The eleventh annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (CAMA) were held in Hamilton, Ontario on Friday, November 27, 2009. The evening was marked by the incredible Buffy Sainte-Marie’s four awards, including Best Album, Best Single, Best Female Artist, Best Songwriter. Frankly, given how many higher-profile Canadian artists tend to eschew other non-Juno award ceremonies, Buffy’s presence, enthusiastic performance, and gracious humility spoke volumes about her class, and of the growing significance of the CAMA.
Meet some of the evening’s happy CAMA-winners from the media room at Hamilton Place Theatre, plus an original 2009 video of one of today’s finest Canadian folk-singers, Jon Brooks (CFMA 2009 finalist, best songwriter, Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, Canadian Finalist 2009) covering Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Universal Soldier” - Andy Frank
Digging Roots – Best Group or Duo
(in order of appearance) Feenix – Shawn Bernard – Best Rap or Hip Hop Music Video, Pappy Johns Band – Best Blues , Don Amero – Best Male Artist, Lucie Idlout – Best Rock Album
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