October 2025 Global Music Awards Including a Few Canadians

October 2025 edition of the Global Music Awards.

Gold Medal Winners

• Best in Show: Anna Urpina (Spain) - Le Chant des Muses
  
  
  
  Links: Anna Urpina, Video above courtesy of Anna Urpina - Topic
  
  
• Matej Mestrovic (Croatia) - Anno Domini 925. King Tomislav Oratorio
• Ignacio Salvatierra P - ONDA ALDEMARO
• Thanos Mitsalas (Greece) - Sergio Assad - Naossa Concert, Concerto do Rio
• Lannie Battistini, Ciara Brittany - Let It Shine
• The Clarion Choir - Requiem of Light
• Kobi Arad - Ancient Novice ft. Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Antonio Tinelli, Yulia Moseychuk (Italy) - Pearls & Discoveries
• Caracas Trombone Project (Venezuela) - Caracas Trombone Project

Canadian Silver Medal Winner

• Mehdi Rezania (Alberta) - From Abadeh to Tehran, From Tehran to Toronto
  
  
  
  Links: Medhi Rezania, Video above courtesy of Mehdi Rezania

Canadian Bronze Medal Winners

• Alex Kingston (BC) -  Save the World
• Gloria May Byron (Newfoundland) - Broken Bridge
• Monika Gurak (Mississauga) - Reverie

Click here for the full list

Links: Global Music Awards, More GMA Stories

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October 2024 Global Music Awards Winners (including a few Canadians)

October 2024 edition of the Global Music Awards.

Gold Medal Winners

• Best of Show: Heidi Radtke (USA) - Convergence (Contemporary Classical, Instrumentalist)
  
  
  
  Links: Heidi Radtke, Video above courtesy of Heidi Radtke - Topic
  
  
• Michail Travlos (Greece)- Two Light Happenings for Flute and String Orchestra (Contemporary Classical - Composition) 
• Voices of Concinnity (USA) - Awaiting Golden Light (Choral Music)
• ARUNDOSquintett (Germany) - Saga (Classical) 
• Duo LinLynn (USA) - Stars Above (Percussion - Duo) 
• Antonio Adolfo (Brazil)- Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal (Jazz - Instrumentalist) 
• Gary Muszynski (USA) - The Journey Home, Songs of Longing & Belonging (World Music) 
• Sherwin Yang  (Taiwan) - Growth (World Fusion - Composer - Producer) 
• Sterling Ensemble Los Angeles (USA) - Echoes of Grace, Choral Music of Patti Drennan (Choral Performance)

Canadian Silver Medal Winners

• Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Toronto) - Dark Side of the Ring (Composer, Original Score) 
  
  
  
  Links: Andrew Gordon Macpherson, Video above courtesy of Wade MacNeil & Andrew Gordon Macpherson - Topic
  
  
• Benoit LeBlanc (Montreal) - Mô Kouzin Mô Kouzinn (Creole Music, Concept)
  
  
  
  Links: Benoit Leblanc, Video above courtesy of Benoit Leblanc - Topic

Canadian Bronze Medal Winners

• Carla Rose Kelly (London) - Healing Addictions (Music Medicine)
• Lyn_Sey  (London) - Real Thing, country, Righteous Man (Southern Rock) 
• Monika Gurak (Mississauga) and Malwina Wojdyna (Toronto)  - Wiedz O Tym, Że (Pop, Album)
• Pejman Bolourchi (Toronto) - Happiness (World Music)
• The Lost Keys (Vancouver) - Every Single Day (Duo, Lyrics/Songwriter)

Click here for the full list

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March 2024 Global Music Awards Winners (including a few Canadians)

March 2024 edition of the Global Music Awards.

Gold Medal Winners

• Best of Show: Janne Fredens and Søren Rastogi - Upheaval (Chamber Music)
• GT Wilkins - Acoustic Talk (Smooth Jazz - Instrumentalist - Producer)
• Ruben Caban - Kangana (Latin Jazz)
• Gili Lopes - Algures (Instrumental - New Release)
• Sophie Tassignon - Khyal (Composer - Female Vocalist)
• Michele Josia - Joachim and the Apocalypse (Original Score)
• Jeff Broadbent - Heroes of Incredible Tales 2 (Game Music - Composer)
• Anita Lerche - Songs from the Kingdom of Denmark (Female Vocalist)
• Hugo Selles - Cyclical (Producer - Album)

Canadian Bronze Medal Winners

• Kluane Takhini (Ottawa): There Are No Winners (Music Video)
  
  
  
  Links: Kluane Takhini, Video above courtesy of Kluane Takhini
  
  
• Monika Gurak (Mississauga) and Jenn Kee (Strathroy, ON): There's Always a First Time (Pop, Lyrics/Songwriter)
  
  
  
  Links: Monika Gurak, Jenn Kee, Video above courtesy of Monika Gurak
  
  
• Ralf Muller (Toronto): 22HERTZ - Wrong (Music Video)
  
  
  
  Links: 22 HERTZ, Video above courtesy of 22 HERTZ

Click here for the full list

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Canadian Winners of the Global Music Awards

The most recent winners of the Global Music Awards were unveiled and Canada made a great showing.

Below is a complete list of Canadian winners. Local artists are bolded.

Click here for the full list.

CONGRATS!

• Gold Medal Winner - Best of Show: Joanna Estelle (St. Catharines) - Transmutation (Contemporary Classical - Composer) 
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of Trio Casals - Topic

Silver Medal

• Afarin Mansouri (Toronto): Dancing With Love (world music, composer, female vocalist)
• Amy Zhijun Ye (Toronto): California Rain (music video)
• Andree-Ann Deschenes (Quebec): Wanderings (solo piano, instrumentalist)
• Dave Pierce (BC): Four Pillars (world music)
• Gang Wang (MB), Meizi Wu (Ottawa), Yun Vivian Fei (Ottawa): The Spring Rain (sound editing/mixing)
• Ritesh Das (Toronto): To Begin With (world music, producer)
• Ziya Tabassian (Toronto): Remembrances (world music)

Bronze Medal

• Bailey Jordan (Toronto) -Neil: Theft (folk-pop)
• Girlie Vasallo (BC): Forgive Me (listener impact: motivational/inspirational)
• Kluane Takhini (Ottawa): Infinitesimally Insignificant (music video)
• Merrie Klazek (Kakabeka Falls): Dance Around the Sun (world music, new release)
• Rhonda Head (Manitoba): Time Goes On (female vocalist)
• Roger Scannura (Hillier): Anjelica (Latin music)
• Terry Mack, The Wind Weaver (Alberta): Wild Threads (instrumental)

Previous Canadian Winners This Year

September 2023

• Silver: Joanna Estelle (St. Catharines), Anna Nicholson, Margaret Maria, Milana Zilnik, The Ottawa Latin Jazz Orchestra, Thermo
• Bronze: Anna Nicholson, Funmi Dominic Olaoye, Rodrigo Simoes

July 2023

• Silver: Brendan Henry, Nick Maclean Quartet, Trio Casals
• Bronze: Carla Rose Kelly, Christin Spencer, Ethan McCarroll, Kluane Takhini, Pejman Bolourchi

March 2023

• Gold: Meriem Ben Amor
• Silver: Joanna Estelle (St. Catharines)
• Bronze: Bill McBirnie (Port Colbourne) & Bruce Jones, Carla Rose Kelly, Dean Pilling
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Bill McBirnie - Topic

Links: Global Music Awards, More GMA Stories

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News

Local

• Hamiltonnews.com: Stoney Creek's Jason Dawson appears on stage w Bebe Rexha
• CHCH Video: Elyse Saunders
• The Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton Magazine to shut down

SOCAN Gifts $5K Prizes to 5 Young Songwriters

Mah Moud: Sigada” (ON)

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Lou-Adriane Cassidy: Poussière (QC)

Links: Lou-Adriane Cassidy,  Video above courtesy if ICI Musique

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GRAE: Your Hands (ON)

Links: Grae, Video above courtesy of Graé - Topic

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Kasia Leigh: Love Song #1 (SK) (NO VIDEO AVAILABLE)

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Arianna Ohlsson: Heaven



Links: Arianna Ohlsson, Video above courtesy of Arianna Ohlsson

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Global Music Award Winners
Canadian winners below, click title for full list

Gold Medals

• Suzi Silva
  
  
  
  Links: Suzi Silva, Video above courtesy of Suzi Silva
  
  
• Tim Brady
  
  
  
  Links: Tim Brady, Video above courtesy of Starkland Label

Silver Medals

• Graeme Drum
• Tracy Harris

Bronze Medals

• JoJo Worthington (Waterloo)
  
  
  
  Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Video above courtesy of jojoworthingtonVEVO

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Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef had a blast at Canada's Largest Ribfest in Burlington this year.

Click here for all the pics from the festival

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Polaris Long List

The Short List will be announced July 16.

Local artists are bolded.

• The Dirty Nil – Master Volume
  
  
  
  Links: Dirty Nil, More Dirty Nil Stories, Video above courtesy of The Dirty Nil
  
  
• Lee Harvey Osmond – Mohawk
  
  
  
  Links: Lee Harvey Osmond, More Lee Harvey Osmond Stories, Video above courtesy of LeE HARVeY OsMOND 
  
  
• Lee Reed – The Steal City EP
  
  
  
  Links: Lee Reed, More Lee Reed Stories, Video above courtesy of Various Artists - Topic
  
  
• Tim Baker – Forever Overhead
• Tanika Charles – The Gumption
• Clairmont The Second – Do You Drive?
• Charlotte Cornfield – The Shape of Your Name
• Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman
• Dilly Dally – Heaven
• Dizzy – Baby Teeth
• Elisapie – The Ballad of the Runaway Girl
• FET.NAT – Le Mal
• Dominique Fils-Aimé – Stay Tuned!
• Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams
• Yves Jarvis – The Same But By Different Means
• Carly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated
• Kaia Kater – Grenades
• Kimmortal – X Marks the Swirl
• La Force – La Force
• LAL – Dark Beings
• Laurence-Anne – Première apparition
• Salomé Leclerc – Les choses extérieures
• Jean Leloup – L’étrange pays
• Shay Lia – Dangerous
• Les Louanges – La nuit est une panthère
• Loud – Tout ça pour ça
• Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
• Haviah Mighty – 13th Floor
• Operators – Radiant Dawn
• Orville Peck – Pony
• Sandro Perri – In Another Life
• PUP – Morbid Stuff
• Jessie Reyez – Being Human In Public
• Shad – A Short Story About A War
• Snotty Nose Rez Kids – Trapline
• Alexandra Stréliski – INSCAPE
• sydanie – 999
• TOBi – STILL
• Voivod – The Wake
• Wintersleep – In The Land Of 

Click here to see the Short List

Click here for the winner

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winner

Links: Polaris Music Prize, More Polaris Stories

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News

Local

• CHCH Video: Ana Stasia
  
  
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• Kelly Jay of Crowbar Passes

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2019 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search Contestants

This year the competition will take place on Saturday, June 29 between 4-8pm at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival. 

• Avery Raquel (Brantford)
  
  
  
  Links: Avery Raquel, More Avery Raquel Stories, Video above courtesy of 21161960
  
• Emily Gilbart
• Hanorah
• Kalyna Rakel
• Zaynab Wilson
• Sandra Bouza

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Nominees

Links: Toronto Blues Society, More TBS Talent Search Stories

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Spectator Stories

• Local artists on Polaris Long List
• Steve Strongman
• Arkells play with Raptors head coach
• Brott Fest bring Gershwin to Hamilton

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2019 Global Music Awards Winners
Canadian Winners listed below. For complete list, click title.

Silver Medal

• Across the Board
• Bruno Vallelunga, Brian Vallelunga, Amanda Vallelunga 
• Graeme Drum
• Le Vent du Nord Quintet
• Milana Zilnik
• Norm Brunet

Bronze Medal

• Dwayne Feriss
• Nix
• Rodrigo Simoes
• Sean Hogan 

Blast From the Past: Last Time's Winners

Links: Global Music Awards, More GMA Stories

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Passings

• Dave Bartholomew

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Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef joined Gunner Smith on the Steel City Music radio show on 101.5 the Hawk.

Click here for more pics from his visit

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Our little monkey also spent a lot of time at the Artsfest in Westdale:

Treble with Tri-Coninental

Links: Tri-Continental, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B. Lous

Pictures: Saturday, Sunday Part 1, Sunday Part 2

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Andertoons

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News

Local

• Theatre Ancaster's new 'Divas' Show
• Open Stage Adventure's feature on Guelph's Tavern on the Grange
• Kickstarter campaign for Rita Chiarelli's powerful documentary
• Thorold Blues fest helps community

Spectator Stories

• Big names to Open for Hamilton's Canadian Open
• HPO's Diana Wins Canadian Council Award
• Hozier

Spectator Stories (Junos)

• Graham's Juno Picks
• Main Story
• Arkells help with Jeremy Dutcher's acceptance speech
• Photos

Canada

• March issue of Maple Blues

FYI Music News

• Jill Barber Album hits Gold status
  
  
  
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• Buffy St-Marie Inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Global Music Award Winners

Highlights below. For complete list, click title above

Gold Medal Winners

• JoJo Worthington (Waterloo)
  
  
  
  Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Video above courtesy of JoJo Worthington
  
  
• Tim Brady (Canada)
• Natassja
• Shudong Braamse
• Tatiana Mikova
• Big Little
• Neal Acree - Tencent
• Jan Michael Looking Wolf
• Jeff Jarvis

Canadian Bronze Medal Winners

• Carla Rose Kelly
• Daniel Bellegarde
• Dwayne Ferris
• Rhonda Head 

Links: Global Music Awards, More GMA Stories

Passings

• Bernie Torme (Ozzy & Gillan guitarist)
• Dick Dale (surf guitarist)

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Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef will be back soon!

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Pop Culture Shock Therapy

Argyle Sweater

Off the Mark

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News

Local

• No Depression review of Daniel Romano

Videos

• Annie Sumi on Drew Marshall Show
  
  
  
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• Anthony Tullo on CHCH TV
  
  
  Links: Anthony Tullo, More Anthony Tullo Stories, More CHCH Videos, Video above courtesy of CHCH

Spectator Stories

• Reaching out through the power of Jazz
• Choir! Choir! Choir!
• Scroogissimo review
• Carl Horton
• Jazz music makes a difference
• Review of Elf: the Musical
• Grammy nominations
• Christian Lalama
• Reaction to banning 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'
• Shawn Mendes collaborate with Roots
• Handel's Messiah in Hamilton

FYI Music News

• Lyman Potts, Godfather Of Canadian Recordings passes
• Music Champion Grant Hurley passes
• CCMA Hall of Famer Brian Ferriman passes

Global Music Award Winners
Click above for complete list

Gold Medal Winners

• Magdalena Chovancova
• Nicholas DiEugenio and Mimi Solomon
• Robert Neustadt
• Peter Garland
• Sakinah Iman
• Alejandra Torres
• Jeeyoon Kim
• Ioanna and Areti Spanomarkou
• Carpe Diem String Quartet

Canadian Silver Winners

• Daniel Bellegarde (Montreal)
• Margaret Maria Tobolowska (Toronto)
• Milana Zilnik (Ottawa)
• Ori Dagan (Toronto)
• Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Canadian Bronze Winners

• Anna Gutmanis (Toronto)
• Calvin Kelly

Links: Global Music Awards, More GMA Stories

Canada

• Lyricist Claude Peloquin passes

Passings

• Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef is resting. He'll be back next week.

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CONGRATS! Waterloo's JoJo Worthington Earns Silver at Global Music Awards + Canadian Winners

For the second year in a row, Waterloo's JoJo Worthington earned a silver medal at the The Global Music Awards. This time, it was for her song The River (originally done with her band Komorebi)

Links: Komorebi, JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Song above courtesy of Komorebi

Below is a list of the Canadian winners. Click here for the full list.

Gold

• Nick Maclean Quartet
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Derek Brady - Nick Maclean Quartet - Manager

Silver

• JoJo Worthington
• Kattam Laraki-Cote
• Roger Scannura
• Ross Campbell

Bronze

• Diana Braithwaite
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of BraithwaiteWhiteley
  
  
• Sikadime
• Valeria Matzner

Blast from the Past: Dec 2017's Winners

Links: Global Music Awards, More Global Music Award Stories

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• CHCH Videos: Kolton Stewart
  
  
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• The Spec's Graham Rockingham on the National
• David Gerry Passes
• Carl Horton Passes

Canada

• Sue Foley signs with Stony Plain Records
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w Ian de Sousa
• Dec 2017 issue of Maple Blues

Global Music Award Winners

Highlights below (click title or picture for complete list)

Gold Medal Winners

• John Daversa
• The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho
• Pance Pony
• Frank Gabriel Campos
• Xia Xia Zhang
• Amanda Abizaid
• Stephanie Bruning
• Steven Chesne
• ​Karlton Hester

Canadians

• Audrey Ochoa (Silver)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Audrey Ochoa
  
  
• David Renaud (Silver)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of David Renaud
  
  
• Bob James (Bronze)
• Holly Blazina (Bronze)
• Matt Dusk (Bronze)

Links: Global Music Awards, More GMA Stories

Passings

• Johnny Halladay (French rocker)

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CONGRATS! Local and Canadian Global Music Award Winners!

The Global Music Awards are a prestigious international music competition and on September 2017, a number of Canadian artists won silver and bronze medals for their amazing work.

In the local scene, Waterloo's JoJo Worthington earned a silver medal for her song Mid Youth Crisis

Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Song above courtesy of JoJo's Bandcamp page

More Canadian winners listed below.

Complete List of Gold Medal Winners

• Barbara Kortmann: Inner Lights (Classical Flautist)
• Stephen Emmer: Home Ground (Producer, Lyrics, Best of Show)
• Sangpuy: Yaangad (World Music, Aboriginal)
• Gary Smart: Bright Eyed Fancy (Composer)
• Paquito D’Rivera, Hernan Milla, Carlos Cano: Por La Rivera De Paquito (Latin Jazz Crossover)
• Dorothy Hindman: Tightly Wound: Music for Strings (Composer)
• Trio Rodin: Enrique Granados: Chamber Music with PianoTrio (Album)
• Amjad Ali Khan, Elmira Darvarova, Amaan Ali, Ayaan Ali Bangash, Anubratga Chaterjee: Peace Worshipers (World Music)
• ​Shane Burke: Hey Hey (Americana, Male Vocalist)
• Michail Travlos and Iwona Glinka: Progressions (Composer, Flautist)
• Spina and Benignetti Piano Duo: Lifetime (Emerging Artists)
• Zhiyi Wang: Dali Holiday (Original Score, Composer)

Canadian Silver Medal Winners

• JoJo Worthington: Mid Youth Crisis (Experimental Folk, Emerging Artist)
• Kiki Love: Illusion (Easy Listening)
• Ori Dagan: Nathaniel: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (Album)

Canadian Bronze Medal Winners

• Brenda Dirk: Miss All About Me (Country, Emerging Artist)
  
  
  
  Links: Brenda Dirk, Video above courtesy of Reyjax Media Inc
  
  
• Carlos Saunier: Inminente (Jazz, Emerging Artist)
  
  
  
  Links: Carlos Saunier, Video above courtesy of Carlos Saunier
  
  
• Rhonda Head: Kisahkihitan (Crossover Song)

Click here for the complete list

Blast from the Past: June 2017's Winners

Links: Global Music Awards, More Global Music Award Stories

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2017 Global Music Award Winners (Canadians Listed Below)

Click pic for full list

Johnny Summers: Suite Jubilation (Jazz Album)

Links: Johnny Summers, Video above courtesy of Johnny Summers

Stephanie Braganza: Chains of Silence (Music video and female vocalist - bronze medal finalist)

Links: Stephanie Braganza, Video above courtesy of Stephanie Braganza

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• Barber Shop Podcast w Tomi Swick 
  
  
  
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• CHCH Video: Danielle Bourjeaurd
• Keyboardist Herve Basset Passes

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef visited Dundurn Castle and the Hamilton Military Museum for the first time.

Click here for more photos from the visit.

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