GOOD LUCK! Local 2019 Canadian Country Music Award Nominees

Many local areas are filled with hometown pride as some of their own were nominated for the 2019 CCMA Awards. You can watch the ceremony on Global TV where it'll be broadcast live from Calgary, AB on Sept. 8 at 9 p.m.

Peter Walker, the director for Hamilton's CHKX-FM is nominated for Music Director of the Year.

Burlington's Tebey is one of three local acts vying for Album of the Year and Producer of the Year with his co-producer Danick Dupelle.



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

St. Catharines Country superstar Tim Hicks is also up for Album of the Year as well as Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and the Fan's Choice Award. His bandmate Rob Wells, also from St. Catharines, received a nod for Drummer of the Year.



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

Cambridge duo the Reklaws have four nods to their credit: Album of the Year, Group or Duo of the Year, Video of the Year and the Fan's Choice Award. Another Cambridge boy, Rich DaSilva was nominated for Drummer of the Year.



Links: Reklaws, More Reklaws Stories, Video above courtesy of The Reklaws



Links: Rich DaSilva, More Rich DaSilva Stories, Leah Daniels, Video above courtesy of Rich DaSilva

Ben Knechtel, who directed videos for Tim Hicks and the Reklaws is up for Video Director of the Year.

Brantford's Linsey Beckett earned a nod for Fiddle Player of the Year. Also from Brantford, Doug Johnson is up for steel Guitar Player of the Year.



Links: Linsey Beckett, South Mountain, Video above courtesy of rwhmoto



Links: Doug Johnson, Muir Family Band, Video above courtesy of angussss10

Down Waterloo way, member of the Western Swing Authority are getting a lot of recognition.  Shane Guse is nominated for Specialty Instrument Player of the Year. Paul Chapman is up for Guitarist of the Year and Jason Barry's Barrytone Studios is in the running for Recording Studio of the Year.



Links: Western Swing Authority, More WSA Stories, Video above courtesy of Ranch Radio

Here's a complete list of nominees.

Album

• Love A Girl - Tebey
• New Tattoo - Tim Hicks
• Feels Like That - The Reklaws
• The Fall - Dallas Smith
• The Journey BNA Vol. 2 - Paul Brandt
• State Of Mind - Hunter Brothers

Drummer

• Rich DaSilva
• Rob Wells
• Ben Bradley
• Flavio Cirillo
• Chad Melchert

Entertainer

• Tim Hicks
• Paul Brandt
• Dean Brody
• Brett Kissel
• Dallas Smith

Fan's Choice
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• Tim Hicks
• The Reklaws
• Gord Bamford
• Paul Brandt
• Dean Brody
• Hunter Brothers
• James Barker Band
• Brett Kissel
• Dallas Smith
• Guylaine Tanguay

Fiddle Player

• Linsey Beckett
• Tyler Beckett
• Denis Dufresne
• Mike Sanyshyn
• Tyler Vollrath

Group or Duo

• The Reklaws
• High Valley
• Hunter Brothers
• James Barker Band
• The Washboard Union

Guitar Player

• Paul Chapman
• Ryan Davidson
• Matt McKay
• Darren Savard
• Geoff Torrn

Male Artist

• Tim Hicks
• Paul Brandt
• Dean Brody
• Brett Kissel
• Dallas Smith

Music Director (Large Market)

• Peter Walker - CJKX-FM/CHKX-FM - Oshawa, ON/Hamilton, ON
• Steph Hansen - CISN-FM/CKRY-FM - Edmonton, AB/Calgary, AB
• A.J. Keller - CFCW - Edmonton, AB
• Amanda Kingsland - CKBY-FM - Ottawa, ON
• Rebecca Lafrance - CKKL-FM - Ottawa, ON

Recording Studio

• Barrytone Studios - St. Clements, ON
• Bart McKay Productions - Saskatoon, SK
• MCC Recording Studio - Calgary, AB
• OCL Studios - Chestemere, AB
• Revolution Recording - Toronto, ON

Record Producer

• Danick Dupelle, Tebey / Single: Who's Gonna Love You (Tebey)
• Jeff Dalziel /Album: Juliet (Dan Davidson) 
• Adam Gregory, Bart McKay / Album: Perfect World (Adam Gregory)
• Mitch Merrett, F. Reid Shippen / Album: Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion (Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion)
• Joey Moi, Dave Cohen /Album: The Fall (Dallas Smith)

Specialty Instrument Player

• Shane Guse
• David Barber
• Denis Dufresne
• Mitch Jay
• Connor Riddell

Steel Guitar Player

• Doug Johnson
• Darrek Anderson
• Mitch Jay

Video

• Feels Like That - The Reklaws
• Camouflage - Jess Moskaluke
• Criminal - Lindsay Ell
• Somebody’s Daughter - Tenille Townes
• Walls Come Down - Meghan Patrick

Video Director

• Ben Knechtel / Feels Like That (The Reklaws), Long Live The Night (The Reklaws), The Worst Kind  (Tim Hicks ft Lindsay Ell), more
• Stephano Barberis
• Wes Mack
• Travis Nesbitt
• Joel Stewart

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Bass Player

• Kirby Barber
• Lisa Dodd
• Curtis Ebner
• Doug Elash
• Justin Kudding

Booking Agency

• The Feldman Agency
• Invictus Entertainment Group
• Paquin Artists Agency
• Sakamoto Agency
• United Talent Agency

Country Club

• Cook County Saloon – Edmonton, AB
• OK Corral and Cabaret – Kelowna, BC
• Ranchman's Cookhouse and Dancehall – Calgary, AB
• Rock 'N' Horse Saloon – Toronto, ON

Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition

• Big Valley Jamboree – Camrose, AB
• Boots And Hearts Music Festival - Oro-Medonte, ON
• Calgary Stampede – Calgary, AB
• Cavendish Beach Music Festival – Cavendish, PE
• Havelock Country Jamboree – Havelock, ON

Country Music Program or Special

• CBC q Live At The Grand Ole Opry - CBCq
• The Dungarees Christmas Special - Rogers Media and The Dungarees
• Girl Power Hour - Rogers Media
• Jess Moskaluke's A Small Town Christmas - MDM Recordings Inc.
• Paul McGuire’s Country Countdown - ole TV

Creative Directors

• Design Team: Bronwin Parks / Album: All In, Artist Merchandise (Chris Buck Band) 
• Design Team: Alee, Photography: Uryelle Dimailig /Single: Don't Make Me Miss You (Alee)  
• Design Team: Buckspring Inc., Photography: Andrik Langfield, Tanner Wendell Stewart, Jonathan Taylor Sweet, Paul Tellefsen / Albums: The Journey YYC Vol. 1, The Journey BNA Vol. 2, The Journey YYC-BNA Deluxe Volume / Single: Bittersweet feat. Lindsay Ell; Tour Graphics: The Journey Tour (Paul Brandt)
• Design Team: Bronwin Parks / Album: Sides, Single: Danger Danger, Artist Merchandise (KIRA)
• Design Team: Scotty Kipfer, Photography: Brad Kelly / Taking My Time (Scotty Kipfer)

Female Artists

• Lindsay Ell
• Jess Moskaluke
• Meghan Patrick
• Guylaine Tanguay
• Tenille Townes

Industry Person

• Steve Coady - Vice President, Radio Promotions - Warner Music Canada  
• Mike Denney – President - MDM Recordings Inc.
• Brianne Deslippe - Vice President of Promotion/General Manager - Canada - Big Loud Records  
• Ron Kitchener - President, CEO - RGK Entertainment Group Inc.
• Shannon McNevan - Director of AnR - Universal Music Canada

Interactive Artist/Group

• Lindsay Ell
• Aaron Goodvin
• James Barker Band
• Brett Kissel
• Nice Horse

Keyboard Player

• Mike Little
• Bart McKay
• Brendan Waters

Management Company

• Big Loud Management
• Cache Entertainment
• Invictus Entertainment Group
• MDM Artist Management Services
• Starseed Entertainment

Music Director (Medium/Small Market)

• Shilo Bellis - CJXL-FM - Moncton, NB
• Paul Ferguson - CHCQ-FM - Belleville, ON
• Luca James - CKGY-FM - Red Deer, AB
• Cory Noel - CKLJ/CKVG - Olds, AB/Vegreville, AB

Music Publishing Company

• BMG Rights Management Canada
• ole
• Royalty Records Publishing
• Sony/ATV Music Publishing
• Warner/Chappell Music Canada

Record Company

• MDM Recordings Inc.
• Open Road Recordings
• Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
• Universal Music Canada
• Warner Music Canada

Retailer

• Amazon Music
• Apple Music
• Spotify Canada Inc.

Rising Star

• Shawn Austin
• Jade Eagleson
• Eric Ethridge
• JoJo Mason
• Sons Of Daughters

Roots Album

• Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion - Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
• Both Ways - Donovan Woods
• Heart Of Glass - Jessica Mitchell
• Juliet - Dan Davidson
• What We're Made Of - The Washboard Union

Single

• Criminal - Lindsay Ell
• Dive Bar - Gord Bamford
• Good Together - James Barker Band
• Somebody's Daughter - Tenille Townes
• Walls Come Down - Meghan Patrick

Songwriters of the Year

• Brett Kissel, Seth Mosley, Brad Rempel -  Cecilia (Brett Kissel)
• Gord Bamford, Bart Butler, Brice Long - Down (Gord Bamford)
• James Barker, Todd Clark, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood - Keep It Simple (James Barker Band)
• Corey Crowder, Jess Moskaluke, Jared Mullins - Save Some Of That Whiskey (Jess Moskaluke)
• Barry Dean, Luke Laird, Tenille Townes - Somebody’s Daughter (Tenille Townes)

Talent Buyer or Promoter

• Paul Biro - Sakamoto Agency
• Jim Cressman - Invictus Entertainment Group
• Adam Oppenheim - Stampede Entertainment Inc.
• Lisa Zechmeister - Republic Live

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Canadian Country Music Association, More CCMA Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local Country Music Association of Ontario Award Nominees

Local Country stars are in the spotlight thanks to the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards Nominations that were recently unveiled. The ceremony itself will be held in Ottawa on June 16, 2019. Hopefully a number of our area talent will bring home the hardware.

CLICK HERE TO SEE WHO WON!

Hamilton is represented by popular group the Redhill Valleys. They were nominated for Group or Duo of the Year as well as Roots Group or Duo of the Year. 

Also from the Hammer, Brad James is up for the Rising Star award.



Links: Brad James, More Brad James Stories, Video above courtesy of bradjamesmusic

Burlington's Tebey is up for 5 awards (Single of the Year, Album of the Year, 2 songwriting nods, Male Artist of the Year and Fan's Choice).

Another Burlingtonian, Tianna Woods was nominated for Female Artist of the Year and her record producer is in the running for an award as well.



Links: Tianna Woods, More Tianna Woods Stories, Video above courtesy of Tianna Woods

St. Catharines superstar Tim Hicks will also get a chance to his already impressive list of trophies. He was nominated for 6 awards (Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Fan's Choice and Music Video of the Year).

Another nominee from the Niagara region, Ryan Langdon is also up for the Rising Star category and his record producer was nominated for an award too.

Welland's CKYY Country 89FM was nominated for Radio Station of the Year (Small Market) as well.



Links: Ryan Langdon, More Ryan Langdon Stories, Video above courtesy of Ryan Langdon

Waterloo's The Western Swing Authority are also up for Roots Group or Duo of the Year and their producer/band-member, Jason Barry is up for Record Producer of the Year.

Cambridge group, The Reklaws earned 5 nods (Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriters of the Year, Group or Duo of the Year and Fan's Choice)



Links: Western Swing Authority, More WSA Stories, Video above courtesy of The Western Swing Authority - Topic

As for the Woodstock area, country station CKDK 104FM is in the running for Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)

Single

• Tebey: Denim on Denim
• Tim Hicks: Loud
• The Reklaws: Feels Like That
• Kira Isabella: Little Girl 
• Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down

Album

• The Reklaws: Feels Like That
• Tim Hicks: New Tattoo
• Meghan Patrick: Country Music Made Me Do It
• Jessica Mitchell: Heart of Glass
• Leah Daniels: The Story

Songwriter(s)

• Tebey: Who’s Gonna Love You (co-written by Ryan Lafferty)
• Kira Isabella: Little Girl (written by Tebey, Sam Ellis, Elizabeth Elkins)
• Tim Hicks: Loud (co-written by Todd Clark, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood)
• The Reklaws: Feels Like That (co-written Todd Clark, Travis Wood, Donovan Woods)
• Jason Blaine: Ain’t Got Growin’ Up Down Yet (co-written by Deric Ruttan, Brett Beavers
• Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down (co-written by  Kelly Archer, Justin Weaver)

Female Artist

• Tianna Woods
• Jessica Mitchell
• Kira Isabella
• Leah Daniels
• Meghan Patrick

Male Artist

• Tebey
• Tim Hicks
• Andrew Hyatt
• Eric Ethridge
• Jason Blaine
• Jim Cuddy

Group or Duo

• Redhill Valleys
• The Reklaws
• Cold Creek County
• James Barker Band
• Johnson Crook

Roots Artist or Group

• Redhill Valleys
• The Western Swing Authority
• Jessica Mitchell
• Mackenzie Leigh Meyer
• The Abrams

Rising Star

• Brad James
• Ryan Langdon
• Jade Eagleson
• Kris Barclay
• Robyn Ottolini

Music Video

• Tim Hicks (feat. Lindsay Ell): The Worst Kind
• Leah Daniels: 1st 
• Kansas Stone: Blaze of Nothing
• Jade Eagleson: Got Your Name On It
• Meghan Patrick: Walls Come Down

Fan’s Choice

• Tebey
• The Reklaws
• Tim Hicks
• James Barker Band
• Meghan Patrick

Record Producer

• J. Richard Hutt (Tianna Woods: My Eyes Are Up Here)
• Jason Barry (The Western Swing Authority: Big Deal)
• Jeff Dalziel (Ryan Langdon: Leave Me Right, The Washboard Union: What We’re Made Of)
• Karen Kosowski (The Common Cause Collective: Rise Up Redux, Kira Isabella: I Don’t Wanna Know, Jessica Mitchell: Heart of Glass, Leah Daniels: The Story)
• Scott Cooke, Doug Oliver (Cold Creek County: Money)

Radio Station (Large Market)

• CKDK NEW Country 104, Woodstock
• CJBX BX 93, London
• CJKX KX96, Oshawa
• CKBY Country 101.1, Ottawa
• CKKL COUNTRY 94, Ottawa

Radio Station (Small Market)

• CKYY Country 89FM
• CHAW Country 103, Little Current
• CICX KICX 106, Orillia
• CJDL-FM Country 107.3, Tillsonburg
• CKYC Country 93, Owen Sound

Francophone Artist

• Gabrielle Goulet
• Kristine St-Pierre
• Les Rats d’Swompe
• Reney Ray
• Stef Paquette

Industry Person

• Amanda Kingsland, Country 101.1
• Dave Woods, In The Country
• Mike Denney, MDM Recordings
• Ron Kitchener, RGK Entertainment
• Steve Coady, Warner Music Canada

Radio Station (Medium Market)

• CFCO Country 92.9, Chatham
• CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 FM, Belleville
• CICS KICX 91.7, Sudbury
• CKQM Country 105, Peterborough
• CKXC Country 93.5, Kingston

Impact Award

• The Good Brothers

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local Country Music Association of Ontario Award Nominees

Many of our incredible area musicians will be heading down to London for the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards on June 3, 2018. There were quite a few local nominees and hopefully they'll pick up some hardware.

Hamilton boasts a few nominees: Blue Rodeo (which has Hamilton's Colin Cripps in its current lineup) and radio station KX 94.7 FM are up for awards.



Links: Blue Rodeo, More Blue Rodeo Stories, Video above courtesy of Blue Rodeo

The Halton region also has a few artists in the running: Burlington's Tianna Woods and Tebey along with Oakville's Nicole Rayy.



Links: Tianna Woods, More Tianna Woods Stories, Video above courtesy of Tianna Woods



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



Links: Nicole Rayy, More Nicole Rayy Stories, Video above courtesy of Nicole Rayy

As for Niagara, there's St. Catherines Country superstar Tim Hicks and CKYY Country 89 (Welland).



Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Video above courtesy of TimHicksVEVO

Other local artists include The Western Swing Authority and Jason Barry from Waterloo, Shae Dupuy (Cambridge).



Links: Western Swing Authority, More WSA Stories, Video above courtesy of TheWSAMusic



Links: Shae Dupuy, More Shae Dupuy Stories, Video above courtesy of Shae Dupuy

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!

Leading the pack with nominations is the James Barker Band with 6.

Below is a complete list of nominees.

Single

• Tim Hicks: Slide Over
• Jason Blaine: Born To Love 
• James Barker Band: Chills
• Meghan Patrick: Country Music Made Me Do It
• Genevieve Fisher: You Me We

Female Artist

• Tianna Woods
• Dani Strong
• Genevieve Fisher
• Jessica Mitchell
• Meghan Patrick

Male Artist

• Tebey
• Tim Hicks
• Andrew Hyatt
• Anthony Tullo
• Jason Blaine

Group/Duo

• Blue Rodeo (ft Hamilton's Colin Cripps)
• Cold Creek County
• James Barker Band
• Runaway Angel
• The Lovelocks
• Andrew Hyatt

Roots Artist/Group

• The Western Swing Authority
• Jessica Mitchell
• Lindi Ortega
• The Abrams
• The Lovelocks

Rising Star

• Shae Dupuy
• Nicole Rayy
• Andrew Hyatt
• Eric Ethridge
• Andrew Hyatt

Music Video

• Tim Hicks: Slide Over
• James Barker Band: Chills
• Meghan Patrick: Country Music Made Me Do It
• The Road Hammers: Haulin’ Ass
• Cold Creek County: Homemade
• River Town Saints: Woke Up Like This

Fan's Choice

• Tim Hicks
• James Barker Band
• Meghan Patrick
• River Town Saints
• The Road Hammers

Songwriter (s)

• Justin Moore: Somebody Else Will (written by Kelly Archer, Adam Hambrick, Tebey)
• The Road Hammers: Crazy About You (written by Clayton Bellamy, Chris Byrne, Jason McCoy)
• Meghan Patrick: Country Music Made Me Do It (co-written by Dan Isbell, Jeremy Stover)
• James Barker Band: Chills, (co-written by Gavin Slate, Travis Wood, Donovan Woods)
• Jessica Mitchell: Don’t Love Me (co-written by Matthew Tishler)

Record Producer(s)

• Jason Barry (Runaway Angel, Western Swing Authority, Dean Brody)
• David “Dwave” Thomson (Jason Blaine)
• Jeff Dalziel (Washboard Union, Dan Davidson; River Town Saints)
• Karen Kosowski (Jessica Mitchell, Madeline Merlo)
• Scott Cooke, Doug Oliver (Cold Creek County)
• The Agenda (Justine Chantale)

Radio Station (Large Market)

• KX 94.7 FM (Hamilton)
• Country 104 FM (Woodstock)
• CJBX BX 93 (London)
• CJKX KX96 (Oshawa)
• CKBY County 101.1 (Ottawa)

Radio Station (Small Market)

• CKYY Country 89 (Welland)
• CHAW Country 103 (Little Current)
• CICX KICX 106 (Orillia)
• CJDL-FM Country 107.3 (Tillsonburg)
• CKAT, Country 600 (North Bay)
• CKYC Country 93 (Owen Sound)

Album

• James Barker Band: Game On
• Cold Creek County: Homemade
• Andrew Hyatt: Iron and Ashes
• River Town Saints: River Town Saints
• The Road Hammers: The Squeeze

Industry Person

• Amanda Kingsland (County 101.1)
• Anya Wilson (Anya Wilson Promotion and Publicity)
• Mike Denney (MDM Recordings)
• Ron Kitchener (RGK Entertainment)
• Steve Coady (Warner Music Canada)

Radio Station (Medium Market)

• CFCO Country 92.9 (Chatham)
• CHCQ-FM Cool 100.1 FM (Belleville)
• CICS KICX 91.7 (Sudbury)
• CKQM Country 105 (Peterborough)
• CKXC Country 93.5 (Kingston).

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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CONGRATS! Tim Hicks and Jason Barry Win 2017 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards

Two local boys took home Country Music Association of Ontario Awards this year!  On June 11, 2047 at Centennial Hall (London), St. Catharines superstar Tim Hicks  and the talented Jason Barry from Waterloo won Male Artist of the Year and Record Producer of the Year awards respectively. Jason produced the work of Burlington's Tianna Woods and Waterloo's The Western Swing Authority, among others.

Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories,  Video above courtesy of TimHicksVEVO, Video of Tim talking about his win

The big winner of the might was Bowmanville's Meghan Patrick, who 4 awards.



Links: Meghan Patrick, More Meghan Patrick Stories, Video above courtesy of Meghan Patrick

Click here for the FYI Music News Story 

Here's the complete list of winners

• Male Artist: Tim Hicks
• Record Producer: Jason Barry (Dean Brody, Genevieve Fisher, The Western Swing Authority, Tianna Woods)
• Female Artist: Meghan Patrick
• Rising Star: Meghan Patrick
• Album: Meghan Patrick: Grace and Grit
• Music Video: Meghan Patrick: Bow Chicka Wow Wow
• Songwriter(s): Deric Ruttan, Craig Wiseman (Blake Shelton: Came Here to Forget)
• Fan's Choice: James Barker Band
• Roots Artists or Group: The Abrams
• Single: River Town Saints: Cherry Bomb
  
  
  
  Links: River Town Saints, Video above courtesy of River Town Saints
  
  
• Group or Duo: Cold Creek County
• Industry Person: Steve Coady (Warner Music Canada)
• Radio Station (Major Market): BX 93 FM, London
• Radio Station (Medium Market): Cool 101.1, Belville
• Radio Station (Small Market): KICX 106, Orillia

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local Country Music Association of Ontario Award Nominees

There are many repeat local nominees at 2017's Country Music Association of Ontario Awards.  Artists from across the province will be on hand June 11th at Centennial Hall in London and hopefully, many of our area artists will be bringing home some hardware.

Hamilton country station KX 94.7 FM is once again up for Radio Station (Major Market) of the Year.

Just like last year, Burlington musicians are nominated in a few categories. Tebey (Male Artist of the Year and Fan's Choice) and Tianna Woods (Female Artist of Year). Tianna's Producer Jason Barry (from Waterloo) was nominated as Record Producer of the Year for his work with her and other bands as well.



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



Links: Tianna Woods, More Tianna Woods Stories, Video above courtesy of Tianna Woods

Down St. Catherines way, Tim Hicks  was given the nod in four categories (Album of the Year, Male Artistm of the Year, Fan's Choice and Songwriter of the Year) and Marshall Dane  is also up for Male Artist of the Year)



Links: Marshall Dane, More Marshall Dane Stories, Video above courtesy of Marshall Dane

Other local nominees include The Western Swing Authority from Waterloo (Roots Artist or Group and Woodstock's Country 104 FM (Radio Station - Major Market).

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!

Here's the complete list of nominees

Album

• Tim Hicks: Shake These Walls
• The Lovelocks: Born to Love
• Jason Blaine: Country Side
• Meghan Patrick: Grace and Grit
• Cold Creek County: Til the Wheels Come Off

Songwriter(s)

• Tim Hicks, Todd Clark, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood (Tim Hicks: Stompin’ Ground)
• Deric Ruttan, Craig Wiseman (Blake Shelton: Came Here to Forget)
• James Barker, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood (James Barker Band: Lawn Chair Lazy)
• Jessica Mitchell, Dave Thomson, Patricia Conroy (Jessica Mitchell: Workin’ on Whiskey)
• Meghan Patrick, Patricia Conroy, Philip Barton (Meghan Patrick: Grace and Grit)

Female Artist

• Tianna Woods
• Genevieve Fisher
• Jessica Mitchell
• Leah Daniels
• Meghan Patrick

Male Artist

• Marshall Dane
• Tim Hicks
• Tebey
• Deric Ruttan
• Jason Blaine

Fan's Choice

• Tim Hicks
• Tebey
• Autumn Hill
• Cold Creek County
• Jason Blaine
• James Barker Band
• Meghan Patrick
• River Town Saints

Roots Artists or Group

• The Western Swing Authority
• Lindi Ortega
• Kelly Prescott
• Jessica Mitchell
• The Abrams

Record Producer

• Jason Barry (Dean Brody, Genevieve Fisher, The Western Swing Authority, Tianna Woods)
• Dan Brodbeck (Dani Strong)
• Dave Thomson (Jessica Mitchell)
• Gavin Brown (The Abrams)
• The Agenda, Leah Daniels (Leah Daniels)

Radio Station (Major Market)

• KX 94.7, Hamilton
• Country 104, Woodstock
• BX 93 FM, London
• KX 96, Oshawa
• Country 101.1, Ottawa
• New Country 94, Ottawa

Single

• Cold Creek County: Beer Weather
• River Town Saints: Cherry Bomb
• James Barker Band: Lawn Chair Crazy
• Meghan Patrick ft. Joe Nichols: Still Loving You
• Jessica Mitchell: Workin’ on Whiskey

Rising Star

• Buck Twenty
• Dani Strong
• Meghan Patrick
• River Town Saints
• The Abrams

Group or Duo

• Autumn Hill
• Cold Creek County
• James Barker Band
• River Town Saints
• The Abrams

Music Video

• Meghan Patrick: Bow Chicka Wow Wow
• River Town Saints: Cherry Bomb
• Jason Blaine: Dance With My Daughter
• James Barker Band: Lawn Chair Crazy
• Johnny Reid: What Love Is All About

Industry Person

• Amanda Kingsland (Rogers Radio)
• Catherine Faint (Catherine Faint Entertainment)
• Dave Woods (In The Country)
• Mike Denney (MDM Recordings)
• Steve Coady (Warner Music Canada)

Radio Station (Medium Market)

• Country 929, Chatham
• Cool 101.1, Belville
• Kicx91.7, Sudbury
• Country 104.3, Sault Ste Marie
• Country 93.5, Kingston

Radio Station (Small Market)

• Country 103, Little Current
• Star 96, Pembroke
• KICX 106, Orillia
• Country 107.3, Tillsonburg
• Country 93, Owen Sound

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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CONGRATS! Local Country Music Association of Ontario Award Winners!

A number of locals brought home Country Music Association of Ontario Awards on May 29, 2016 at the kickin' ceremony hosted by  Edward Village Hotel in Markham.

Hamilton country station KX 94.7 FM took home Radio Station of the Year (Major Market) for the second year in a row! Burlington's Tebey won for Single of the Year, thanks to his incredible tune, When the Buzz Wears Off. Record Producer of the Year, Jason Barry was another repeat winner.  He produces the Waterloo group The Western Swing Authority.

Links: Tebey, More Tebey Stories, Video above courtesy of CISNFM

The big winners of the night were Jason Blaine and Cold Creek County, who won 3 awards each.

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Here's a complete list of  winners:

• Single: Tebey: When the Buzz Wears Off
• Radio Station (Major Market): KX 94.7 FM, Hamilton
• Record Producer(s) Jason Barry (The Western Swing Authority, Runaway Angel)
• Roots Artist Or Group: The Good Family
  
  
  
  Links: The Good Family, More Good Family Stories, Video above courtesy of ICI Musique
  
  
• Album: Johnny Reid; What Love Is All About
• Songwriter(s): Jason Blaine and Deric Ruttan
• Female Artist : Leah Daniels
• Male Artist: Jason Blaine
• Group Or Duo: Cold Creek County
• Rising Star Award: Cold Creek County
• Video: Jason Blaine: Country Side
  
  
  
  Links: Jason Blaine, More Jason Blaine Stories, Video above courtesy of Jason Blaine
  
  
• Fans’ Choice: Cold Creek County 
• Radio Station (Secondary Market): Country 107.3, Tillsonburg
• Impact Award: Prairie Oyster

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local Artists Continue to Earn Nominations for the Canadian Country Music Awards

Once again, quite a number of talented area performers have been nominated for Canadian Country Music Awards.

St. Catharines boy Tim Hicks has been (justifiably) raking in the awards and nomination for a while now and he continues to do so.  Last time, he even won the Rising Star award.  Now, he's up for Male Artist, Album, Interactive Artist plus his album 5:01 is in the running for Album Design and Producer.

Links: Tim Hicks, More Tim Hicks Stories, Video above courtesy of Tim Hicks.

Burlington singer/songwriter, Tebey also has quite a bit of an awards collection himself and he's hoping to expand it.  This year, he's been nominated for Producer of the Year.

Waterloo's Western Swing Authority and their members were nominated in 2014 and they repeat the honour in 2015.  The band will be vying for the Roots Artist category. WSA players Ed (Peewee Charles) Ringwald and Shane Guse are up for a few as well: Ed for Steel Guitar and Shane for both Fiddle and Special Instrument.  Both won last year as well.

Also from Waterloo, Jason Barry, a multiple CCMA winner, has been nominated for Guitar of the Year.

Links: Jamie Warren, Video above courtesy of Marti Clayton (Jason is on  guitar)

Kitchener session player Scott Galloway has received the nod for Best Keyboards too.

Links: Stacey Kaniuk, Video above courtesy of Stacey Kaniuk (Scott is on piano)

Click here for the results!

Here's a list of some of the nominees:

MALE ARTIST

• Tim Hicks
• Dean Brody
• Dallas Smith
• Brett Kissel
• Gord Bamford

ALBUM

• Tim Hicks: 5:01
• High Valley: County Line
• Dean Brody: Gypsy Road
• Dallas Smith: Lifted
• Jess Moskaluke: Light Up The Night

INTERACTIVE ARTIST OR GROUP 

• Tim Hicks
• Leah Daniels
• High Valley
• Brett Kissel
• Twin Kennedy

ALBUM DESIGN

• Tim Hicks: 5:01
• Chad Brownlee: The Fighters 
• Dean Brody: Gypsy Road
• MacKenzie Porter
• The Boom Chucka Boys: Ramble

RECORD PRODUCER(S) 

• Jeff Coplan (Tim Hicks: 5:01)
• Danick Dupelle/ Tebey Ottoh (Tebey: Two)
• Gord Bamford (The Boom Chucka Boys: Ramble)
• Jason Blaine/ Deric Ruttan (Jason Blaine: Country Side - Single)
• Joey Moi (Dallas Smith: Lifted)

ROOTS ARTIST

• Western Swing Authority
• The Bros. Landreth
• Tim Chaisson
• The Lovelocks
• Lindi Ortega

FIDDLE

• Shane Guse (Western Swing Authority)
• Denis Dufresne (Pear Band)
• MacKenzie Porter
• Ali Raney
• Tyler Vollrath (Brett Kissel)

SPECIAL INSTRUMENT

• Shane Guse (Western Swing Authority) (Mandolin)
• Dave Barber (GB Roots) (Banjo) 
• Shane Chisholm (Gastank Bass)
• Robin Pelletier (Gord Bamford) (Mandolin)
• Tyler Vollrath (Mandolin)

STEEL GUITAR

• Ed (Peewee Charles) Ringwald (Western Swing Authority)
• Darrek Anderson
• John Ellis
• Smokey Fennell
• Doug Johnson

GUITAR

• Jason Barry
• Ryan Davidson
• Matt McKay
• Mitch Merrett
• Darren Savard (Derric Ruttan)

KEYBOARDS

• Scott Galloway
• Mike Little
• Bart McKay
• Carly McKillip
• Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive)

FAN CHOICE AWARD

• Paul Brandt
• Dean Brody
• Gord Bamford
• Dallas Smith
• Johnny Reid

FEMALE ARTIST

• Jess Moskaluke
• Terri Clark
• Mackenzie Porter
• Kira Isabella
• Beverley Mahood

GROUP OR DUO 

• Autumn Hill
• Boom Chucka Boys
• High Valley
• The Road Hammers
• Small Town Pistols

SINGLE 

• Brett Kissel: 3-2-1
• Dean Brody: Another Mans’ Gold
• Jess Moskaluke: Cheap Wine and Cigarettes
• Dallas Smith: Wastin’ Gas
• Gord Bamford: Where a Farm Used to Be

VIDEO 

• Jason Blaine: Country Side
• Dean Brody; Upside Down
• Brett Kissel: Tough People Do
• Gord Bamford: Where A Farm Used To Be
• MacKenzie Porter: If You Asked Me To

SONGWRITER(S) 

• Wes Mack: Before You Drive Me Crazy (co-written with Micah Wilshire and  Rick Ferrell)
• Jason Blaine: Country Side (co-written with Deric Ruttan)
• Bobby Wills: Never Didn’t Love You (co-written  with Walt Aldridge, Michael Pyle)
• Dea Brody: Upside Down
• Gord Bamford: Where A Farm Used To Be (Co-written with Buddy Owens and Phil O’Donnell)

RISING STAR

• Jason Benoit
• Lindsay Broughton
• Leah Daniels
• Lindsay Ell
• Tristan Horncastle
• Jordan McIntosh
• Madeline Merlo
• Steven Lee Olsen

BASS

• Chris Byrne (Road Hammers)
• Scott Cooke (Dallas Smith)
• Lisa Dodd
• Justin Kudding
• Travis Switzer

DRUMS

• Ben Bradley
• Stephen Broadhurst
• Corbett Frasz
• Chad Melchert
• Ben Shillabeer (The Boom Chucka Boys)

Click here for the complete list, including the Broadcast Awards

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Canadian Country Music Association, More CCMA Stories

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