1/26/2024 0 Comments Remembering gordon downie![]() ![]() Jamaica-born, Toronto-based Exco Levi won his fifth consecutive Juno for reggae recording. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia Photo by Wayne Cuddington / Postmedia We have a great love for Canada, and we come back very often.”Īrticle content Mandroid Echostar with their award at the Juno Awards Gala event at the Shaw Centre. “And a lot of Canadian musicians go there and learn and end up staying. New York “is the mecca of our music,” Rosnes told reporters. ![]() Metalwood, the veteran electric jazz group whose album Twenty won group jazz album of the year, includes a Vancouver-raised bassist, Chris Tarry, who lives in New York, and an Ottawa-raised drummer, Ian Froman, who lives in New Jersey. “Thank you Reb, for everything you’ve given me.” Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia Photo by Wayne Cuddington / PostmediaĪt the podium, Rosnes gave a shoutout to her high school music teacher, Bob Rebagliati. “He has three Juno nominees here tonight,” Rosnes said. Juno winner Bria Skonberg backstage at the Juno Awards Gala event at the Shaw Centre. The solo jazz album of the year award went to North Vancouver-raised pianist Renee Rosnes, winning her fifth Juno for her album Written in the Rocks. The vocal jazz album award went to Chilliwack-raised singer-trumpeter Bria Skonberg for her crowd-funded album. Two of the Juno’s jazz awards went to B.C.-raised female artists who for left Canada to pursue their music in New York. “Being a producer in the electronic world is different than an audio engineer, so to get recognition as an electronic producer in that world, it’s pretty awesome,” said ATCR’s Ian Campeau. The producer of the year award went to Ottawa-based DJ crew A Tribe Called Red, the Junos’ breakthrough artist of the year in 2014. “We did pretty good tonight,” Buffy Sainte-Marie remarked to reporters backstage, after giving an inspirational speech to accept this year’s Allan Waters Humanitarian award. Quantum Tangle with their award at the Juno Awards Gala event at the Shaw Centre. The large-ensemble classical album of the year award went to Steve Wood and the Northern Cree Singers and Tanya Tagaq for their album Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation. The award “validates me as a singer, not just as an identity,” Prince told reporters. Indigenous artists were celebrated at the gala, and not only in the indigenous-music category, which was won by Yellowknife duo Quantum Tangle for its album Tiny Hands.Įarthly Days by Winnipeg-based indigenous artist William Prince, who performed at the gala, won contemporary roots album of the year. Jonathan Shedletzky and Isis Essery with their awards backstage at the Juno Awards Gala event at the Shaw Centre. “I didn’t expect to beat Drake, but y’all been snubbing him all night so it should go to me,” the Toronto hiphop artist joked as he accepted the award. It was Jazz Cartier’s Hotel Paranoia album that upset Drake’s View as the year’s best rap award, and also beat out Belly, Tasha the Amazon and Tory Lanez. The Weeknd snagged the award for R&B/soul recording of the year for his album Starboy. Jazz Cartier with his JUNO award backstage at the Juno Awards Gala event at the Shaw Centre. “We heard if you beat Drake, you become Drake,” kidded the Strumbellas’ Dave Ritter.ĭrake did win the trophy for international achievement. “The nominees we were up against were so exceptional and huge and enormous.” “We legitimately didn’t think we were going to win,” said band member Isabel Ritchie. ![]() He’d taken them off after dinner, and didn’t think he needed to put them back on. In fact, they were so sure they didn’t have a chance that frontman Simon Ward didn’t bother wearing shoes when he went to the podium. The Strumbellas, the Toronto-based, family-friendly indie rockers, were astonished when their song, Spirits, not only beat Drake, but also Cara, Mendes and The Weeknd. As for his own loss, Cohen said: “I’m just taking my meds and suppressing my feelings and trying to speak as clearly and eloquently as possible, given my pedigree.” Paul Reddick with his JUNO Award at the Juno Awards Gala event at the Shaw Centre. He also said his father represented people who are still grieving, consoling themselves and him.
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