CONGRATS! Burlington's Charles Moniz Wins 2022 Grammy + Canadian Winners

Burlington Sound Engineer Charles Moniz won a Grammy for Record of the Year at the Sunday April 2, 2022 ceremony for his work on Silk Sonic’s Leave the Door Open

Links: Charles Moniz, More Charles Moniz Stories, Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars, More Bruno Mars Stories, Video of the acceptance speech from the band, Video above courtesy of  Bruno Mars

Other Canadian Winners

• Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years 1963-1967 (Best Historical Album)
• The Weeknd (Best Melodic Rap Performance for Hurricane with Kanye West & Lil Baby)
• Alex Cuba: Mendó (Best Latin Pop Album)
• Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor: Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (Best Orchestral Performance)
• Dream Theater: The Alien (singer James LaBrie is Canadian) (Best Metal Performance)

Click here for the complete list of winners.

Also at the ceremony Canadians Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar joined Giveon to perform Peaches.

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GOOD LUCK! Lots of Local 2018 Juno Nominees!

There are a ton of local nominees at this year's Juno Awards. We are all proud of our are musicians.

Just in Hamilton alsone, we have the Arkells (3 nods + 1 for their producer), Steve Strongman (Blues Album of the Year), Terra Lightfoot (2 +1 for her engineer), Whitehorse (1 + 1 for their engineer), Brad Cheeseman (Jazz Album of the Year, Solo), David Braid (Jazz Album of the Year, Group) and Iskwé (Indigenous Music Album of the Year). Also, Waterdown's True North Records released two nominated albums by Bruce Cockburn and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Click here for the Hamilton Spectator story on the local nominations.



Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, Video above courtesy of ArkellsVEVO



Links: Brad Cheeseman, More Brad Cheeseman Stories, Video above courtesy of Brad Cheeseman

As for Burlington, there's Walk Off The Earth (Fan's Choice). Also, Bruno Mars: 24K Magic, an album Engineered by Charles Moniz is in the running for International Album of the Year. He recently won a Grammy for his work.



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

Other nominees include

• Downchild (ft members from Niagara and Brantford) for Blues Album of the Year
• St. Catharines' Tim Hicks (Country Album of the Year)
• Fort Erie's DJ Shub (Indigenous Music Album of the Year)
• Rezz from Niagara Falls (Electronic Album of the Year)
• Guelph's Ralph Bowen (Jazz Album of the Year, Solo)
• Kitchener's Alysha Brilla (Adult Contemporary Album of the Year)

Links: Alysha Brilla, More Alysha Brilla Stories, Video above courtesy of Alysha Brilla

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Leading the nomination are rockers Arcade Fire and RnB artist Jessie Reyez with four each.

Below is a complete list of nominees: 

Fan Choice

• Arkells
• Walk Off The Earth
• Jessie Reyez
• Shawn Hook
• Shawn Mendes
• The Weeknd
• Theory of a Deadman
• Justin Bieber
• Hedley
• Alessia Cara

Single

• Arkells: Knocking at the Door
• Shawn Mendes: There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back
• The Weeknd: I Feel It Coming ft. Daft Punk
• Alessia Cara: How Far I’ll Go
• Arcade Fire: Everything Now

Video

• Arkells: Knocking at the Door
• Leonard Cohen: Leaving The Table
• Mother Mother: The Drugs
• Grimes: Venus Fly
• Jessie Reyez: Gatekeeper

Blues Album

• Steve Strongman: No Time Like Now
• Downchild: Something I’ve Done
• MonkeyJunk: Time to Roll
• Williams, Wayne and Isaak: Big City, Back Country Blues
• Big Dave McLean: Better the Devil You Know

Adult Alternative Album

• Terra Lightfoot: New Mistakes
• Whitehorse: Panther In The Dollhouse
• Leif Vollebekk: Twin Solitude
• Timber Timbre: Sincerely, Future Pollution
• Gord Downie: Introduce Yerself

Adult Contemporary Album

• Alysha Brilla: Rooted
• Johnny Reid: Revival
• Michael Bublé: Nobody But Me
• Nuela Charles: The Grand Hustle
• The Tenors: Christmas Together

Country Album

• Tim Hicks: Shake These Walls
• James Barker Band: Game On
• Jess Moskaluke: Past the Past
• Dean Brody: Beautiful Freakshow
• High Valley: Dear Life

Jazz Album (Solo)

• Brad Cheeseman: The Tide Turns
• Ralph Bowen: Ralph Bowen
• Hilario Durán: Contumbao
• Mike Downes: Root Structure
• Chet Doxas: Rich in Symbols

Jazz Album (Group)

• David Braid, Mike Murley, Anders Mogensen and Johnny Aman: The North
• Andrew Downing’s Otterville: Otterville
• Carn Davidson 9: Murphy
• Christine Jensen and Ingrid Jensen: Infinitude
• Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop: Rev

Indigenous Music Album

• Iskwé: The Fight Within
• DJ Shub: PowWowStep
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Medicine Songs (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• Indian City: Here and Now
• Kelly Fraser: Sedna

Recording Engineer

• Eric Ratz (Arkells, Danko Jones)
• Gus van Go (Terra Lightfoot, Whitehorse)
• Riley Bell (Daniel Caesar)
• Shawn Everett (Perfume Genius, The War on Drugs)
• Ben Kaplan (Five Alarm Funk, Ninjaspy)

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

• Bruce Cockburn: Bone on Bone (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Medicine Songs (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• The Jerry Cans: Inuusiq
• The Weather Station: The Weather Station
• Amelia Curran: Watershed

International Album

• Bruno Mars: 24K Magic (engineered by Burlington's Charles Moniz)
• Kendrick Lamar: DAMN
• Post Malone: Stoney
• Taylor Swift: reputation
• Ed Sheeran: ÷

Album 

• Johnny Reid: Revival
• Michael Bublé: Nobody But Me
• Ruth B: Safe Haven
• Shania Twain: Now
• Arcade Fire: Everything Now

Artist

• Ruth B
• Shania Twain
• Gord Downie
• Daniel Caesar
• Lights

Group

• A Tribe Called Red
• Arcade Fire
• Alvvays
• Broken Social Scene
• Hedley

Breakthrough Artist

• Jessie Reyez
• NAV
• Virginia to Vegas
• Allan Rayman
• Charlotte Cardin

Breakthrough Group

• James Barker Band
• The Beaches
• The Dead South
• The Franklin Electric
• The Jerry Cans

Songwriter

• Rose Cousins
• Scott Helman
• Amelia Curran
• Gord Downie and Kevin Drew
• Charlotte Cardin

Traditional Roots Album

• Jayme Stone: Jayme Stone’s Folklife
• The East Pointers: What We Leave Behind
• The Dead South: Illusion and Doubt
• Cassie and Maggie: The Willow Collection
• Còig: Rove

Alternative Album

• Land of Talk: Life After Youth
• Tanya Tagaq: Retribution
• Arcade Fire: Everything Now
• Weaves: Wide Open
• Alvvays: Antisocialites

Pop Album

• Lights: Skin and Earth
• Ria Mae: My Love
• Ruth B: Safe Haven
• Scott Helman: Hȏtel de Ville
• Hedley: Cageless

Rock Album

• Nickelback: Feed The Machine
• The Glorious Sons: Young Beauties and Fools
• Theory of a Deadman: Wake Up Call
• Big Wreck: Grace Street
• Death From Above: Outrage! Is Now

Vocal Jazz Album

• Kellylee Evans: Come On
• Matt Dusk: Old School Yule!
• Michael Kaeshammer: No Filter
• Bria Skonberg: With a Twist
• Diana Krall: Turn Up the Quiet

Instrumental Album

• Kristofer Maddigan: Cuphead
• Oktopus: Hapax
• Peregrine Falls: Peregrine Falls
• Do Make Say Think: Stubborn Persistent Illusions
• Five Alarm Funk: Sweat

Francophone Album of the Year

• Klȏ Pelgag: L’étoile thoracique
• Pierre Lapointe: La science du coeur
• Patrice Michaud: Almanach
• Alex Nevsky: Nos Eldorados
• Daniel Bélanger: Paloma

Children's Album

• The Moblees: The Moblees (Songs from the Hit TV Show)
• Splash’N Boots: Love, Kisses and Hugs
• Big Block Singsong: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
• Bobs and LoLo: Blue Skies
• Fred Penner: Hear the Music

Classical Album (Solo or Chamber)

• David Jalbert: Stravinsky and Prokofiev: Transcriptions pour piano
• James Ehnes w Andrew Armstrong: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6 and 9 ‘Kreutzer’
• Janina Fialkowska: Chopin Recital 3
• Louis Lortie: Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 5
• ARC Ensemble: Chamber Works by Szymon Laks

Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

• James Ehnes with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Beethoven and Schubert: Violin Concerto
• Jan Lisiecki with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester: Chopin: Works for Piano and Orchestra
• Johannes Moser with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: Elgar and Tchaikovsky
• Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers: The Shaman and Arctic Symphony
• Arion Orchestre Baroque: Rebelles Baroques

Classical Album (Vocal or Choral)

• Isabel Bayrakdarian w Coro Vox Aeterna: Mother of Light: Armenian hymns and chants in praise of Mary
• Philippe Sly and John Charles Britton: Schubert Sessions: Lieder with Guitar
• Barbara Hannigan w Ludwig Orchestra: Crazy Girl Crazy
• Daniel Taylor w The Trinity Choir: The Tree of Life
• Gerald Finley w Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra: In the Stream of Life: Songs by Sibelius

Classical Composition

• Andrew Staniland: Phi, Caelestis
• James Rolfe: Breathe
• Jocelyn Morlock: My Name is Amanda Todd
• Vincent Ho: The Shaman
• Alice Ping Yee Ho: Cœur à Cœur

Rap Recording

• Maestro Fresh Wes: Coach Fresh
• Lou Phelps: 001: Experiments
• Tory Lanez: Shooters
• Belly: Mumble Rap
• Clairmont The Second: Lil Mont from the Ave

Dance Recording

• KAPRI: Deeper
• Nick Fiorucci: Closer ft. Laurell
• Sultan + Shepard: Almost Home ft. Nadia Ali and Iro
• Felix Cartal: Get What You Give
• DVBBS: Not Going Home ft Gia Koka and CMC$

RnB/Soul Recording

• Jahkoy: Foreign Water
• Jessie Reyez: Kiddo
• Jhyve: Human
• Keshia Chanté: Unbound 01
• Daniel Caesar: Freudian

Reggae Recording

• Kirk Diamond: Greater
• Kreesha Turner and K’Coneil: Love How You Whine
• Ammoye: The Light
• Blessed: Hold Up Slow Down
• Eyesus: Neva Judge

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album

• Jon Neufeld: We Are Free
• Love and The Outcome: These Are The Days
• Manafest: Stones
• Matt Maher: Echoes
• The Color: First Day of My Life

World Music Album

• Beny Esguerra and New Tradition: A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi
• Kobo Town: Where the Galleon Sank
• Autorickshaw: Meter
• Battle of Santiago: La Migra
• Briga: Femme

Producer(s)

• Jordan Evans and Matthew Burnett (Daniel Caesar)
• Thomas “Tawgs” Salter (Scott Helman/Serena Ryder)
• Brian Howes and Jason Van Poederooyen (Hedley/Mother Mother)
• Felix Cartal
• Diana Krall

Album Artwork

• The Lost Fingers: Coconut Christmas
• Esmerine: Mechanics Of Dominion
• Daniel Caesar: Freudian
• Do Make Say Think: Stubborn Persistent Illusions
• Arcade Fire: Everything Now

Electronic Album

• Rezz: Mass Manipulation
• Kid Koala ft. Emilíana Torrini: Music To Draw To: Satellite
• Blue Hawaii: Tenderness
• CRi: Someone Else
• Dabin: Two Hearts

Metal/Hard Music Album

• Longhouse: II: Vanishing
• Metz: Strange Peace
• Striker: Striker
• Anciients: Voice of the Void
• Archspire: Relentless Mutation

Comedy Album

• Ivan Decker: I Wanted To Be A Dinosaur
• K. Trevor Wilson: Sorry! (A Canadian Album)
• Rebecca Kohler: In Living Kohler
• Charlie Demers: Fatherhood
• DJ Demers: [Indistinct Chatter]

Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Barenaked Ladies

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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CONGRATS! Burlington Engineer Charles Moniz Wins 3rd Grammy! + Canadian Winners

Burlington Engineer Charles Moniz made his hometown (and all of Canada) proud when picked up his 3rd Grammy (this latest one for Best Engineered Album - on-classical) on Sunday January 28.  His work on superstar Bruno Mars' newest album 24K Magic has been getting a lot of notice as of late.

Click here for the Hamilton Spectator Story on his win



Links: Bruno Mars, More Bruno Mars Stories, Video above courtesy of  Bruno Mars

Click here for the complete list of winners

Here are the Canadian Winners:

• Best Engineered Album (Non-classical): Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (produced by Burlington's Charles Moniz)
• Best Rock Performance: Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Links: Leonard Cohen, More Leonard Cohen Stories, Video above courtesy of LeonardCohenVevo

  
  Best New Artist: Alessia Cara
  
  
  
  Links: Alessia Cara, Video above courtesy of AlessiaCaraVEVO
  
  
• Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Barbara Hannigan
• Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd - Starboy

CONGRATS EVERYBODY!

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: The Grammies, More Grammy Stories

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