The Juno for Breakthrough Group Of The Year was given out to Monster Truck. It is kind of cool when a band gives you exactly what you expect when you hear first hear the name. They definitely do that. They hail from Hamilton, Ontario and play a 1970’s tinged rock and roll style. As happens a lot, the band is an overnight sensation that took many years of hard work to become. Well deserved award.
Marianas Trench was the 2013 winner in the Group Of The Year Category. They beat out Billy Talent, Rush, Metric and The Sheepdogs in this category. The band is a pop/rock outfit, based out of Vancouver.Their breakthrough album, “Ever After” was released in late 2011 and has gained them a wide following. It is their 3rd album. One of my favourites is the song they played on the big show, “Stutter”. Very cool video.
There you have it. An introduction to Canada’s group of the year.
The Juno Awards were held on Sunday, April 22, 2013 in Regina Saskatchewan. For non-Canucks, the Junos are Canada’s Grammy Awards. I intend to do a full recap this week at some point, but felt it necessary to highlight one important event from the evening. This was the induction of K D Lang into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame. She was inducted by Anne Murray,who stands on stage watching K D give a very interesting speech in accepting the award. The words she puts out there, make me even prouder to be a Canadian than I ever was. Pretty crappy video, so turn it up.
And a song by K D, “Sugar Buzz”, great tune, awesome version, and live.
This is always an interesting category, one that I feel is the most important class here as it reflects my personal tastes more accurately than the others. And the nominees for the Juno Award for Group of the Year are:
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And the winner is, I hope Arkells or Sam Roberts, but the smart money will be on international superstars, Nickelback.
Today we will be looking at the Juno nominees in the Fan Choice category. This is a great cross-section of who’s hot, not only in Canada, but around the world The choices are:
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and Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, and Nickelback.
The winner will be Drake, although it should be City and Colour or Arcade Fire.
Today we will be looking at the Juno nominees for Album of the year. The category contains some major international superstars. a tough category for myself as I am not a big fan of a few of them. I will keep that to myself. The nominees are:
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Tuesday was a big day for Canadian music as it was the day that the Juno nominations were announced. The Juno Awards are Canada’s Grammy Awards and the competition is stiff every year. This year, the show will be coming from Ottawa, Ontario, the nation’s capital. Every year, the festival has grown bigger and bigger. It’s now a week-long event. This year it begins on March 26, culminating in the actual award show on April 1. As an added bonus, William Shatner is hosting this year.  I remember it in Saskatoon a few years ago, when we lived there. Every possible venue was filled with fans and musicians listening to Canadian music on stage. A real celebration. This year will be no different.
I will be presenting a number of posts over the next week or 3 highlighting the nominees in each category. Nothing fancy, just the category, the nominees and a video. If you like, follow the link to their website, or head off to iTunes or Amazon and get the music.
I start with:
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