Showing posts with label Maggie Szabo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maggie Szabo. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2020

CONGRATS ! 2020 Hamilton Community News Readers' Choice Awards Winners!


Click here for full list.

Music-related categories below.

Best Local Musician or Band
Best Concert Venue
Best Live Entertainment Facility
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Monday, March 12, 2018

GOOD LUCK! Local Finalists in the 2017 International Songwriting Competition. Vote! Deadline is April 3


Soon, a number of local artists will be judged by Tom Waits, Perry Ferrell (Jane's Addiction), Lorde, Ziggy Marley, Tommy Chong, Walter Trout, Booker T Jones and more in the 2017 International Songwriting Competition. They'll choose the top three in each genre category.

There's also People's Voice award in almost every category that's voted on by the public so here's your change to help out some area artists. Deadline is April 3, 2018.

Local nominees include:
There were also a number of talented area semi-finalists who didn't get to move on to the next round:
Below is a full list of all the Canadian nominees (local musicians are bolded). Click here for  complete list. Click the category to vote.

Adult Contemporary
Blues
Love Song
No public voting
Screen Shot (Music for TV/Movies/etc) 
No public voting
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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Vote for Your Favourite Local Entertainers in the Hamilton Community News Readers' Choice Awards! Deadline Mar 11


It's time to get out and vote for the 2018 Hamilton Community News Reader's Choice Awards.  Deadline to get your vote out is Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 11:59pm.

There are two main categories of interest to our music-loving readers: Live Entertainment and Professional Entertainers.

Here's the full list of nominees from both categories.

Live Entertainment

Since you'll be voting, we'd like to ask you to please vote for our sponsors as well. Please click the category below to vote.
Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Hamilton Community News Reader's Choice Awards, More HCN Awards Stories
Previous (News Roundup: Harrison Kennedy, Ags Connolly Covers Sexsmith, The Crystals, Aaron Goldstein) - - - Next (Burlington Post Readers Choice Award Winners)
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Friday, November 24, 2017

News Roundup (Tom Wilson, David Cassidy, Trews)


New Beer from Mash Paddle Brewing Co. inspired by the Trews
Click pic to see how to enter to win tix to an acoustic Brantford show and more



Links: The Trews, More Trews Stories, Video above courtesy of brantfordredsox
Passings
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    Sunday, August 7, 2016

    GOOD LUCK! Local Artists in Unsigned Only Competition!


    You can help three area performers win the 2016 Unsigned Only Fandemonium competition!  Presented by Radioairplay.com, the contest features songs submitted by independent artists.  There is also a similar, separate competition chosen by a panel of judges (featuring the same nominees)

    Steve Rivers (Milton) and Shae Dupuy (Cambridge) are up for the Country category, Maggie Szabo (Dundas) is in the running for Pop/Top 40 and Oakville popster Jules is once again up for the Teen category, which she won last year!



    Links: Steve Rivers, More Steve Rivers Stories, Video above courtesy of Steve Rivers



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



    Links: Maggie Szabo, More Maggie Szabo Stories, Video above courtesy of WorldArts Music



    Links: Jules, More Jules Stories, Video above courtesy of TO Rocks

    Below is a listing of all the Canadian nominees (click song title to hear it).  Click here for the complete list.

    Country
    Americana

    Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

    Previous (Vote for Oakville Beaver Readers Selection Awards) - - - Next (7T8 Win Live Music Prize)
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    Tuesday, March 1, 2016

    Vote for Your Favourite Local Musicians in the Hamilton Community News Readers' Choice Awards


    Hamilton Community News, the company behind the Mountain News, Dundas Star, Ancaster News and Stoney Creek News papers, recently launched the 2016 edition of their Reader's Choice Awards.  You have only until Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 11:30pm to have your voice heard!

    As always, there's a Local Musicians category where a number of area performers are nominated. Many of them are also listed in Professional Entertainers list too.

     Local Musicians
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    Wednesday, March 18, 2015

    GOOD LUCK! Local Musicians Up For International Songwriting Competition



    We all know there's world-class music in our own backyard but now the world is aware too thanks to the prestigious International Songwriting Competition.  After thousands of submissions, many deserving local musicians were chosen as semi-finalists.

    Kitchener's Alysha Brilla has her song Immigrant in two categories: Unsigned and Lyrics. JD Yanik, also from Kitchener, is up for best Latin tune with Ganas De Tí

    Brantford's Benjamin Rogers was listed for three tracks: Pendulum (Instrumental), Move Ben Move (Teen) and Wayfarer (Teen).



    Links: Benjamin Dakota Rogers, More Benjamin Dakota Rogers Stories, Video above courtesy of Benjamin Rogers

    Cambridge boy (who now resides in Kitchener) Robbie Hancock has his song, Into The Bright (co-written by Andy Gabrys) in the running for the folk category.



    Links: More Robbie Hancock Stories, Video above courtesy of Robbie Hancock

    Dundas songstress, Maggie Szabo has two songs in the Pop/Top 40 category: Tragedy (co-written by w Lee Miles) plus Tidal Waves And Hurricanes (co-written by Andrew Allen)



    Links: More Maggie Szabo Stories, Video above courtesy of All About Maggie

    Lastly, we have Oakville's Natalie TomYew, for the tune Take .e. (Dance category).

    Other semi-finalists of note include Raoul and The Big Time, Al Lerman of Fathead, Ali Matthews and Brock Zeman.

    Judges for the competition include Pat Metheny, Sarah McLachlan, John Hiatt, Robben Ford, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jon Secada, Bela Fleck, James Cotton and more.

    Click here for the complete list of semi-finalists

    Blast from the Past: Steve Strongman Becomes Finalist in 2013

    Links: International Songwriting Competition, More ISC Stories
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    Sunday, September 28, 2014

    Great Local Musicans win Toronto Independant Music Awards

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    As part of their 10th year celebration, the Toronto Independant Music Awards chose three of our amazing local musicians to win their song competitions!  The names was announced on September 25, 2014.

    Dundas's Maggie Szabo took home Best Pop as Jane Baker from Grimsby won for Best Young Songwriter.  The only multiple winner of the night was Waterloo's JoJo Worthington who received both the Best Folk and Best Song Awards. CONGRATULATIONS!



    Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Video above courtesy of 106.9 the X



    Links: Jane Baker, More Jane Baker Stories, Video above courtesy of Jane Baker



    Links: Maggie Szabo, Video above courtesy of Balcony TV

    Here is a complete list of the winners
    Blast from the Past: Jane Baker Finalist in Emerging Artist Prize
    Previous (Canadian Folk Music Award Nominations) - - - Next (Laura Cole's Debut CD)
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