Trebleclef made his first visit to the Judy and the Noteworthies interactive music weekly Wednesday show. It was great experiencing the sing-a-longs and more.
Burlington Engineer Charles Monizmade his hometown (and all of Canada) proud when picked up his 3rd Grammy (this latest one for Best Engineered Album - on-classical) on Sunday January 28. His work on superstar Bruno Mars' newest album 24K Magichas been getting a lot of notice as of late.
Sometimes, a cover song can be a unique take on an existing tune and can have a spirit all it's own.
Recently, CBC Music asked it's listeners and readers what the best cover song of all time was. After tallying the results they unveiled a list of the 20 most popular answers.
Not surprisingly, there were a few local musicians in the bunch.
The only local artist to be covered on this list is The Band (a few members are from the Norfolk/Six Nations area). The legendaryAretha Franklin covers their biggest hit, The Weight.
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.
Unfortunately, there were no local winners in the televised portion of the Junos on April 2, 2017. There were a few during a separate gala on on the 1st.
Gord Downieadded two more awards (Songwriter of the Year and Group of the Year for his band, The Tragically Hip) to the three he earned the day before. That's five total! Dual winners include Leonard Cohen (Artist of the Year, Album of the Year) and Sarah McLachlan(Adult Contemporary Album of the Year, Canadian Music Hall of Fame)
The night was topped up by an amazing performance by Bryan Adams and multiple musicians performing the Juno co-host's hit Summer of '69. Click here to see the video
Three talented Hamilton artists will be bringing home some much-deserved Juno hardware after the untelevised gala on April 1, 2017. Local jazz singer Diana Pantonadds one more to her collection. She won the Children's Album of the Year category for her recording: I Believe in Little Things. Hammertown rockers The Dirty Nilearned the Breakthrough Group of the Year award as well. Ex-Junkhouse and current Blue Rodeo member Colin Crippsproduced and did guitar work on the Blues Album of Year winner Ride the One, from Toronto's Paul Reddick.
The big winner of the night was Gord Downie, who couldn't attend but won three awards: Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Recording Package of the Year and Rock Album of the Year (the latter with his band, The Tragically Hip). CONGRATS EVERYBODY and GOOD LUCK to the remaining nominees for the televised portion on April 2nd!
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