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3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards
The 3rd Canadian Folk Music Awards were held on December 1, 2007, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ..., Quebec. Nominees and recipients Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface. References External linksCanadian Folk Music Awards {{Canadian Folk Music Awards 03 Canadian Folk Music Awards Canadian Folk Music Awards Canadian Folk Music Awards Canadian Folk Music Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelagh Rogers
Shelagh Rogers, OC, is a Canadian broadcast journalist based in British Columbia. She is the host and producer of CBC Radio One's '' The Next Chapter'', and former chancellor of the University of Victoria. Background Rogers grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. Rogers began in broadcasting at CFRC, the campus radio station of Queen's University. She also worked at Kingston, Ontario's CKWS, hosting a country music program while still a student at Queen's. She later went on to produce a daily current affairs TV show and served as the station's late-night weather presenter. Rogers graduated from Queen's University's arts program (B.A., art history) in 1977. Rogers is a member of the Metis nation of Greater Victoria. CBC Radio In 1980, she joined CBC Radio in Ottawa, hosting local current affairs programs and jazz and classical music broadcasts. In 1982, she became host of the national classical concert program ''Mostly Music''. In 1984, she moved to CBC Toronto. In addition to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Tyler Watson
Dawn Tyler Watson is a Canadian blues and jazz singer.Roger Levesque"Dawn Tyler Watson expresses her Mad Love for the blues continuum" ''Edmonton Journal'', November 13, 2019. She is most noted for her 2019 album ''Mad Love'', which won the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. Born in Manchester, England, Watson emigrated to Canada with her family in childhood. Raised in Southwestern Ontario, she moved to Montreal to study jazz at Concordia University. She first began performing blues after being invited to contribute to a local compilation album of blues artists, and released her debut album ''Ten Dollar Dress'' with her band Dawn Tyler Blues Project in 2001. In 2004 she had an acting role as a jazz singer in the film '' Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise, Les nuits de Montréal)'', and performed much of the film's soundtrack. Over the next number of years she regularly collaborated with guitarist Paul Deslauriers, with whom she recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Manx
Harry Manx (born 1955) is a Canadian musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. His official website describes his music as being a "blend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, add a sprinkle of gospel and some compelling grooves and you'll get Manx's unique "mysticssippi" flavour." Manx plays the slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, mohan veena and Ellis stomp box. He studied for five years in India with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed mohan veena, which has become Manx's signature instrument. He has released twelve albums in twelve years, and has his own record label Dog My Cats Records. He has received much recognition and many awards, including: seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Artist, and CBC Radio’s "Great Canadian Blues Award" in 2007. Manx was a nominee in the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for his cover of Bruce Springstee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian folk rock–alternative country band with blues and country influences. The band was formed in 1996, in Hamilton, Ontario, by Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing, and Colin Linden. Career Early Period: 1990s Tom Wilson (former lead singer of Junkhouse and Tom Wilson & the Florida Razors), solo artist Stephen Fearing, and guitarist and producer Colin Linden started Blackie and the Rodeo Kings as a tribute to one of their favorite Canadian folk artists, the singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett. Their name was taken from Bennett's 1978 album '' Blackie and the Rodeo King''. What started as a side project soon turned into a full-fledged band after their first album, ''High or Hurtin': The Songs of Willie P. Bennett'', was a critical success and popular with fans of both Bennett and each individual artist. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings have released numerous full-length studio albums and received many awards and nominations. In 1999, the band rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Be Good Tanyas
The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian folk music group formed in Vancouver in 1999. Their influences include folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they perform can be referred to as alt-country or Americana. History The Be Good Tanyas formed in 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Samantha Parton had been living on the road as a tree planter and wandering and making music, when she met Jolie Holland. The two began playing songs, including one called "Be Good Tanyas" that had been written by a friend of Hollands. When the duo was joined by a mutual friend, Trish Klein, it is said this was the beginning of the Be Good Tanyas. Frazey Ford, who had been planting trees with Parton, joined and the group went on their first tour, opening for Bill Bourne. Holland left the group in 2000 but did return to contribute to the first album ''Blue Horse''. In the early years of the group, Frazey Ford, Trish Klein, and Sam Parton played together at open mics and tree pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanglefoot (band)
Tanglefoot was a Canadian folk band from Owen Sound, Ontario. Formed in the early 1980s by schoolteachers Joe Grant, Bob Wagar, and Tim Rowat to play traditional music, they became a five-piece band playing largely original music. They regularly toured Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Overview The band has toured frequently throughout Canada and the United States, and also regularly in the UK. The band's song subjects are largely derived from history, especially Canadian history. Subject have included the Frank Slide, The War of 1812, Laura Secord, the first flight in Canada, and the tale of Sir John A Macdonald's wife Agnes Macdonald riding the cowcatcher across Canada. Tanglefoot's lineup from 2007 on was: Steve Ritchie (guitar and whistle), the band's longest-serving member, Al Parrish (double bass), Terry Young (multi-instrumentalist incl guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, whistle), Sandra Swannell (fiddle and viola), and Rob Ritchie (piano), returning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Donaldson Shepherd
Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic languages * House of Karen, a historical feudal family of Tabaristan, Iran * Karen (singer), Danish R&B singer Places * Karen, Kenya, a suburb of Nairobi * Karen City or Hualien City, Taiwan * Karen Hills or Karen Hills, Myanmar * Karen State, a state in Myanmar Film and television * ''Karen'' (1964 TV series), an American sitcom * ''Karen'' (1975 TV series), an American sitcom * ''Karen'' (film), a 2021 American crime thriller Other uses * Karen (orangutan), the first to have open heart surgery * AS-10 Karen or Kh-25, a Soviet air-to-ground missile * Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network * Tropical Storm Karen (other) See also * Karren (name) * Karyn (given name) * Keren, Eritrea a city * Caren (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leela Gilday
Leela Gilday is a Dene-Canadian singer songwriter, born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She has released five solo albums since 2002, two of which have won the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. Early life Gilday was born and raised in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She is the sister of singer-songwriter Jay Gilday. Gilday earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Alberta in 1997. She received an Alumni Horizon Award in 2004 and a Fleck Fellowship at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2008. Career Gilday has released five solo albums to date. In 2002, she was awarded Best Female Artist, Best Folk Album, and Best Songwriter at the Canadian Indigenous Music Awards for her first release, ''Spirit World, Solid Wood''. She was also named in '' Macleans ''Top 50 Under 30'' that same year. In 2003, she was nominated at the Juno Awards for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada. Her second album, '' Sedzé'', was released in 2006, and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Scofield
Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters * Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983) *(Sandy) Alex G, a former stage name of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexander Giannascoli (born 1993) * Sandy (Egyptian singer) (born 1986), Arabic singer * Sandy Mitchell, pen name of British writer Alex Stewart Places * Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, a market town and civil parish ** Sandy railway station * Sandy, Carmarthenshire, Wales * Sandy, Florida, an unincorporated area in Manatee County * Sandy, Oregon, a city * Sandy, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Sandy, Utah, a city * Sandy, Kanawha County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy, Monongalia County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy, Taylor County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy Bay (Newfou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan (band)
Nathan are a Canadian alternative country band based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The band released four albums and won several awards, including a 2008 Juno Award. History Nathan was formed in 2001. Band members were singer/songwriter Keri McTighe (later Keri Latimer) and bassist Devin Latimer, along with Shelley Marshal and Damon Mitchell."Nathan Brings Home the Juno" ''Winnipeg First'', Apr 6th 2008, Rachel Stone After their debut independent album ''Stranger'' (Released 2001) won a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Independent Album, the band signed to Nettwerk Records. In 2004 they released their second album, '' |
Emm Gryner
Emm Gryner (born 8 June 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian-Filipino singer, songwriter, recording artist, and author. She has released 20 albums as a solo performer, and has collaborated with artists including David Bowie and Chris Hadfield. Early life Gryner's childhood was spent in Forest, Ontario. Her father was of half Irish heritage and her mother was Filipina. She started to learn piano at age 4, picked up bass around age 14, and later took up guitar as well. Gryner attended North Lambton Secondary School in Forest, Ontario. Following high school, she graduated from Fanshawe College's Music Industry Arts program in 1995. Gryner has two brothers, Tony and record producer and musician Frank. Career Gryner started her music career in Toronto, where her original song "Wisdom Bus" won a nationwide songwriting contest sponsored by Standard Broadcasting. With the prize money, she recorded an album called '' The Original Leap Year'' and released it on her own De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
