The Ontario Arts Council has just announced the winner of the 2011 Colleen Peterson Award. Alise Marlane is a jazz & folk singer-songwriter born in Montreal, now based in the Outaouais. She performs solo as well as with her trio, CFMA nominees Frida’s Brow. The award winning song is “L’aurore boréale,” about which the Colleen [...]
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The East Coast Music Award nominees were announced this week, and some artists and recordings appeared in many different categories. Jimmy Rankin had eight nominations, while David Myles and Matt Andersen each received five. The awards will be handed out during East Coast Music Week this April, in Moncton, New Brunswick. The full list of [...]
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Music PEI Week wrapped up this weekend with a gala awards show hosted by comedian Jonathan Torrens at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, with close to a thousand people in attendance. The thirteen musical performances included Al Tuck, who performed a song from his latest release, while Lennie Gallant closed the show with “Peter’s Dream” [...]
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The 54th Grammy Award nominees were announced at the end of last week, and our friends at Twang Nation compiled this fantastic list of the nominees, with an emphasis on folk, roots and Americana performers and albums. You’ll have to look to the other categories to find the Canadians nominated this year — Drake, Deadmau5 [...]
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The Canadian Folk Music Awards were handed out in Toronto last night, and the top winners were Bruce Cockburn, Dave Gunning and Genticorum, who each took home two awards. The complete list of awards: TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM TRADITIONNEL DE L’ANNÉE Genticorum – Nagez Rameurs CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM [...]
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The Toronto Blues Society will be celebrating its 15th annual Maple Blues Awards by honouring nationally and internationally recognized Canadian Blues artists from across the country on January 16, 2012. The nominees are recognized both for their talent as well as their contribution to the growing Canadian blues music scene. Leading the nominations is last [...]
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BreakOut West Announces The Winners Of The 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards The Western Canadian Music Awards were presented Sunday the 23rd of October at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse, YT during BreakOut West 2011. Hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC, The Gala saw stunning performances from many of the award winners including Del [...]
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2011 CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR / ALBUM TRADITIONNEL DE L’ANNÉE Dave Gunning – a tribute to John Allan Cameron Finest Kind – For Honour & For Gain De Temps Antan – Les Habits de Papier La Volée d’Castors – Le Retour Genticorum – Nagez Rameurs CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE [...]
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OTTAWA – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 – The Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) announced details today for a brand new award category, UNSUNG HERO. Submissions are open to the public from now to the end of October. The award will be presented during the SEVENTH ANNUAL CFMAs at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University [...]
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Willisville Mountain, near the village of Willisville in the Subury area, has been beloved by artists and sacred to nature-lovers since time immemorial. Group of Seven members are among many who have sought inspiration there. Canadian folk legend Ian Tamblyn dedicated an album to Willisville Mountain and lent his name to the cause of preserving [...]
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