CONGRATS! 2022 Native American Music Awards Winners (including many Canadians)

We'd like to acknowledge all the local artists who were nominated for these awards

• Blues Video: Joshua Arden Miller (Six-Nations): Solidarity
• Contemporary Vocal Video: Jace Martin (Six Nations)- Ghost 2018
• Pop Video: DJ Shub (Fort Erie) - Calling All Dancers, Jace Martin (Six Nations) - Ghost 2018

Below is a complete list of Canadian winners: 

• Animation in a Video: The Halluci Nation - Stay
• Christian/Inspirational Performance: Yvonne St. Germaine - Sorrow Road
• Country Video: Julian Taylor - The Ridge
  
  
  
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• Folk/Americana Recording: Kelly Derrickson - I Am
• Honorable Mentions: Sandra Sutter / Veronica Johnny
• Pop Recording: Melody McArthur - Rising Waters
• Pop Video: Joey Stylez - Indian Girl Driving Me Crazy
• Pow Wow/Drum Songs Recording: Young Spirit - Cree Round Dance Songs
• Rap/Hip Hop Video: Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Real Deadly
• Rock Video: The Bloodshots - No Way Out
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Seven Hip-Hop

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Here are the rest of the fabulous winners:

• Artists (Female): Ava Rose
• Artist (Male): Sten Joddi
• Blues Recording: Earl Slick and the West Side Social Club - The Roof Is Leaking
• Blues Video: Blue Mountain Tribe  - Pray For Our Planet
• Collaboration in a Video: Antoine Edwards ft.Gunner Jules, Spur Pourier - Miracle Patience
• Contemporary Vocal Video: Shawn Michael Perry - I Will Survive
• Country Song: Elexa Dawson - Music is Medicine
• Debut Artist: Charles Wood III 
• Debut Duo/Group: The Buffalo Weavers
• Flute Recording: Aaron White - Moonlight Love Songs
• Folk/Americana Video: Tabitha Fair - Toward The Rising Sun - Te Ata
• Group: The Ripcords
• Hall of Fame: Micki Free
• Hip Hop Recording;  Sten Joddi - It’s A Native Thang
• Honor/Tribute Song: Hannah Bonez & Leah Shenandoah - I’m Missing You
• Honorable Mentions: Blanca Iris Acuna / Jack Holland / Just Jamez / Kelly Montijo Fink / Nick Lone / Richelle Darby Garcia / Scott Kalama of Blue Flames / Shibastick / Two Shields
• Instrumental Recording: Ancient Voices - Under Open Sky
• Instrumental Video: Connor Chee - Frybread
• Lifetime Achievement: Rodney A. Grant / Paul LaRoche / Robert Tree Cody
• Live Performance Video: The Storm - DOC Native featuring Spencer Battiest 
• Living Legend: Oren Lyons
• Narrative in a Video: Foreshadow - Protect Your People 
• Native American Church Recording: Jarvis Hunter - Remembering Our Elders
• Native Heart: Gera & T.M - Distant Lands
• R&B Recording: Ramonda Holiday - The Rez Hummingbird
• Rising Star: Bryant Waupoose III
• Rock Recording: Blackbird - Who We Are
• Single: Samantha Crain - Bloomsday
• Song: G Precious with Macy Gray - Unforgettable
• Traditional Recording: Spur Pourier - Shining So Bright
• Traditional Vocal Video: Picadilly Billy - Martin Sisters 
• Waila Recording: Intertribal - Tribal Harmony

Links: Native American Music Awards, More NAMA Stories

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Hamilton Blues Lovers is 14 Years Old Today!

Today (November 29, 2022), the Hamilton Blues Lovers turns 14 years old! 

With COVID shutdowns finished it was a year filled with lots of great live music! 

Links: Dan Hill, More Dan Hill Stories, Video above courtesy of Kelly Mark

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Happy National Electric Guitar Day! Videos by the Late, Great Gordie Lewis!

Links: Blue Coupe, Video above courtesy of FranticRomantic88

Video above courtesy of luvbug2112

Links: Teenage Head, More Teenage Head Stories, Video above courtesy of BOYDWILSONFILMS

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Charles M Schulz's 100th Birthday!

In honour of what would have been Charlie Brown/Peanuts cartoonist Charles M Schulz's 100th birthday, here are a few musical numbers inspired by his creations.

Links: Amy Di Nino, More Amy Di Nino Stories, Video above courtesy of Kitchener Public Library

Links: Royal Guardsmen, Video above courtesy of tomtakenator

Video above courtesy of BroadwayJLM

More 100th Birthdays

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Sonny Del Rio's Hamilton Hometown Christmas (December 11)

The Holiday season wouldn't be complete without Sonny Del Rio's Hamilton Hometown Christmas Show! This amazing festive event will rock the Leander Boat Club on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 7pm. Tickets are only $20. Proceeds will go to the Bob Pedler Fund and the venue will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Good Shepherd Food Bank.

This year's incredible lineup includes

• Sonny Del-Rio
  
  
  
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• The Shakers
• Trickbag
  
  
  
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• The Smoke Wagon Blues Band
• Tim Gibbons and the Swampbusters
• Green Harbour
  
  
  
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• Cootes Paradise

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CONGRATS! 2022 Arts Awards Waterloo Region Winners

From the Arts Awards Waterloo Region site

Congratulations to our 2022 Winners!

Arts Awards Waterloo Region hosted its awards night on Wednesday, November 16th,  2022. The arts community – artists, supporters, and fans –gathered at Tapestry Hall in Cambridge, ON for the 2022 Arts Awards Waterloo Region Awards Event. 

The evening saw 9 awards presented: five awards presented in the broad category of “the arts”; in addition, there were two Emerging Artist awards, an Arts Philanthropist award, and a Lifetime Achievement award. The evening culminated when Patel arrived at the final winner’s home to present the Lifetime Achievement award. 

Below is  a list of nominees with the winner on top and bolded

Arts Philanthropist

• Waterloo Region Community Foundation
• Heffner Family 
• Scott Higgins

General

• Bangishimo Johnston (Photographer)
• Tara Butler (Dust and Soul Dance)
• Sheila McMath (Inter Arts Maxtrix)
• Sarah Kernohan (Painter)
  
  
  
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• Marshall Ward and Sara Geidlinger (Bonn Park Podcast)
• Majdi Bou-Matar (MT Space Theatre and IMPACT International Theatre Festival)
• Heather Kocsis (multi-media artist)
• IMPACT International Theatre Festival
• Jesse Webber and Jason Carraro of Kitchener Famous Podcast
• Stephanie Boutari (multi-media artist)
• Terry O’Neill (arts educator)
• Unwrap Theater

Emerging Artist

• Alanah Astehti Otistohkwa (Morningstar) Jewell (mixed-media)
• Torin Langen (filmmaker, multi-media designer)
  
  
  
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• Andrew Jacob Rinehart (harpist, music instructor)
• Sam Mercury (actor, writer)
• Stroll Walking Tour and Juanita Metzger 
• Kate Kamo McHugh (dance)

Lifetime Achievement

• Majdi Bou-Matar (MT Space Theatre and IMPACT International Theatre Festival)
  
  
  
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• Claude Cloutier (Grand River Blues Society, Kitchener Blues Festival)
• Dennis Cuomo and George White (Grand River Blues Society Youth Camp)
• Heather Franklin (Riverside Print Group)
• Valerie Hill (Waterloo Record reporter)

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GOOD LUCK! 2023 Canadian Grammy Nominees

The 2023 Grammy nominations were recently released and a number of Canadians are in the running for a few awards. The ceremony takes place February 5, 2023

Below is a complete list of Canadian nominees (bolded)

Click here for the winners.

Album

• 30 by Adele (Tobias Jesso Jr. - songwriter, producer,  Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer, Shawn Everett - producer)
• Harry’s House by Harry Styles (Tobias Jesso Jr.. - songwriter)
• Renaissance - Beyoncé (Boi-1da- producer, songwriter, Rupert “Sevn” Thomas - producer, songwriter, Drake - songwriter)
• Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) by Mary J. Blige (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Special by Lizzo (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Music Of The Spheres by Coldplay (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar (Boi-1da - producer, songwriter)
• Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny (Demy & Clipz - producers)

Alternative Music Album

• WE by Arcade Fire

American Roots Performance

• Aoife O’Donovan & Allison Russell - Prodigal Daughter
  
  
  
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Contemporary Instrumental Album

• Empire Central by Snarky Puppy (drummer Larnell Lewis is from Canada)

Dance/Electronic  Recording

• Intimidated - Kaytranada featuring H.E.R.

Choral Performance

• Verdi: Requiem - The Met Remembers 9/11 (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor)

Classical Compendium

• A Concert For Ukraine (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; David Frost, producer)

Classical Solo Vocal Album

• Voice Of Nature: The Anthropocene (Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist)

Historical Album

• The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions by Glenn Gould

Melodic Rap Performance

• Wait For U by Future featuring Drake and Tems

Music Film

• Justin Bieber - Our World
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse - A Band A Brotherhood A Barn
  
  
  
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Music Video

• Adele - Easy On Me (Xavier Dolan - video director, producer, Nancy Grant - producer)
  
  
  
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Opera Recording

• Aucoin: Eurydice (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor)
• Blanchard: Fire Shut Up In My Bones (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor)

Producer, Non-Classical

• Boi-1da

Rap Song

• Churchill Downs by Jack Harlow ft. Drake (Boi-1da, songwriter, Ryan Bakalarczyk  - songwriter, Ace G- songwriter)
• Wait For You by Future ft. Drake & Tems

Record 

• Good Morning Gorgeous by Mary J. Blige (Serban Ghenea - engineer, mixer)
• Woman by Doja Cat (Jesse Ray Ernster - engineer, mixer)

Rock Performance

• So Happy It Hurts by Bryan Adams
  
  
  
  Links: Bryan Adams, More Bryan Adams Stories, Video above courtesy of Bryan Adams

Songwriter, Non-Classical

• Tobias Jesso Jr

Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Higher by Michael Bublé

Links: Grammy, More Grammy Stories

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Happy Drumming Day ft Jack Pedler

Update of 2018 Post

Links: Jack Pedler, More Jack Pedler Stories, Video above courtesy of CLARES

Links: Teenage Head, More Teenage Head Stories, Video above courtesy of tdotphoto

Links: Ian Andrews, More Ian Andrews Stories, Video above courtesy of SuZIMageZ

Links: The Rockets, More Rockets Stories, Video above courtesy of Paul R K Wheeler Jr

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GOOD LUCK! 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominees including local artists

Highlights from the news release: 

(October 4, 2022 - SAINT JOHN) The Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrates its 18th edition, with a roster of nominations that celebrates the breadth and depth of Canadian folk music. This year’s nominees span the country from Leader, Saskatchewan, to Papineauville Québec, and from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia to Fredericton, New Brunswick  — celebrating the diversity and talent of artists and musicians across Canada.

Established by Canada’s vibrant and internationally-recognized folk music community, the awards currently boasts 19 categories. Nominees are chosen for each category through a two-stage jury process. More than 100 jurors, located across Canada, representing all official provinces, territories and languages, determine the official recipients in each category.

The CFMA 2023 Awards Weekend takes place March 31 - April 2, 2023, and we are looking forward to heading to Vancouver, BC! The weekend will capture the true heart of our folk community, while celebrating the 2023 nominees and the category recipients.

Here is the nominee announcement

Links: CFMA, More CFMA Stories, Video above courtesy of prixfolkawards

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

*Signed to Waterdown's True North Records

Children’s Album 

• Tuba Blues by My Friend Christopher (Hamilton)
  
  
  
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• The Full Circle by The Relative Minors (Cambridge)
  
  
  
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• Ça suffit pour s'amuser by Hannah Shira Naiman
• Folk For Little Folk Volume 1 by Gordie Crazylegs MacKeeman
• Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule by The Oot n' Oots

Contemporary Album

• Sanctuary by Sultans of String (some members from Burlington)
• Cerulean by Ken Yates
• Down-Home by Kyle McKearney
• eleven by Madison Violet
• Hurricane Coming by Shawna Caspi
• Long Haul by John Wort Hannam
• Tongues by Tanya Tagaq
• Zhawenim by Digging Roots

Contemporary Singer

• Barney Bentall*
• Angelique Francis
• Boy Golden
• Ken Yates 
• Kyle McKearney

Global Roots Album 

• Sanctuary by Sultans of String (some members from Burlington)
  
  
  
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• III by Ayrad
• Thieves of Dreams / Zloději snů by Lenka Lichtenberg
• Tradisyon by Wesli Louissaint
• Until When by Jaffa Road

Instrumental Group 

• RanchWriters*
• Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves 
• Proulx-Demers
• Shannon Quinn & Tony Quinn
• The McDades

Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award 

• Sultans of String (some members from Burlington)
• Mélisande [électrotrad
• Lenka Lichtenberg
• Oktoécho
• Digging Roots

Producer(s) 

• Chris McKhool (Burlington) & John 'Beetle' Bailey (New Hamberg) - Sanctuary by Sultans of String 
• Brenley MacEachern & Lisa MacIsaac - eleven by Madison Violet
• Corwin Fox & Yael Wand - Saltwater Heartwood by Yael Wand
• Katia Makdissi-Warren - Transcestral by Oktoécho
• The Fretless & Joby Baker - Open House by The Fretless

Solo Artist 

• Barney Bentall *
• James Keelaghan 
• Jocelyn Pettit
• John Wort Hannam
• Suzie Ungerleider

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English Songwriter(s) 

• Abigail Lapell
• Andrew McClelland aka Li'l Andy 
• John Wort Hannam
• Matt Patershuk
• Tim Buckley
• Yael Wand

Ensemble 

• Over The Moon 
• The Dead South
• The Fretless
• The McDades
• The Slocan Ramblers

French Songwriter(s) 

• Anik Bérubé & Natalie Byrns
• Geneviève Roberge-Bouchard & Alain Barbeau 
• Héra Ménard & Guylaine Saint-Pierre 
• Matt Stern 
• Sébastien Lacombe 

Indigenous Songwriter(s)

• Adrian Sutherland
• Amanda Rheaume
• Berk Jodoin
• Kyle McKearney
• ShoShona Kish & Raven Kanatakta Polson-Lahache (Digging Roots)

Instrumental Solo Artist 

• Ellen Gibling
• John Reischman
• Kerry Fitzgerald
• Mike Stevens
• Waymzy

New/Emerging Artist(s) 

• Alex Krawczyk 
• Andrew Waite
• Camie
• Cheval
• RedFox
• Tennyson King

Single 

• 100 Proof by Julian Taylor
• À travers mes yeux  by Geneviève et Alain)
• Familiar Feeling by Pretty Archie
• Heavy Heart by Fortunate Ones
• Hey Boys Sing Us A Song by The Irish Rovers
• Love you the Best by Quote the Raven
• Sing Me A Song by William Prince and Serena Ryder)
• Sweet Desperado by Madison Violet
• Teeth Agape by Tanya Tagaq

Traditional Album 

• 20 printemps by Le Vent Du Nord)
• 20 Summers by Shannon Quinn & Tony Quinn
• Hurricane Clarice  by Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
• Long Time Travelling by Ken Whiteley
• Up the Hill and Through the Fog by The Slocan Ramblers

Traditional Singer 

• Kim Beggs
• Li'l Andy
• Lizzy Hoyt 
• Michael Darcy 
• Mike Bravener 

Vocal Group 

• Le Vent Du Nord
• Les Rats d'Swompe
• Mama’s Broke 
• Quote the Raven
• The McDades 

Young Performer(s)

• Fiddelium
• Paige Penney
• The Fiddlaires
• The Oot n' Oots
• The Receivers

Links: CFMA, More CFMA Stories

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Lest We Forget . . . Remembrance Day Videos (ft Loralee McGuirl, Fred Eaglesmith, Sheila Ludgate)

Update of 2013 Post

Links: Loralee McGuirl, More Loralee McGuirl Stories, Video above courtesy of Loralee McGuirl



Links: Fred Eaglesmith, More Fred Eaglesmith Stories, Video courtesy of Jos Westenberg

Links: John and Sheila Ludgate, More John and Sheila Stories, Video above courtesy of saxondale2

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