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ALESSIA CARA AT THE JUNOS
Alessia Cara & Tory Lanez Lead
2020 JUNO Award Nominees
ANDREA BETTGER AT THE 2019 CFMAS
Small Glories & Dave Gunning
Lead Canadian Folk Music Award
Nominees
The nominees are out for the 15 th edition
of the Canadian Folk Music Awards, taking
place April 3-4, 2020, in Charlottetown, PE.
Among the top nominees are The Small
Glories with four nominations (Contem-
porary Album, Vocal Group, Ensemble,
and English Songwriter of the Year); Dave
Gunning, also with four nominations (Con-
temporary Album, Contemporary Singer,
Solo Artist, and English Songwriter of the
Year); Jenn Grant with three nominations
(Contemporary Album, Contemporary
Singer, and Solo Artist of the Year); and
Ben Caplan with three nominations (Oliver
Schroder Pushing the Boundaries Award,
English Songwriters of the Year, and World
Solo Artist of the Year).
For more information and a full list of
nominees, go to www.folkawards.ca.
The first-time host of this year’s JUNO
Awards Broadcast, Alessia Cara, also leads
the pack of nominees for the 49 th JUNO
Awards, being handed out on March 14 th
and 15 th in Saskatoon, SK.
Cara’s six nominations are for 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. Tory Lanez
received five nominations, including JUNO
Fan Choice, Artist of the Year, Rap Record-
ing of the Year, and two nominations in the
R&B/Soul Recording of the Year category.
Artists with three nominations include
Alexandra Stréliski, Bryan Adams, bülow,
Loud Luxury, NAV, and Shawn Mendes.
The host province of Saskatchewan is well
represented with nominations, includ-
ing first-time nominees Hunter Brothers
for Breakthrough Group of the Year and
Country Album of the Year; Foxwarren for
Alternative Album of the Year; The Dead
South for Traditional Roots Album of the
Year; and Terri Fidelak and Carey Shaw for
Album Artwork of the Year.
For a full list of nominees, go to
www.junoawards.ca.
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE RECEIVING THE 2015 POLARIS
MUSIC PRIZE
Buffy Sainte-Marie to Receive
Allan Slaight Humanitarian
Spirit Award
Indigenous-Canadian music icon, activist,
and educator Buffy Sainte-Marie will be
the 2020 recipient of the Allan Slaight
Humanitarian Spirit Award at the Canadi-
an Music and Broadcast Industry Awards,
which will be held during Canadian Music
Week in Toronto on May 21 st . Fuelled by
her dedication to music, art, philanthropy,
social activism, and education, Sainte-Marie
has been active in the music industry for
nearly 60 years.
“Buffy Sainte-Marie sets the bar for
everything the Allan Slaight Humanitarian
Spirit Award stands for,” says Gary Slaight,
CEO and president of Slaight Communica-
tions and the Slaight Family Foundation.
“For her, worldwide success and the status
of music legend was not a personal goal,
but an opportunity – an opportunity to
try to right wrongs, an opportunity to give
back to the planet, and an opportunity
to alter the course of Indigenous lives
through education.”
For more information, go to
www.cmw.net.
Tim Baker & Wintersleep Lead 2020 East Coast Music Award Nominees
The East Coast Music Association has revealed its list of artist and industry nominees for the 2020 East
Coast Music Awards. Tim Baker and Wintersleep lead the pack with seven nominations and The East
Pointers follow with six. Ria Mae, Neon Dreams, and Rich Aucoin earned five nominations, while Jenn
Grant and Villages each garnered four. East Coast Music Week is heading to St. John’s, NL from April 29
to May 3, 2020.
As well, revered Newfoundland band Shanneyganock will receive the Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime
Achievement Award.
For more East Coast Music Week & Awards information, go to www.ecma.com.
CLASSIFIED WITH HIS 2019 ECMA
14 CANADIAN MUSICIAN