News Updates
Manitoba Acts Garner 12 JUNO Nods, Including 5 for MFM Supported Artists
Posted on February 4, 2014
Royal Canoe
On February 4, 2014 the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for this year’s JUNO Awards, including 12 nods for Manitoba acts. The nominees include MFM supported artists Royal Canoe, Marie-Claude, Desiree Dorian, Erin Propp & Larry Roy and KEN mode. Other local nominees include Little Miss Higgins and the Winnipeg Five, Isabel Bayrakdarian (with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra), Mahogany Frog, James Ehnes, Matt Epp (co-nominated for songwriting with Serena Ryder) and Toronto-based David Travers-Smith for his work an album for Manitoba’s Ruth Moody. The JUNO Awards will take place in Winnipeg, March 24 – 30, 2014.
“On behalf of Manitoba Film & Music, I would like to offer a huge congratulations to all our local nominees. We are so proud to be able to honour your achievements right here in Winnipeg – home of the 2014 JUNO Awards,” said Carole Vivier, CEO/Film Commissioner at Manitoba Film & Music and Co-Chair of the Winnipeg 2014 JUNO Awards Host Committee. “These nominations are made possible through the fantastic support of the Government of Manitoba. Our province continues to be recognized nationally as having some of the best and most comprehensive funding programs for musicians.”
The awards will be handed out on March 29, 2014 at the JUNO Awards Gala Dinner and March 30, 2014 at the Juno Awards Broadcast, which takes place at the MTS Centre in downtown Winnipeg. Tickets to the broadcast go on sale to the public through Ticketmaster on Friday, February 14, 2014.
The public is also invited to take part in JUNO Week activities held in Winnipeg from March 24 – 30, 2014. For more information visit www.junoawards.ca.
The Manitoba nominees include:
Alternative Album of the Year
Royal Canoe
Today We're Believers
Aboriginal Album of the Year
Desiree Dorion
Small Town Stories
Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year
KEN mode
Entrench
Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
Erin Propp & Larry Roy
Courage My Love
Classical Album of the Year Large Enemble
James Ehnes
Classical Album of the Year Solo/Chamber
James Ehnes
Children's Album of the Year
Marie-Claude
Mon coffret à surprises
Instrumental Album of the Year
Mahogany Frog
SENNA
Roots & Traditional Album of the Year Group
Little Miss Higgins and the Winnipeg Five
Bison Ranch Recording Sessions
Classical Album of the Year Vocal/Choral
Isabel Bayrakdarian with Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Recording Engineer of the Year
David Travers-Smith for his work with Ruth Moody
“Dancing in the Dark” off These Wilder Things
Songwriter of the Year
Matt Epp (co-songwriter with Serena Ryder)
"When You Know" ft. Serena Ryder off Learning to Lose Control (Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly)
For more information please contact: Ginny Collins, Communications and Marketing Director at Manitoba Film & Music, (204) 947 2040 or ginny@mbfilmmusic.ca.
