CONGRATS! Hamilton's Sarah Beatty Wins 2018 Jack Richardson London Music Award

It was a dark and (ice) stormy night when Hamilton Singer/Songwriter Sarah Beatty was honoured by the Jack Richardson London Music Awards. On April 15, 2018, while an ice storm was raging, Sarah was handed a well-deserved. Ontario Independent Recording Artist Award.

She had this to say on her Facebook page:

All kinds of love. Thank you to everyone who voted when I put the call out! We did it!!

Click here for the London Free Press story



Links: Sarah Beatty, More Sarah Beatty Stories, Video above courtesy of Open Mic Sundays at Kindl Stuben

Below is a complete list of winners.

• Ontario Independent Recording Artist: Sarah Beatty
• Contributor: Jim McCormick
• Blues: Double Clutch Band
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Double Clutch Tanya Lovell
  
  
• Country: Julia Haggarty
• Folk/Roots: Rant Maggie Rant
• Contemporary Singer Songwriter: Carly Thomas
• Metal: The White Swan
• Punk: Heart Attack Kids
• Rock: Sarah Smith
• Hip Hop: Lola Club
• DJ: The Incredible Melting Man
• Electronic: Unbloom
• Fan Favourite: Sarina Haggarty
• Live Venue: Fitzrays
• Cover Tribute: The Mongrels
• Ontario Major Recording Artist: The Beaches
• Music Video of the Year: JR Fillion: City Life
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Sonic Sinema
  
  
• Producer/Engineer of the Year: Aaron Murray

Jack’s Fantasy Band

• Mark Swan (drums)
• Dwayne Errington (guitar)
• Melissa Ogden (bass)
• John Brocksom (keyboard)
• Cole Benjamin (sax)
• Christine Newland (strings)
• Tony De Luca (utility player)
• Darla Stratton (vocals)

Blast from the Past: 2016 Winners

Links: Jack Richardson London Music Awards, More JRLMA stories

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GOOD LUCK! Hamilton's Paul Langille Nominated for 2018 Jack Richardson Music Award

Former Hamiltonian, Paul Langille is up for a Jack Richardson London Music Award.  His duo Langille-Lockwood was nominated in the Blues category. Hopefully he'll bring home the award at the ceremony on April 15, 2018.



Links: Paul Langille, More Paul Langille Stories, Tom Lockwood, More Tom Lockwood Stories, Video above courtesy of Spur of the Moment Media

GOOD LUCK!

Below is a complete list of nominees

Blues

• Langille-Lockwood
• Chuckee Zehr
• Stanley Brown Band
• Ed Krahn
• Brock Stonefish Band
• Double Clutch Band

Folk/Roots

• Broomsticks and Hammers
• Shane Cook
• Rant Maggie Rant
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Jill Sabovitch
  
  
• Westminster Park
• Heartaches Stringband
• Cedar Sisters

Country

• Aaron Allen and the Small City Saints
• The Rizdales
• Nora Galloway and the Tearjerkers
• New Cumberland
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of New Cumberland
  
  
• Tom Dunphy’s Classic Country
• Julia Haggarty

Contemporary Singer Songwriter

• Carly Thomas
• Aistis Cepinskas
• Fraser Teeple
• Scott Brunelle
• Jenny Berkel
• Yessica Woahneil

Jazz Instrumental (Solo or Group)

• Duncan Grant and Floating Point
• Ariel Kaisler
• Charles Rallo
• Paul Aitken
• Great Spirits Band
• 5PGB (Five Piece Groove Band)

Jazz Vocal (Solo or Group)

• Linda Hoyle
• Brian Ball
• Rachelle Courtney
• Larry Smith
• Hilary Welch
• Laurraine Sigouin

World Music

• Light Of East Ensemble
• Positive Drum
• Eagle Flight Singers
• Enchanté
• Orlando Valencia (LE) Dance Band
• CCNC Chinese Music Ensemble

Rock

• Hiroshima Hearts
• Texas King
• Legal Kill
• Sarah Smith
• Mountain Of Wolves
• Vultures Playing Ruckus

Classical Instrumental (Group)

• El Sistema Aeolian
• Magisterra Soloists
• Rebelheart Collective
• Sharon Kahan and Marion Miller
• Plumbing Factory Brass Band

Classical Instrumental (Solo)

• Marion Miller
• Christine Newland
• Annette-Barbara Vogel
• Leslie Kinton
• Scott St. John

Classical Vocal (Choir/Group)

• Pride Men’s Chorus London
• Karen Schuessler Singers
• Amabile Choirs
• London Pro Musica
• King’s University College Chamber Choir

Classical Vocal (Solo)

• Ross Mortimer
• Chad Louwerese
• Nicole Tan
• Katy Clark
• Bethany Hynes
• Sonja Gustafson

Contributor

• Josie London
• Rena and Dave O’Halloran
• Chris Campbell
• Jim McCormick
• John Rowlands
• Tommy Alcatraz

Punk

• Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants
• Certainty
• Strange Ways
• Heart Attack Kids
• Whoop-Szo
• Grievances

Metal

• Lapsaria
• The White Swan
• The Luminary
• Underlier
• Hunter Gatherer
• Trilateral

Hip Hop

• Sum-01
• JR Fillion
• Labeled Minority
• Branded Moore
• Lola
• Tempomental

Club DJ

• Bassoo
• DJ DoubleDown
• DJ Mediafrenzy
• Ruzzer
• Siconic
• The Incredible Melting Man

Electronic

• You’ll Never Get to Heaven
• Unbloom
• Zachary Gray
• Timothy Glasgow
• O’Haara
• Shhh

Blast from the Past: 2016 Winners

Links: Jack Richardson London Music Awards, More JRLMA stories

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