Manitoba Music
Manitoba Acts Nab 43 Nods for Seventh Annual Western Canadian Music Awards
When Manitoba welcomes the Western Canadian Music Awards back to the province this September, homegrown artists will be ready to bring home numerous awards at the seventh annual event. The city of Brandon is set to host this year’s awards gala for the first time on September 20, when winners in 28 artistic and industry categories will be announced. Manitoba acts account for 43 nominations in 25 different categories, 30 of which are artistic awards.
This year’s artistic award nominations include several double nominees, as well as a clear domination of the roots, Aboriginal, and children’s music genres.
Fusion folk/rockers The Duhks, roots singer/songwriter Scott Nolan, acoustic pop troubadour J.P. Hoe, twang-tinged singer/songwriter Romi Mayes, pop/rock outfit The Waking Eyes, and composer Sid Robinovitch are all up for two awards each. 2009 JUNO Award winner Chic Gamine, The Duhks, Nolan, and newcomer Oh My Darling take four of five spots for Roots Duo/Group Recording of the Year. Nolan and The Duhks are also up for Songwriter of the Year, along with Mayes and Hoe. The Waking Eyes stand to take home hardware for Rock Recording of the Year and Independent Album of the Year, while 2009 JUNO Award nominee Robinovitch has nods for Classical Composition of the Year and Classical Recording of the Year. Local acts are also strong contenders for Children's Recording of the Year, which features duo LuLu and the TomCat, its Francophone alter ego LuLu et le Matou, and Alphabet Soup. Blues man Billy Joe Green, rock act Eagle & Hawk, and hip-hop outfit Team Rezofficial are all up for Aboriginal Recording of the Year.
Other artistic award nominees include 2009 JUNO Award winners Doc Walker for Country Recording of the Year, Big Dave McLean for Blues Recording of the Year, Steve Bell and Tuesday Bloom for Christian Recording of the Year, T. Patrick Carrabre for Classical Composition of the Year, Alexander Tselyakov for Classical Recording of the Year, Daniel ROA for Francophone Recording of the Year, Grand Analog for Rap and Hip-Hop, and Ishq Bector for Urban Recording of the Year. Innovative group project Record of the Week Club is a contender for Pop Recording of the Year along with Hoe, while Mayes is ready to take home her second WCMA for Roots Solo Recording of the Year.
Industry professionals from Manitoba are also a force at this year’s Industry Awards, to be held at a brunch on September 19. Local talent buyers, labels, managers, producers, and engineers are up for 11 awards. Nominees include three nods for Gilles Paquin and his company Paquin Entertainment, Winnipeg Folk Festival’s artistic director Chris Frayer, Smallman Records’ Jason Smith, Burning Circus Management’s Glen Willows, engineers Mike Petkau and Shawn Pierce, rapper Fresh I.E., and Aboriginal music label Arbor Records.
Paquin Entertainment Group founder and CEO Gilles Paquin will also be recognized this year with the Industry Builder Award, which will honour him for his profound and lasting impact on the music industry during his career.
Manitoba-born world music superstar and label owner, Loreena McKennitt, will be inducted into the Western Canada Music Hall of Fame. McKennitt is slated to give the keynote address at this year’s WCMA Awards Brunch on September 19.
The awards gala is the pinnacle event of the seventh annual Western Canadian Music Week - held September 17 to 20, 2009 in Brandon - which also features a conference and three-day music festival including over 100 showcasing acts. The WCMAs present an incredible opportunity for emerging and established artists to be a part of the western Canadian music community. Participating artists and other music professionals have the chance to meet key industry stakeholders creating the opportunity for a new wave of exciting industry developments from record deals to international tours.
For a complete list of 2009 WCMA nominees, please visit www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca.
2009 WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARDS – MANITOBA NOMINEES
Artistic Awards
ABORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Eagle and Hawk - Sirensong
Team Rezofficial - The World (And Everything In It)
Billy Joe Green - First Law of the Land
BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Big Dave McLean - Acoustic Blues Got 'Em From the Bottom
CHILDREN'S RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Alphabet Soup - You're It!
LuLu et le Matou - Faites de la Musique!
LuLu and the TomCat - Fossil Rock
CHRISTIAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Tuesday Bloom - Tuesday Bloom
Steve Bell - Devotion
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Sid Robinovitch - Rodas Recordada
T. Patrick Carrabre - A Hammer for Your Thoughts
CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Alexander Tselyakov - Sonata Album
Sid Robinovitch - Sefarad
COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Doc Walker - Beautiful Life
FRANCOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Daniel ROA - Le nombril du monde
INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Waking Eyes - Holding On To Whatever It Is
POP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
J.P. Hoe - The Dear John Letters
Record of the Week Club - Record of the Week Club
RAP AND HIP-HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Grand Analog - Metropolis is Burning
ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR
The Waking Eyes - Holding On To Whatever It Is
ROOTS DUO/GROUP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Chic Gamine - Chic Gamine
The Duhks - Fast Paced World
Scott Nolan - Receiver/Reflector
Oh My Darling - Oh My Darling
ROOTS SOLO RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Romi Mayes - Achin In Yer Bones
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Romi Mayes - Achin In Yer Bones
The Duhks - Fast Paced World
Scott Nolan - Receiver/Reflector
J.P. Hoe - The Dear John Letters
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Ishq Bector - Dakku Daddy
Industry Awards
AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Paquin Entertainment Group
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Mike Petkau
Shawn Pierce
INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
Arbor Records Ltd.
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Gilles Paquin
Glen Willows
Jason Smith
MULTI MEDIA
Fresh I.E. and Jayson Lapeyre - Crystal PSA
Gilles Paquin - DVD: A Multi-Media Life; Buffy Sainte-Marie
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Shawn Pierce, Chris Gestrin for Coco Love Alcorn
TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR
Chris Frayer – The Winnipeg Folk Festival
HALL OF FAME
Loreena McKennitt
INDUSTRY BUILDER AWARD
Gilles Paquin
This year’s artistic award nominations include several double nominees, as well as a clear domination of the roots, Aboriginal, and children’s music genres.
Fusion folk/rockers The Duhks, roots singer/songwriter Scott Nolan, acoustic pop troubadour J.P. Hoe, twang-tinged singer/songwriter Romi Mayes, pop/rock outfit The Waking Eyes, and composer Sid Robinovitch are all up for two awards each. 2009 JUNO Award winner Chic Gamine, The Duhks, Nolan, and newcomer Oh My Darling take four of five spots for Roots Duo/Group Recording of the Year. Nolan and The Duhks are also up for Songwriter of the Year, along with Mayes and Hoe. The Waking Eyes stand to take home hardware for Rock Recording of the Year and Independent Album of the Year, while 2009 JUNO Award nominee Robinovitch has nods for Classical Composition of the Year and Classical Recording of the Year. Local acts are also strong contenders for Children's Recording of the Year, which features duo LuLu and the TomCat, its Francophone alter ego LuLu et le Matou, and Alphabet Soup. Blues man Billy Joe Green, rock act Eagle & Hawk, and hip-hop outfit Team Rezofficial are all up for Aboriginal Recording of the Year.
Other artistic award nominees include 2009 JUNO Award winners Doc Walker for Country Recording of the Year, Big Dave McLean for Blues Recording of the Year, Steve Bell and Tuesday Bloom for Christian Recording of the Year, T. Patrick Carrabre for Classical Composition of the Year, Alexander Tselyakov for Classical Recording of the Year, Daniel ROA for Francophone Recording of the Year, Grand Analog for Rap and Hip-Hop, and Ishq Bector for Urban Recording of the Year. Innovative group project Record of the Week Club is a contender for Pop Recording of the Year along with Hoe, while Mayes is ready to take home her second WCMA for Roots Solo Recording of the Year.
Industry professionals from Manitoba are also a force at this year’s Industry Awards, to be held at a brunch on September 19. Local talent buyers, labels, managers, producers, and engineers are up for 11 awards. Nominees include three nods for Gilles Paquin and his company Paquin Entertainment, Winnipeg Folk Festival’s artistic director Chris Frayer, Smallman Records’ Jason Smith, Burning Circus Management’s Glen Willows, engineers Mike Petkau and Shawn Pierce, rapper Fresh I.E., and Aboriginal music label Arbor Records.
Paquin Entertainment Group founder and CEO Gilles Paquin will also be recognized this year with the Industry Builder Award, which will honour him for his profound and lasting impact on the music industry during his career.
Manitoba-born world music superstar and label owner, Loreena McKennitt, will be inducted into the Western Canada Music Hall of Fame. McKennitt is slated to give the keynote address at this year’s WCMA Awards Brunch on September 19.
The awards gala is the pinnacle event of the seventh annual Western Canadian Music Week - held September 17 to 20, 2009 in Brandon - which also features a conference and three-day music festival including over 100 showcasing acts. The WCMAs present an incredible opportunity for emerging and established artists to be a part of the western Canadian music community. Participating artists and other music professionals have the chance to meet key industry stakeholders creating the opportunity for a new wave of exciting industry developments from record deals to international tours.
For a complete list of 2009 WCMA nominees, please visit www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca.
2009 WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARDS – MANITOBA NOMINEES
Artistic Awards
ABORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Eagle and Hawk - Sirensong
Team Rezofficial - The World (And Everything In It)
Billy Joe Green - First Law of the Land
BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Big Dave McLean - Acoustic Blues Got 'Em From the Bottom
CHILDREN'S RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Alphabet Soup - You're It!
LuLu et le Matou - Faites de la Musique!
LuLu and the TomCat - Fossil Rock
CHRISTIAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Tuesday Bloom - Tuesday Bloom
Steve Bell - Devotion
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
Sid Robinovitch - Rodas Recordada
T. Patrick Carrabre - A Hammer for Your Thoughts
CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Alexander Tselyakov - Sonata Album
Sid Robinovitch - Sefarad
COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Doc Walker - Beautiful Life
FRANCOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Daniel ROA - Le nombril du monde
INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Waking Eyes - Holding On To Whatever It Is
POP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
J.P. Hoe - The Dear John Letters
Record of the Week Club - Record of the Week Club
RAP AND HIP-HOP ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Grand Analog - Metropolis is Burning
ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR
The Waking Eyes - Holding On To Whatever It Is
ROOTS DUO/GROUP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Chic Gamine - Chic Gamine
The Duhks - Fast Paced World
Scott Nolan - Receiver/Reflector
Oh My Darling - Oh My Darling
ROOTS SOLO RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Romi Mayes - Achin In Yer Bones
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Romi Mayes - Achin In Yer Bones
The Duhks - Fast Paced World
Scott Nolan - Receiver/Reflector
J.P. Hoe - The Dear John Letters
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Ishq Bector - Dakku Daddy
Industry Awards
AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Paquin Entertainment Group
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Mike Petkau
Shawn Pierce
INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
Arbor Records Ltd.
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Gilles Paquin
Glen Willows
Jason Smith
MULTI MEDIA
Fresh I.E. and Jayson Lapeyre - Crystal PSA
Gilles Paquin - DVD: A Multi-Media Life; Buffy Sainte-Marie
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Shawn Pierce, Chris Gestrin for Coco Love Alcorn
TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR
Chris Frayer – The Winnipeg Folk Festival
HALL OF FAME
Loreena McKennitt
INDUSTRY BUILDER AWARD
Gilles Paquin