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Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd &
bülow Lead 2019 JUNO Award
Nominations
ALESSIA CARA WINNING A 2017 JUNO AWARD.
The nominees for the 48 th Annual JUNO
Awards have been announced by CARAS.
JUNO Week 2019, hosted in London, ON,
will culminate with broadcasted awards
and performances on Sunday, March 17,
available across all CBC platforms.
Shawn Mendes leads this year with a
total of six nominations including: JUNO Fan
Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Year,
Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and
Pop Album of the Year. The Weeknd received
five nominations for JUNO Fan Choice and
Single, Album, Artist, and R&B/Soul Record-
ing of the Year.
First-time nominees recognized with
four nominations each include bülow and
London’s own Loud Luxury. Artists with
three nominations include Alessia Cara, Ba-
hamas, Hubert Lenoir, KILLY, Michael Bublé,
Three Days Grace, and Tory Lanez.
For a complete list of nominees, go to
www.junoawards.ca/nominees.
Robbie Robertson to be Honoured
at Canadian Music & Broadcast
Industry Awards
Canadian Music
Week (CMW) has
announced that
Robbie Robert-
son will be the
recipient of the
2019 Lifetime
Achievement
Award in the
Canadian Music
Industry Hall of
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
Fame at the an-
nual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry
Awards in Toronto on May 9, 2019.
16 CANADIAN MUSICIAN
Robertson was born in Toronto with
roots in both the Mohawk community at
the Six Nations Reserve and the Jewish
enclave of the city’s downtown. A guitar
player from age 10, he received his rock ‘n’
roll education as a member of the Hawks,
the backing band for rockabilly star Ronnie
Hawkins. The Hawks went on to play with
Bob Dylan on his legendary “going electric”
tours in 1965 and 1966. Moving to Wood-
stock in 1967, Robertson and his bandmates
recorded the seminal “basement tapes”
with Dylan before changing their name to
The Band and cutting the ground-breaking
Music from Big Pink in 1968. Over the course
of seven studio albums, Robertson penned
such classics as “The Weight,” “The Night
They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Up on Cripple
Creek,” “Acadian Driftwood,” and “It Makes No
Difference.”
For more information, go to
www.cmw.net.
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BreakOut West Artist Submissions
Now Open
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THE WILD! AT BREAKOUT WEST 2018
Showcase submissions are now being
accepted for the 2019 BreakOut West Fes-
tival, which is taking place from Oct. 2-6 in
Whitehorse, YT. Submissions close on March
20, 2019.
All showcase artists must be residents
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British
Columbia, the Yukon, and/or the Northwest
Territories, for at least six months between
Jan. 1, 2018 and March 20, 2019. In the case
of groups, 50 per cent of the members must
meet the residency requirement.
BreakOut West gives artists the oppor-
tunity to showcase in front of over 3,000
music fans and more than 500 national and
international music industry professionals,
including music supervisors, managers,
festival buyers, agents, publicists, social
marketing experts, and more.
For more information, go to
www.breakoutwest.ca.
Showcase Applications Open for
Canadian Performing Arts
Booking Conferences
Artist showcase applications are currently
open for performing arts booking and
professional development conferences
across the country. These events provide
an opportunity for performing artists of all
kinds, including musicians, to showcase for
arts organizations and other parties seeking
to book acts to tour to their communities in
2020/21.
These events include: Manitoba Show-
case 2019, which is happening Oct. 24-27
in Winkler, MB, with an application deadline
of April 30 th ; Contact East 2019, happening
from Sept. 26-29 in Charlottetown, PE, with
an application deadline of March 31 st ; Alberta
Showcase, happening Oct. 17-20 in Fort Sas-
katchewan, AB, with an application deadline
of April 1 st ; OSAC Showcase, happening Oct.
18-29 in Saskatoon, SK, with an application
deadline of May 7 th ; and the CAPACOA Con-
ference, happening Nov. 13-17 in Ottawa,
with an application deadline of April 29 th .
More information on the conferences
and how to apply for each can found at
www.iwanttoshowcase.ca.
Submissions Open for Indie Week
Canada 2019
Indie Week Canada is accepting artist
showcase applications for its 2019 edition,
which takes place in Toronto from Nov. 13-
17. Applications are submitted via Sonicbids
and the early-bird submission fee of $25 is
available until April 9, after which the fee
increases to $35.
Indie Week Canada is one of the top
emerging artist festivals, hosting more than
300 artists at 25-plus venues in six days.
Along with artist showcases, Indie Week
hosts the Indie101 Music + Tech Conference
with industry leaders and over 80 speakers.
Artists have the opportunity to participate in
mentorship, classroom, and one-on-one ses-
sions along with the regular industry panels.
Indie Week is open to all genres except
comedy and cover acts. Bands/artists must
not be signed directly to a major label, but
bands signed to an indie label with major
distribution are still allowed to apply.
For more information, go to
canada.indieweek.com.