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CBC
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Manitoban artists bring Junos home for contemporary Indigenous artist and blues album of the year
Manitoba's homegrown music talent shined Juno gold at the annual award ceremony landing two awards on Saturday. The Juno hardware was handed out during a gala in Vancouver, where prizes in more than 40 categories were awarded ahead of Sunday's televised ceremony. Sebastian Gaskin, a musician from Tataskweyak Cree Nation now based in Toronto, won contemporary Indigenous artist of the year with his song Brown Man. "This means the world to me," Gaskin said on Saturday after receiving the award. The record that landed the singer-songwriter's first Juno is one of 11 tracks part of his debut album Lovechild, released earlier this year. Gaskin, who received his very first Juno nomination this year, performed the closing act of the night with a stirring rendition of Medicine. WATCH | Manitoba's Sebastian Gaskin performs at the 2025 Juno Awards Gala: Ghost, another of his tracks, was also nominated among the titles of producer and songwriter Hill Kourkoutis in the recording engineer of the year category. Big Dave McLean, a Saskatchewan-born and Winnipeg-based artist, won blues album of the year with his 14-track album This Old Life, released last summer. The Order of Canada recipient has been nominated for multiple Juno awards through his decades-long career of telling stories through the slide on his guitar and gravelly voice. Manitoba artists garnered nominations in other categories this year. That includes singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt nominated for traditional roots album of the year, Boy Golden in the contemporary roots album of the year and Jocelyn Gould in jazz album of the year solo.
CBC
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Watch performances from the 2025 Juno Awards Gala
The 2025 Juno Awards Gala took place on March 29 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where most of this year's awards were handed out and a number of nominees and special guests performed. CBC Music Mornings host Damhnait Doyle and actor Supinder Wraich co-hosted the night. The festivities kicked off with melodies from Avenoir, and powerful musical protests from Nobro. Celeigh Cardinal kept the night in full bloom with a heartwarming In Memoriam performance of Light of the Moon. Local Vancouverite Haley Blais brought her hard-hitting energy with an emotional performance of Winner. Sebastian Gaskin gave the final performance of the night with a stirring rendition of Medicine after winning contemporary Indigenous artist of the year. Watch all the performances below. Avenoir performs Favour Avenoir Live in Concert Nobro performs Delete, Delete, Delete and Set That Pussy Free Celeigh Cardinal performs Light of the Moon Haley Blais performs Winner Sebastian Gaskin performs Medicine
