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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Winners of the 2025 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards

Hamilton hosted the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards ceremony on June 1, 2025. Quite a few local acts brough home the hardware.

Below is a complete list of winners and nominees. Winners are bolded and at top of the category. Local artists are italicized.

COMPASS AWARD: Josh Ross (Waterdown)

Links: Josh Ross, More Josh Ross Stories, Video above courtesy of JOSH ROSS

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (LARGE MARKET) 

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (MEDIUM MARKET) 

  • Hot Country 93.9 (CFWC-FM, Brantford)
  • Cool 100.1 (CHCQ-FM, Belleville)
  • Country 104.3 (CJQM-FM, Sault Ste. Marie)
  • Country 105 (CKTG-FM, Thunder Bay)
  • Country 92.9 (CFCO-FM, Chatham)
  • HOT COUNTRY 88.5 (CKDX-FM, Newmarket)

ALBUM/EP OF THE YEAR 

ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

FANS’ CHOICE 

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE YEAR

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (SMALL MARKET)

THE REAL McCOY  AWARD: Jason McCoy 

RECORD PRODUCER(S) OF THE YEAR

  • Adam Newcomb: Sacha, Elyse Saunders, Riley Taylor
  • Douglas Romanow: Nicole Rayy (Oakville)
  • Matthew Koebel (Waterloo): Jessie T (Kitchener), Paige Rutledge (Guelph), Jessica Sole
  • Shawn Moore (Waterloo): Spencer Burns, Bradley Hale (Elmira), Brothers Wilde, Tim Albertson
  • The Agenda: Angelica Appelman (Kitchener), David Madras, Kasey Nugent, Patrick James Clark, Peter Peres
  • Deric Ruttan: Karli June – Still Make Cowgirls

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Nominees for the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards, Including Local Musicians


As always, there were many local musicians among the nominees for the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards. The main awards ceremony will be broadcast on TV on Saturday, September 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET through CTV. 

Two categories, Fans' Choice & Breakthrough Artist or Group, are voted on by the public. Click here to vote.

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

Album of the Year 

  • Complicated – Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dallas Smith – Dallas Smith
  • Do It Anyway – Jade Eagleson
  • Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart – MacKenzie Porter
  • Spillin’ My Truth – Tyler Joe Miller

Alternative Country Album of the Year

Creative Team or Designer of the Year

  • Design Team: Mitchell Nevins (Guelph)
    EP: Burning Down The Barn (Artist: Hunter Brothers)
    Single: Yee To The Haw by Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
    Albums: Throw Down (Deluxe Remastered – 10th Anniversary), Campfire Troubador Vol. 2, Talk To Time (Deluxe) by Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
    Singles: The Way You Lie, This House by Dayna Reid

  • Design Team: Dan Davidson, Travis Nesbitt
    Album: Nineteen Eighty Something by Dan Davidson

  • Design Team: Kyle McKearney, Roberta Landreth, Chris Doi, Jeff Ojeda
    Single: Lonesome by Kyle McKearney

  • Design Team: Bronwin Parks (Feisty Creative)
    Singles: Intruder, Flowers by Amanda Rheaume
    Album: Fire It Up by Gord Bamford
    EP: Ahead of Our Time by James Barker Ban
    Single: On The Water by James Barker Band ft. Dalton Dover
    Single: Things I Wish I Didn’t Know by Nice Horse

  • Design Team: Michelle Spice, Joanne Howard (Michelle Spice Photography & Small Dog Design)
    Single: The Country Kind by Chad Brownlee

Entertainer of the Year 

Fans’ Choice (CLICK HERE TO VOTE)

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • High Valley
  • James Barker Band
  • Tyler Joe Miller
  • Steven Lee Olsen
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Dallas Smith

Fiddle Player of the Year 

Group or Duo of the Year

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • High Valley
  • Hunter Brothers
  • James Barker Band
  • The Washboard Union

Innovative Campaign of the Year 

  • “Blinding Lights” Case Study (Tebey - Burlington)
  • “Country Dance” Line Dance Campaign (Aaron Goodvin)
  • “Do It Anyway” Album Setup & Release Campaign (Jade Eagleson)
  • Festival Launch Campaign (Boots and Hearts Music Festival)
  • “Right Round Here” Album Setup & Release Campaign, Canadian Tour of the Same Name (Dean Brody)

Male Artist of the Year

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Owen Riegling
  • Dallas Smith

Musical Collaboration of the Year

Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market)

  • CFWC-FM (Brantford, ON)
  • CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)
  • CJGX-940 (Yorkton, SK)
  • CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB)
  • CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)

Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)

  • CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)
  • CFCW (Edmonton, AB)
  • CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)
  • CJKX-FM (Oshawa, ON)
  • CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)

Record Producer(s) of the Year 

Single of the Year

Specialty Instrument Player of the Year

Steel Guitar Player of the Year

  • Chris Altmann (Hamilton)
  • Doug Johnson
  • Matt McKay
  • Kevin Neal
  • Marcus Ramsay
Video Director of the Year

  • Ben Knechtel (Cambridge), Chad Tennies, Mac Grant
  • Stephano Barberis
  • Codi McIvor
  • Travis Nesbitt
  • Ryan Nolan

Video of the Year 

Bass Player of the Year

  • Lisa Dodd
  • Lisa Jacobs
  • Justin Kudding
  • Ben Miller
  • Holt Stuart-Hitchcox

Booking Agency of the Year 

  • Fame Group Agency
  • The Feldman Agency
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Paquin Entertainment Group
  • Sakamoto Agency

Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year (CLICK HERE TO VOTE)

  • Hailey Benedict
  • Dax
  • Teigen Gayse
  • Matt Lang
  • Owen Riegling

Country Club of the Year

  • Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)
  • King Eddy (Calgary, AB)
  • Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)

Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year

  • Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)
  • Boots and Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON)
  • Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)
  • Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)
  • LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)

Country Music Program or Special of the Year

  • Boomers Canadian Club (Rogers Sports & Media)
  • Heartstrings & Honkytonks (CFCW & SILVERPLOW Productions)
  • Home For The Holidays with High Valley (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
  • Jess Moskaluke’s Winter Wonderland Radio Special (Gunfighter Productions)
  • A Washboard Union Christmas Special (Washboard Union Prod Inc)

Country Radio Personality(ies) of the Year

  • Wendy Boomer (CKBY-FM)
  • Dan Davidson & Stella Stevens (CFCW)
  • Shannon Ella (Pure Country)
  • Jackie Rae Greening (CFCW)
  • Gregg Reynolds & Josie Balka (CKRY-FM)

Drummer of the Year 

  • Matthew Atkins
  • Spencer Cheyne
  • Flavio Cirillo
  • Rich DaSilva
  • Brendan Lyons

Female Artist of the Year 

  • Lindsay Ell
  • Madeline Merlo
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Tenille Townes
  • Alli Walker

Guitar Player of the Year 

  • Chris Bray
  • Russell Broom
  • Jay Buettner
  • Ryan Davidson
  • Brennan Wall

Industry Person of the Year

  • Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.)
  • Lindsay Hyslop (BBR Music Group)
  • Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)
  • Samantha Pickard (Strut Entertainment)
  • Bobby Wills (Willing Entertainment)

Keyboard Player of the Year

  • Matt Koebel
  • Brendon Schmidt
  • Brendan Waters

Management Company of the Year

  • Big Loud Management
  • The Core Entertainment
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Starseed Entertainment
  • Willing Entertainment

Music Publishing Company of the Year

  • Anthem Entertainment Group
  • Big Loud Publishing
  • Sony Music Canada Publishing
  • Universal Music Publishing Canada
  • Warner Chappell Music Canada

Record Company of the Year

  • Big Loud Records
  • Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
  • Starseed Records
  • Universal Music Canada
  • Willing Records

Recording Studio of the Year

  • 80A Studios (Toronto, ON)
  • Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)
  • MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB)
  • OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)
  • Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)

Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year

  • Amazon Music
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify Canada Inc.

Songwriter(s) of the Year

  • Country Dance (Artist: Aaron Goodvin) – Aaron Goodvin, Catt Gravitt, Skip Black
  • Hey Mom I Made It (Artist: Sacha) – Sacha Visagie, Shawn Chambliss, Jake Saghi
  • Old Dirt Roads (Artist: Owen Riegling) – Owen Riegling
  • Rodeo Queen (Artist: Jade Eagleson) – Jade Eagleson, Daryl Scott
  • Whiskey In Colorado (Artist: Tony Stevens) – Tony Stevens, Dan Swinimer, Wes Mack, David Borys

Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year

  • Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
  • Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)
  • Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)
  • Brooke Dunford (Republic Live)
  • Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Winners of the 2024 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards


A number of local acts took home some hardware at the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards ceremony held in Mississauga on Sunday, June 2, 2024.

Here's a complete list of winners

Previous (Winners of 2024 Bernice Adams Legacy Awards) - - - Next (Portugal Day Videos)
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Thursday, August 3, 2023

Local 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards Nominees + Full List


Not only were local artist well-represented at the 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards nominees list but the CCMA events will take place in the Hammer on September 14-16 this year! The awards show itself will be hosted at the FirstOntario Centre on Saturday, September 16.

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

Click here for the winners

Album of the Year 

Fans’ Choice 

  • Tim Hicks (St. Catharines)
  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • High Valley
  • James Barker Band
  • Brett Kissel
  • Dallas Smith
  • Tenille Townes

Male Artist of the Year

  • Josh Ross (Waterdown)
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Brett Kissel
  • Dallas Smith

Group or Duo of the Year

  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • High Valley
  • Hunter Brothers
  • James Barker Band
  • Tim & The Glory Boys

Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year

Musical Collaboration of the Year 

Alternative Country Album of the Year

Single of the Year

Songwriter(s) of the Year 

  • Trouble (Artist: Josh Ross - Waterdown) – Josh Ross, Mason Thornley
  • Back To Drinkin’ Whiskey (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller) - Kelly Archer, Danick Dupelle, Tyler Joe Miller
  • Float (Artist: Tim & The Glory Boys) - Rodney Clawson, Tim Neufeld, Allen Salmon
  • Greatest Show On Dirt (Artist: Meghan Patrick) - Trannie Anderson, Matt McGinn, Jake Mitchell, Meghan Patrick
  • The Thing That Wrecks You (Artist: Tenille Townes feat. Bryan Adams) - Bryan Adams, Daniel Tashian, Tenille Townes, Kate York
Video of the Year

Guitar Player of the Year

  • Jeff Brown (Burlington)
  • Ryan Davidson
  • Johnny Gasparic
  • Chad Murphy
  • Brennan Wall

Steel Guitar Player of the Year

Fiddle Player of the Year

  • Tyler Beckett (Brantford)
  • Denis Dufresne
  • Julie Kennedy
  • Ben Rutz
  • Mike Sanyshyn

Speciality Instrument of the Year

Creative Team or Designer of the Year

  • Design Team: Mitchell Nevins (Guelph)
    Album: Talk To Time (Artist: Tim Hicks - St. Catharines)
    Tour Poster: Zero To Sixty Tour (Artist: Tim Hicks)
    Album: Back To The Trailer, Marketing Assets (Artist: Dayna Reid)

  • Design Team: Austin Chaffe
    Album Marketing: Good Ol’ Days (Artist: The Reklaws - Cambridge)
    Merch: (Artist: The Reklaws)
    Single: Beer Me (Artist: James Barker Band)
    Shakin’ In Them Boots (Artist: Jade Eagleson)
    Marketing Campaign: Dean Brody x NHLPA (Artist: Dean Brody)
    Tour Marketing/Live Show Element: Northern Anthem (Artist: Dean Brody)
    Brand Launch: EPK (Artist: Griffen Palmer)

  • Design Team: Devin Cooper, Chad Murphy
    Album: Good Things Deluxe Album Package
    Brand Guide, Limited Edition Record Book (Artist: Devin Cooper)

  • Design Team: Chris Doi, Roberta Landreth, Kyle McKearney, Jeff Ojeda
    Album, single art: A Traveler’s Lament (Artist: Kyle McKearney)

  • Design Team: Brandon Ferguson, Lloyd Norman
    Some Things Never Change Tour, Tour Photography Album, Tour Videography Assets, Tour Merch Promo (Artists: Dallas Smith, Shawn Austin, Jojo Mason, Andrew Hyatt, Kelly Prescott)

Record Producer(s) of the Year

  • Jeff Coplan, Deric Ruttan – Album: Talk To Time (Artist: Tim Hicks)
  • Russell Broom, Kyle McKearney – Album: A Traveler’s Lament (Artist: Kyle McKearney)
  • Scott Cooke – Album: Four Good Years (Artist: Andrew Hyatt)
  • Danick Dupelle – Single: Back To Drinkin’ Whiskey (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller), Single: Never Met A Beer (Artist: Tyler Joe Miller, Matt Lang)
  • Joey Moi – Single: One Too (Artist: Dallas Smith, MacKenzie Porter)

Video Director of the Year

  • Ben Knechtel (Cambridge)
  • AJ Astle
  • Travis Nesbitt
    • Ryan Nolan
  • OUDi (Crystal Leigh)

Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)

  • CHKX-FM (Hamilton, ON)
  • CFCW (Edmonton, AB)
  • CJJR-FM (Vancouver, BC)
  • CKDK-FM (London, ON)
  • CKKL-FM (Ottawa, ON)

Country Personalitie(s) of the Year

Entertainer of the Year 

  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Dallas Smith
  • Tenille Townes
  • Shania Twain

Female Artist of the Year 

  • Tenille Arts
  • Lindsay Ell
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Tenille Townes
  • Shania Twain

Bass Player of the Year

  • Lisa Dodd Watts
  • Lisa Jacobs
  • Justin Kudding
  • Mark Rynkun
  • Holt Stuart Hitchcox

Drummer of the Year

  • Matthew Atkins
  • Flavio Cirillo
  • Rich DaSilva
  • Brendan Lyons
  • Greg Williamson

Keyboard Player of the Year

  • Matt Koebel
  • Brendon Schmidt
  • Brendan Waters
  • Scott Wilkinson

Radio Station of the Year (Medium or Small Market)

  • CHCQ-FM (Belleville, ON)
  • CJXL-FM (Moncton, NB)
  • CKGY-FM (Red Deer, AB)
  • CKLJ-FM (Olds, AB)
  • CKXC-FM (Kingston, ON)

Booking Agency of the Year

  • Action Entertainment Collaborative
  • The Feldman Agency
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Paquin Artists Agency
  • Sakamoto Agency

Country Club of the Year

  • Cook County Saloon (Edmonton, AB)
  • The King Eddy (Calgary, AB)
  • Ranchman’s Cookhouse and Dancehall (Calgary, AB)
  • Rock ‘N’ Horse Saloon (Toronto, ON)
Country Festival, Fair or Exhibition of the Year
  • Big Valley Jamboree (Camrose, AB)
  • Boots And Hearts Music Festival (Oro-Medonte, ON)
  • Calgary Stampede (Calgary, AB)
  • Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Cavendish, PEI)
  • LASSO Montreal (Montreal, QC)

Country Music Program or Special of the Year

  • Boomers Canadian Club (Rogers Digital Media)
  • Canada’s Country Radio (Apple Music)
  • Christmas Time with Tenille Townes 2022 (Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc)
  • The Road Less Travelled (Stingray)
  • A Washboard Union Christmas Special (Washboard Union Prod Inc)

Management Company of the Year

  • Big Loud Management
  • The Core Entertainment
  • MDM Artist Management Services
  • Simkin Artist Management
  • Starseed Entertainment

Music Publishing Company of the Year

  • Anthem Entertainment Group
  • Big Loud Publishing
  • Sony Music Publishing
  • Universal Music Publishing
  • Warner Chappell Music Canada

Record Company of the Year

  • Big Loud Records
  • MDM Recordings Inc.
  • Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
  • Universal Music Canada
  • Warner Music Canada

Industry Person of the Year

  • Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
  • Warren Copnick (Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc)
  • Mike Denney (MDM Recordings Inc.)
  • Brianne Deslippe (Big Loud Records)
  • Amanda Kingsland (Universal Music Canada)

Recording Studio of the Year

  • Barrytone Studios (Miramichi, NB)
  • Bart McKay Productions (Saskatoon, SK)
  • MCC Recording Studio (Calgary, AB)
  • OCL Studios (Chestermere, AB)
  • Revolution Recording (Toronto, ON)

Retailer or Commercial Platform of the Year

  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • Spotify Canada Inc.

Talent Buyer of the Year

  • Paul Biro (Sakamoto Agency)
  • Dan Clapson (Blue Jay Sessions)
  • Jim Cressman (Invictus Entertainment Group)
  • Brooke Dunford (Republic Live)
  • Adam Oppenheim (Stampede Entertainment)

Innovative Campaign of the Year

  • “Let ‘Em Lie” Release Highlights – (Kyle McKearney & Don Amero)
  • Mastering of “Master of Puppets” – (Hailey Benedict)
  • “She Don’t Know” Wedding Contest – (Jade Eagleson)
  • “Surprise Party” Album Release – (Mallory Johnson)
  • “What Colour You Drive” Content and Fan Contest – (Hunter Brothers)

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Country Music Association of Ontario Awards Winners!

Hamilton went country last weekend during the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards celebration. The awards ceremony itself was at the Westdale Theatre on Sunday, June 4.

Below is complete list of nominees and winners. Local acts are bolded. 

Album

Compass Award
Fan's Choice
Female Artist
Francophone Artist
  • WINNER: Reney Ray
  • Gabrielle Goulet
  • Kristine St. Pierre
  • Les Rats d’Swompe
  • Vincent Bishop
Group or Duo
Impact Award
Male Artist
Music Industry Person of the Year
Music Video
Radio Station (Large Market)
Radio Station (Medium Market)
Radio Station (Small Market)
Record Producer
Rising Star
Roots Artist

Single

Songwriters

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

GOOD LUCK! Local 2022 Canadian Country Music Award Nominees


A number of area artists were nominated for 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA). Hopefully, a few of them will return home with the hardware after the ceremony on September 11, 2022 in Calgary.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Below is a complete list of nominees (local artists are bolded) 


Creative Director(s)
Fan's Choice
  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Tenille Arts
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • High Valley
  • James Barker Band
  • Brett Kissel
  • Tyler Joe Miller
  • Robyn Ottolini
  • Dallas Smith
  • Tenille Townes
Fiddle
Group or Duo
  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • High Valley
  • Hunter Brothers
  • James Barker Band
  • Tim & The Glory Boys
Interactive Artist
  • The Reklaws (Cambridge)
  • Hailey Benedict
  • Aaron Goodvin
  • Hunter Brothers
  • James Barker Band
Radio Station (Large Market)
  • CHKX-FM – Hamilton, ON
  • CFCW – Edmonton, AB
  • CJJR-FM – Vancouver, BC
  • CJKX-FM – Oshawa, ON
  • CKKL-FM – Ottawa, ON
Radio Station (Medium/Small Market)
  • CKDK-FM – Woodstock, ON
  • CHCQ-FM – Belleville, ON
  • CJXL-FM – Moncton, NB
  • CKGY-FM – Red Deer, AB
  • CKLJ-FM – Olds, AB
Record Producer
Rising Star
Songwriter(s)
  • Whiskey Does - Tim Hicks (St. Catharines) (Co-written by Monty Criswell, Deric Ruttan)
  • Girl Who Didn’t Care  - Tenille Townes) (co-written by Steph Jones, David Pramik)
  • Pickup  - MacKenzie Porter (co-written by Will Bundy, Lydia Vaughan)
  • Rebel Phase - The Prairie States (written by Matthew Cardinal, Doc de Groot, Jay Der, Jeff Dick, Mike Nash, Aaron Pollock, Chris Yurchuck) 
  • Right On Time - Lindsay Ell (co-written by Jordan Schmidt, Geoffrey Warburton)
Specialty Instrument
  • Shane Guse (Waterloo)
  • Johnny Gasparic
  • Mitch Jay
  • Connor Riddell
  • Katie Rox
Steel Guitar Player
Video
Video Director
Album
  • Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass – Gord Bamford
  • Heart On My Glass – Meghan Patrick
  • Honkytonk Revival – Jade Eagleson
  • Masquerades – Tenille Townes
  • Nothing Is Meaningless – Don Amero
Alternative Country Album
  • Diamonds In The Desert – Jason Blaine
  • Down-Home – Kyle McKearney
  • Homebound – Twin Kennedy
  • Songs My Friends Wrote – Corb Lund
  • Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection. Vol 4: Let’s Smile Again – Stompin’ Tom Connors
Bass
  • Lisa Dodd
  • Justin Kudding
  • Mark Rynkun
  • Brandi Sidoryk
  • Holt Stuart-Hitchcox
Booking Agency
  • Action Entertainment Collaborative
  • The Feldman Agency
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Paquin Artists Agency
  • Sakamoto Agency
Country Music Program or Special
  • Christmas Time With Tenille Townes – Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
  • A Kissel Country Christmas – Bak 2 Bak Entertainment Inc., CFCW
  • Pure Country Top 50 Of 2021 Hosted By Shannon Ella With Special Guests Dustin Lynch & MacKenzie Porter – Bell Media
  • The Road Less Travelled – Stingray
  • Wise Woman, The Show – Mallory Johnson, Twin Kennedy
Country Personality
  • Wendy Boomer – CKBY-FM
  • Shannon Ella – Pure Country
  • Paul Ferguson – CHCQ-FM
  • Jason McCoy – Pure Country
  • Greg Shannon, Stella Stevens – CFCW
Drummer
  • Matthew Atkins
  • Spencer Cheyne
  • Flavio Cirillo
  • Rich DaSilva
  • Krista Wodelet
Entertainer
  • Tenille Arts
  • James Barker Band
  • Brett Kissel
  • Dallas Smith
  • Tenille Townes
Female Artist
  • Tenille Arts
  • Lindsay Ell
  • Robyn Ottolini
  • Meghan Patrick
  • MacKenzie Porter
  • Tenille Townes
Guitar
  • Ryan Davidson
  • Matt McKay
  • Tara McLeod
  • Chad Murphy
  • Brennan Wall
Industry Person
  • Paul Biro – Sakamoto Agency – Vice President and Operating Partner
  • Steve Coady – Warner Music Canada – Vice President, Radio Promotion
  • Mike Denney – MDM Recordings Inc. – President
  • Brianne Deslippe – Big Loud Records – VP International
  • Bobby Wills – Willing Entertainment – Director and General Manager
Keyboard
  • Mike Little
  • Brendan Waters
  • Scott Wilkinson
Male Artist
  • Dean Brody
  • Jade Eagleson
  • Brett Kissel
  • Tyler Joe Miller
  • Dallas Smith
Management Company
  • Big Loud Management
  • The Core Entertainment
  • Invictus Entertainment Group
  • MDM Artist Management Services
  • Starseed Entertainment
Music Publishing Company
  • Anthem Entertainment
  • Big Loud Publishing
  • Sony ATV Music Publishing
  • Warner Chappell Music Canada
Record Company
  • Big Loud Records
  • MDM Recordings Inc.
  • Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
  • Universal Music Canada
  • Warner Music Canada
Recording Studio
  • Barrytone Studios – Miramichi, NB
  • Bart McKay Productions – Saskatoon, SK
  • MCC Recording Studio – Calgary, AB
  • OCL Studios – Chestermere, AB
  • Revolution Recording – Toronto, ON
Retailer
  • Amazon Music
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify Canada Inc.
Single
  • All Night To Figure It Out – Jade Eagleson
  • Boy Like Me – Aaron Goodvin
  • Girl Who Didn’t Care – Tenille Townes
  • Make A Life, Not A Living – Brett Kissel
  • More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’ – Jade Eagleson, Dean Brody
  • Over All Over Again – James Barker Band
  • Tailgate To Heaven  – Shawn Austin (Feat. Chris Lane)
Talent Buyer or Promotor
  • Paul Biro – Sakamoto Agency
  • Dan Clapson – Blue Jay Sessions
  • Jim Cressman – Invictus Entertainment Group
  • Brooke Dunford – Republic Live
  • Adam Oppenheim – Stampede Entertainment Inc.
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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 

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Monday, September 13, 2021

CONGRATS! 2021 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards Winners!


The Ancaster Fairgrounds were home to this year's Country Music Association of Ontario Awards ceremony on September 5, 2021.

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

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