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Friday, April 18, 2025

2025 Niagara Music Award Winners & Nominees


On Sunday, April 13, 2025, the 14th edition of the Niagara Music Awards were handed out at the Sheraton Fallsview Conference Centre.

Below are a list of winners and nominees. Winners are listed at the top of the list and bolded.

ADULT CONTEMPORARY

ALBUM

BLUES

COUNTRY

EDM

FEMALE 

FOLK

HEAVY METAL

HIP HOP  

INSTRUMENTAL

MALE

MUSIC VIDEO

NEW ARTIST

NEW GROUP  

ORIGINAL ARTIST

ORIGINAL GROUP

ORIGINAL SONG

PRODUCER/SONG/ARTIST

PROMOTER

PUNK

ROCK  

VENUE

GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT
BEYOND NIAGARA 

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

2025 Juno Nominations Including Local Artists


The 2025 Juno Award nominations were revealed a while back and a number of local acts were given the nod. The awards will be handed out on March 29 & 30 in Vancouver.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Below is the complete list of nominees. Local artists are bolded.

ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

ALBUM ARTWORK OF THE YEAR 

  • Kevin Hearn (Grimsby) , Lauchlan Reid (Art Director, Illustrator), Antoine Jean Moonen (Designer): Basement Days – The Glacials 
  • Erik M. Grice (Art Director), Vanessa Elizabeth Heins (Photographer): Chandler – Wyatt C. Louis
  • Gabriel Noel Altrows (Art Director, Illustrator) Good Kid 4 – Good Kid 
  • Kee Avil, Jacqueline Beaumont (Art Director), Fatine-Violette Sabiri (Photographer): Spine – Kee Avil
  • Keenan Gregory (Art Director): Altruistic – Royal Tusk 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • Inuktitut - Elisapie 
  • Submergé - Roxane Bruneau 
  • UNDISPUTED - Sukha 
  • THINK LATER - Tate McRae 

ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • Kaytranada 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Nemahsis (Milton)
  • Alexander Stewart 
  • AP Dhillon 
  • AR Paisley 
  • Chris Grey 
  • EKKSTACY 
  • Owen Riegling 
  • Sukha 
  • Tony Ann 

CHILDREN’S ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Buon Appetito - Walk off the Earth & Romeo Eats (Burlington) 
  • Shun Beh Nats’ujeh: We Are Healing Through Songs - Kym Gouchie 
  • Penny Penguin - Raffi & Good Lovelies 
  • Riley Rocket: Songs From Season One - Riley Rocket and Megablast 
  • Maestro Fresh Wes Presents: Young Maestro “Rhyme Travellers” - Young Maestro 

COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Complicated - Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • The Compass Project – West Album - Brett Kissel 
  • Dallas Smith - Dallas Smith 
  • Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart - MacKenzie Porter 
  • Going Home - Tyler Joe Miller 

DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR

ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Honey - Caribou (Dundas)
  • Union - ÈBONY 
  • Love, Care, Kindness & Hope - Fred Everything 
  • Timeless - Kaytranada 
  • This but More - Priori 

FAN CHOICE

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown/Burlington)
  • bbno$ 
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Karan Aujla 
  • Les Cowboys Fringants 
  • Preston Pablo 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd

RAP ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR/ALBUM 

ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR ***

  • Nemahsis (Milton)
  • The Weeknd
  • AP Dhillon
  • Jessie Reyez
  • Mustafa
  • Evan Blair
  • Lowell
  • Nathan Ferraro
  • Shaun Frank
  • Tobias Jesso Jr.

BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • One Guitar Woman - Sue Foley (released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)
  • This Old Life - Big Dave McLean 
  • New Orleans Sessions - Blue Moon Marquee
  • YEAH! - David Gogo 
  • Samantha King and the Midnight Outfit - Samantha King & The Midnight 

TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Crash Adams 
  • Mother Mother 
  • Spiritbox 
  • Sum 41 
  • The Beaches 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR SOLO ARTIST 

  • Signature Philip Glass - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
  • Messiaen - Barbara Hannigan 
  • freezing - Emily D’Angelo
  • Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth - India Gailey 
  • Williams Violin Concerto No. 1; Bernstein Serenade - James Ehnes 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SMALL ENSEMBLE) 

  • Known To Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song  - Canadian Art Song Project
  • Rituæls - collectif9 
  • East is East - Infusion Baroque 
  • Marie Hubert : Fille du Roy - Karina Gauvin 
  • Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars - St. John–Mercer–Park Trio 

CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR (LARGE ENSEMBLE)

  • Ispiciwin - Luminous Voices 
  • Alikeness - Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Fewer featuring Aiyun Huang, Deantha Edmunds and Mark Fewer 
  • Sibelius 2 & 5 Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
  • Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte - Nacht Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Rafael Payare 
  • Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno featuring Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SOLO)

  • Montreal Jazz Series 1 (Échanges Synaptiques) - André Leroux 
  • The Head Of A Mouse - Audrey Ochoa 
  • Portrait of Right Now - Jocelyn Gould
  • Slice of Life - Larnell Lewis
  • The Antrim Coast - Mark Kelso 

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR (GROUP)

  • Time Will Tell - Andy Milne and Unison 
  • Reverence - Carn Davidson 9 
  • Harbour - Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra 
  • Gravity - Jeremy Ledbetter Trio 
  • Jaya - Raagaverse 

VOCAL JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Oh Mother - Andrea Superstein 
  • Hello! How Are You? - Caity Gyorgy 
  • Winter Song - Kellylee Evans 
  • Wintersongs - Laila Biali 
  • Magpie - Sarah Jerrom 

INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Disaster Pony - Disaster Pony 
  • Distant Places - Eric Bearclaw 
  • Ginger Beef - Ginger Beef 
  • memory palace - Intervals 
  • Confluencias - Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong 

CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Anniversary - Abigail Lapell 
  • For Eden - Boy Golden 
  • Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now - Donovan Woods 
  • Pathways - Julian Taylor 
  • Strange Medicine - Kaia Kater 

METAL/HARD MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Beyond the Reach of the Sun - Anciients 
  • PowerNerd - Devin Townsend 
  • Fire Kittie - Sumerian
  • The Fear of Fear - Spiritbox 
  • ULTRAPOWER - Striker 

ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Roses - Aphrose 
  • Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal 
  • Transitions - Kellie Loder 
  • Songs of Love & Death - Maddee Ritter 
  • Lovers’ Gothic - Maïa Davies 

POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • bleeding heart - Alexander Stewart 
  • if this is it… - Jamie Fine 
  • Anywhere But Here - Preston Pablo 
  • Shawn Shawn - Shawn Mendes 
  • THINK LATER - Tate McRae 

UNDERGROUND DANCE SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

  • Bamboo - Ciel 
  • Keepsake - Destrata 
  • Distant Memories - Hernan Cattaneo, Hicky & Kalo 
  • La Vérité - Jesse Mac Cormack, Charlie Houston & Brö 
  • WTP - Suray Sertin 

RAP SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • People - Classified Independent
  • Double The Fun - Haviah Mighty 
  • SHUT UP - Jessie Reyez 
  • BBE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids 
  • Hier encore - Souldia & Lost 

TRADITIONAL R&B/SOUL RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Limbo - Aqyila 
  • The Worst - Benita 
  • Cyan Blue - Charlotte Day Wilson 
  • Halfway Broken - Luna Elle 
  • VELVET SOUL - THEHONESTGUY 

CONTEMPORARY R&B RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Bloom - Aqyila 
  • Noire - Avenoir 
  • FOR THE BOY IN ME - Dylan Sinclair 
  • LOONY - LOONY 
  • Eastend - Confessions 

REGGAE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 

  • Born to Be Free - Exco Levi 
  • FALLBACK - King Cruff & Runkus 
  • Destiny - Lee “Scratch” Perry & Bob Riddim 
  • Sky’s The Limit - Skystar
  • Rise - Tonya P 

COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Wonder Woman - Courtney Gilmour 
  • Honourable Intentions - Debra DiGiovanni 
  • Popcorn - Ivan Decker 
  • Sad Witch - Jess Salomon 
  • Down With Tech - Nathan Macintosh 

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • New Comings - Black Bear Singers 
  • Winston & I - Brianna Lizotte 
  • Travelling Home - Cree Confederation 
  • REZilience - Northern Cree 
  • Ostesihtowin “Brotherhood” - Young Spirit 

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR 

  • Precious Diamonds - Adrian Sutherland 
  • Boundless Possibilities - Celeigh Cardinal 
  • Brown Man - Sebastian Gaskin 
  • RED FUTURE - Snotty Nose Rez Kids
  • Pretty Red Bird - Tia Wood 

FRANCOPHONE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

  • Aliocha Schneider - Aliocha Schneider 
  • Demain il fera beau - Fredz La 
  • Toutes les rues sont silencieuses - Jay Scøtt 
  • Abracadabra - Klô Pelgag 
  • Pub Royal - Les Cowboys 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/GOSPEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • elenee. - Elenee 
  • My Foundation - Jordan St. Cyr 
  • Restore - Ryan Ofei 
  • Miracle In The Making - Tehillah Worship 
  • Hymns Alive (Live) - Toronto Mass Choir 

GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

  • Aarambh - Abby V 
  • Kanzafula - Ahmed Moneka 
  • Malak - Didon 
  • Dankoroba - Djely Tapa 
  • Niebla - Ramon Chicharron 

SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR

  • The Brownprint - AP Dhillon 
  • COOLIN - Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga & Jazzy B 
  • Love Like That - Jonita Gandhi 
  • Tauba Tauba (From “Bad Newz”) - Karan Aujla 
  • Arul Yanchan - Produced & Sandeep Narayan 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

  • Human - Adrian Villagomez Apashe & Wasiu 
  • Nasty - Jonah Haber Tinashe 
  • GRAVITY - Jorden Lee Sean Leon 
  • Name of God - Mustafa Mustafa 
  • Jump Cut - Winston Hacking Corridor 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 

  • Aaron Paris
  • Akeel Henry
  • Evan Blair
  • Jack Rochon
  • Shawn Everett

RECORDING ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

  • George Seara
  • Hill Kourkoutis
  • Mitch McCarthy
  • Serban Ghenea
  • Shawn Everett

CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

  • Angmalukisaa Deantha Edmunds 
  • the fog in our poise - Gabriel Dharmoo 
  • L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées » - Keiko Devaux 
  • Dark Flower - Linda Catlin Smith 
  • String Quartet No. 4 “Insects and Machines” - Vivian Fung 
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Monday, June 19, 2023

2023 Canadian Music Week Award Winners

A ton of awards were handed out during the 2023 Canadian Music Week (June 5-10) celebrations in Toronto.

Below is a complete list.

Indies

Live Music Awards

Festival Awards

Sync Award Winners:

Radio Awards

Venue Awards

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

2023 Juno Nominees (including tons of local acts)


Nominees for the 2023 Junos were recently announced and lots of local artists are in the running. Good luck on March 12-13 during the ceremony in Edmonton.

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

Adult Contemporary Album

Alternative Album

Blues Album

Breakthrough Group

  • Harm & Ease (Burlington)
  • Banx & Ranx 
  • Rare Americans 
  • Tommy Lefroy 
  • Wild Rivers 

Children's Album

Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

  • Clara – Robert – Johannes: Lyrical Echoes Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Shelley 
  • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Vocal Arts-Quebec, conducted by Matthias Maute, featuring Karina Gauvin 
  • Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Arvo Pärt: Symphonie No. 4, “Los Angeles” I Musici de Montréal, conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni 
  • Viola Borealis Orchestre de l’Agora, conducted by Nicolas Ellis, featuring Marina Thibeault 

Contemporary Roots Album

  • O Glory - Blackie and The Rodeo Kings (Hamilton, Guelph)
  • That Was You and Me - Fortunate Ones 
  • Hold on to Love - Shakura S’Aida Independent
  • Come Morning - The Bros. Landreth 
  • House of Dreams - The East Pointers

Country Album

  • Good Ol’ Days - The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Way Back - High Valley 
  • Honkytonk Revival - Jade Eagleson 
  • Bronco - Orville Peck 
  • Masquerades -  Tenille Townes 

Dance Recording

  • Spiral - Rezz (Niagara Falls)
  • Afterglow - Bob Moses and Kasablanca 
  • Shinigami Eyes - Grimes 
  • These Nights feat. KIDDO - Loud Luxury 
  • CTRL + ALT + DEL - Rêve 

Electronic Album

Fan Choice 

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Avril Lavigne 
  • Lauren Spence-Smith 
  • MacKenzie Porter 
  • Preston Pablo 
  • Rêve
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • Tate McRae 
  • The Weeknd 
  • Tyler Shaw 

Group

Instrumental Album

Producer

  • Murda Beatz (Fort Erie)
  • Akeel Henry 
  • Banx & Ranx
  • KAYTRANADA
  • Mike Wise

Rap Single

Vocal Jazz Album

  • blue - Diana Panton (Hamilton)
  • Featuring - Caity Gyorgy 
  • Venez donc chez moi - Laura Anglade and Sam Kirmayer 
  • Nikki By Starlight - Nikki Yanofsky 
  • The Ostara Project - The Ostara Project 

Adult Alternative Album

  • Born Losers - Altameda
  • The Garden - Basia Bulat 
  • Being Somewhere - Dan Mangan 
  • Colder Streams - The Sadies 
  • How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars - The Weather Station 

Album

  • WHO HURT YOU? - Ali Gatie
  • Love Sux - Avril Lavigne 
  • Demons Protected By Angels - NAV 
  • i used to think i could fly - Tate McRae 
  • Dawn FM - The Weeknd 

Album Artwork

  • Emy Storey (Art Director, Designer, & Photographer), Becca McFarlane and Pamela Littky (Photographer): CRYBABY – Tegan and Sara 
  • Ian Ilavsky (Art Director & Designer), Maciek Szczerbowski (Illustrator): EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE – Esmerine 
  • Jud Haynes (Art Director & Designer): KUBASONGS – Kubasonics 
  • Kee Avil (Art Director), Lawrence Fafard (Photographer): CREASE – Kee Avil 
  • Lights (Art Director & Illustrator), Virgilio Tzaj (Designer), Matt Barnes (Photographer): PEP – Lights 

Artist

  • Avril Lavigne 
  • Lauren Spencer-Smith
  • Michael Bublé 
  • Shawn Mendes
  • The Weeknd 

Breakthrough Artist

  • Dax 
  • Devon Cole 
  • Preston Pablo 
  • RealestK 
  • Rêve

Classical Album (Small Ensemble) 

  • Nagamo - Andrew Balfour and musica intima 
  • Hemsi: Chamber Works - ARC Ensemble 
  • Vagues et ombres - collectif9 
  • Early Italian Cello Concertos - Elinor Frey and Rosa Barocca, conducted by Claude Lapalme 
  • De la cour de Louis XIV à Shippagan! Chants traditionnels acadiens et airs de cour du XVIIe siècle - Suzie LeBlanc, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay, Vincent Lauzer, and Sylvain Bergeron 

Classical Album (Solo)

  • Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 - Bruce Liu 
  • Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 - David Jalbert 
  • La Zingarella: Through Romany Songland - Isabel Bayrakdarian 
  • Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin - James Ehnes 
  • Fables - Philip Chiu 

Classical Composition

  • An Overall Augmented Sense of Well-being - Anthony Tan 
  • Bestiary I & II - Bekah Simms 
  • The Black Fish - Keyan Emami 
  • Prayers for Ruins - Nicole Lizée 
  • Supervillain Études - Vincent Ho 

Comedy Album

  • Let Me Hold Your Baby - Courtney Gilmour 
  • Splash Pad - Jackie Pirico 
  • A Person Who Is Gingerbread - Jon Dore 
  • Here Live, Not A Cat - Matt Wright 
  • Things Black Girls Say – The Album -  Zabrina Douglas 

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album

  • Into The Wild - Dan Bremnes 
  • TRUST - Daniel Ojo 
  • Jordan St. Cyr - Jordan St. Cyr 
  • Only Ever Always - Love & The Outcome 
  • The Church Will Rise - Tehillah 

Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group

  • Watin - Aysanabee 
  • Zhawenim - Digging Roots 
  • Code Red - Indian City 
  • Beyond The Reservoir - Julian Taylor 
  • The Crossing - Susan Aglukark 

Contemporary R&B Recording

  • When Flowers Bloom - Adria Kain 
  • If I Get Caught - dvsn 
  • No Longer in the Suburbs - Dylan Sinclair 
  • YESSIE - Jessie Reyez 
  • WTF - Savannah Ré  

Francophone Album

  • medium plaisir - Ariane Roy 
  • Mercure en mai - Daniel Bélanger 
  • PICTURA DE IPSE : Musique directe - Hubert Lenoir 
  • Crash Les - Louanges 
  • Chiac Disco - Lisa LeBlanc

Global Music Album

  • In the Footsteps of Rumi - Ghalia Benali Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian 
  • Thieves of Dreams - Lenka Lichtenberg
  • José Louis And The Paradox Of Love - Pierre Kwenders 
  • Vox.Infold - Ruby Singh 
  • Tradisyon - Wesli  

International Album

  • = - Ed Sheeran 
  • Harry’s House - Harry Styles 
  • MONTERO - Lil Nas X 
  • Midnights - Taylor Swift 
  • Red (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift 

Jazz Album (Group)

  • Semantics - Andrew Rathbun Quintet 
  • Talk Memory - BADBADNOTGOOD 
  • The History of Us - Carn Davidson 9 
  • Desert Bloom - Florian Hoefner Trio 
  • The Dragon’s Tail - Mark Kelso & the Jazz Exiles 

Jazz Album (Solo)

  • Joy - Ernesto Cervini 
  • A Little Louder Now - Lauren Falls 
  • El Tinajon - Luis Deniz 
  • Rumba - Rafael Zaldivar 
  • Kinds of Love - Renee Rosnes 

Metal/Hard Music Album

  • Psychic Jailbreak - Cancer Bats 
  • Merciless Destruction - Get The Shot 
  • Paid In Full - Skull Fist 
  • Synchro Anarchy - VOIVOD 
  • Thought Form Descent - WAKE 

Music Video

  • Fraud - Jessie Reyez (directed by Emma Higgins)
  • Unholy feat. Kim Petras  - Sam Smith and Kim Petras (directed by Floria Sigismondi)
  • Have Mercy - Chlöe (directed by Karena Evans)
  • Different Than Before - Amanda Sum (directed by Mayumi Yoshida)
  • Remember Me For Me feat. Lily Moore  - SonReal and Lily Moore (directed by Sterling Larose)

Pop Album

  • In The Meantime - Alessia Cara 
  • Love Sux - Avril Lavigne 
  • The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen 
  • i used to think i could fly - Tate McRae 
  • Dawn FM - The Weeknd 

Rap Album/EP

  • GONZO - Boslen 
  • Retrospected (Acoustic) - Classified 
  • The Fleur Print Vol. 2 - Jazz Cartier 
  • Demons Protected By Angels - NAV
  • Shall I Continue? - TOBi

Recording Engineer

  • Derek Hoffman
  • George Seara
  • Gus van Go
  • Jason Dufour
  • Serban Ghenea

Reggae Recoding

  • Water Ammoye - Lulaword
  • Like A Star - Celena 
  • Jah Love - Exco Levi 
  • In The Streets - Kairo McLean 
  • Reggae Party feat. Kairo McLean & Finn - Kirk Diamond, Kairo McLean and Finn

Rock Album

  • Otherness - Alexisonfire
  • Crisis Of Faith - Billy Talent 
  • Get Rollin’ - Nickelback 
  • Outta Sight - The Sheepdogs 
  • EXPLOSIONS - Three Days Grace 

Single

  • Bite Me - Avril Lavigne 
  • Flowers Need Rain - Preston Pablo and Banx & Ranx 
  • When You’re Gone - Shawn Mendes 
  • she’s all i wanna be - Tate McRae 
  • Sacrifice - The Weeknd 

Songwriter

  • The Weeknd
  • CITIZENS
  • Tate McRae
  • Tenille Townes
  • TOBi

Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group

  • kâkîsimo ᑳᑮᓯᒧᐤ - Cikwes 
  • Katajjausiit - Iva & Angu
  • Mikwanak Kamôsakinat - Joel Wood 
  • Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning - Northern Cree 
  • Unbreakable - The Bearhead Sisters 

Traditional R&B/Soul Recording

  • Please Do Not Lean feat. BADBADNOTGOOD - Daniel Caesar 
  • PALISADE - Jon Vinyl 
  • All I Need - SAFE 
  • Last One feat. Dylan Sinclair - Savannah Ré 
  • HOW TO MAKE LOVE - THEHONESTGUY 

Traditional Roots Album

  • Hurricane Clarice - Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves 
  • 20 printemps - Le Vent du Nord 
  • Narrow Line - Mama’s Broke 
  • Tell ‘Em You Were Gold - Pharis & Jason Romero 
  • The Empress - The McDades 

Underground Dance Single

  • Debonair - Bensley 
  • Aye Aye - BLOND:ISH and Cameron Jack 
  • The Time Is (Now) - Fred Everything 
  • I Knew Techno - Greg Gow 
  • Easy - Tiga 

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

GOOD LUCK! Local 2022 Juno Nominees + Complete List

Nominees for the 2022 Junos were announced recently. The televised ceremony will take place on May 15.

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR LOCAL NOMINEES!

Below is a complete list of nominees. Local nominees are bolded.

Album Artwork

  • Lyle Bell: STRIKE ME DOWN – Whitehorse (Hamilton)
  • Mykaël Nelson, Nicolas Lemieux , Albert Zablit - HISTOIRES SANS PAROLES – HARMONIUM SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Simon Leclerc 
  • Roberta Landreth - WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO KNOW? – Steve Bell 
  • Sarah Marcotte-Boislard: LA CIEL EST AU PLANCHER – Louis-Jean Cormier 
  • Sarah Marcotte-Boislard , Jules Boislard-Gauthier: ASTRONOMIE(SUITE) – Dany Placard 

Blues Album

Breakthrough Artist

  • 347aidan (Cambridge)
  • Faouzia 
  • JESSIA 
  • Pressa 
  • Tesher 

Children's Album

Comedy Album

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album

  • Moments - Movement Worship (Woodstock)
  • Songs Of The Lord - Jennifer Lewin 
  • For The Kingdom - Kevin Adams & Voices of Praise 
  • Vol 1 - Manic Drive 
  • No Greater Love - The Color 

Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group

  • War Club - DJ Shub (Six Nations)
  • When The Magic Hits - Adrian Sutherland 
  • Wild Whisper - Jayli Wolf 
  • Shawnee Kish - Shawnee Kish
  • Life After - Snotty Nose Rez Kids 

Country Album

Dance Recording

Group

Juno Fan Choice

  • 347aidan (Cambridge)
  • bbno$ 
  • Charlotte Cardin 
  • Forest Blakk 
  • JESSIA 
  • Justin Bieber 
  • Loud Luxury 
  • Pressa 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • The Weeknd 

Metal/Hard Music Album

  • Power Trio - Danko Jones (released by Hamilton's Sonic Unyon)
  • Bleed the Future - Archspire 
  • Lifeblood - Brand of Sacrifice 
  • Eternal Blue - Spiritbox 
  • Days Before The World Wept - The Agonist 

Recording Engineer

Rock Album

Traditional Roots Album

Adult Alternative Album

  • Wilds - Andy Shauf 
  • Live To Tape: Volume I – EP - Bahamas 
  • Inwards & Onwards - Half Moon Run 
  • All That Emotion - Hannah Georgas 
  • Ignorance - The Weather Station 

Adult Contemporary Album

  • Meet You at The Light - Desirée Dawson
  • Nothing is Lost - Luca Fogale 
  • The Outer Circle - Mathew V 
  • The Art of Falling Apart - Serena Ryder 
  • The Way You See Me - Tafari Anthony 

Alternative Album

  • Hope For Sale - Chiiild 
  • Death Of An Optimist - grandson 
  • When Smoke Rises - Mustafa 
  • If It Comes Down To It - Ruby Waters 
  • The Fool - SATE 

Artist

  • Charlotte Cardin 
  • JP Saxe 
  • Justin Bieber 
  • Shawn Mendes 
  • The Weeknd

Breakthrough Group

  • Black Pistol Fire 
  • cleopatrick 
  • MONOWHALES 
  • Ocie Elliott 
  • Spiritbox

Classical Album (Solo)

  • Remote Together - Catherine Lee 
  • enargeia - Emily D’Angelo  
  • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes - Jan Lisiecki 
  • Songs for Murdered Sisters - Joshua Hopkins 
  • Introspection: Solo Piano Sessions - Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

Classical Album (Small Ensemble)

  • Beethoven: Sonates pour violon et piano / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5  and Charles Richard-Hamelin 
  • Immersion - Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà 
  • Klebanov: Chamber Works - ARC Ensemble 
  • No Time for Chamber Music - Collectif9 
  • 20C Remix - Standing Wave 

Classical Album (Large Ensemble)

  • Messiah/Complex - Against the Grain Theatre with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Debus 
  • Solfeggio L’Harmonie des saisons, conducted by Eric Milnes ft. Hélène Brunet 
  • Sibelius 3 Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 
  • L’HOMME ARMÉ Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, conducted by Andrew McAnerney 
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 & Symphonic Dances The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin 
Classical Composition
  • Flight - Dorothy Chang 
  • Chamber Symphony No. 2 “Children’s War Diaries” - Jaap Nico Hamburger
  • Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra - Kati Agócs
  • Arras - Keiko Devaux 
  • Breathing in the Shadows - Saman Shahi 

Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording

  • Tabula Rasa - a l l i e 
  • Vibe for Me (Bob for Me) - Aqyila
  • Gifted - KALLITECHNIS 
  • Supernovas - k-os 
  • Take My Breath - The Weeknd 

Contemporary Roots Album

  • Prospect - AHI 
  • Outside Child - Allison Russell 
  • Without People - Donovan Woods 
  • My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider - Suzie Ungerleider 
  • Open House - The Fretless

Electronic Album

  • Out Here With You - ATTLAS 
  • Conviction - Sydney Blu Blu 
  • One More Saturday Night - The Halluci Nation 
  • Oasis Sky - TOR 
  • Catching Z’s - Zeds Dead 

Francophone Album

  • Impossible à aimer - Cœur de pirate 
  • Grignotines de Luxe - FouKi 
  • Le ciel est au plancher - Louis-Jean Cormier 
  • Acrophobie - Roxane Bruneau 
  • Toute beauté n’est pas perdue - Vincent Vallières 

Global Music Album

  • Kalasö Afrikana - Soul Sister 
  • Mendó - Alex Cuba 
  • Northside Kuisi, A New Tradition VOL.3 - Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music 
  • OYA - Donné Roberts 
  • SMS for Location Vol.4 - Moonshine 

Instrumental Album

  • Perséides - Cœur de pirate 
  • That Tall Distance - David Myles 
  • Madison Archives - Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick 
  • Then is Now Rhapsody in Blue - Jens Lindemann with Jon Kimura Parker, Matt Catingub & Canadian All Star JazzPops Orchestra Riverdale 
  • Hemenetset - Jorane L-A 

International Album

  • 30 - Adele
  • Planet Her - Doja Cat
  • SOUR - Olivia Rodrigo 
  • evermore - Taylor Swift Universal
  • F*ck Love 3+: Over You The Kid - LAROI 

Jazz Album (Group)

  • Worldview - Avataar 
  • Voyage intérieur - Christine Tassan Quintette 
  • The Prophet Esteban - Herrera Quintet 
  • Vegetables - Lina Allemano Four 
  • Arancina - The David Restivo Trio 

Jazz Album (Solo)

  • When Is Ancient? - Andrés Vial 
  • Aesthetics - Efajemue 
  • Bridges - Jesse Ryan 
  • Stranger Than Fiction-  Jon Gordon 
  • Change of Plans - Will Bonness 

Music Video

  • Ta main - Adrian Villagomez Ariane Roy 
  • Meaningless - Norman Wong Charlotte Cardin 
  • Neeye - Oli Shan Vincent de Paul & Kalainithan Kalaichelvan Shan Vincent de Paul, Navz-47 & Santhosh Narayanan 
  • La nuée - Vincent René-Lortie Simon Leoza 
  • Easy On Me - Xavier Dolan Adele 
  • Album
  • Phoenix - Charlotte Cardin 
  • Dangerous Levels of Introspection - JP Saxe 
  • Justice - Justin Bieber 
  • Wonder - Shawn Mendes 
  • TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD - Tate McRae 

Pop Album

  • Phoenix - Charlotte Cardin 
  • How Are You? - JESSIA 
  • Justice - Justin Bieber 
  • Wonder - Shawn Mendes 
  • TOO YOUNG TO BE SAD - Tate McRae 

Producer

  • Charlotte Day Wilson 
  • Chromeo
  • Kaytranada
  • WondaGurl
  • YogiTheProducer

Rap Album

  • See You Next Wednesday - Belly
  • Stock Exchange - Haviah Mighty 
  • Emergency Tsunami - NAV 
  • The Extravagant Collection - NorthSideBenji 
  • Gardner Express (Deluxe) - Pressa 

Rap Single

  • What I Like - anders and FRVRFRIDAY
  • edamame ft. Rich Brian - bbno$ 
  • BOLD - Charmaine 
  • 30,000 ft. NorthSideBenji & Dj Charlie - B NRTHRN 
  • Attachments ft. Taliban Glizzy - Pressa 

Reggae Recording

  • Herb Dream - Blessed 
  • By Any Means - Exco Levi 
  • Don’t Let It Get To You - Josemar 
  • Easy Now - Kairo McLean 
  • Too Ruff - Kirk Diamond and Finn 

Single

  • Make a Life, Not a Living - Brett Kissel
  • Meaningless - Charlotte Cardin
  • I’m not Pretty - JESSIA 
  • Peaches ft. GIVĒON - Justin Bieber and Daniel Caesar 
  • Take My Breath - The Weeknd 

Songwriter

  • The Weeknd
  • Allison Russell
  • Charlotte Day Wilson
  • Mustafa Ahmed
  • TOBi
Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group
  • Kakike Fawn - Wood 
  • Singing Is Healing - Joel Wood 
  • Manitou Mkwa Singers II - Manitou Mkwa
  • Nang Giizhigoong - NIMKII & THE NINIIS 
  • Angel Eagle – Cree Round Dance Songs Young Spirit 

Traditional R&B/Soul Recording

  • ALPHA - Charlotte Day Wilson 
  • Alt Therapy - Emanuel 
  • Lost In You - Jon Vinyl 
  • 24hrs - Savannah Ré 
  • Love and Be Loved - Zenesoul ft. Aaron Ridge 

Vocal Jazz Album

  • You Are the Light and the Way - Alex Bird and The Jazz Mavericks
  • Earth Voices - Amanda Tosoff 
  • Now Pronouncing: Caity Gyorgy - Caity Gyorgy 
  • The Weight Of Hope - Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti 
  • Montreal (Live) - Holly Cole ft. Holly Cole Trio 

Underground Dance Single

  • Waves ft. Grace Tither - BLOND:ISH 
  • Hood Shit - Carlo Lio ft. MC Flipside 
  • Shadows In The Dark ft. Elliot Moss - HNTR 
  • All I Need (DJ-Kicks) - Jayda G 
  • Sobriety - KOREA TOWN ACID 

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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Friday, March 12, 2021

GOOD LUCK! 2021 Juno Nominees, Including Many Local Artists


The 50th Juno Awards will be broadcast from Toronto on Sunday, May 16, 2021. We'll be cheering on our local artists as many of them have been nominated.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Below is a complete list on nominees. Local acts are bolded.

Group

Adult Alternative Album
  • Are You Gone by Sarah Harmer (Burlington)
  • Sad Hunk by BAHAMAS
  • Are You in Love? by Basia Bulat 
  • Fear by Begonia 
  • Unfollow The Rules by Rufus Wainwright
Vocal Jazz Album
Metal/Hard Music Album
Dance Recording
Electronic Album
  • Suddenly by CARIBOU (Dundas)
  • Lavender God by ATTLAS
  • Desire by BOB MOSES
  • Juvenile by CRI
  • All the Time by JESSY LANZA

Producer 

  • Murda Beatz (Fort Erie)
  • Akeel Henry
  • Jordon Manswell
  • KAYTRANADA
  • WondaGurl

Recording Engineer

Instrumental Album

Blues Album

Rock Album
  • Ruthless by JJ Wilde (Kitchener)
  • Crown Lands by Crown Lands
  • Colorado by Neil Young & Crazy Horse 
  • All Of Us by Sam Roberts Band 
  • A Beautiful Place to Drown by Silverstein (Burlington)
Juno Fan Choice

  • Ali Gatie
  • Curtis Waters
  • JP Saxe
  • Justin Bieber
  • Lennon Stella
  • Les Cowboys Fringants
  • NAV
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Tate McRae
  • The Weeknd

Single

  • Drink About Me by Brett Kissel
  • If The World Was Ending' by JP Saxe ft Julia Michaels
  • Intentions by Justin Bieber ft Quavo
  • Kissing Other People by Lennon Stella
  • Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

Album 

  • YOU by Ali Gatie
  • Courage by Céline Dion
  • Changes by Justin Bieber
  • Thanks for the Dance by Leonard Cohen
  • After Hours by The Weeknd

Artist 

  • Ali Gatie
  • Celine Dion
  • Jessie Reyez
  • Justin Bieber
  • The Weeknd

Breakthrough Artist

  • Curtis Waters
  • JP Saxe
  • Powfu
  • Ryland James
  • Tate McRae

Breakthrough Group

  • 2Freres
  • Crown Lands
  • MANILA GREY
  • Peach Pit
  • Young Bombs

Songwriter

  • Alanis Morissette
  • Alessia Cara
  • Jessie Reyez
  • JP Saxe
  • The Weeknd

French Language Album

  • A tous les vents by 2Freres
  • Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs by Klo Pelgag
  • Les antipodes by Les Cowboys Fringants
  • Quand la nuit tombe by Louis-Jean Cormier
  • Pour dejouer l'ennui by- Pierre Lapointe

Indigenous Artist or Group 

  • Burnstick
  • Crystal Shawanda 
  • Julian Taylor
  • Leela Gilday
  • Terry Uyarak

Contemporary R&B Recording

  • Before Love Came to Kill Us by  Jessie Reyez
  • Where You Are by  Savannah Ré
  • After Hours by The Weeknd
  • Holiday by TOBi

Country Album

  • Timeless by Dallas Smith 
  • Jade Eagleson by Jade Eagleson
  • heart theory by Lindsay Ell 
  • Drinkin’ Songs: The Collection by MacKenzie Porter
  • The Lemonade Stand by Tenille Townes
Alternative Album
  • Pity Party vy Curtis Waters
  • The Sun and Her Scorch by Dizzy
  • Pray For It by July Talk
  • This Place Sucks Ass by PUP 
  • Heavy Light by U.S. Girls 
Pop Album
  • It’s Never Really Over by Johnny Orlando
  • Hold It Together by JP Saxe 
  • Changes by Justin Bieber 
  • Three. Two. One. by Lennon Stella 
  • Ryland James by Ryland 
Jazz Album: Solo
  • Gang of Three by Andrés Vial 
  • Básico, No Básico y Dirigido by Elmer Ferrer
  • Elegant Traveler by Jocelyn Gould 
  • Conpambiche by Junior Santos
  • VENA by Rachel Therrien
Jazz Album: Group
  • The reMission by Andy Milne and Unison 
  • Surfboard by Brandi Disterheft Trio with George Coleman
  • Rythme de passage by Emie R Roussel Trio 
  • First Spring by Florian Hoefner Trio
  • Trane of Thought, Live at the Rex by Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quintet 
Children's Album
  • Letters and Numbers by ABC Singsong
  • Goodnight to You All: Traditional Lullabies from Ireland & the UK by Charlie Hope 
  • Small But Mighty by Ginalina
  • J’aime mon école by Njacko Backo and Kalimbas at Work
  • Heart Parade by Splash’N Boots 
Classical Album: Solo/Chamber
  • MOSAÏQUE by Ensemble Made In Canada 
  • Bach & Brahms Reimagined by James Ehnes, Jon Kimura Parker, Jens Lindemann 
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4, 5 & 8 by James Ehnes with Andrew Armstrong 
  • La Peste by Les Barocudas 
  • Ana Sokolović: Short Stories by Quatuor Bozzini
Classical Album: Large Ensemble
  • Mozart: Concertos pour piano / Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 by Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Jonathan Cohen, feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin 
  • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5, & Other Works by Louis Lortie with BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Edward Gardner 
  • Jacques Hétu: Concertos byOrchestre symphonique de Laval, conducted by Alain Trudel, feat. Jean-Philippe Sylvestre
  • 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
  • Penderecki: St. Luke Passion by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Kraków Philharmonic Choir & Warsaw Boys’ Choir, conducted by Kent Nagano 
Classical Album: Vocal or Choral
  • La passione by Barbara Hannigan with Ludwig Orchestra 
  • Massenet: Thaïs by Erin Wall, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
  • Nuits blanches: Airs d’opéra à la cour de Russie au XVIIe siècle / Opera Arias at the Russian Court of the 18th Century by Karina Gauvin with Pacific Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Weimann 
  • Sea Dreams by Luminous Voices, conducted by Timothy Shantz
  • Sarah Slean and Symphony Nova Scotia by Sarah Slean with Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Bernhard Gueller 
Classical Composition
  • Take The Dog Sled by Alexina Louie
  • Commedia dell’arte by Ana Sokolović 
  • Harbour by Anna Höstman 
  • Violin Concerto “Adrano” by Samy Moussa 
  • Tachitipo by Zosha Di Castri 
Rap Recording
  • New Mania by 88GLAM 
  • Baby Gravy 2 by bbno$ & Yung Gravy
  • Cold World by 
  • Good Intentions (Brown Boy 2 Deluxe Version) by NAV
  • ELEMENTS Vol. 1 by TOBi
Reggae Recording
  • Give It All by Ammoye
  • Black Man by Blessed 
  • Roots Rock (ft. Micah Shemaiah, Lasai & Big Sugar) by Dubmatix 
  • Let It Be Done by Kirk Diamond 
  • I Pray by TOME x Sean Kingston 
Contemporary Roots Album
  • The Ridge by JULIAN TAYLOR
  • North Star Calling by LEELA GILDAY
  • Bravado by ROSE COUSINS
  • CHICKABOOM! by TAMI NEILSON
  • Reliever by WILLIAM PRINCE
Traditional Roots Album
  • All Hands by BEÒLACH
  • Debout! by LE DIABLE À CINQ
  • 13 or So by NICK HORNBUCKLE
  • Bet On Love by PHARIS & JASON ROMERO
  • The Thing About Fish by RUM RAGGED
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album
  • All Things New by ALLEN FROESE
  • The Cure by K-ANTHONY
  • Alive & Breathing by MATT MAHER
  • THE WAY by SHAWNA CAIN
  • Wouldn't You Love to Know? by STEVE BELL
World Music Album
  • VelkomBak by GYPSY KUMBIA ORCHESTRA
  • The Gold Diggers by LENGAÏA SALSA BRAVA
  • Patria by MAZACOTE
  • Espiral by OKAN
  • Kora Flamenca by ZAL SISSOKHO

Album Artwork

  • JUST WORDS – Lynne Hanson
  • NOTRE-DAME-DES-SEPT-DOULEURS – Klô Pelgag
  • MISS COLOMBIA – Lido Pimienta
  • PALIMPSEST – Protest The Hero
  • PRAY FOR IT – July Talk
Music Video
  • Wait No More - Scott Helman
  • Wrap Me Up - Sheenah Ko
  • NO ONE'S IN THE ROOM - Jessie Reyez
  • INTRUDERS - Jessie Reyez
  • Pomegranate - deadmau5 & The Neptunes
Adult Contemporary Album
  • Such Pretty Forks in the Road by ALANIS MORISSETTE
  • Courage by CÉLINE DION
  • Starlit Afternoon by CRAIG STICKLAND
  • Pour déjouer l'ennui by PIERRE LAPOINTE
  • CH III: The Come Up by STORRY
Traditional R&B/Soul Recording
  • Take Care of You (feat. Syd) by CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON
  • Proverb by DYLAN SINCLAIR
  • Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion by EMANUEL
  • In This Thing Called Life by IAMTHELIVING
  • Solid by SAVANNAH RÉ
Comedy Album
  • PanDerek (1st Wave!) by DEREK SEGUIN
  • Horse Power by JACOB SAMUEL
  • Existing Is Exhausting by MATT WRIGHT
  • The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life by NICK NEMEROFF
  • Decoxification by SHIRLEY GNOME
Special Achievement Award: 
Humanitarian Award
Canadian Music Hall of Fame

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