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Winnipeg Free Press
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Dozens of Manitobans up for regional music awards
Local artists and music companies are up for 31 awards in 21 categories at the Western Canadian Music Awards, which will take place at the BreakOut West Festival & Conference in Winnipeg in September. Country-roots act Boy Golden, a.k.a. Liam Duncan, is a triple nominee with nods for BreakOut Artist of the Year, Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. Burnstick, the duo of Jason and Nadia Burnstick, earned nominations in the same three categories. Field Guide, the alter ego of singer-songwriter Dylan MacDonald, is a double nominee with nods for BreakOut Artist of the Year and Rock Album of the Year. Former multiple WCMA winner Kelly Bado earned two nominations: Francophone Artist of the Year and Global Artist of the Year. DXXN and Tommyphyll picked up noms in the new Afrobeats Artist of the Year category, introduced in 2025 by the WCMAs. Manitoba's classical community garnered nominations in two categories: Classical Artist or Ensemble of the Year for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra (MCO) and Classical Composer of the Year for Glenn Buhr's work with Ariel Barns and the MCO. The remaining artistic nominees are Andrina Turenne (Francophone Artist of the Year); Begonia (Pop Artist of the Year); Big Dave McLean (Blues Artist of the Year); Danielle Savard (Spiritual Artist of the Year); Holy Void (Metal & Hard Music Artist of the Year); Jade Turner (Country Artist of the Year); Leaf Rapids (Roots Artist of the Year); and Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Artist of the Year). On the industry side of the awards, Birthday Cake Records is up for two trophies (Impact in Artist Development and Impact in Music Marketing), while John Paul Peters of Private Ear earned a nomination for the Audio Engineering Award. Paquin Artists Agency is up for Impact in Artists Development and Impact in Live Music. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS files Field Guide is a double nominee at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Local venues Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club and the West End Cultural Centre are nominated in the Impact in Live Music category, while music events Soul Supreme and the sakihiwe festival scored Community Excellence Award nominations. Winners will be announced during BreakOut West, which runs Sept. 24-28 and will feature 50-plus artists performing at venues across Winnipeg. — staff
Calgary Herald
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo to headline Roundup MusicFest at Prince's Island Park on July 9
Article content Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo will be headlining the Roundup MusicFest in its 25th year at Prince's Island Park on July 9 during the Calgary Stampede. Article content The married duo, who have been musical partners since Benatar's hit-making days in the late 1970s and '80s, will be headlining this year's festival opposite Tom Cochrane, and Canadian rockers J.D. Fortune, who was frontman for Australia's INXS for a few years, and JJ Wilde, who beat Neil Young, Sam Roberts and Silverstein to win the Rock Album of the Year Juno in 2021. It was the first time a woman won the award since Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill took the prize 25 years earlier. Article content Article content Benatar and Giraldo have been married since 1982 but were music partners before that. Benatar has won four Grammy Awards and had 19 Top 40 hits, including Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Heartbreaker, Fire and Ice, Treat Me Right and Hell Is for Children. The two were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Article content Article content
