2026 Canadian Grammy Awards Nominations

Canadian made a great showing in the 2026 Grammy Award nomination list.

Below is a complete list of Canadian nominees.

Click here for the full list of all nominations.

Album of the Year:

• Justin Bieber, Swag (Bieber, Tobias Jesso Jr. for songwriting)
• Lady Gaga, Mayhem (Cirkut for production)
• Sabrina Carpenter, Man’s Best Friend (Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)

Best Alternative Music Album:

• Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media:

• Sinners, (Peter Dreimanis from July Talk performs on Pick Poor Robin Clean)
• F1 the Album (Tate McRae, Just Keep Watching)
  
  
  
  Links: Tate McRae, More Tate McRae Stories, Video above courtesy of Tate McRae

Best Contemporary Country Album:

• Tyler Childers, Snipe Hunter (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Country Solo Performance:

• Tyler Childers, Nose on the Grindstone (Shawn Everett for mixing)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording:

• Kaytranada, Space Invader

Best Dance Pop Recording: 

• Tate McRae, Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie)
• Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering) 

Best Historical Album:

• Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) 
  
  
  
  Links: Joni Mitchell, More Joni Mitchell Stories, Playlist courtesy of Bliskitunhe

Best Immersive Audio Album:

• Justin Gray, Immersed (Drew Jurecka for production)

Best Melodic Rap Performance: 

• PartyNextDoor and Drake, Somebody Loves Me

Best Metal Performance:

• Spiritbox, Soft Spine

Best Opera Recording: 

• Tesori: Grounded, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and George Brant (Yannick Nézet-Séguin for conducting, Emily D’Angelo for production)
• Kouyoumdjian: Adoration, Silvana Quartet and the Choir Of Trinity Wall Street (Miriam Khalil for production) 

Best Orchestral Performance:

• Still & Bonds, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Pop Solo Performance: 

• Justin Bieber, Daisies

Best Pop Vocal Album:

• Justin Bieber, Swag 

Best R&B Performance: 

• Justin Bieber, Yukon

Best Remixed Recording:

• Mariah Carey and Kaytranada, Don’t Forget About Us

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

• Laila Biali, Wintersongs
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of Laila Biali

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: 

• Cirkut (Lady Gaga, Abracadabra, Mayhem and Disease, Coco Jones, AEOMG; Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt.; The Weeknd, Big Sleep and Red Terror; Ed Sheeran, A Little More)

Record of the Year:

• Lady Gaga, Abracadabra (Cirkut for production, Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)
• Rosé and Bruno Mars Apt (Cirkut for production)
• Sabrina Carpenter, Manchild (Serban Ghenea for mixing and engineering)

Songwriter of the Year:

• Tobias Jesso Jr. (Justin Bieber: Daisies, Go Baby, Walking Away / Dijon: Another Baby, Baby / Bon Iver: From / Miley Cyrus: Golden Burning Sun / Olivia Dean: Man I Need / Haim: Relationships) 

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories

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Canadian Nominees for the 2025 Grammys (including local artists)

The nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards were recently announced and quite a number of Canadian are in the running for the prestigious prize. 

In local news, Waterdown's Stony Plain Records have two albums up for the Best Traditional Blues Album category: Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down (co-produced, co-written and guest starring Hamilton/Kitchener Bluesman Steve Strongman +  backing vocals by Chris Ayries (Hamilton) on 'Sideline') and Sue Foley: One Guitar Woman. Nothing In Rambling, a song from Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down is also nominated for Best Americana Roots Performance.

The 67th GRAMMY Awards, will take be at the Crypto.com Arena (LA) on Sunday, February 2 and broadcast live on the CBS.

Here is the official Grammy Nominee Announcement.

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories, Video above courtesy of Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

Below is a complete list of Canadian nominees.

Steve Strongman (Hamilton/Kitchener)

• Best Traditional Blues Album (Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down, co-producer, co-writer, guest on tracks) (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  
  
  
  Links: Fabulous Thunderbirds, More Fabulous Thunderbirds Stories, Video above courtesy of The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Topic
  
  
• Best Americana Roots Performance (The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Nothing In Rambling ft Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood, Co-producer) (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)

Chris Ayries  (Hamilton)

• Best Traditional Blues Album (Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down, backing vocals on 'Sideline') (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)

Sue Foley

• Best Traditional Blues Album (One Guitar Woman) (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)

Arcade Fire

• Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Saltburn soundtrack, ft the song No Cars Go)

Lowell Boland

• Best Pop Solo Performance (Beyoncé - Bodyguard / Texas Hold 'Em, co-writer)
• Best Country Song / Record of the Year / Song of the Year (Beyoncé - Texas Hold 'Em, co-writer)
• Album of the Year/Best Country Album (Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter, co-writer on some tracks)

Marika Bournaki

• Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (Fotina Naumenko - Bespoke Songs, pianist)

Daniel Caesar

• Best Reggae Album: (Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By the Film ft the song Waiting In Vain)

Deborah Cox

• Best Musical Theatre Album (The Wiz - 2024 Broadway Cast Recording)

Sara Diamond

• Best R&B Song (Coco Jones - Here We Go (Uh Oh), songwriter)

Grant Dickinson aka Thelabcook

• Best Rap Song ($ ft Rich the Kid & Playboi Carti - Carnival, songwriter)

Serban Ghenea

• Album of the Year (Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department, audio engineer & mixing)
• Best Engineered Album (Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet, audio engineer & mixing)

Dave Hamelin (The Stills)

• Best Country Solo Performance (Beyoncé - 16 Carriages, production and mixing recording engineer)

Shawn Everett

• Album of the Year/Best Country Album (Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter, production and mixing)
• Best Country Album / Best Country Solo Performance / Best Country Song / Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well, mixing)

Kaytranada 

• Best Remixed Recording (Doechii - Alter Ego)
• Best Dance/Electronic Music Album (Timeless)
• Best Dance/Electronic Recording (Witchy ft Childish Gambino)

Avril Lavigne

• Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack, ft the song I'm With You)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

• Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein with London Symphony Orchestra and Bradley Cooper)
• Best Opera Recording (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Catan: Florencia en el Amazonas / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Puts: the Hours)

Jessie Reyez

• Best Reggae Album: Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By the Film ft the song Is This Love)

Spiritbox

• Best Metal Performance (Cellar Door)

Shania Twain

• Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Twisters: The Album, ft the song Boots Don't with Breland)

The Weeknd

• Best Melodic Rap Performance (We Still Don't Trust You with Future and Metro Boomin)

Charlotte Day Wilson

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Cyan Blue)

Scott Zhang aka Monsune

• Best R&B Song (SZA - Saturn, songwriter)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

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2024 Polaris Prize Long List Including Local Artists

From the Polaris Prize website:

The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has revealed its 40 album Long List.

The Long List is where Polaris reveals the 40 nominated albums that will be considered for a given year’s Prize. This year’s Long List is presented by Canada Council for the Arts.

The Polaris Music Prize Short List revealing the 10 finalist albums being considered for this year’s Prize will be unveiled on July 11. More details on this will be announced in the coming weeks.

The winning album will be revealed during the Polaris Gala, taking place Tuesday, September 17 at Massey Hall in Toronto. This will be the second year the Polaris Gala will be taking place at the iconic 130-year-old Massey Hall, Canada’s marquee live venue. Tickets to the Polaris Gala are on sale now via the Massey Hall website.

The Polaris Music Prize awards $50,000 courtesy of Slaight Family Foundation, going to the artist who creates the Canadian Album of the Year, judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration for genre or record sales.

You can view the Long List announcement below

Links: Polaris Music Prize, More Polaris Stories, Video above courtesy of polarismusicprize

Here is the complete Long List:

• Allie X (Oakville) — Girl With No Face
  
  
  
  Links: Allie X, Video above courtesy of Allie X
  
  
• Terra Lightfoot (Hamilton) — Healing Power
  
  
  
  Links: Video above courtesy of Terra Lightfoot
  
  
• BAMBII — INFINITY CLUB
• The Beaches — Blame My Ex
• BIG|BRAVE — A Chaos Of Flowers
• Haley Blais — Wisecrack
• Charlotte Cardin — 99 Nights
• Beverly Glenn-Copeland — The Ones Ahead
• Corridor — Mimi
• Helena Deland — Goodnight Summerland
• Annie-Claude Deschênes — LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE
• Devours — Homecoming Queen
• DijahSB — The Flower That Knew
• Ducks Ltd. — Harm’s Way
• Jeremy Dutcher — Motewolonuwok
• Elisapie — Inuktitut
• Dominique Fils-Aimé — Our Roots Run Deep
• Shane Ghostkeeper — Songs For My People
• Karkwa — Dans la seconde
• KAYTRAMINÉ — KAYTRAMINÉ
• KEN mode — Void
• La Force — XO Skeleton
• La Sécurité — Stay Safe!
• Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee
• Sean Leon — IN LOVING MEMORY
• LOONY — LOONY
• Jon McKiel — Hex
• myst milano. — Beyond the Uncanny Valley
• NOBRO — Set Your Pussy Free
• NYSSA — Shake Me Where I’m Foolish
• Pelada — Ahora M​á​s Que Nunca
• PETER PETER — Éther
• Population II — Électrons libres du québec
• Allison Russell — The Returner
• Arielle Soucy — Il n’y a rien que je ne suis pas
• Super Duty Tough Work — Paradigm Shift
• TALK — Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees
• TEKE::TEKE — Hagata
• TOBi — Panic
• Tomb Mold — The Enduring Spirit

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2023 Opening Night Juno Winners

The opening night of the 2023 Junos saw two local acts awarded with the coveted statuettes. The rest of the awards will be handed our at a televised ceremony on Monday, March 13 at 8pm on CBC.

Click below to see the Opening Night Ceremony.

Video above courtesy of CBC Music

Below is a complete list of winners. Local acts are bolded.

• Children's Album: Vol. 2 - Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats (Burlington)
  
  
  
  Links: Walk Off The Earth, More WOTE Stories, Video above courtesy of Walk Off the Earth
  
  
• Group: Arkells (Hamilton)
  
  
  
  Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, View acceptance speech here, Video above courtesy Arkells Music
  
  
• Adult Alternative Album: Colder Streams - The Sadies 
• Adult Contemporary Album: Higher - Michael Bublé 
• Album Artwork: Ian Ilavsky (Art Director & Designer), Maciek Szczerbowski (Illustrator): EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE – Esmerine 
• Alternative Album: Blue Rev - Alvvays 
• Artist: The Weeknd 
• Blues Album: Long River - Angelique Francis 
• Breakthrough Group: Banx & Ranx 
• Classical Album (Small Ensemble) : Early Italian Cello Concertos - Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme 
• Classical Album (Solo): Fables - Philip Chiu 
• Classical Album (Large Ensemble): Viola Borealis Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault 
• Classical Composition: Bestiary I & II - Bekah Simms 
• Comedy Album: A Person Who Is Gingerbread - Jon Dore 
• Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album: Jordan St. Cyr - Jordan St. Cyr 
• Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group: Digging Roots 
• Contemporary Roots Album: Come Morning - The Bros. Landreth
• Country Album: Masquerades -  Tenille Townes 
• Dance Recording: CTRL + ALT + DEL - Rêve 
• Electronic Album: Interior - Teen Daze 
• Francophone Album: Crash - Les Louanges
• Global Music Album: Thieves of Dreams - Lenka Lichtenberg
• Inspired Minds Ambassador Award: Kevin Drew
• Instrumental Album: Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More - Esmerine 
• International Album: Harry’s House - Harry Styles 
• Jazz Album (Group): Desert Bloom - Florian Hoefner Trio 
• Jazz Album (Solo): Kinds of Love - Renee Rosnes 
• Metal/Hard Music Album: Synchro Anarchy - VOIVOD 
• Music Video: Unholy - Sam Smith and Kim Petras (directed by Floria Sigismondi)
  
  
  
  Links: Sam Smith, Kim Petras, Video above courtesy of Sam Smith
  
  
• Pop Album: Dawn FM - The Weeknd 
• Producer: Akeel Henry 
• Rap Single: Twin Flame - KAYTRANADA and Anderson .Paak
• Recording Engineer: Serban Ghenea
• Reggae Recoding: Reggae Party - Kirk Diamond, Kairo McLean and Finn
• Rock Album: Otherness - Alexisonfire
• Single: Sacrifice - The Weeknd 
• Songwriter: The Weeknd
• Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group: The Bearhead Sisters 
• Traditional R&B/Soul Recording: Last One - Savannah Ré ft Dylan Sinclair
• Traditional Roots Album: Tell ‘Em You Were Gold - Pharis & Jason Romero 
• Underground Dance Single: I Knew Techno - Greg Gow
• Vocal Jazz Album: Featuring - Caity Gyorgy 
• Walt Grelas Special Achievement: Ron Sakamoto

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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GOOD LUCK! 2023 Canadian Grammy Nominees

The 2023 Grammy nominations were recently released and a number of Canadians are in the running for a few awards. The ceremony takes place February 5, 2023

Below is a complete list of Canadian nominees (bolded)

Click here for the winners.

Album

• 30 by Adele (Tobias Jesso Jr. - songwriter, producer,  Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer, Shawn Everett - producer)
• Harry’s House by Harry Styles (Tobias Jesso Jr.. - songwriter)
• Renaissance - Beyoncé (Boi-1da- producer, songwriter, Rupert “Sevn” Thomas - producer, songwriter, Drake - songwriter)
• Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) by Mary J. Blige (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Special by Lizzo (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Music Of The Spheres by Coldplay (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar (Boi-1da - producer, songwriter)
• Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny (Demy & Clipz - producers)

Alternative Music Album

• WE by Arcade Fire

American Roots Performance

• Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell - Prodigal Daughter
  
  
  
  Links: Aoife O'Donovan, Allison Russell, More Allison Russel Stories, Video above courtesy of Aoife O'Donovan

Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Empire Central by Snarky Puppy (drummer Larnell Lewis is from Canada)

Dance/Electronic  Recording

• Intimidated - Kaytranada featuring H.E.R.

Choral Performance

• Verdi: Requiem - The Met Remembers 9/11 (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor)

Classical Compendium

• A Concert For Ukraine (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer)

Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Voice Of Nature: The Anthropocene (Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist)

Historical Album

• The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions by Glenn Gould

Melodic Rap Performance

• Wait For U by Future featuring Drake and Tems

Music Film

• Justin Bieber - Our World
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse - A Band A Brotherhood A Barn
  
  
  
  Links: Neil Young, More Neil Young Stories, Video above courtesy of neilyoungchannel

Music Video

• Adele - Easy On Me (Xavier Dolan - video director, producer, Nancy Grant - producer)
  
  
  
  Links: Adele, More Adele Stories, Video above courtesy of Adele

Opera Recording

• Aucoin: Eurydice (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor)
• Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor)

Producer, Non-Classical

• Boi-1da

Rap Song

• Churchill Downs by Jack Harlow ft. Drake (Boi-1da, songwriter, Ryan Bakalarczyk  - songwriter, Ace G- songwriter)
• Wait For You by Future ft. Drake & Tems

Record 

• Good Morning Gorgeous by Mary J. Blige (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Woman by Doja Cat (Jesse Ray Ernster - engineer, mixer)

Rock Performance

• So Happy It Hurts by Bryan Adams
  
  
  
  Links: Bryan Adams, More Bryan Adams Stories, Video above courtesy of Bryan Adams

Songwriter, Non-Classical

• Tobias Jesso Jr

Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Higher by Michael Bublé

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories

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CONGRATS! 2021 Juno Opening Night Winners (incl local artists)

A few area artists took home Juno Awards during the opening night virtual festivities on June 4, 2021.

Here is the full opening gala:

Video above courtesy of CBC Music

Below is a complete list of winners. Local acts are bolded.

• Electronic Album: Suddenly by CARIBOU (Dundas)
  
  
  
  Links: Caribou, More Caribou Stories, Video above courtesy of nostalgic music
  
  
• Group: Arkells (Hamilton)
  
  
  
  Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, Video above courtesy of Arkells Music, Video of the Arkells Accepting
  
  
• Rock Album: Ruthless by JJ Wilde (Kitchener)
  
  
  
  Links: JJ Wilde, More JJ Wilde Stories, Video above courtesy of JJ Wilde, Video of JJ Accepting
  
  
• Vocal Jazz Album: With You by Sammy Jackson (St. Catharines)
  
  
  
  Links: Sammy Jackson, More Sammy Jackson Stories, Video above courtesy of Sammy Jackson, Video of Sammy accepting the award

• Blues Album: Church House Blues by CRYSTAL SHAWANDA (released by Waterdown's True North Records) ft Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien on keys)
  
  
  
  Links: Crystal Shawanda, More Crystal Shawanda Stories, Video above courtesy of Folk Roots and Blues, Crystal accepting the award
  
  
• Adult Alternative Album: Sad Hunk by BAHAMAS
• Adult Contemporary Album: Such Pretty Forks in the Road by ALANIS MORISSETTE
• Album Artwork: NOTRE-DAME-DES-SEPT-DOULEURS – Klô Pelgag
• Alternative Album: Pray For It by July Talk
• Breakthrough Group: Crown Lands
• Children's Album: Heart Parade by Splash’N Boots 
• Classical Album (Large Ensemble): Ginastera – Bernstein – Moussa: Œuvres pour violon et orchestre / Works for Violin and Orchestra by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano, feat. Andrew Wan
• Classical Album (Solo/Chamber): MOSAÏQUE by Ensemble Made In Canada 
• Classical Album: Vocal or Choral: Massenet: Thaïs by Erin Wall, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
• Classical Composition: Violin Concerto “Adrano” by Samy Moussa 
• Comedy Album: Horse Power by JACOB SAMUEL
• Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album: THE WAY by SHAWNA CAIN
• Contemporary R&B Recording: After Hours by The Weeknd
• Contemporary Roots Album: Bravado by ROSE COUSINS
• Country Album: The Lemonade Stand by Tenille Townes
• Dance Recording: BUBBA by KAYTRANADA 
• Francophone Album: Quand la nuit tombe by Louis-Jean Cormier
• Indigenous Artist or Group: Leela Gilday
• Instrumental Album: Movements III by Blitz//Berlin
• International Album: Fine Line by  Harry Styles
• Jazz Album (Group): The reMission by Andy Milne and Unison 
• Jazz Album (Solo): Elegant Traveler by Jocelyn Gould 
• Metal/Hard Music Album: Abyss by UNLEASH THE ARCHERS
• Music Video: NO ONE'S IN THE ROOM - Jessie Reyez
• Producer: WondaGurl
• Rap Recording: ELEMENTS Vol. 1 by TOBi
• Recording Engineer: Serban Ghenea
• Reggae Recording: I Pray by TOME x Sean Kingston 
• Songwriter: The Weeknd
• Traditional Roots Album: Bet On Love by PHARIS & JASON ROMERO
• World Music Album: Espiral by OKAN

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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CONGRATS! Canadian Grammy Winners

Montreal's Kaytranada with his two Grammys

The 2021 Grammys were handed out on Sunday, March 14 and luckily, a handful of talented Canadian artists brought home the hardware! 

Click here for the CBC Story.

Here's the list of Canadian winners

• Best Dance Recording: Kaytranada - 10% (ft Kali Uchis)
  
  
  
  Links: Kaytranada, More Kaytranada Stories, Kali Uchis, Video above courtesy of KAYTRANADA
  
  
• Best Dance or Electronic Album:  Kaytranada - Bubba 
  
  
• Best Country Duo or Group Performance: Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours (w Dan and Shay)
  
  
  
  Links: Justin Bieber, More Justin Bieber Stories, Dan and Shea, Video above courtesy of Dan And Shay
  
  
• Best New Age Album: Jim (Kimo) West - More Guitar Stories
  
  
  
  Links: Jim Kimo West, Video above courtesy of Jim Kimo West
  
  
• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Beck - Hyperspace (engineered by Canadian Shawn Everett)
  
  
  
  Links: Beck, Video above courtesy of Beck
  
  
• Best Musical Theatre Album: Jagged Little Pill (based on Canadian Alanis Morissette's album)
  
  
  
  Links: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette, More Alanis Morissette Stories, Video above courtesy of Jagged Little Pill

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Links: Grammys, More Grammy Stories

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CONGRATS! Local Artists on CBC's Best Canadian Debut Albums List

First impressions are important, especially in the music industry. With that in mind, the CBC Music recently chose their 25 Best Canadian Debut Albums list to celebrate our country's 150th. Not surprisingly, there  were a few local entries.

Hammertown legend Daniel Lanois appears as does talented former Hamiltonian Kathleen Edwards.



Links: Daniel Lanois, More Daniel Lanois Stories, Video above courtesy of rtisi



Links: Kathleen Edwards, More Kathleen Edwards Stories,  Video above courtesy of SeeThisRadio

Classic rockers The Band (with members from the Norfolk and Six Nations areas) were also honoured.



Links: The Band, More Stories of The Band, Video above courtesy of washox

Here's the complete list (in chronological order)

• Glenn Gould: Goldberg Variations (1956)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: It’s My Way! (1964)
• Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
• The Band: Music from Big Pink (1968)
• Mary Margaret O'Hara: Miss America (1988)
• Maestro Fresh Wes: Symphony in Effect (1989)
• The Tragically Hip: Up to Here (1989)
• Daniel Lanois: Acadie (1989)
• Dream Warriors: And Now the Legacy Begins (1991)
• Michie Mee: Jamaican Funk–Canadian Style (1991)
• Barenaked Ladies: Gordon (1992)
• Eric's Trip: Love Tara (1993)
• Lhasa de Sela: La Llorona (1997)
• Rufus Wainwright: Rufus Wainwright (1998)
• The New Pornographers: Mass Romantic (2000)
• Avril Lavigne: Let Go (2002)
• Kathleen Edwards: Failer (2003)
• Metric: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
• Arcade Fire: Funeral (2004)
• Death From Above 1979: You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004)
• Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
• Coeur de pirate: Coeur de pirate (2008)
• The Weeknd: House of Balloons (2011) 
• A Tribe Called Red: A Tribe Called Red (Six Nations)(2012)
• Kaytranada: 99.9% (2016)

Blast from the Past: CBC's Top Canadian Songs List

Links: CBC Music, More CBC Lists

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News Roundup (Edgar Breau, Raoul and the Big Time, Prism Prize, CIMA Gala Award Nominees)

Picture courtesy of FTI Music News

A&M Canada Founder Gerry Lacoursiere Passes

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News

Local

• Sean Pinchin Plays on New Tim Bastmeyer Album
• New Gary Cain Band Album

Canadian Independent Music Association Awards Gala Nominations

2017 Award Recipients

• Builder Award: Donald K. Tarlton (DKD)
• Leadership Award: Sheri Jones (Jones & Co.) 
• Entrepreneur Award: Rob Lanni and Eric Lawrence (Coalition Music)
• Unsung Hero Award: Steve Jordan (Polaris Music Prize)

2017 Marketing Award Nominees

• Arts & Crafts (Gord Downie: Secret Path)
• Dine Alone Records (Monster Truck: Sittin' Heavy)
• Six Shooter Records (Tanya Tagaq: Retribution)

Prism Prize Winners

GRAND PRIZE:

• Kaytranada - Lite Spots (Director: Martin C. Pariseau)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of KAYTRANADA
  

Finalists

• A Tribe Called Red (Six Nations) ft Black Bear: Stadium Pow Wow (Director: Kevan Funk)
• Andy Shauf:  The Magician (Director: Winston Hacking)
• BadBadNotGood ft. Kaytranada: Lavender (Director: Fantavious Fritz)
• Grimes: Kill V. Maim (Directors: Claire and Mac Boucher)
• Harrison ft. Clairmont the Second: It's Okay, I Promise (Director: Scott Cudmore)
• July Talk: Picturing Love (Director: Jared Raab)
• PUP: DVP (Director: Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux)
• PUP: Sleep in the Heat (Director: Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux)
• Wintersleep - Amerika (Director: Scott Cudmore)

World

• Americana Music Association Award Nominees
• Passings: Corki Casey O'Dell, Jimmy Copley

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef made his first visit to the Bar Upstairs in St. Catharines.  Every Saturday, the Mighty Duck Blues Band invite guests to join them for an amazing Blues show.  Raoul Bhaneja and Darren Gallen of Raoul and the Big Time popped by that week.  It was incredible!

Treble with Darren Gallen (left) and Raoul Bhaneja of Raoul and the Big Time

Click here for more photos of the event.



Links: Raoul and the Big Time, More Raoul Bhaneja Stories, Video above courtesy of rapchop2

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Featured Video

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