Vote for your Favourite Artists in the Spectator Readers' Choice Awards

Once again, the Hamilton Spectator is running the 2015 Readers' Choice Awards and you can vote in many categories, including favourite local musician.

Online voting is open until September 27, 2015.  Click here to vote.

Here are the nominees for the local musician category:

Blind River
Brian Griffith
Chadley Chase Band
The Crawlin' Kingsnakes
Duane Rutter Band
Eclectic Revival
Justine Fischer
Matty Simpson
The McFlys
The Michael Moses Blues Band
Prismind
Ray Darren
Shanya Lynn Dawson
Something Country Band

Click here for the results

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

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Hamilton's Kurk Bernard Unveils a Good, Old-Fashioned Country CD!

If you're hankering for some old fashioned, good time Country music, then check out Love's Gonna Live Here, the newest CD from Hamilton singer/songwriter Kurk Bernard.  The Blind River bassist can get boots steppin' and hearts breakin'.

Kurk's voice was born to sing this kind of amazing music.  Fiddles and pedal steel join him rocking out to some kickin' tracks and tugging at heart strings on beautiful ballads.

The incredible team on the album includes Steve Piticco (guitars), Mel Aucion (piano), Ron Reed (fiddle), Doug Johnson (pedal steel), Billy Caruthers (drums), with hamony vocals by Jay Riehl, Lindsey Beckett and Doug Deveaux.

There's also a fabulous, touching, bonus track featuring his daughter Faith on co-vocals along with Jay Riehl (drums), Lindsey Beckett (fiddle). Steve Petrie of Blind River (guitars/pedal steel), and Sean O'Grady (piano).

You can pick up this great CD and any of his live shows.



Links: Kurk Bernard, Video above courtesy of the Hamilton Blues Lovers, More Releases

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Vote for Your Favourite Local Musician and More in the Spec's Readers' Choice Awards!

The Hamilton Spectator is once again offering the public a chance to vote in their Reader's Choice Awards.  Of course, the main category our readers will be interested in is Local Musician.

The talented nominees are:

• Blind River
• Bombing Neverland
• Laura Cole
• Shanya Lynn Dawson
• 40 Sons
• Freedom Train
• Human Race
• Jonny Kerr and Shari Dunn
• Rob Kirkham and Neon Rain
• Carm Milioto
• Ginger St. James
• Tomi Swick
• TicTac (Tristan Miller)
• Tommygunn
• Lori Yates

Click here for the results

Other categories of interest are: Music Instructor, Music School, Radio Station, Recording Studio, Festival, Live Entertainment Facility, Live Jazz Club, Live Music Bar/Lounge, Music Instrument Store, and Record Store (New and Used).

The voting deadline is Thursday October 2, 2014 so get out and vote! Click here to get started.

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

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