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CBC
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Indigenous artists take home 5 awards at 2025 Junos in Vancouver
There was no shortage of Indigenous representation at this year's Juno Awards; there were five wins from over 19 nominations for Indigenous artists at the awards. The 54th Juno Awards were held in Vancouver's Rogers Arena this past weekend. Leading the charge was Snotty Nose Rez Kids, leaving with Rap Album/EP of the Year for Red Future. "We made this album to add voices for Indigenous people in the future," Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce said during their acceptance speech. "We created a vision for ourselves and where we can see ourselves in the future and what Indigenous excellence truly looks like." Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year nominee Tia Wood joined the Snotty Nose Rez Kids on stage for a performance during Sunday's broadcast that blended the traditional and contemporary. After Elisapie's incredible 2024 that included a stamp by Canada Post in their "Indigenous Leaders" collection, her Inuktitut album brought home the award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Elisapie gave her acceptance speech in Inuktitut and English. "I'm so proud to be an Inuk woman, I'm so proud to be singing in my language," she said. The Juno for Classical Composition of the Year went to Deantha Edmunds. The Inuk singer from Newfoundland and Labrador won for her piece, Angmalukisaa. Tataskweyak Cree Nation citizen Sebastian Gaskin won Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year for his song Brown Man. He performed his track Medicine at Saturday night's Juno Awards gala. It was also a big night for Quebec's Black Bear Singers, winning for Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year. Black Bear faced tough competition in their category, vying for the award alongside Brianna Lizotte, Cree Confederation, Northern Cree and Young Spirit. Métis songstress Celeigh Cardinal, with two nominations for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year and Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year for Boundless Possibilities, performed Light Of The Moon during the In Memoriam portion of Saturday night's gala.
CBC
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Calgary Folk Music Festival drops the needle despite exchange-rate sour note
Social Sharing Picture it. Late summer 2025. You are strolling along Memorial Drive and as you get closer to Prince's Island Park, you can hear music. Lots and lots of folk music. The 46th edition of the Calgary Folk Music Festival takes over the urban island park for a four-day weekend starting July 24. "There are a lot of local artists and Canadian artists," the festival's artistic director Kerry Clarke told reporters Wednesday. "Because our festival is so collaborative, it gives them a chance to try things out and meet other artists and maybe do some new songs for them." Thursday's stage will welcome Sierra Ferrell, Michael Kiwanuka and Elisapie. Patrick Watson, Ruby Waters, Cymande, BadBadNotGood and Moontricks will entertain Friday. "Saturday night's festivities culminate with revered hardcore troubadour Steve Earle with Reckless Kelly, Texas's beacons of fresh hick rock, after crack East L.A. Mexican roots and blues rockers Los Lobos and Madeleine Peyroux's dusky lyrics, wrapped in sultry, playful, retro sounds," the festival said in a release. The festival wraps Sunday with Cake, Ocie Elliott and LA LOM. Here's the full lineup. Clarke said there's a lot of moving pieces with a festival of this size. "A lot of negotiation, a lot of back and forth. Michael Kiwanuka was out, then he was in, then he was out, now he is in. So a lot of juggling and negotiation," she said. "This festival is able to attract great artists because we have a really good reputation." The volatile situation south of the border with tariffs and a punishing exchange rate affects decision-making in Calgary, Clarke explained. "A lot of artists are booked well before we knew exactly who was going to be elected and when they were elected, exactly what impact that would have," she said. "There are a lot of American headliners that are going to bring in people to see Canadian artists, and we want to keep collaborations between the two countries. Those conversations are critical." The festival aims for a minimum of 50 per cent Canadian artists. This year, Clarke said it's closer to 60. But it's the U.S.-Canadian exchange rate that's really hurting. "It impacts the budget hugely," Clarke said.
CBC
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Two Inuit women take home Juno Awards
Two Inuit women earned awards at the 2025 Juno Awards in Vancouver, B.C., over the weekend. Singer-songwriter Elisapie won the adult alternative album of the year category for Inuktitut while Deantha Edmunds, an opera singer, won classical composition of the year for her piece, Angmalukisaa. Elisapie said during her acceptance speech at the Juno Awards Gala on Saturday evening that the award was both "so beautiful and so heavy." "I'm so proud to be an Inuk woman, I'm so proud to be singing in my language and I would just like to say thank you to all the artists who accepted for me to translate their songs, who meant so much to us for the last 40 years." It was Elisapie's second Juno win — after winning the award for contemporary Indigenous artist of the year last year. Her album features 10 pop and classic rock tracks, like Dreams by Fleetwood Mac and Blondie's Heart of Glass — but each one is translated into Inuktitut, which Elisapie heard a lot growing up in Salluit, Que. Inuktitut had also been nominated for album of the year — a category won by Tate McRae with Think Later. Deantha Edmunds of Newfoundland and Labrador, meanwhile, told the audience that her award meant a lot. She thanked her family for their support, including her mother Loretta and her late father Albert Edmunds. "I would like to thank my husband Darin and our beautiful daughter Annabelle, who are at home cheering me on. I miss you guys," said Edmunds. Edmunds was also nominated for classical composition of the year in the large ensemble category for the album Alikeness. Ispiciwin, an album featuring a song by Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden called Crooked by Nature, had also been nominated in the category.
CBC
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Lowell, Tate McRae win big for global hits at Juno Awards industry gala
Tate McRae's Exes at the Juno Awards industry ceremony on Saturday, although the global popstar was absent because she was booked to appear at a music festival in Brazil. The Junos hardware was handed out during the gala in Vancouver where prizes in more than 40 categories will be awarded — including single and album of the year, as well as the new Juno recognizing South Asian music — ahead of Sunday's televised ceremony. Elizabeth Lowell Boland won the first songwriter of the year award created for non-performers. She picked up the prize for her work behind the scenes on Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album and the Beaches' Takes One To Know One. The Calgary-raised Boland pushed for splitting the songwriting Juno category into two awards — performer and non-performer — after seeing the only Juno songwriting trophy consistently won by well-known stage performers. "I've been fighting for this award," Boland said. "I chased down people at parties. I was really annoying. I joked that people would run away from me when they saw me at parties, because I wasn't really interested in mingling. I just wanted to change this one little thing. Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie and Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids were early winners at the Juno Awards industry ceremony. The Saturday evening soirée saw Elisapie's pop covers collection Inuktitut pick up adult alternative album, while Rez Kids' Red Future landed rap album of the year. "I had a good cry walking here," said Darren Metz from Rez Kids in the press room. "When you work so hard towards something for so long, and then finally get it, all the emotions that you endured throughout that journey just come out." Other early winners included No Time by Interplanetary Criminal and SadBoi, which earned dance recording of the year. This But More by Priori won electronic album. Folk singer Sarah Harmer will receive this year's humanitarian award for her advocacy of environmental and human rights issues. The ceremony, which streams live on CBC Music's YouTube page starting at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET, is a precursor to Sunday's televised CBC broadcast hosted by Michael Bublé. WATCH | Find out who wins at Saturday's gala: Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chief executive Allan Reid, whose organization presents the Junos, says Bublé jumped at the opportunity to host for a third time after taking the role in 2013 and 2018. Reid says this year's show takes on new importance in the context of the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, with Canadian artists "at the forefront of culture" and helping "define who we are as a nation." WATCH | 5 reasons to be excited about the 2025 Junos: 5 reasons to be excited about the 2025 Junos 1 day ago Duration 2:23 Vancouver is hosting the 2025 Junos on March 30, turning the Rogers Arena into a celebration of all musical genres — from country ballads to South Asian rap. Canadian crooner Michael Bublé will host, and that's reason enough for senior entertainment reporter Eli Glasner to get excited. Bublé said on Friday he's letting his actions speak for his national pride by hosting the Juno Awards in Vancouver this weekend, as Canada-U.S. tensions surge in the background. Bublé says he doesn't want to "add to the energy of a troll" by being too vocal amid the dispute but is instead focusing his energy as a proud Canadian on "why we're so special" and "unique." He says he doesn't take the duty of celebrating the best of Canadian music lightly.
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elisapie, Snotty Nose Rez Kids early winners at Juno Awards industry gala
VANCOUVER — Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie and Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids were early winners at the Juno Awards industry ceremony. The Saturday evening soiree saw Elisapie's pop covers collection "Inuktitut" pick up adult alternative album, while Rez Kids' sixth record "Red Future" landed rap album of the year. It's their first Juno win. "I had a good cry walking here," said Darren Metz from Rez Kids in the press room. "When you work so hard towards something for so long, and then finally get it, all the emotions that you endured throughout that journey just come out." Other early winners included Tate McRae whose "Exes" was named single of the year. McRae was absent from the Junos because she was booked to appear at a music festival in Brazil. Elizabeth Lowell Boland won the first songwriter of the year award created for non-performers. She picked up the prize for her work behind the scenes on Beyonce's "Cowboy Carter" album and the Beaches' "Takes One To Know One." The Calgary-raised Boland pushed for splitting the songwriting Juno category into two awards — performer and non-performer — after seeing the only Juno songwriting trophy consistently won by well-known stage performers. "I've been fighting for this award," Boland said. "I chased down people at parties. I was really annoying. I joked that people would run away from me when they saw me at parties, because I wasn't really interested in mingling. I just wanted to change this one little thing. The Junos hardware was handed out during an industry gala event in Vancouver where prizes in more than 40 categories will be awarded, including single and album of the year, as well as a new Juno recognizing South Asian music. Other winners included "No Time" by Interplanetary Criminal and SadBoi which earned dance recording of the year. "This But More" by Priori won electronic album. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 29, 2025. David Friend, The Canadian Press
