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44 Manitoba Nods for Western Canadian Music Awards

Posted on June 9, 2014

Proving itself once again to be a front runner in the Canadian music industry, Manitoba has garnered 44 Western Canadian Music Award nominations, including 16 for Manitoba Film & Music supported projects.

Snagging three out of five nominations in the Aboriginal Recording of the Year category are MFM supported artists Federal Lights and Desiree Dorion, as well as Manitoban Cassidy Mann. Manitoba acts also dominated in the Francophone category with four nominations including MFM supported artist marijosée, along with Chez Willi, Lulu et le Matou and Trésor Ezoman.
 
“Our province punches well above its weight in the Canadian music industry with more bands per capita than any other province,” said Carole Vivier, CEO & Film Commissioner at Manitoba Film & Music. “These nominations prove we have the quality to match the quantity. Our music industry is something every Manitoban should be proud of. It has helped shape our culture and is part of what makes our province vibrant and unique.”
 
Other MFM supported nominations include Madame Diva’s “Viva la Diva!” in the Children’s category, Del Barber’s “Prairieography” and Royal Canoe’s “Today We’re Believers” in the Independent Album category, Jeff Presslaff’s “The Complete Rebirth of the Cool” in the Jazz category, Imaginary Cities’ “Fall of Romance” and Royal Canoe’s “Today We’re Believers” in the Pop category, Sweet Alibi’s “We’ve Got To” and The Bros. Landreth’s “Let it Lie” in the Roots Duo/Group category, Del Barber’s “Prairieography” in the Roots Solo category, Del Barber and Joey & David Landreth in the Songwriter category and the self-titled Moses Mayes album in the Urban category.
 
Below please find a list of all Manitoba nominees, with MFM supported projects identified:
 
ABORIGINAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR       
Federal Lights - We Were Found In The Fog   
Desiree Dorion - Small Town Stories  
Cassidy Mann - Blue Skies and Bright Eyes
 
BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR    
The Perpetrators - Stick 'Em Up
 
CHILDREN'S RECORDING OF THE YEAR        
Madame Diva - Viva la Diva  
Seanster and the Monsters - Yay!
 
CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR      
T. Patrick Carrabré - Inuit Games
 
CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR         
Isabel Bayrakdarian and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Anne Manson, conductor - Troubadour & the Nightingale  
 
ELECTRONIC/DANCE RECORDING OF THE YEAR      
Iskwé - Iskwé
 
FRANCOPHONE RECORDING OF THE YEAR  
marijosée - Pas tout cuit dans l'bec  
Trésor Ezoman - Nouveau monde, Nouvelles Perspectives
Chez Willi - I Saw The Wolf
LuLu et le Matou - Le Chat Botté
 
INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Del Barber - Prairieography  
Royal Canoe - Today We're Believers  
 
JAZZ RECORDING OF THE YEAR      
Jeff Presslaff - The Complete Rebirth of the Cool  
 
METAL/HARDMUSIC RECORDING OF THE YEAR        
Noire - Dark Reverence
 
POP RECORDING OF THE YEAR        
Imaginary Cities - Fall of Romance  
Royal Canoe - Today We're Believers  
 
ROOTS DUO/GROUP RECORDING OF THE YEAR       
Sweet Alibi - We've Got To  
The Bros. Landreth - Let it Lie  
Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five - Bison Ranch Recording Sessions
 
ROOTS SOLO RECORDING OF THE YEAR      
Del Barber - Prairieography  
Ruth Moody - These Wilder Things
 
SONGWRITER(S) OF THE YEAR   
Del Barber - "Big Smoke" from the album Prairieography  
The Bros. Landreth (Joey Landreth, David Landreth) - "Greenhouse" from the album Let it Lie  
 
URBAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR    
Moses Mayes - Moses Mayes  
 
WORLD RECORDING OF THE YEAR   
The Mariachi Ghost - The Mariachi Ghost
Moody Amiri - Safar
Marco Castillo - Zabelê
 
Industry Awards
 
AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Paquin Entertainment Group
 
ALBUM DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Roberta Hansen / Renee Design - The Bros. Landreth - Let it Lie
 
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR       
Cam Loeppky - Greg MacPherson, Fireball / Sweet Alibi, We've Got To / Federal Lights, We Were Found in the Fog / Slow Leaves, Second Chances / Les Jupes, Negative Space
 
INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL         
Pipe & Hat
 
LIVE MUSIC VENUE OF THE YEAR   
West End Cultural Centre
The Park Theatre
 
MANAGER OF THE YEAR       
Tim Jones, Pipe & Hat
Gilles Paquin, Paquin Entertainment Group
 
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR    
Rusty Matyas and Howard Redekopp - Imaginary Cities
Rusty Matyas - Sweet Alibi, Federal Lights, Slow Leaves
 
TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR
David Schellenberg, Union Sound Hall
Jason Hooper, West End Cultural Centre
Chris Frayer, Winnipeg Folk Festival
 
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Milos Mitrovic - Latka, “The Arrival”
 
For more information please contact:
 
Ginny Collins
Communications and Marketing Director
Manitoba Film & Music
(204) 947 2040
ginny@mbfilmmusic.ca