Friday, September 04, 2009
Music Nova Scotia Music Award Nominees and Biggest Gala Awards Show Lineup Announced
Music Nova Scotia Music Award Nominees and Biggest Gala Awards Show Lineup Announced
Joel Plaskett, Classified, In-Flight Safety, Dave Carroll, Brian Borcherdt, Grand Dérangement, The Tom Fun Orchestra and Charlie A’Court to perform, Bruce Guthro and Jimmy Flynn host Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week’s signature event
September 4, 2009 Halifax, Nova Scotia – Bruce Guthro and Jimmy Flynn will host the Music Nova Scotia Gala Awards Show in Yarmouth during Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week, November 5-8. A wide range of talented Nova Scotia artists will perform on the show including Brian Borcherdt, Joel Plaskett, Classified, Grand Dérangement, In-Flight Safety, The Tom Fun Orchestra, Dave Carroll, Charlie A'Court, winners of the underage Yarmouth Exhibition Battle of the Bands The Holdup and Cape Breton fiddlers Dawn and Margie Beaton, Anna Ludlow, Colin Grant, Chrissy Crowley and Gillian Boucher, making the 2009 production the largest in thirteen years of music week festivities.
Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week is thrilled to announce the Music Nova Scotia Music Award nominees. At the front of the pack, Joel Plaskett and In-Flight Safety are up for six award nominations each. Both are nominated for the Bell Aliant Entertainer of the Year and SOCAN Songwriter of the Year. Plaskett’s triple release Three is nominated for Album of the Year, Male Artist Recording and Pop/Rock Artist/Group Recording. His video Through & Through & Through received a nomination for Video of the Year. In-Flight Safety’s We Are An Empire, My Dear is also nominated for Album of the Year and is in the running for Group Recording and Alternative Artist/Group Recording. The video Model Homes is also nominated in the Video of the Year category.
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees have four award nominations for their self-titled album Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees in the New Artist/Group Recording, Group Recording, Alternative Artist/Group Recording and Jazz/Electro/Acoustic Artist/Group Recording categories. Dave Carroll also receives four nominations and is in the running for SOCAN Songwriter of the Year and Digital Artist of the Year. His album Perfect Blue is nominated for Male Artist Recording and the video United Breaks Guitars is up for Video of the Year.
Gypsophilia, Charlie A’Court, Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers and Shelter With Thieves are all nominated for three awards.
Gypsophilia earned nods for Album of the Year, Group Recording of the Year and Jazz/Electro/Acoustic Artist/Group Recording of the Year for Sa-ba-da-OW!.
Charlie A’Court is nominated for his latest recording Live at the Marigold in the Blues Artist/Group Recording and Male Artist Recording categories. He is also nominated for the Bell Aliant Entertainer of the Year.
Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers are nominated for their debut, self-titled EP for New Artist/Group Recording, and Pop/Rock Artist/Group Recording. Andrew Hunter is nominated for SOCAN Songwriter of the Year.
Shelter With Thieves receives two award nominations in Group Recording and Loud Artist/Group Recording for their album Confessions of a Toxic Generation. The group earned a third nomination in the Video of the Year category for their video “Nursery Crimes”.
Two nominations each are given to Classified, Jenn Grant, The Tom Fun Orchestra, Dog Day, The Stanfields, Ryan Cook, Erin Costelo, Coco Love Alcorn, Ryan MacGrath, James Hill & Anne Davison, Peter Gillis, Dave Marsh, Blou and Ghettosocks.
Garrett Mason, Dale Murray, Christina Martin, Norma MacDonald, Mary Stewart, Molly Thomason, Carleton Stone Drives The Big Wheel, Mike Trask & Mudhill, Telfer, Caledonia, The Blue Monday Band, The Hupman Brothers, Jordi Comstock, Andrew White, Rob Crowell, John Tetrault Group, JD Clarke, Michael Brennan, Troy Young, The Strangeboys, The Spinney Brothers, DJ Dollar, DJ Y-Rush, DJ IV, Jimmy Swift Band, Drum!, First Voices, Brian Vardigans, David Bradshaw, Kim Wempe, Hermitofthewoods, Joe Buck, Expedyte, The Burkes, Peter Allen and Patricia Creighton, Broken Ohms, Diminished Fifth Records, Stygian Sky, Dawn and Margie Beaton, Gillian Boucher, Anna Ludlow, Share and The Superfantastics are all nominated for one award each.
The complete listing of Music Nova Scotia music award nominees and categories are:
Bell Aliant Entertainer of the Year – Public Vote
Presented by Bell Aliant
Joel Plaskett
Classified
In-Flight Safety
Christina Martin
Charlie A’Court
Album of Year
Presented by Codapop Recording Studios
Gypsophilia – Sa-ba-da-OW!
Dog Day – Concentration
Jenn Grant – Echoes
Joel Plaskett – Three
In-Flight Safety – We Are An Empire, My Dear
Alternative Artist/Group Recording
Dog Day – Concentration
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees – Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
Dave Marsh – The True Love Rules
Ryan MacGrath – In My Own Company
In-Flight Safety – We Are An Empire, My Dear
Blues Artist/Group Recording
The Blue Monday Band – Wicked World
The Hupman Brothers – Countin’ Quarters
Charlie A’Court – Live at the Marigold
Garrett Mason – Love & Sound
John Tetrault Group – Keepsies
Classical Recording
Presented by Symphony Nova Scotia
Peter Allen and Patricia Creighton – Wind Song
Peter Gillis – A Cape Breton Tenor Christmas
Rhapsody Quintet – Rhapsody by Request
Country/Bluegrass Artist/Group Recording
Presented by Hank Snow Country Music Centre
JD Clarke – Satisfied
Michael Brennan – Anywhere But Here
Troy Young – Perfect Dream
The Strangeboys – Shoot First
The Spinney Brothers – When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall
DJ of the Year
Ghettosocks
DJ Dollar
DJ Y-Rush
DJ IV
Female Artist Recording
Presented by Delta Hotels
Jenn Grant – Echoes
Norma MacDonald – The Forest for the Trees
Erin Costelo – Fire and Fuss
Coco Love Alcorn - Joyful
Mary Stewart – Mary Stewart
Folk Recording
Blou – Noël Blou
Kim Wempe – Kim Wempe
Brian Vardigans - Springhill
David Bradshaw – No Place
James Hill & Anne Davison – True Love Don’t Weep
Group Recording
Presented by Rudder’s Seafood Restaurant and Brewpub
Gypsophilia – Sa-ba-da-OW!
The Stanfields – The Stanfields
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees – Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
Shelter With Thieves – Confessions of a Toxic Generation
In-Flight Safety – We Are An Empire, My Dear
Hip-Hop Recording
Hermitofthewoods – Love’s Dark Season
Joe Buck – Up
Ghettosocks – Get Some Friends
Expedyte – Life
Classified – Self Explanatory
Inspirational Artist/Group Recording
The Burkes – The Reason We Sing
Peter Gillis – A Cape Breton Tenor Christmas
Latter Rain – Life is More Than Fears
Jazz/Electro/Acoustic Artist/Group Recording
Gypsophilia – Sa-ba-da-OW!
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees – Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
Coco Love Alcorn – Joyful
Loud Artist Recording
Presented by Diminished Fifth Records
Broken Ohms - Nocturnal Emissions
Diminished Fifth Records – The Music of Artisanship & War Vol. 2
Shelter With Thieves – Confessions of a Toxic Generation
Stygian Sky – Stygian Sky
Male Artist Recording
Presented by Delta Hotels
Ryan MacGrath – In My Own Company
Joel Plaskett – Three
Ryan Cook – Hot Times
Charlie A’Court – Live at the Marigold
Dave Carroll – Perfect Blue
Musician of the Year
Presented by Ticketpro
Jordi Comstock
Dave Marsh
Andrew White
Dale Murray
Rob Crowell
New Artist/Group Recording of the Year
The Stanfields – The Stanfields
Molly Thomason – Through the Static
Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers – Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees – Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel – Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel
Telfer – Born This Morning
Pop/Rock Artist/Group Recording
Presented by SpinCount
Caledonia – We Are America
Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers – Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers
Joel Plaskett – Three
Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel – Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel
Mike Trask & Mudhill – Boot for Flying
SOCAN Songwriter of the Year
Presented by SOCAN
Andrew Hunter
Joel Plaskett
Dave Carroll
Erin Costelo
In-Flight Safety
Traditional/Roots Recording
Presented by The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse
Blou – Noël Blou
Dawn and Margie Beaton – Taste of Gaelic
Gillian Boucher – Elemental
Anna Ludlow – Reel to Reel
James Hill & Anne Davison – True Love Don’t Weep
Video of the Year
Presented by Atlantic Film Festival
The Tom Fun Orchestra – Throw Me To The Rats
Joel Plaskett – Through & Through & Through
Shelter With Thieves – Nursery Crimes
Dave Carroll – United Breaks Guitars
In-Flight Safety – Model Homes
DVD of the Year
Jimmy Swift Band – Live at the Marquee
Drum! – Drum! Live DVD
First Voices – Connecting Aboriginal Youth in the North and South
Digital Artist of the Year
Dave Carroll
Ryan Cook
The Tom Fun Orchestra
Share
The Superfantastics
Award nominees are selected by juries of industry professionals from the Music Nova Scotia membership. Voting will begin on Thursday, September 17 and electronic notices will be sent to all eligible members of Music Nova Scotia, who will vote on the award winners. Industry award nominations, information about the educational conference and delegates passes will be announced in the coming weeks.
The awards will be handed out at the Music Nova Scotia Music and Industry Awards Brunch, which will be held on Sunday, November 8 at the Rodd Grand Yarmouth beginning at 11:00am. Awards will also be handed out at the Music Nova Scotia Gala Awards Show, which will take place at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre on Sunday, November 8 beginning at 8:00pm.
Tickets are on sale online at www.ticketpro.ca, via phone 1-888-311-9090 or in person at any Ticketpro outlet including:
Yarmouth Mariners Centre Box Office – 31 Cottage St., Yarmouth, NS (902) 742-2155
City Drug Store – 369 Main St., Yarmouth, NS (902) 742-3579
Saulnierville Pharmacy – 9999 Highway #1, Saulnierville, NS (902) 769-0893
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For more information, please contact:
Krista Keough
Communications and Membership Coordinator
Music Nova Scotia
(902) 423-6271 ext. x 2
302-5516 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1G6
krista@musicnovascotia.ca
www.musicnovascotia.ca
Accommodations
The Rodd Grand Yarmouth is our host hotel and is offering discounted rates when a delegate pass is shown at checkout. The Rodd Colony Harbour Inn also has a limited number of delegate rooms. Book now – they are expected to go fast! While there are more accommodations in Yarmouth, these two locations will be filled with delegates and will be a stop along our weekend-long free shuttle route.
The educational conference will begin at 9:00am on Friday, November 6 and we encourage all delegates to arrive Thursday, November 5 in order to take advantage of the exciting lineup of speakers, workshops and networking opportunities available.
The Rodd Grand Yarmouth, 417 Main Street
Call 902-742-2446 to book your reservations today!
The Rodd Colony Harbour Inn, 6 Forest Street
Call 902-742-9194 to book your reservations today!
Funding Partners
Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage | FACTOR | SOCAN Foundation | South West Shore Development Authority | Canadian Heritage | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | SOCAN
Title Sponsor
Molson Canadian
Host Community
South West Shore Development Authority
Presenting Sponsors
Yarmouth Vanguard | Maritime Broadcasting Systems | Ticketpro | Z103.5 The Beat of Halifax | Bell Aliant
Music Nova Scotia Gala Awards Show Presenters
Nova Scotia Come to life | Christie Lites | Sound Systems Plus | St. Cecilia Studios
Media Partners
CJLS The Wave | CKBW The Sound of the South Shore | 101.5 The Hawk | East Coast Countdown | Intelivote Systems Inc | Tri-Star – Avid Media
Host Hotel
Rodd Grand Yarmouth
Stage Partners
Ernie Ball | Vans Warped Tour | Thistle Hyundai | Audiology Associates
Community Partners
Yarmouth Mariners Centre | Th’YARC | The Red Knight | Rudder’s Seafood Restaurant and Brewpub | Rodd Grand Yarmouth | Haley’s Lounge | Rodd Colony Harbour Inn
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