News Roundup (Awards, kd lang, Jason Isbell, More)

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News

Local

• Local Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees
• HBL Blogger/Founder Nominated for Maggie Award
• New Hamilton Musicians' Guild Honourees

Spectator Stories

• Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull) Comes to Hamilton
• Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top)
• Noname's Debut Album
• Steven Page

Canada

• Watch Leonard Cohen Tribute Concert on CBC

Americana Award Winners

• Americana Trailblazer: k.d. lang
  
  
  
  Links: kd lang, More kd lang Stories, Video above courtesy of zen4ever
  
  
• Album: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound
• Artist: John Prine
• Song: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires
  
  
  
  Links: Jason Isbell, More Jason Isbell Stories, Video above courtesy of Jason Isbell
  
  
• Duo/Group: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• Emerging Artist: Tyler Childers
• Instrumentalist: Molly Tuttle
• Free Speech Award: Rosanne Cash
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist: Buddy Guy
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance: Irma Thomas
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive: Cris Williamson and Judy Dlugacz of Olivia Records

World

• Native American Music Award Nominees

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef was proud to go to his Uncle John and Auntie Sarah's 20's themed wedding!

Click here for more pics from the event

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings on Americana Music Association's Top 100 Airplay Chart

Recently, the Americana Music Association revealed their 2017 Americana Airplay Chart Top 100 Albums List. Kings and Kings, the latest disc from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (ft Hamilton's Tom Wilson, Guelph's Stephen Fearing and Toronto's Colin Linden) was on the list along with a few of their fellow Canadian artists.

Click here for the full list

Top 10

1. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound
   
   
   
   Video above courtesy of Jason Isbell
   
   
2. Chris Stapleton: From A Room: Volume 1
3. Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
4. Ryan Adams: Prisoner
5. Steve Earle: So You Wannabe An Outlaw
6. Band Of Heathens: Duende
7. Justin Townes Earle: Kids In The Street
8. Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real: Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real
9. Son Volt: Notes of Blue
10. Old 97s: Graveyard Whistling

Canadians on the List

58. Bruce Cockburn: Bone On Bone (Released by Waterdown's True North Records)



Links: Bruce Cockburn, More Bruce Cockburn Stories, Video above courtesy of The Indie Folk Music Channel

66. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: Kings and Kings



Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Rodney Crowell, More Rodney Crowell Stories, Video above courtesy of File Under: Music

69. Neil Young: Peace Trail



Links: Neil Young, More Neil Young Stories, Video above courtesy of neilyoungchannel

Blast from the Past: 2015's List

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