Showing posts with label Indie Awards. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

CONGRATS! Local Artists Win Awards During 2019 Canadian Music Week!


The dust has settled on the 2019 Canadian Music Week festivities and a few local artists walked away with awards. CONGRATS!

Here's a full list of winners. Local winners are bolded.

 Indie Music Awards Winners
  • Album: Alexandra Stréliski – INSCAPE
  • Group: The Dead South
  • Songwriter: Sarah MacDougall
  • Alternative Artist or Group: MONOWHALES
  • Indigenous Artist or Group: Jeremy Dutcher
  • Single: DVBBS – IDWK
  • Artist: Lindi Ortega
  • Electronic/Dance Artist or Group: Milk and Bone
  • Francophone Artist or Group: Jean-Michel Blais
  • Pop Artist or Group: Said The Whale
  • Rap/RnB Artist or Group: Shad
  • Singer-Songwriter Artist or Group: Sarah MacDougall

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Live Music Industry Awards Winners
  • Road Warrior of the Year: Dave Gardiner (Arkells)
  • Small Festival: Hillside Festival (Guelph ON)
  • Medium Festival: Riverfest Elora (Elora, ON)
  • Major Festival: Festival d’été de Québec (Quebec, QC)
  • Family Program: Winnipeg Children’s Festival (Winnipeg, MB)
  • Green Operations Festival: Skookum (Vancouver, BC)
  • Not-For-Profit Festival: RBC Bluesfest Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)
  • Best Teamwork in Soft Seat/Performing Arts Centre: National Arts Centre (Ottawa, ON)
  • Best Teamwork in Major Club: Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)
  • Best Teamwork in an Arena: Budweiser Gardens (London, ON)
  • Best Teamwork in a Medium Club: Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, ON)
  • Best Teamwork in a Small Club: The Dakota Tavern (Toronto, ON)
  • Concert / Club Talent Buyer of the Year: Craig Laskey (Collective Concerts)
  • Canadian Live Association Community Impact Award: PLUS1 Organization (Ottawa, ON)
  • SOCAN Licensed To Play Award: Jazz Bistro (Toronto, ON)
  • Agent: Julien Paquin (Paquin Entertainment Group, Management Team)
  • A/V Production Company: Solotech
  • Brand / Music Program: Junos
  • Production Manager: Simon Garner (Bryan Adams)
  • New Touring Artist: Loud Luxury
  • Manager: Bernie Breen/Jenn Pressey (Bernie Breen Management)
  • Festival Buyer: Evenko (Montreal, QC)
  • Legends of Live Award: Triumph
  • Music City: Quebec City, QC

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Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Winners

Main Awards
  • Music Director (Major Market: Lisa Grossi – CHUM FM (Toronto)
  • Music Director (Secondary Market): Barry Stewart – Hot Country 103.5/Jewel 105 (Halifax)
  • Music Director (Small Market): Shilo Bellis – New Country 96.9 (Moncton)
  • On Air Talent (Major Market): Garner Andrews – Sonic 102.9 (Edmonton)
  • On Air Talent (Secondary Market): Jeff and Rachel – 97.5 Virgin (London)
  • Program Director (Major Market): Sarah Cummings – CHUM FM (Toronto)
  • Program Director (Secondary Market): Brad Gibb – FM96/Fresh (London)/Jim McCourtie – 89X/93.9 The River (Windsor )
  • Program Director (Small Market): Matt Cleveland – Capital FM 106.9 (Fredericton)
  • Promotion: Kiss Your Ashby Goodbye – CHUM FM (Toronto)
  • Station (Medium Market): 96.3 Cruz-FM (Saskatoon)
  • Station (Adult Contemporary): 98.1 CHFI (Toronto)
  • Station (Contemporary Hit Radio): The New Hot 899 (Ottawa)
  • Station (Classic Gold): Boom 97.3 (Toronto)
  • Station (Country): Country 105 (Calgary)
  • Station (Multi-Cultural): CHIN (Toronto)
  • Station (News/Talk/Sports); 680 News (Toronto)
  • Station (Rock): Indie 88 (Toronto)
  • Station (Small): K-Rock 105.7 (Kingston)
Industry Awards
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Robbie Robertson



    Links: Robbie Robertson, More Stories/Covers of the Band, Video above courtesy of billbilladaadaa a

  • Talent Development Story: Loud Luxury
  • Booking Agency: The Feldman Agency  
  • Casino/Specialty Venue: Casino Rama Resort (Orillia)
  • Digital Music Streaming Service: Spotify
  • Independent Distributor: eOne
  • Independent Label: Arts and Crafts
  • Independant Music Store: Dine Alone Store/Wax on Wheels (Toronto)
  • Music Journalist: Ben Rayner, Toronto Star
  • Major Facility (Over 8000): Budweiser Stage (Toronto)
  • Major Facility (Under 8000): Brandt Centre (Regina)
  • Management Company: Bruce Allen Management
  • Major Label: Universal Music
  • Major Retailer: Sunrise Records
  • Music Publisher: Universal Music Publishing
  • Music School: Fanshawe College (London)/Metalworks Institute (Mississauga)
  • Performing Arts Centre (Over 1500): The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts (Toronto)
  • Promoter: Live Nation
  • Publicist: Joanne Setterington, Indoor Recess
  • Recording Studio: Revolution Recording (Toronto)

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

GOOD LUCK! Local 2019 Indie Awards Nominees


We are keeping our fingers crossed, hoping that some of the local nominees for the The 19th Annual Independent Music Awards will win a couple of the trophies! The ceremony's part of Canadian Music Week festivities and will take place May 11, 2019 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto.

Hamilton has a number of artists in the game: Whitehorse (Album of the Year), Dundas rockers The Dirty Nil (Group of the Year), the Trews (Songwriter of the Year, Rock Artist or Group of the Year), Ellevator (Alternative Artist or Group of the Year) and Iskwē (Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year).



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



Links: Dirty Nil, More Dirty Nil Stories, Video above courtesy of The Dirty Nil



Links: The Trews, More Trews Stories, Video above courtesy of THE TREWS



Links: Ellevator, Video above courtesy of Arts Crafts



Links: Iskwé, More Iskwé Stories, Video above courtesy of iskwe

St. Catharines Country superstar Tim Hicks is also in the running for Video of the Year.



Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Lindsay Ell, More Lindsay Ell Stories, Video above courtesy of Tim Hicks

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Here's a complete list of nominees.

Album
Group
  • The Dirty Nil
  • Suuns
  • The Dead South
  • Tokyo Police Club
  • U.S. Girls
Songwriter
  • The Trews
  • Dizzy
  • Donovan Woods
  • La Force
  • Sarah MacDougall
Rock Artist or Group
  • The Trews
  • Crown Lands
  • The Barr Brothers
  • The Elwins
  • The Glorious Sons
Alternative Artist or Group
  • Ellevator
  • Born Ruffians
  • Nap Eyes
  • MONOWHALES
  • La Force
Indigenous Artist or Group
  • Iskwē 
  • Elisapie
  • Jeremy Dutcher
  • Midnight Shine
  • Nêhiyawak
Singer-Songwriter Artist or Group
Video
Single
  • DVBBS – IDWK
  • Loud Luxury - Love No More
  • Lucky Rose - Lost ft. Jordan Hart
  • MONOWHALES - Take it Back
  • Patrick Watson - Mélody Noir
Artist
  • Born Ruffians
  • Jeremy Dutcher
  • Lindi Ortega
  • Neko Case
  • Tanya Tagaq
Electronic/Dance Artist or Group
  • Caracol
  • DVBBS
  • Keys N Krates
  • Milk and Bone
  • REZZ
Francophone Artist or Group
  • Choses Sauvages
  • Jean-Michel Blais
  • Jesuslesfilles
  • Pierre Lapointe
  • Safia Nolin
Pop Artist or Group
  • Chromeo
  • Emilie Kahn
  • Ralph
  • Said The Whale
  • Soran
Rap/RnB Artist or Group
  • Cadence Weapon
  • Evil Ebenezer x JYAY
  • Killy
  • Shad
  • Zaki Ibrahim
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Sunday, May 20, 2018

CONGRATS! Local Artists Win Awards During Canadian Music Week!


Canadian Music Week features a number of awards ceremonies and a number of area artists took home some hardware. From Hamilton there was the legendary Teenage Head, Iskwé and Matt Mays (he was born in the Hammer). Elora's Riverfest also received some well-deserved recognition.

Here is a list of local winners. Click the categories to see a complete list of winner.

 Indie Awards

Live Music Awards
Canadian Sync Awards

 Radio Music Awards
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

CONGRATS! St. Catharines' City and Colour Wins Indie Award!



Alt-folk sensation City and Colour made his hometown of St. Catharines proud by earning a well deserved Indie Award for Songwriter of the Year.  Winners were announced at a May 4, 2016 ceremony in Toronto.  CONGRATS!



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of cityandcolourVIDEOS

CONGRATS!

Here's the complete list of winners.
Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

 Links: Indie Awards, More Indie Awards Stories
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Sunday, April 17, 2016

GOOD LUCK! Local 2016 Indie Award Nominations


Four incredible local acts are up for the 2016 Indie Awards (Part of  Canadian Music Week). Hopefully, they'll be taking some hardware home at the May 4th ceremony in Toronto.

Two Hamilton Rock bands, the Arkells (Single of the Year) and Monster Truck (Rock Group of the Year) are in the running.  Hammer town folk rock duo, Whitehorse were nominated for Group of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.



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



Links: Monster Truck, More Monster Truck Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

Talented St. Catharines artist City and Colour is also in the running for Songwriter of the Year and Artist of the Year.



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of Dee Clements

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Click here for the winners

Here's the complete list of nominees.

Single
Group
Artists
Songwriter
Album:
Aboriginal Artist
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Sunday, May 10, 2015

CONGRATS! Caribou and City and Colour Make Us Proud at the 2015 Indies


The end of Canadian Music Week always brings with it one of the country's most distinguished ceremonies: the Indies.  Two area artists brought home awards on May 9th, 2015 from the popular Toronto event.

You+Me, the alt-folk project by featuring St. Catharines' Dallas Smith (aka City and Colour) and P!nk, won in the Songwriter category.

Hamilton musician Caribou added the Electronic Act of the Year award to his already impressive Juno win.



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

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's a complete list of winners:

Blast from the Past: 2014 Winners

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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
SONGWRITER

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

City and Colour Takes Home 3 Indie Awards


Dallas Green (aka City and Colour) made his hometown of St. Catharines proud by taking home 3 Independent Music Awards  (Single, Artist, and Most Played Artist) on Saturday May 10th, 2014 at the Kool Haus in Toronto.  CONGRATULATIONS!



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of City and Colour

Other highlights include Ottawa's MonkeyJunk winning for Blues Artist, Toronto's The Strumbellas for Roots, BC's Dean Brody for Country and Montreal's Colin Stetson for Jazz.  Montreal rock band
Arcade Fire also took home a trio of awards.


Here's a complete list of winners

Single: City and Colour: The Lonely Life
Artist: City and Colour
Most Played Artist: City and Colour
Blues Artist: MonkeyJunk



Video above courtesy of the Strumbellas

Country Artist: Dean Brody
Jazz Artist: Colin Stetson
Word Music Artist: Sultans of String
Rock Artist: Wildlife
Soul/R and B Artist: Chloe Charles
Album: Arcade Fire: Reflektor
Group/Duo: Half Moon Run
Female Artist: Basia Bulat
Male Artist: Sebastien Grainger
Live Artist:  Hollerado
Songwriter: Mother Mother
Video: Arcade Fire: Reflektor
Must Follow Artist: Born Ruffians                                                                       
Collaboration: Classified ft. David Myles: Inner Ninja
Best Selling Release: Arcade Fire: Reflektor
Emerging Artist (English): Mounties
Emerging Artist (French): Ponctuation
Children's Artist: Splash N Boots
Dance Artist: Rosette
Electronic Artist: A Tribe Called Red (Six Nations)
Francophone Artist: Karim Ouellet
Metal Artist: Kataklysm
Pop Artist: Fast Romantics
Punk Artist: PUP
Rap Artist: Shad
International Group: Vampire Weekend
International Artist: Janelle Monae
International Album: Artic Monkeys: AM
International Singer: Artic Monkeys: Do I Wanna Know?
International Video: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis: Can't Hold Us

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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Local Musicians up for 2014 Indie Awards


The Independent Music Award nominations are jam packed with local talent this year.    Hopefully, a number of them will be coming home with some hardware at the ceremony (Saturday May 10th, 2014 at the Kool Haus in Toronto).

Steeltown music veteran Tom Wilson (aka  Lee Harvey Osmond) is up for best Folk/Roots artist and Hamilton singer Diana Panton is nominated for the Jazz award. Other nominees from the Hammer include hard rockers Monster Truck (4 awards) and soul queen Jessy Lanza, who received nods for two categories.



Links: Diana Panton, More Diana Panton Stories, Video above courtesy of Leading Pictures



Video above courtesy of Hyperdub Records

The surrounding area is also represtented.  St. Catharines boy Dallas Green (aka City and Colour) is in the running for an impressive eight awards.  Tim Hicks (also from St. Catharines) and Welland's Daniel Romano are both up for Country Artist.  Recent Juno winners Downchild (featuring members from Brantford and Niagara) will be up for Blues Artist as well.



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of City and Colour

Fans can also vote online starting Monday, March 31st at www.indies.ca.

Below are a few of the nomination highlights.

Blues Artist
Country Artist
Album
Single
Group/Duo
Artist
Female Artist
Male Artist
Live Artist
Songwriter
Video
Must Follow Artist
Collaboration
Most Played Artist
Best Selling Release
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

News Roundup (Danny Buzanko, Sean le Sage, Podcasts)

Local
Canada 
World
Blasts From the Past
Featured Videos 



Links: Overplayers (Danny's band), More Overplayers Stories, Video courtesy of Danny Buzanko



Links: Sean Le Sage, More Sean Le Sage stories, Video courtesy of Homegrown Hamilton
 

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