free Speech Award: Rosanne Cash
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist: Buddy Guy
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance: Irma Thomas
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive: Cris Williamson and Judy Dlugacz of Olivia Records

World

• Native American Music Award Nominees

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef was proud to go to his Uncle John and Auntie Sarah's 20's themed wedding!

Click here for more pics from the event

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CONGRATS! 2018 Junos Winners + Footage of Arkells, BNL Reunion & Downie Tribute

Unfortunately, there were no local winners at the televised portion of the Junos on Sunday, March 25, 2018 in Vancouver. There were a few at the gala on Saturday (click here for more).

The big winner this year was the late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, who won 3 Junos. There were also many tributes to him at the ceremony.



Links: Gord Downie, More Tragically Hip Stories, Video above courtesy of GordDownieVideos



Links: Sarah Harmer, More Sarah Harmer Stories, City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories,  Video above courtesy of CBC Music

Hamilton's the Arkells rocked the ceremony as well.



Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

Here's a complete list of Sunday's winners

• Fan Choice: Shawn Mendes
• Album : Arcade Fire: Everything Now
• Artist: Gord Downie
• Breakthrough Artist: Jessie Reyez
• Rap Recording: Tory Lanez: Shooters
• RnB/Soul Recording: Daniel Caesar: Freudian
• Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Barenaked Ladies
  
  
  
  Links: Barenaked Ladies, More BNL Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music
  
  
• Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award: Denise Donlon

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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International Blues Challenge Winners

Best Band

• Keesha Pratt Band (Houston Blues Society)
• 2nd Place: Fuzzy Jeffries and The Kings of Memphis (Memphis Blues Society)
• 3rd Place: Artur Menezes (Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society)

Best Solo/Duo

• Kevin Burt (Central Iowa Blues Society)
  
  
  
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• 2nd Place: Daniel Eriksen (Oslo Bluesklubb)

Misc

• Gibson Guitar Award: Artur Menezes (Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society)
• Cigar Box Award: Kevin Burt (Central Iowa Blues Society)
• Lee Oskar Harmonica Player: Kevin Burt (Central Iowa Blues Society)
• Best Self-Produced CD: Jontavious Willis - Blue Metamorphasis (Atlanta Blues Society)

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: International Blues Challenge, More IBC Stories

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Raging Chimera
  
  
  
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• Ron Sexsmith on Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
  
  Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of WhisperingBobTV, More Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
• Footage from Trickbag's 1st Live Performance (1990)
• CHCH Videos: Luckysticz, Matt Morson Eric Alper

Canada

• Toronto Piano Man Robert Lowrey Passes
• Rush is Basically Done
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w Rob Lutes
• Barenaked Ladies to be Inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame
• Montreal Jazz Legend 'Steep" Wade's 100th Birthday

World

• Dolly Parton Has 2 New Guinness World Records
• Al Capone's Hobby: Songwriting

Passings

• Jim Rodford (Kinks, Zombies, Argent bassist)
• Rick Hall (father of Muscle Shoals music)

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Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip Passes

The world is still reeling from the loss of one of Canada's most distinctive voices.  Gord Downie, the lead singer of the legendary Tragically Hip passed away on October 18, 2017 after a brave battle with cancer.  He left behind an unforgettable legacy.  Our condolences to his family, friends and fans.

Local media stories: Hamilton Spectator, CHML, St. Catharines Standard, 

Here is the official statement from his family.

Last night Gord quietly passed away with his beloved children and family close by.
Gord knew this day was coming — his response was to spend this precious time as he always had — making music, making memories and expressing deep gratitude to his family and friends for a life well lived, often sealing it with a kiss on the lips.

Gord said he had lived many lives. As a musician, he lived “the life” for over 30 years, lucky to do most of it with his high school buddies. At home, he worked just as tirelessly at being a good father, son, brother, husband and friend. No one worked harder on every part of their life than Gord. No one.

We would like to thank all the kind folks at KGH and Sunnybrook, Gord’s bandmates, management team, friends and fans. Thank you for all the help and support over the past two years.

Thank you everyone for all the respect, admiration and love you have given Gord throughout the years — those tender offerings touched his heart and he takes them with him now as he walks among the stars.

Love you forever Gord.

The Downie Family

Local reaction from social media.

Lou Molinaro (This Ain't Hollywood)

The very first time I met Gord Downie was in Ottawa at Barrymore's. I think The Hip's first album just came out. We started chatting about music. I asked him what some of his fave bands were. Within the first 3 names, TEENAGE HEAD was mentioned. Not a bad way to meet a singer in a rock n roll band. RIP Gord Downie.

Brandon P. General (My Flying Machine) 

Gord Downie wasn't just the Hip. He was a spokesman for the country. Whenever he had the chance, he spoke for us. 

As an indigenous person, I felt the things he said on a personal level. He spoke for the rights of all of us and spent his last days fighting for us.

We all knew it was coming, but we all hoped he would fight it. He can't be cut down so needlessly. We all hoped that he would beat this.

As a Canadian, it's a huge loss. He was the benchmark for what someone in his position should do with their fame. I will be listening to The Hip today with the rest of you and mourning the loss. RIP Gord Downie

Sarah Smith

Gord Downie. Thank you for being such a beautiful example of what it is like to be Canadian. We are blessed to have shared this lifetime with your music and your stories. You have created new folklore to pass through the generations and have left a powerful legacy of pride, hope, love and togetherness.

In his honour, here are a few area performers covering Gord's amazing work.



Links: Sarah Harmer, More Sarah Harmer Stories, Barenaked Ladies (Jim's Band), More Barenaked Ladies Stories, Video above courtesy of q on CBC



Links: Selective Soul, Video above courtesy of Selective Soul Band

Here are two songs from the man himself



Video above courtesy of nbowen76



Links: Sadies, More Sadies Stories, Video above courtesy of wesleync

Blast from the Past: The Hip on CBC Top Canadian Songs List

Links: Tragically Hip, More Tragically Hip Covers/Stories

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CONGRATS! Local Artists on CBC's Best Cover Song List

Sometimes, a cover song can be a unique take on an existing tune and can have a spirit all it's own.

Recently, CBC Music asked it's listeners and readers what the best cover song of all time was. After tallying the results they unveiled a list of the 20 most popular answers.

Not surprisingly, there were a few local musicians in the bunch.

Hamilton Folk Rockers Whitehorse's amazing version of Bruce Springsteen's I'm on Fire made the list.



Links: Whitehorse, More Whitehorse Stories, More Springsteen Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Six Shooter Records

Also included was a cover Adele's Hometown Glory by St. Catharines superstar City and Colour.



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, More Adele Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Dan Rawkt

The only local artist to be covered on this list is The Band  (a few members are from the Norfolk/Six Nations area).  The legendary Aretha Franklin covers their biggest hit, The Weight.



Links: Aretha Franklin, More Aretha Franklin Stories,  The Band, More Covers/Stories of The Band, Video above courtesy of king689soulclassics

Here's the rest of the list:

• Dixie Chicks: Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
• Stevie Wonder: We Can Work it Out (Beatles)
• Johnny Cash: Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
• kd lang: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
• Barenaked Ladies: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)
• Travis: Hit Me Baby, One More Time (Britney Spears)
• Jennifer Warnes: Ain't No Cure for Love (Leonard Cohen)
• Sarah MacLachlan: Blue (Joni Mitchell)
• Dolly Parton: Don't Think Twice (Bob Dylan)
• Pearl Jam: Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran)
• The Ataris: Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
• Michael Jackson: Come Together (Beatles)
• Willie Nelson: Just Breathe (Pearl Jam)
• Lior and Serena Ryder: Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
• Holly Cole Trio: I Can See Clearly Now (Jimmy Cliff)
• Bonnie Raitt: Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)
• April Wine: Bad Side of the Moon (Elton John)

Click here for the complete story

Blast from the Past: CBC's Best Canadian Songwriters List

Links: CBC Music, More CBC Lists

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Ron Sexsmith and Constantines on CBC's Best Canadian Songs Ever List (75-51)

This month, CBC Music has been revealing parts of their 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever list.  Last week, numbers 100-76 were unveiled.  Now we have 51-75 and two local musicians made it.  St. Catharines singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith (70) and Guelph indie rock band Constantines (60) have tunes on the list.  Congrats!



Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of Ron Sexsmith



Video above courtesy of PMacKification

Here's the complete list.

51. Drake: Marvin's Room
52. Martha and the Muffins: Echo Beach
53. Alannah Myles: Black Velvet
54. Gino Vannelli: I Just Wanna Stop
55. Barenaked Ladies: Brian Wilson
56. Wolf Parade: Shine a Light
57. Blue Rodeo: Hasn't Hit Me Yet
58. Sloan: Underwhelmed
59. The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
60. Constantines: Young Lions
61. Japandriods: The House That Heaven Built
62. 54-40: I Go Blind
63. Corey Hart: Sunglasses at Night
64. Diane Dufresne: J'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie
65. Nelly Furtado: I'm Like a Bird
66. Andy Kim: Rock Me Gently
67. Loverboy: Working for the Weekend
68. Broken Social Scene: 7/4 Shoreline
69. Stars: Your Ex-Lover is Dead
70. Ron Sexsmith: Strawberry Blonde
71. Hank Snow: I'm Moving On
72. Avril Lavigne: Complicated
73: The Weakerthans: Left and Leaving
74: Nickelback: How You Remind Me
75. Dan Mangan: Row of Houses



Links: Dan Mangan, More Dan Mangan Stories, Video above courtesy of Dan Mangan

Click here for more CBC Lists

Blast from the Past: CBC's Top Canadian Singers

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