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13th
ANNUAL MAPLE BLUES AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!
VOTING
OPENS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
Nominees from across
Canada have been
announced for the 13th Annual Maple Blues Awards!
The Maple Blues Awards is
Canada’s national
blues awards program. Its goal is to promote blues music across
Canada, and to
recognize outstanding achievement in the field.
Voting opens Friday, October 30th
at noon (DST) and is open to Sunday, December 13th at noon (EDT).
Blues fans cast their votes online, at
www.mapleblues.ca.
Ottawa’s
Monkey Junk received six
nominations and
Vancouver’s
The Twisters received five. Swamp Boogie-band Monkey Junk received
nods in the Entertainer of the Year, Electric Act of the Year, and Recording of
the Year, for their record Tiger In Your
Tank, categories as well as Male Vocalist of the Year and Harmonica
Player of the Year for Steve Marriner and Guitar Player of the Year for Tony D.
The Twisters are nominated for Electric Act of the Year, Recording of the Year
for Come Out Swingin’, Harmonica
Player of the Year for David Hoerl, Keith Picot for Bass Player of the Year, and
Songwriter of the Year for Brandon Isaak.
Close behind is Hamilton, Ontario’s Harrison
Kennedy receiving four nominations for Acoustic Act of the Year, Male
Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Recording of the Year for his
record, One Dog Barkin’.
Downchild
and its respective members have earned four nominations between them.
Whitby’s local Guitar Slinger
Jack de Keyzer has received three
nominations including Guitarist of the Year.
Toronto’s
Paul Reddick received three
nominations including Recording of the Year for
Sugarbird. From
Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia,
Garrett Mason has picked up two
nominations for Electric Act of the Year and Guitarist of the Year.
Easley, Stevenson, Arsenault from
Nova Scotia have picked up
nominations for Bassist of the Year, Piano/Keyboard Player Of The Year, and
Drummer of the Year, respectively.
New Artist of the Year nominees include Toronto’s
Blackburn, Montreal’s
Blues Delight, Quebec City’s
Clio & The Blues Highway,
Fredericton’s Ross Neilsen,
and
Toronto’s
Scott McCord & The Bonafide Truth.
This year's winners will be announced at the 13th Annual Maple Blues
Awards Gala in
Toronto, on
January
18,
2010 at Koerner Hall.
This very special evening is
Canada's national
annual celebration of homegrown blues talent. It's also a night of great music
by the Maple Blues Band, comprised entirely of Maple Blues Awards winners and
nominees.
Koerner Hall is the newest addition to
Toronto’s fine list of cultural
centres and theatres. The intimate and elegant hall opened in September 2009
with 1,140 seats and features state-of-the-art acoustic treatment.
Danny Marks,
Host of BLUZ FM and David Gogo,
Cordova Bay Recording Artist, will be hosting the Maple Blues Awards.
[13th
ANNUAL MAPLE BLUES NOMINEES]
The Maple Blues Awards are supported by FACTOR and the Government of Canada
through the Canadian Music Fund, the SOCAN Foundation, SOCAN, the Ontario Arts
Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation, the City of Toronto through the Toronto
Arts Council, the Ontario Ministry of Culture, KMP Designs Inc., Long & McQuade
Musical Instruments, DAWG FM, Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest, Stony Plain, Saturday
Night Blues, and Lee Oskar.
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For more
information, photos, interviews, please contact:
Tim Des Islets
Toronto
Blues Society
416-538-3885
info@torontobluessociety.com
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